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Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 2008-3866Verify ISSN ↗2008-3874Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biophysics | 56 / 155 | 64th | Q2 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | 24 / 63 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 52 / 124 | 58th | Q2 |
| Drug Discovery | 70 / 161 | 56th | Q2 |
| Biochemistry | 211 / 448 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.2.
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences is Q2 in Biophysics (rank 56 of 155), Q2 in Immunology and Microbiology (all) (rank 24 of 63) and Q2 in Clinical Biochemistry (rank 52 of 124), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical 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 5.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 64th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.685, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 67.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$218 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.
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences is published by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Its print ISSN is 2008-3866 and its online ISSN is 2008-3874.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #150 of 154 Scopus journals in Biophysics.
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences published 1 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2008 with 24. 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.
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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