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Clinical Epigenetics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1868-7075Verify ISSN ↗1868-7083Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics (clinical) | 16 / 100 | 84th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 58 / 357 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Developmental Biology | 14 / 78 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology | 107 / 414 | 74th | 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 8.1.
Clinical Epigenetics is Q1 in Genetics (clinical) (rank 16 of 100), Q1 in Genetics (rank 58 of 357) and Q1 in Developmental Biology (rank 14 of 78), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Clinical Epigenetics 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 8.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.787, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 94.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,890 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.
Clinical Epigenetics is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1868-7075 and its online ISSN is 1868-7083.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Clinical Epigenetics has an h-index of 117 and a 2-year mean of 5.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 99 Scopus journals in Genetics (clinical).
Clinical Epigenetics published 232 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (45.5%), United States (14.2%) and Spain (4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (3.4 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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