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Bio-protocol is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Bio-protocol LLC.
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ISSN 2331-8325Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Bio-protocol LLC
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science | 346 / 541 | 36th | Q3 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 150 / 223 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | 45 / 63 | 29th | Q3 |
| Neuroscience (all) | 94 / 112 | 16th | Q4 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.7.
Bio-protocol is Q3 in Plant Science (rank 346 of 541), Q3 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 150 of 223) and Q3 in Immunology and Microbiology (all) (rank 45 of 63), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Bio-protocol 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.550, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 27.
Bio-protocol is published by Bio-protocol LLC. Its ISSN is 2331-8325.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Bio-protocol has an h-index of 78 and a 2-year mean of 0.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #333 of 521 Scopus journals in Plant Science.
Bio-protocol published 416 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 829. 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 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (28.2%), China (13.5%) and Japan (10.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 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.
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