Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
ISSN 1319-562x · Elsevier BV · Netherlands · active 2001–2024
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 8.7
- SJR
- 1.066
- h-index
- 133
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (#49 of 462 journals).
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q1 | #49 of 462 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 5.71
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 12
OpenAlex counts about 8.7 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 5.71 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (2025 edition, #49 of 462 journals), with SJR 1.066 (Scimago) and an h-index of 133 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
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- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
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Frequently asked
Is Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences appears in: Scopus, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences?
Papers in Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences are cited about 8.7 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 133. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is Q1 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (#49 of 462 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences is cited about 8.7 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 133.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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