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Acta Biotechnologica
Acta Biotechnologica is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 0138-4988Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Acta Biotechnologica indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1980–2003).
What is the impact factor of Acta Biotechnologica?
Acta Biotechnologica has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Acta Biotechnologica and what is its ISSN?
Acta Biotechnologica is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its ISSN is 0138-4988.
Is Acta Biotechnologica in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Acta Biotechnologica open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Acta Biotechnologica for 24 years, between 1980 and 2003. Coverage ended in 2003, 23 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,979 works and 12,076 citations for the title. OpenAlex attributes papers to this title as late as 2016, 13 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2003. That may reflect a changed ISSN or merged records rather than continued publishing, so confirm the journal's current status directly before submitting.
How well cited is Acta Biotechnologica? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Acta Biotechnologica has an h-index of 50 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Acta Biotechnologica published 1 papers in 2016; its busiest recent year was 2001 with 67. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Acta Biotechnologica? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2003. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2003
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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