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Gates Open Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.4), DOAJ. Published by F1000 Research Ltd.
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ISSN 2572-4754Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: F1000 Research Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) | 17 / 43 | 61st | Q2 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 181 / 466 | 61st | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 307 / 725 | 57th | Q2 |
| Health Policy | 143 / 330 | 56th | Q2 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | 67 / 144 | 53rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.4.
Gates Open Research is Q2 in Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (rank 17 of 43), Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 181 of 466) and Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 307 of 725), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Gates Open Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q2, 61st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.595, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 27.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,150 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.
Gates Open Research is published by F1000 Research Ltd. Its ISSN is 2572-4754.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Gates Open Research has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 1.68 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #22 of 43 Scopus journals in Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous).
Gates Open Research published 42 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 182. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (32%), United Kingdom (13.9%) and South Africa (6.6%).
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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