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Biology Methods and Protocols is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Oxford University Press.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 92 / 235 | 61st | Q2 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 129 / 223 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.6.
Biology Methods and Protocols is Q2 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 92 of 235) and Q3 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 129 of 223), by CiteScore 2025.
Biology Methods and Protocols 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 2.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 61st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.501, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,120 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.
Biology Methods and Protocols is published by Oxford University Press. Its ISSN is 2396-8923.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Biology Methods and Protocols has an h-index of 26 and a 2-year mean of 4.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #24 of 224 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all).
Biology Methods and Protocols published 94 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 102. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (25.3%), India (5.5%) and United Kingdom (5.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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