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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #2,807CAS 3区Hybrid

GigaScience

Abbreviation (ISO):GIGASCIENCE
Country: England•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.387•SCImago Rank: #2,807•Identifier (ISSN):2047-217X(Print)•Articles / Year: 89•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $4,198 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
5
↑ +1.1

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
32

32 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation Rate1.7%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
89articles/year
98.93% Gold OA•93.81% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5)
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20252.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.9)
🔵 Computed
20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 11.8)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 9.2)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 7.658)
🔵 Computed
20213.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.524)
🔵 Computed
20203.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.993)
🔵 Computed
20192.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.688)
🔵 Computed
20183.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 7.267)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

GigaScience aims to revolutionize data dissemination, organization, understanding, and use. An online open-access open-data journal, we publish 'big-data' studies from the entire spectrum of life and biomedical sciences. To achieve our goals, the journal has a novel publication format: one that links standard manuscript publication with an extensive database ([GigaDB](http://gigadb.org/)) that hosts all associated data, as well as provides data analysis tools through our [GigaGalaxy](http://galaxy.cbiit.cuhk.edu.hk/) server. Further promoting transparency in the review process, we have open review as standard for all our peer-reviewed papers. Our scope covers not just 'omic' type data and the fields of high-throughput biology currently serviced by large public repositories, but also the growing range of more difficult-to-access data, such as imaging, neuroscience, ecology, cohort data, systems biology and other new types of large-scale shareable data.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology86.8%Chemistry71.8%Genetics70.7%Biochemistry68.3%Computer science64.8%Gene63.9%Computational biology47.8%Genome45.8%Medicine31.5%Operating system27.1%Ecology27%Programming language26%Engineering25.3%Artificial intelligence24.9%Data science24.1%Gene expression23.3%Mathematics22%Geology21%Data mining20.8%Evolutionary biology20.8%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #2,807Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2012-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Computer ScienceMedicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.387

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
106

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
4.33

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$4,198 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,648
3-Year Documents358
Citable Documents356

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate34.4%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1
Health InformaticsQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Biology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
BioMed Central
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Founding Year
2012
Editorial Address
GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD, ENGLAND, OX2 6DP
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusDOAJPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
JCRSCIE
20/140Q1
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
JCISCIE
22/140Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—9375
20253.91701,021
202411.81202,110
20239.212133
20227.6582394,685
20216.52410523,439
20205.99316310,942
20194.68815313,750
20187.26716612,799
2017—14917,022
2016—763,682
2015—6619,438
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for GigaScience

WoS Q1
261014201820192020202120222023202420253.90
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:3.9

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 1.7%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 71cf809c-2c22-4f08-b096-203998ce2dfc
Database Updated: 2026-10-01