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1978–1991
Source type
Journal
Open access
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Journal of Social and Biological Systems
Journal of Social and Biological Systems is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Academic Press.
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ISSN 0140-1750Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press
Scopus · Inactive
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Journal of Social and Biological Systems indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1978–1991).
What is the impact factor of Journal of Social and Biological Systems?
Journal of Social and Biological Systems has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Journal of Social and Biological Systems and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Social and Biological Systems is published by Academic Press. Its ISSN is 0140-1750.
Is Journal of Social and Biological Systems in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Social and Biological Systems open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Journal of Social and Biological Systems for 14 years, between 1978 and 1991. Coverage ended in 1991, 35 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 758 works and 6,185 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1991, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1991, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Journal of Social and Biological Systems? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Social and Biological Systems has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
40
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
125
i10-index
758
works indexed
6,185
total citations
Journal of Social and Biological Systems published 55 papers in 1991; its busiest recent year was 1988 with 97. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Social and Biological Systems? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1991. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1991
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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