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Biosensors is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | 8 / 206 | 96th | Q1 |
| Biophysics | 10 / 155 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | 24 / 300 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 12 / 124 | 90th | Q1 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 43 / 342 | 87th | Q1 |
| Biotechnology | 44 / 325 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.1.
Biosensors is Q1 in Instrumentation (rank 8 of 206), Q1 in Biophysics (rank 10 of 155) and Q1 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 24 of 300), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Biosensors 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 12.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.886, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 103.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,654 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.
Biosensors is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2079-6374.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Biosensors has an h-index of 123 and a 2-year mean of 7.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
Biosensors published 836 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 1,234. 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 (2026), authors are most often from China (31.6%), South Korea (9.6%) and United States (6.8%).
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 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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