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2015
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Book Series
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Methods in Biotechnology
Methods in Biotechnology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Springer Science + Business Media.
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ISSN 1940-6061Verify ISSN ↗1940-607XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science + Business Media
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Is Methods in Biotechnology indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2015).
What is the impact factor of Methods in Biotechnology?
Methods in Biotechnology 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 Methods in Biotechnology and what is its ISSN?
Methods in Biotechnology is published by Springer Science + Business Media. Its print ISSN is 1940-6061 and its online ISSN is 1940-607X.
Is Methods in Biotechnology in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Methods in Biotechnology open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Methods in Biotechnology for 1 year, in 2015. Coverage ended in 2015, 11 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 202 works and 3,520 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2010, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2015, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Methods in Biotechnology? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Methods in Biotechnology has an h-index of 27 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
27
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
74
i10-index
202
works indexed
3,520
total citations
Methods in Biotechnology published 6 papers in 2010; its busiest recent year was 2007 with 56. 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 Methods in Biotechnology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2015. 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 2015
- 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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