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Current Protocols

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1992

ISSN2691-1299eISSN2691-1299

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.039

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.076

Total Worksi

1,542

Total Citationsi

17,775

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous); Medical Laboratory Technology; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous); Health Informatics; Neuroscience (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,542

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2691-1299 / 2691-1299

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

329

12k

2021

314

3.8k

2022

334

2023

262

1.1k

2024

222

240

2025

168

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Q1

Medical Laboratory TechnologyQ1

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q1

Health InformaticsQ2

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research Methods

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Medical Laboratory TechnologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Health Informatics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryRNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Current Protocols

Is Current Protocols a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Protocols: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Current Protocols?

Current Protocols is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.80.

Is Current Protocols indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Protocols is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.