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Metabarcoding and Metagenomics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
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Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 43 / 520 | 91st | Q1 |
| Insect Science | 18 / 193 | 90th | Q1 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 120 / 736 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 42 / 231 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 106 / 541 | 80th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 137 / 357 | 61st | Q2 |
| Molecular Biology | 207 / 414 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.4.
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 43 of 520), Q1 in Insect Science (rank 18 of 193) and Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 120 of 736), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 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 5.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.940, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 25.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$701 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.
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its ISSN is 2534-9708.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 3.57 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 26. 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 84 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Germany (13.7%), United States (8.9%) and France (8.5%).
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.
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