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Protein Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer.
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ISSN 1572-3887Verify ISSN ↗1875-8355Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer
Cost to publish: About US$3,690 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Chemistry | 148 / 215 | 31st | Q3 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 112 / 160 | 30th | Q3 |
| Biochemistry | 319 / 448 | 28th | Q3 |
| Bioengineering | 129 / 168 | 23rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present (also 1996–2002), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.
Protein Journal is Q3 in Organic Chemistry (rank 148 of 215), Q3 in Analytical Chemistry (rank 112 of 160) and Q3 in Biochemistry (rank 319 of 448), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Protein Journal 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 3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 31st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.387, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 65.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,690 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.
Protein Journal is published by Springer. Its print ISSN is 1572-3887 and its online ISSN is 1875-8355.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Protein Journal has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 2.75 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #96 of 210 Scopus journals in Organic Chemistry.
Protein Journal published 69 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 86. 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 India (31.5%), China (15%) and United States (9.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 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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