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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica.
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ISSN 0100-879XVerify ISSN ↗1414-431XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (all) | 208 / 669 | 68th | Q2 |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all) | 37 / 79 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Biophysics | 101 / 155 | 35th | Q3 |
| Biochemistry | 324 / 448 | 27th | Q3 |
| Immunology | 178 / 243 | 26th | Q3 |
| Physiology | 145 / 196 | 26th | Q3 |
| Neuroscience (all) | 84 / 112 | 25th | Q3 |
| Cell Biology | 240 / 289 | 17th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1973–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research is Q2 in Medicine (all) (rank 208 of 669), Q2 in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all) (rank 37 of 79) and Q3 in Biophysics (rank 101 of 155), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 8 subject areas in all.
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.497, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 105.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,600 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.
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research is published by Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica. Its print ISSN is 0100-879X and its online ISSN is 1414-431X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research has an h-index of 119 and a 2-year mean of 2 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #138 of 646 Scopus journals in Medicine (all).
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research published 106 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 191. 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 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Brazil (47.7%), China (38.5%) and United States (3.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 46 retracted papers are recorded (8.6 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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