Journal profile · Health Professions-Health Information Management
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications
ISSN 1744-5485 · eISSN 1744-5493 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications: subscription journal; 48 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks and Gene expression and cancer classification, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Databases, bio-grid, system biology Biomedical image processing, modelling and simulation Bio-ontology and data mining, DNA assembly, clustering, mapping Computational genomics/proteomics Silico technology: computational intelligence, high performance computing E-health, telemedicine Gene expression, microarrays, identification, annotation Genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, neural networks, data visualisation Hidden Markov models, machine learning, support vector machines Molecular evolution, phylogeny, modelling, simulation, sequence analysis Parallel algorithms/architectures, computational structural biology Phylogeny reconstruction algorithms, physiome, protein structure prediction Sequence assembly, search, alignment Signalling/computational biomedical data engineering Simulated annealing, statistical analysis, stochastic grammars More on this journal... ObjectivesThe objectives of IJBRA are to develop, promote and coordinate the development and practice of bioinformatics and computational biology. IJBRA aims to help professionals working in the field, academic educators and policy-makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, and to learn from each other's work. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy. IJBRA is an outstanding outlet that can shape a significant body of research in the field of bioinformatics and computational biology and in which results can be shared across institutions, governments, researchers and students, and also industry.ReadershipIJBRA provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, researchers, graduate students, and managers, working in the field of bioinformatics and computational biology, to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.ContentsIJBRA publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, and notes, commentaries, and news. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Health Information Management
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
- Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
- Gene expression and cancer classificationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.9%
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science6.8%
- Protein Structure and DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.7%
- Machine Learning in BioinformaticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
- Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Professions6.1%
- Fractal and DNA sequence analysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Information Management | Q4 | 50/63 | 21st |
| Health Informatics | Q4 | 124/153 | 19th |
| Biomedical Engineering | Q4 | 272/323 | 15th |
| Clinical Biochemistry | Q4 | 109/121 | 10th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECEmbaseCASDBLPPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Academic OneFile (Gale), ACM Digital Library, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (Elsevier), cnpLINKer (CNPIEC), Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale), OneFile Business (Gale), General OneFile (Gale), Google Scholar, Info Trac (Gale), J-Gate, io-port (FIZ Karlsruhe), ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 881 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 0 | 94 |
| 2025 | 48 | 1 | 204 |
| 2024 | 91 | 4 | 232 |
| 2023 | 54 | 2 | 188 |
| 2022 | 47 | 3 | 173 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3 | 236 |
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
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Open Access
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 websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Originality requirement. Model summary
Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
No publication charges unless Open Access. Model summary
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review process. Model summary
All our articles go through a double-blind review process.
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1744-5485
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-5493
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications
Which databases index International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, Embase, CAS and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications is a subscription 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: .