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Journal of Biomedical Semantics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 2041-1480Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks and Communications | 164 / 568 | 71st | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 169 / 519 | 67th | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 341 / 1022 | 66th | Q2 |
| Health Informatics | 62 / 168 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.5.
Journal of Biomedical Semantics is Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 164 of 568), Q2 in Information Systems (rank 169 of 519) and Q2 in Computer Science Applications (rank 341 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Biomedical Semantics 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 5.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.566, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 51.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,590 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 Biomedical Semantics is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 2041-1480.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Biomedical Semantics has an h-index of 60 and a 2-year mean of 3.61 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #130 of 394 Scopus journals in Computer Networks and Communications.
Journal of Biomedical Semantics published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 58. 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 (2022–2026), authors are most often from United States (26.7%), Germany (14.3%) and Netherlands (11.6%).
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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