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Open Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Royal Society Publishing.
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ISSN 2046-2441Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Royal Society Publishing
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 60 / 223 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Neuroscience (all) | 40 / 112 | 64th | Q2 |
| Immunology | 93 / 243 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.1.
Open Biology is Q2 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 60 of 223), Q2 in Neuroscience (all) (rank 40 of 112) and Q2 in Immunology (rank 93 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Open Biology 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 6.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.335, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 93.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,839 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.
Open Biology is published by Royal Society Publishing. Its ISSN is 2046-2441.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Open Biology has an h-index of 114 and a 2-year mean of 4.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #46 of 221 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all).
Open Biology published 139 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 148. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (24.7%), United Kingdom (18.9%) and China (8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 28 retracted papers are recorded (17.2 per 1,000 papers). 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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