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Journal of Nucleic Acids is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 2090-0201Verify ISSN ↗2090-021XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | 279 / 448 | 37th | Q3 |
| Molecular Biology | 281 / 414 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.8.
Journal of Nucleic Acids is Q3 in Biochemistry (rank 279 of 448) and Q3 in Molecular Biology (rank 281 of 414), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Nucleic Acids 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 3.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 37th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.395, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 39.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,000 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 Nucleic Acids is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2090-0201 and its online ISSN is 2090-021X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Nucleic Acids has an h-index of 46 and a 2-year mean of 2.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #267 of 442 Scopus journals in Biochemistry.
Journal of Nucleic Acids published 4 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 14. 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 13 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (29.5%), Japan (23.1%) and Iraq (7.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (8 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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