Biotechnology Journal International
A full, reproducible breakdown of this journal's ScPedia Score — reported across 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year windows, the same way Scopus publishes CiteScore Tracker alongside its fixed-year figure — and its h-index, including every citation source that contributed and the complete article ranking.
0.5
2-Year ScPedia Score
2024–2025
0.6
3-Year ScPedia Score
2023–2025
0.7
4-Year ScPedia Score
2022–2025
0.7
5-Year ScPedia Score
2021–2025
20
H-index
All-time
Methodology & Limitations
ScPedia Score of a Journal
Modelled on the methodology used for CiteScore (as available in Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteScore), the ScPedia Score is calculated by dividing the total citations credited to documents published during the N complete calendar years preceding the current year by the total number of documents published during the same period.
The current, still-in-progress calendar year is always excluded. For example, a 2025 score would use data from 2022–2025 and would exclude any data from 2026.
H-Index of a Journal
The H-index is the largest value h such that at least h articles published by the journal have each received at least h citations. It is calculated across the journal's entire publication history rather than being restricted to a specific citation window.
Known Approximation / Limitation
For the purpose of calculating the ScPedia Score, "Citations received" represents the all-time combined citation count for each document. This combines the platform's resolved citation index with citation counts reported by external sources.
This is used as an approximation because the available citation sources do not provide citation-event timestamps that identify the specific year in which each citation was received. Consequently, a citation associated with a document published within the calculation window may have been recorded before or after that publication window.
Therefore, the resulting figure should be interpreted as a real and reproducible citation ratio based on the platform's indexed data, rather than as an exact replication of any particular commercial citation metric.
Data as of 24 Sep 2026, 19:25. Figures are computed live from this platform's own citation records on every page load.
2-Year ScPedia Score
2024–2025This journal's calculation
58 citations ÷ 108 documents = 0.5
108 of this journal's 904 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 58 citations and 108 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51 | 48 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 57 | 10 | 0.2 |
| Total | 108 | 58 | 0.5 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 58 citations behind this score were reported.
Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
22
Citation Articles
57
Citations
98.3%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
1
Citation Articles
1
Citations
1.7%
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3-Year ScPedia Score
2023–2025This journal's calculation
87 citations ÷ 145 documents = 0.6
145 of this journal's 904 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 87 citations and 145 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37 | 29 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 51 | 48 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 57 | 10 | 0.2 |
| Total | 145 | 87 | 0.6 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 87 citations behind this score were reported.
Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
34
Citation Articles
83
Citations
95.4%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
2
Citation Articles
3
Citations
3.4%
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OpenCitations
OpenCitations' own citation index, substantially built from Crossref's open reference deposits.
1
Citation Articles
1
Citations
1.1%
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4-Year ScPedia Score
2022–2025This journal's calculation
130 citations ÷ 175 documents = 0.7
175 of this journal's 904 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 130 citations and 175 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 43 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 37 | 29 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 51 | 48 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 57 | 10 | 0.2 |
| Total | 175 | 130 | 0.7 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 130 citations behind this score were reported.
Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
44
Citation Articles
105
Citations
80.8%
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OpenCitations
OpenCitations' own citation index, substantially built from Crossref's open reference deposits.
5
Citation Articles
14
Citations
10.8%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
4
Citation Articles
11
Citations
8.5%
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5-Year ScPedia Score
2021–2025This journal's calculation
153 citations ÷ 205 documents = 0.7
205 of this journal's 904 total articles were published in this window.
Citations by publication year
The same 153 citations and 205 documents above, split by which year in the window each cited document was published — not when the citations themselves happened, which none of this platform's citation sources record.
| Year | Publish Articles | Citations | Citations / Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | 23 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | 30 | 43 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 37 | 29 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 51 | 48 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 57 | 10 | 0.2 |
| Total | 205 | 153 | 0.7 |
Citation collection sources
Where the 153 citations behind this score were reported.
Crossref
Crossref's own aggregate cited-by count, built from publisher-deposited reference lists across its member registry.
44
Citation Articles
105
Citations
68.6%
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OpenCitations
OpenCitations' own citation index, substantially built from Crossref's open reference deposits.
13
Citation Articles
34
Citations
22.2%
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Semantic Scholar
Individually enumerated citing-paper records from Semantic Scholar.
6
Citation Articles
14
Citations
9.2%
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How the h-index is calculated
Every article is ranked by its combined citation count (this platform's own resolved index plus every external source's own reported count); h is the last rank where the citation count still meets or exceeds the rank itself.
This journal's result
h-index = 20 — 20 articles with at least 20 citations each.