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Acta Biochimica Polonica is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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ISSN 0001-527XVerify ISSN ↗1734-154XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 80 / 223 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1955–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.8.
Acta Biochimica Polonica is Q2 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 80 of 223), by CiteScore 2025.
Acta Biochimica Polonica is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 64th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.520, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 95.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,750 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.
Acta Biochimica Polonica is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its print ISSN is 0001-527X and its online ISSN is 1734-154X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Acta Biochimica Polonica has an h-index of 105 and a 2-year mean of 4.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #43 of 221 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all).
Acta Biochimica Polonica published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 177. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from Poland (41.7%), China (29.3%) and Türkiye (3.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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