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Systematic Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1063-5157Verify ISSN ↗1076-836XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: About US$2,166 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 13 / 736 | 98th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 18 / 357 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present (also 1988–1989, 1986, 1984, 1980–1982, 1977–1978, 1968–1975, 1952), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.
Systematic Biology is Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 13 of 736) and Q1 in Genetics (rank 18 of 357), by CiteScore 2025.
Systematic 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 14, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.343, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 215.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,166 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.
Systematic Biology is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 1063-5157 and its online ISSN is 1076-836X.
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.
Systematic Biology has an h-index of 285 and a 2-year mean of 6.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 711 Scopus journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.
Systematic Biology published 91 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 103. 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 United States (40.9%), China (7.8%) and United Kingdom (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 5 retracted papers are recorded (1 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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