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npj Systems Biology and Applications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Nature Publishing Group.
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ISSN 2056-7189Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 114 / 680 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Modeling and Simulation | 97 / 397 | 75th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 82 / 223 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 393 / 1022 | 61st | Q2 |
| Drug Discovery | 82 / 161 | 49th | Q3 |
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 4.7.
npj Systems Biology and Applications is Q1 in Applied Mathematics (rank 114 of 680), Q1 in Modeling and Simulation (rank 97 of 397) and Q2 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 82 of 223), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
npj Systems Biology and Applications 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 4.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.309, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 43.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,490 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.
npj Systems Biology and Applications is published by Nature Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2056-7189.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
npj Systems Biology and Applications has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 4.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #36 of 621 Scopus journals in Applied Mathematics.
npj Systems Biology and Applications published 157 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 (2026), authors are most often from United States (25.8%), China (15.3%) and India (13%).
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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