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Current Issues in Molecular Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 1467-3037Verify ISSN ↗1467-3045Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microbiology (medical) | 63 / 147 | 57th | Q2 |
| Microbiology | 100 / 194 | 48th | Q3 |
| Molecular Biology | 230 / 414 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1999–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.
Current Issues in Molecular Biology is Q2 in Microbiology (medical) (rank 63 of 147), Q3 in Microbiology (rank 100 of 194) and Q3 in Molecular Biology (rank 230 of 414), by CiteScore 2025.
Current Issues in Molecular Biology 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 5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.897, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 72.
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.
Current Issues in Molecular Biology is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its print ISSN is 1467-3037 and its online ISSN is 1467-3045.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Current Issues in Molecular Biology has an h-index of 84 and a 2-year mean of 4.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 144 Scopus journals in Microbiology (medical).
Current Issues in Molecular Biology published 1,097 papers in 2025. 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 (2026), authors are most often from China (25%), United States (11.2%) and Italy (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.9 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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