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GigaByte is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by GigaScience Press.
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ISSN 2709-4715Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: GigaScience Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | 73 / 144 | 49th | Q3 |
| Biotechnology | 196 / 325 | 39th | Q3 |
| Genetics | 243 / 357 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Molecular Medicine | 136 / 179 | 24th | Q4 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.1.
GigaByte is Q3 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (rank 73 of 144), Q3 in Biotechnology (rank 196 of 325) and Q3 in Genetics (rank 243 of 357), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
GigaByte is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 3.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 49th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.841, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$350 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.
GigaByte is published by GigaScience Press. Its ISSN is 2709-4715.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
GigaByte has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 3.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #36 of 141 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).
GigaByte published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 42. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (21.6%), China (15.8%) and United Kingdom (8.6%).
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.
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