Journal profile
BioLink
ISSN 2356-458X · eISSN 2597-5269 · Universitas Medan Area · Indonesia
BioLink: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BioLink is published by Universitas Medan Area. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief Jamilah NasutionPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 46, India 3, Malaysia 3, Pakistan 2 (54 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.5%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Water Quality and Resources StudiesEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science4%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science4%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 277 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 30 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 42 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 81 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 163 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 117 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 76 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | IDR 1,000,000 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | IDR 750,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | IDR 750,000 | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Official Website of UMA Open Access Journals
The UMA Open Access Journals provides quality journal publication services to documenting and preserving scientific article from the results of your research.
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
- Universitas Medan Area
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2356-458X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2597-5269
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BioLink
How long does peer review take at BioLink?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of BioLink based?
Of the 54 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (46), India (3) and Malaysia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BioLink?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BioLink is indexed in DOAJ.
Is BioLink open access, and what is the APC?
BioLink is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .