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Biology Open is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Company of Biologists Ltd.
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ISSN 2046-6390Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Company of Biologists Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 86 / 235 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 125 / 223 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
Biology Open is Q2 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 86 of 235) and Q3 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 125 of 223), by CiteScore 2025.
Biology Open 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 63rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.672, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 64.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,995 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 Open is published by Company of Biologists Ltd. Its ISSN is 2046-6390.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Biology Open has an h-index of 78 and a 2-year mean of 1.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #75 of 224 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all).
Biology Open published 226 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 256. 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 83 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (29.6%), Japan (12.7%) and United Kingdom (10.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 11 retracted papers are recorded (3.9 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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