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Electronic Journal of Biotechnology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso.
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ISSN 0717-3458Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 53 / 134 | 60th | Q2 |
| Biotechnology | 128 / 325 | 60th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.9.
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology is Q2 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 53 of 134) and Q2 in Biotechnology (rank 128 of 325), by CiteScore 2025.
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 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 5.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.543, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 81.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,100 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.
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology is published by Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. Its ISSN is 0717-3458.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology has an h-index of 85 and a 2-year mean of 3.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #53 of 130 Scopus journals in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 90. 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 94 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (45%), Saudi Arabia (7.2%) and Iran (5.7%).
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.
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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