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Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 15.4). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1319-562XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 4 / 235 | 98th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–2025, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 15.4.
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 4 of 235), by CiteScore 2025.
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 15.4, quartile Q1, 98th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.066, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 115.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,490 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.
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 1319-562X.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences has an h-index of 133 and a 2-year mean of 8.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 15.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 224 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all).
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences published 82 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 996. 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 (2023–2024), authors are most often from Saudi Arabia (36.6%), Pakistan (13%) and India (12.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 7 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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