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Biotechnology Annual Review
Biotechnology Annual Review is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1387-2656Verify ISSN ↗1875-5208Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Biotechnology Annual Review indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2000–2008 (also 1995–1998)).
What is the impact factor of Biotechnology Annual Review?
Biotechnology Annual Review has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Biotechnology Annual Review and what is its ISSN?
Biotechnology Annual Review is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1387-2656 and its online ISSN is 1875-5208.
Is Biotechnology Annual Review in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Biotechnology Annual Review open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Biotechnology Annual Review for 13 years, between 1995 and 2008, with 1 year in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2008, 18 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 258 works and 10,876 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2009, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2008, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Biotechnology Annual Review? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Biotechnology Annual Review has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Biotechnology Annual Review published 24 papers in 2008; its busiest recent year was 2000 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Biotechnology Annual Review? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2008. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2008
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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