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Biomolecular Concepts is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 1868-5021Verify ISSN ↗1868-503XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 45 / 223 | 80th | Q1 |
| Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 32 / 102 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.
Biomolecular Concepts is Q1 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 45 of 223) and Q2 in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (rank 32 of 102), by CiteScore 2025.
Biomolecular Concepts 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 7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.680, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 51.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,808 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.
Biomolecular Concepts is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 1868-5021 and its online ISSN is 1868-503X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Biomolecular Concepts has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 9.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 221 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all).
Biomolecular Concepts published 6 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 29. 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 81 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Italy (24.5%), India (10.3%) and United States (10.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (4 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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