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Iranian Journal of Biotechnology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.8), WoS SCIE. Published by National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
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ISSN 1728-3043Verify ISSN ↗2322-2921Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotechnology | 204 / 325 | 37th | Q3 |
| Genetics | 255 / 357 | 28th | Q3 |
| Biochemistry | 327 / 448 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.8.
Iranian Journal of Biotechnology is Q3 in Biotechnology (rank 204 of 325), Q3 in Genetics (rank 255 of 357) and Q3 in Biochemistry (rank 327 of 448), by CiteScore 2025.
Iranian Journal of Biotechnology 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 37th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.402, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 37.
Iranian Journal of Biotechnology is published by National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Its print ISSN is 1728-3043 and its online ISSN is 2322-2921.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Iranian Journal of Biotechnology has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #289 of 309 Scopus journals in Biotechnology.
Iranian Journal of Biotechnology published 37 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 40. 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.
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