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Acta Biotheoretica
Acta Biotheoretica is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Science and Business Media B.V..
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Quick answers
Is Acta Biotheoretica indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present (also 1967–1988, 1955–1965, 1951–1953, 1946–1949, 1935–1943), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.4.
What quartile is Acta Biotheoretica in Scopus?
Acta Biotheoretica is Q1 in Philosophy (rank 62 of 891), Q2 in Applied Mathematics (rank 197 of 680) and Q2 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 73 of 235), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Acta Biotheoretica?
Acta Biotheoretica 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 3.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.299, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 42.
How much does it cost to publish in Acta Biotheoretica?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Acta Biotheoretica and what is its ISSN?
Acta Biotheoretica is published by Springer Science and Business Media B.V. Its print ISSN is 0001-5342 and its online ISSN is 1572-8358.
Is Acta Biotheoretica covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Acta Biotheoretica in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Acta Biotheoretica open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Acta Biotheoretica? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Acta Biotheoretica has an h-index of 67 and a 2-year mean of 1.33 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #98 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
67
h-index
1.33
2-yr mean citations
499
i10-index
1,557
works indexed
27,718
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$3,290
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#98 of 805Top 13%Philosophy
#261 of 621Top 43%Applied Mathematics
#89 of 224Top 40%Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Papers published per year
Acta Biotheoretica published 22 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 32. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Evolution and Genetic DynamicsPhilosophy and History of ScienceEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationOrigins and Evolution of Life
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.
Who publishes in Acta Biotheoretica? — latest 97 articles, 2022–2026
In its latest 97 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from United States (18.1%), India (6.7%) and Brazil (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Acta Biotheoretica? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers2 · 1.3 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone 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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