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Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Communications Co..
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ISSN 2097-2105Verify ISSN ↗2588-9338Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety Research | 7 / 108 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 54 / 725 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 29 / 282 | 89th | Q1 |
| Infectious Diseases | 44 / 361 | 87th | Q1 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | 9 / 63 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.2.
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity is Q1 in Safety Research (rank 7 of 108), Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 54 of 725) and Q1 in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (rank 29 of 282), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 8.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.617, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 20.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$700 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 Biosafety and Biosecurity is published by KeAi Communications Co. Its print ISSN is 2097-2105 and its online ISSN is 2588-9338.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 2.46 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 106 Scopus journals in Safety Research.
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 37. 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 88 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (21.3%), United Kingdom (9.7%) and Iraq (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (4.6 per 1,000 papers). 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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