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Biochemical Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.6), WoS SCIE. Published by Portland Press Ltd.
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ISSN 0264-6021Verify ISSN ↗1470-8728Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | 103 / 448 | 77th | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology | 120 / 414 | 71st | Q2 |
| Cell Biology | 96 / 289 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1945–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.6.
Biochemical Journal is Q1 in Biochemistry (rank 103 of 448), Q2 in Molecular Biology (rank 120 of 414) and Q2 in Cell Biology (rank 96 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Biochemical Journal 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 7.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.583, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 304.
Biochemical Journal is published by Portland Press Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0264-6021 and its online ISSN is 1470-8728.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Biochemical Journal has an h-index of 406 and a 2-year mean of 4.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #118 of 442 Scopus journals in Biochemistry.
Biochemical Journal published 130 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 300. 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 (2026), authors are most often from United States (35.6%), United Kingdom (11.7%) and India (7.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 57 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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