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Journal of Biomedical Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 21.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1021-7770Verify ISSN ↗1423-0127Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology (medical) | 4 / 278 | 98th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry (medical) | 2 / 78 | 98th | Q1 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 3 / 124 | 97th | Q1 |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 10 / 250 | 96th | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology | 21 / 414 | 95th | Q1 |
| Cell Biology | 20 / 289 | 93rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 21.4.
Journal of Biomedical Science is Q1 in Pharmacology (medical) (rank 4 of 278), Q1 in Biochemistry (medical) (rank 2 of 78) and Q1 in Clinical Biochemistry (rank 3 of 124), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Biomedical 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 21.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.601, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 130.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Journal of Biomedical Science is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1021-7770 and its online ISSN is 1423-0127.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Biomedical Science has an h-index of 153 and a 2-year mean of 14.66 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 21.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #5 of 271 Scopus journals in Pharmacology (medical).
Journal of Biomedical Science published 107 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 131. 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Taiwan (38.5%), China (8.7%) and United States (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 12 retracted papers are recorded (3.2 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.
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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