Journal profile · Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Applied Biosafety
ISSN 1535-6760 · eISSN 2470-1246 · SAGE
Applied Biosafety: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 39 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Applied Biosafety is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, Genetically Modified Organisms Research and Chemical Safety and Risk Management, together about 36.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This peer-reviewed, scientific journal promotes global biosafety awareness and best practices to prevent occupational exposures and adverse environmental impacts related to biohazardous releases. The journal provides a forum for exchanging … | View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Editor-in-chief Karen B. ByersPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 44, Canada 4, Switzerland 3, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (56 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.2%
- Genetically Modified Organisms ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
- Chemical Safety and Risk ManagementChemical Engineering6.3%
- Biotechnology and Related FieldsMedicine6.3%
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchMedicine5%
- Infection Control and VentilationMedicine4.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.5%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 144OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,267 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 39 | 37 | 47 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 202 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 120 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 113 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 218 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 800
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- brief reviewsBrief Reviews · 3,000-5,000-word limit (excluding the abstract and references) · Structured abstract (250 word maximum) · 5-6 keywords · Maximum of 5 figures an…Length not stated
- commentaryManuscript Types and Guidelines All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted for Biomedical Journals. …Length not stated
- editorialManuscript Types and Guidelines All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted for Biomedical Journals. …Length not stated
- editorials and commentariesEditorials and Commentaries · 2,500-word limit · 1 figure and/or table · Maximum of 15 referencesLength not stated
- letterManuscript Types and Guidelines All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted for Biomedical Journals. …Length not stated
- letters to the editorManuscript Types and Guidelines All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted for Biomedical Journals. …Length not stated
- original articleManuscript Types and Guidelines All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted for Biomedical Journals. …main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original articlesOriginal Articles · 3,000-5,000 word limit (excluding the abstract and references) · Structured abstract (250 word maximum) · 5-6 Keywords · 5 figures and/or ta…Length not stated
- reviewManuscript Types and Guidelines All manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted for Biomedical Journals. …Length not stated
- reviewsReviews · 6,000-8,000-word limit (excluding the abstract and references) · Structured abstract (250 word maximum) · 5-6 keywords · Maximum of 8 figures and/or t…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review and publication process, this journal has adopted CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy). CRediT is a high-level taxonomy, including 14 roles, which is used to describe each author’s individual contributions to the work. You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, the following fees apply: $800 for first color image, $200 for each subsequent image in color. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice progr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymizedReviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reject…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint submissions accepted with DOI Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1535-6760
- Electronic ISSN
- 2470-1246
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Applied Biosafety
What CAS zone is Applied Biosafety in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Applied Biosafety is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Applied Biosafety?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 31.
Where are the editorial board members of Applied Biosafety based?
Of the 56 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (44), Canada (4) and Switzerland (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Applied Biosafety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Applied Biosafety is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Applied Biosafety open access, and what is the APC?
Applied Biosafety is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .