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Database : the journal of biological databases and curation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1758-0463Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 38 / 235 | 84th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 61 / 223 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 164 / 519 | 68th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation is Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 38 of 235), Q2 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 61 of 223) and Q2 in Information Systems (rank 164 of 519), by CiteScore 2025.
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.943, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 93.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,729 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.
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation is published by Oxford University Press. Its ISSN is 1758-0463.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation has an h-index of 110 and a 2-year mean of 3.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #31 of 224 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all).
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation published 97 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 152. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (25.9%), China (18.7%) and India (6.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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