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NeoBiota is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Pensoft Publishers.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1314-2488Verify ISSN ↗1619-0033Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 68 / 520 | 87th | Q1 |
| Insect Science | 30 / 193 | 84th | Q1 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 161 / 736 | 78th | Q1 |
| Aquatic Science | 58 / 259 | 77th | Q1 |
| Ecology | 124 / 491 | 74th | Q2 |
| Plant Science | 145 / 541 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Ecological Modeling | 18 / 51 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.6.
NeoBiota is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 68 of 520), Q1 in Insect Science (rank 30 of 193) and Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 161 of 736), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
NeoBiota is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.839, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 46.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$970 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.
NeoBiota is published by Pensoft Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1314-2488 and its online ISSN is 1619-0033.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
NeoBiota has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 3.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #47 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
NeoBiota published 139 papers in 2025. 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Poland (10.5%), Australia (8%) and South Africa (7.3%).
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.
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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