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STAR Protocols is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Cell Press.
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ISSN 2666-1667Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cell Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 135 / 223 | 39th | Q3 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | 42 / 63 | 34th | Q3 |
| Neuroscience (all) | 87 / 112 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.5.
STAR Protocols is Q3 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 135 of 223), Q3 in Immunology and Microbiology (all) (rank 42 of 63) and Q4 in Neuroscience (all) (rank 87 of 112), by CiteScore 2025.
STAR Protocols 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 39th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.847, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 34.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,550 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.
STAR Protocols is published by Cell Press. Its ISSN is 2666-1667.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
STAR Protocols has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 1.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #113 of 221 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all).
STAR Protocols published 756 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 880. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (20.7%), China (19.7%) and United Kingdom (10.6%).
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.
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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