Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Acta Biologica Szegediensis
ISSN 1588-385X · eISSN 1588-4082 · University of Szeged
Acta Biologica Szegediensis: fully open access; 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Biologica Szegediensis is published by University of Szeged. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant tissue culture and regeneration and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Biologica Szegediensis (ISSN 1588-4082) is an international peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the University of Szeged yearly online, in two issues per volume. Acta Biologica Szegediensis publishes novel findings in various fields of biology with focus on innovative research in modern experimental life sciences. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical papers, reviews, mini reviews, short communications, and descriptions of new methods. Letters to the editor and conference proceedings may also be published, subject to the approval of the Editor-in-Chief. Acta Biologica Szegediensis provides peer review by expert researchers, fast publication times, no page charge and free online accessibility. Table of contents and all issues of the journal are available at http://abs.bibl.u-szeged.hu/index.php/abs. Acta Biologica Szegediensis is indexed in BIOSIS Database, CAB Abstracts, CABI - Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, EBSCO Databases, EMBASE, Excerpta Medica, Elsevier BIOBASE (Current Awareness in Biological Sciences), Enago, Google Scholar, KOBV, OCLC, Scopus, SCImago and Zoological Record.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Editor-in-chief Csaba VágvölgyiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.1%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.8%
- Photosynthetic Processes and MechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Plant responses to elevated CO2Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.62OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 568 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 4 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 45 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 45 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 129 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Szeged
- ISSN
- 1588-385X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1588-4082
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 70, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Biologica Szegediensis
Which databases index Acta Biologica Szegediensis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Biologica Szegediensis is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acta Biologica Szegediensis open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Biologica Szegediensis is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .