Journal metric profile

BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 12.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 15.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 5/177 Recorded category rank

BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 12.500, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 5 out of 177 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 27,341 total citations, 0 total articles, 136 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 15.700, which is 3.200 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 12.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.510.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 7.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES is identified in this record by print ISSN 0734-9750 and electronic ISSN 1873-1899. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameBIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
Abbreviated journalBIOTECHNOL ADV
PublisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank371
ISSN0734-9750
eISSN1873-1899
Total cites27,341
Total articles0
Citable items136
Cited half-life7.3 years
Citing half-life6.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor12.500
5-Year Impact Factor15.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites12.100
Journal Citation Indicator1.510
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank5/177
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES is 12.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES?

BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES?

BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES is listed as being published by PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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