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Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2405-5808Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biophysics | 89 / 155 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Biochemistry | 293 / 448 | 34th | Q3 |
| Cell Biology | 222 / 289 | 23rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.6.
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports is Q3 in Biophysics (rank 89 of 155), Q3 in Biochemistry (rank 293 of 448) and Q4 in Cell Biology (rank 222 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 42nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.776, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 56.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,700 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.
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2405-5808.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports has an h-index of 59 and a 2-year mean of 1.81 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #86 of 154 Scopus journals in Biophysics.
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports published 502 papers in 2025. 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 China (33.3%), Japan (16.5%) and Iran (11.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 7 retracted papers are recorded (2.5 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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