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Research Journal of Biotechnology is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.7), WoS ESCI. Published by World Researchers Associations.
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ISSN 0973-6263Verify ISSN ↗2278-4535Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: World Researchers Associations
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotechnology | 291 / 325 | 10th | Q4 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 122 / 134 | 9th | Q4 |
| Bioengineering | 157 / 168 | 6th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.7.
Research Journal of Biotechnology is Q4 in Biotechnology (rank 291 of 325), Q4 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 122 of 134) and Q4 in Bioengineering (rank 157 of 168), by CiteScore 2025.
Research Journal of Biotechnology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 0.7, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 10th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.164, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 26.
Research Journal of Biotechnology is published by World Researchers Associations. Its print ISSN is 0973-6263 and its online ISSN is 2278-4535.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Research Journal of Biotechnology has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #284 of 309 Scopus journals in Biotechnology.
Research Journal of Biotechnology published 419 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 66 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (84.8%), Vietnam (4.5%) and Iraq (3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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