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Wellcome Open Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.2), DOAJ. Published by F1000 Research Ltd.
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ISSN 2398-502XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: F1000 Research Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 235 / 466 | 49th | Q3 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 139 / 223 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.2.
Wellcome Open Research is Q3 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 235 of 466) and Q3 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 139 of 223), by CiteScore 2025.
Wellcome Open Research 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 2.2, quartile Q3, 49th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.457, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,128 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.
Wellcome Open Research is published by F1000 Research Ltd. Its ISSN is 2398-502X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Wellcome Open Research has an h-index of 85 and a 2-year mean of 1.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #239 of 451 Scopus journals in Medicine (miscellaneous).
Wellcome Open Research published 823 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 908. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (71.2%), India (4.6%) and United States (4%). 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.
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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