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Biotechnology Reports is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.5), DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2215-017XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 15 / 134 | 89th | Q1 |
| Biotechnology | 37 / 325 | 88th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.5.
Biotechnology Reports is Q1 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 15 of 134) and Q1 in Biotechnology (rank 37 of 325), by CiteScore 2025.
Biotechnology Reports is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.5, quartile Q1, 89th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.131, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 84.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,480 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.
Biotechnology Reports is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2215-017X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Biotechnology Reports has an h-index of 94 and a 2-year mean of 7.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 130 Scopus journals in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Biotechnology Reports published 70 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 166. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Thailand (14.6%), Iran (7.1%) and India (6.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). 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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