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aBIOTECH is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.5), WoS ESCI. Published by Editorial Department of Scientia Agricultura Sinica.
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ISSN 2096-6326Verify ISSN ↗2662-1738Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Department of Scientia Agricultura Sinica
Cost to publish: About US$2,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science | 52 / 541 | 90th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | 17 / 144 | 88th | Q1 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 51 / 422 | 88th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 51 / 357 | 85th | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology | 96 / 414 | 76th | Q1 |
| Biotechnology | 76 / 325 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.5.
aBIOTECH is Q1 in Plant Science (rank 52 of 541), Q1 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (rank 17 of 144) and Q1 in Agronomy and Crop Science (rank 51 of 422), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
aBIOTECH is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 8.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.890, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 27.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,190 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
aBIOTECH is published by Editorial Department of Scientia Agricultura Sinica. Its print ISSN is 2096-6326 and its online ISSN is 2662-1738.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
aBIOTECH has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 6.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 521 Scopus journals in Plant Science.
aBIOTECH published 74 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (80.3%), United States (3.6%) and Singapore (2.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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