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Journal of Biological Chemistry is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc..
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ISSN 0021-9258Verify ISSN ↗1083-351XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | 125 / 448 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Molecular Biology | 145 / 414 | 65th | Q2 |
| Cell Biology | 112 / 289 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1945–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.9.
Journal of Biological Chemistry is Q2 in Biochemistry (rank 125 of 448), Q2 in Molecular Biology (rank 145 of 414) and Q2 in Cell Biology (rank 112 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 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 6.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.643, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 578.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,430 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 Biological Chemistry is published by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc. Its print ISSN is 0021-9258 and its online ISSN is 1083-351X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Biological Chemistry has an h-index of 785 and a 2-year mean of 1.84 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #283 of 442 Scopus journals in Biochemistry.
Journal of Biological Chemistry published 2,855 papers in 2025. 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 (2026), authors are most often from United States (50.9%), China (17.6%) and Japan (7.6%). 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. 773 retracted papers are recorded (3.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 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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