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Journal of Apicultural Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 1643-4439Verify ISSN ↗2299-4831Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insect Science | 96 / 193 | 50th | Q2 |
| Plant Science | 338 / 541 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.8.
Journal of Apicultural Science is Q2 in Insect Science (rank 96 of 193) and Q3 in Plant Science (rank 338 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Apicultural Science 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 50th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.281, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 31.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$539 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.
Journal of Apicultural Science is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 1643-4439 and its online ISSN is 2299-4831.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Apicultural Science has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 1.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #79 of 187 Scopus journals in Insect Science.
Journal of Apicultural Science published 13 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 31. 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 90 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Poland (30.6%), Türkiye (13.3%) and India (7.8%).
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.
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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