Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature
ISSN 2231-1866 · eISSN 2231-1874 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 100 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Medicinal Plant Research, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities, together about 47.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences22.2%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.7%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine6.3%
- Phytochemical Studies and BioactivitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- Phytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsMedicine3.7%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine3.6%
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 | Chemistry, Medicinal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Medicinal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 119/253 | 53rd |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Q2 | 57/115 | 50th |
| Plant Science | Q3 | 284/541 | 47th |
| Pharmacology | Q3 | 236/328 | 28th |
| Drug Discovery | Q4 | 125/161 | 22nd |
| Toxicology | Q4 | 102/131 | 22nd |
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 105OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 621 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 6 | 341 |
| 2025 | 41 | 7 | 447 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3 | 461 |
| 2023 | 39 | 0 | 398 |
| 2022 | 34 | 5 | 360 |
| 2021 | 37 | 1 | 417 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 71 days – 160 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 121 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (78 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
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.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2231-1866
- Electronic ISSN
- 2231-1874
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature
What CAS zone is Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Medicinal. 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 71–160 days). 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.
Which databases index Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature 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; 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: .