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International Journal of Biological Markers is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Wichtig Publishing Srl.
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ISSN 0393-6155Verify ISSN ↗1724-6008Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wichtig Publishing Srl
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | 70 / 209 | 66th | Q2 |
| Oncology | 211 / 428 | 50th | Q2 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 67 / 124 | 46th | Q3 |
| Cancer Research | 154 / 233 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1986–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.1.
International Journal of Biological Markers is Q2 in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (rank 70 of 209), Q2 in Oncology (rank 211 of 428) and Q3 in Clinical Biochemistry (rank 67 of 124), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Biological Markers 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 4.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 66th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.559, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 50.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,800 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.
International Journal of Biological Markers is published by Wichtig Publishing Srl. Its print ISSN is 0393-6155 and its online ISSN is 1724-6008.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Biological Markers has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 1.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #64 of 208 Scopus journals in Pathology and Forensic Medicine.
International Journal of Biological Markers published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 72. 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 93 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (64.5%), Italy (7%) and Iran (3.2%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 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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