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Journal of Biosciences

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Last reviewedJuly 26, 2026

Last verified: July 2026

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Journal Information
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Key Metrics

Metric	Value	Source
Impact Factor (current)	1.7	Clarivate JCR
Impact Factor (5-year)	2.6	Clarivate JCR
CiteScore	3.3	Elsevier/Scopus
SJR	0.474	SCImago
SNIP	0.59	CWTS Leiden
Quartile	Q3	Clarivate JCR

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Publisher: Springer / Indian Academy of Sciences

Journal Information

ISSN / eISSN: 0250-5991 / 0973-7138
Country: India
Subject Area(s): Biology
Indexing: PubMed SCIE Scopus
Open Access: Hybrid

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Reviewed by Umair Abbasi

AI Engineer & Data Scientist | PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence

Umair Abbasi is an AI Engineer and Data Scientist with a background in machine learning, AI agents, and MLOps, currently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and holding a completed M.S. in Data Science. He leads the data architecture and tooling behind the journal metrics database and comparison tools. As an active researcher navigating journal selection and citation metrics in his own academic work, he brings a practitioner's perspective to how impact factor, CiteScore, and related metrics are actually used — not just how they're defined.

Credentials & Expertise:

- M.S., Data Science (completed) - PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence (in progress) - Machine Learning Specialization — Stanford University (Coursera) - Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2026 Impact Factor of Journal of Biosciences?

The current Journal Impact Factor of Journal of Biosciences is 1.7 (Clarivate Journal Citation Reports), with a CiteScore of 3.3 (Scopus). See the Key Metrics table on this page for the full metric set.

Is Journal of Biosciences a Q1 or Q2 journal?

Journal of Biosciences is ranked Q3 in Biology. See the Journal Information section on this page for category details.

What is the CiteScore and SJR of Journal of Biosciences?

Journal of Biosciences has a CiteScore of 3.3 (Scopus) and an SJR of 0.474 (SCImago). See the Key Metrics table on this page for the full metric set.