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Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biophysics | 61 / 155 | 60th | Q2 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 152 / 342 | 55th | Q2 |
| Biomaterials | 78 / 146 | 46th | Q3 |
| Bioengineering | 94 / 168 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.
Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials is Q2 in Biophysics (rank 61 of 155), Q2 in Biomedical Engineering (rank 152 of 342) and Q3 in Biomaterials (rank 78 of 146), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials 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, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.483, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 48.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 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 Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its ISSN is 2280-8000.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials has an h-index of 45 and a 2-year mean of 1.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #88 of 154 Scopus journals in Biophysics.
Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials published 44 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 64. 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 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (22.4%), Türkiye (10.6%) and India (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 14 retracted papers are recorded (18.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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