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International Journal of Biological Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 17.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Ivyspring International Publisher.
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ISSN 1449-2288Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Ivyspring International Publisher
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 7 / 736 | 99th | Q1 |
| Developmental Biology | 2 / 78 | 98th | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology | 26 / 414 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 9 / 134 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Cell Biology | 24 / 289 | 91st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 17.8.
International Journal of Biological Sciences is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 7 of 736), Q1 in Developmental Biology (rank 2 of 78) and Q1 in Molecular Biology (rank 26 of 414), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Biological Sciences 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 17.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.073, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 144.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,337 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 Sciences is published by Ivyspring International Publisher. Its ISSN is 1449-2288.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Biological Sciences has an h-index of 166 and a 2-year mean of 10.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 17.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #5 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
International Journal of Biological Sciences published 385 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 406. 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 86 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (66.3%), South Korea (7%) and Macao SAR China (4.5%). 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. 14 retracted papers are recorded (3.3 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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