Biopreservation and Biobanking

Biopreservation and Biobanking is the first journal to provide a unifying forum for the peer-reviewed communication of recent advances in the emerging and evolving field of biospecimen procurement, processing, preservation and banking, distribution, and use. The Journal publishes a range of original articles focusing on current challenges and problems in biopreservation, and advances in methods to address these issues related to the processing of macromolecules, cells, and tissues for research. In a new section dedicated to Emerging Markets and Technologies, the Journal highlights the emergence of new markets and technologies that are either adopting or disrupting the biobank framework as they imprint on society. The solutions presented here are anticipated to help drive innovation within the biobank community. Biopreservation and Biobanking also explores the ethical, legal, and societal considerations surrounding biobanking and biorepository operation. Ideas and practical solutions relevant to improved quality, efficiency, and sustainability of repositories, and relating to their management, operation and oversight are discussed as well.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2003	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2007	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2008	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2009	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2010	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2011	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2023	Q3
Cell Biology	2003	Q4
Cell Biology	2004	Q4
Cell Biology	2005	Q4
Cell Biology	2006	Q4
Cell Biology	2007	Q4
Cell Biology	2008	Q4
Cell Biology	2009	Q4
Cell Biology	2010	Q4
Cell Biology	2011	Q4
Cell Biology	2012	Q4
Cell Biology	2013	Q4
Cell Biology	2014	Q4
Cell Biology	2015	Q4
Cell Biology	2016	Q3
Cell Biology	2017	Q3
Cell Biology	2018	Q3
Cell Biology	2019	Q3
Cell Biology	2020	Q4
Cell Biology	2021	Q4
Cell Biology	2022	Q3
Cell Biology	2023	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2008	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2009	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2010	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2011	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2020	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2003	0.169
2004	0.440
2005	0.394
2006	0.409
2007	0.336
2008	0.257
2009	0.264
2010	0.188
2011	0.275
2012	0.458
2013	0.399
2014	0.473
2015	0.584
2016	0.646
2017	0.864
2018	0.891
2019	0.633
2020	0.545
2021	0.512
2022	0.526
2023	0.374

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2002	7
2003	22
2004	34
2005	25
2006	30
2007	27
2008	26
2009	17
2010	26
2011	51
2012	69
2013	69
2014	72
2015	76
2016	81
2017	86
2018	73
2019	92
2020	82
2021	83
2022	83
2023	103

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.714
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.621
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.794
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.943
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.739
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.638
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.546
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.520
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.906
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.042
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.202
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.237
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.674
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.563
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.651
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.708
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.190
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.864
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.090
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.206
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.585
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.714
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.621
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.794
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.889
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.708
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.634
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.494
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.058
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.233
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.695
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.535
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.769
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.819
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.892
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.869
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.263
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.035
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.427
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.714
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.621
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.732
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.847
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.491
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.368
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.453
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.372
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.116
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.208
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.300
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.275
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.688
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.520
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.631
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.485
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.711
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.958
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.029
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.855
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.277

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	1
Self Cites	2004	19
Self Cites	2005	11
Self Cites	2006	20
Self Cites	2007	9
Self Cites	2008	4
Self Cites	2009	4
Self Cites	2010	2
Self Cites	2011	18
Self Cites	2012	32
Self Cites	2013	35
Self Cites	2014	84
Self Cites	2015	117
Self Cites	2016	62
Self Cites	2017	117
Self Cites	2018	66
Self Cites	2019	75
Self Cites	2020	90
Self Cites	2021	62
Self Cites	2022	69
Self Cites	2023	35
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	5
Total Cites	2004	47
Total Cites	2005	50
Total Cites	2006	72
Total Cites	2007	63
Total Cites	2008	52
Total Cites	2009	41
Total Cites	2010	30
Total Cites	2011	73
Total Cites	2012	108
Total Cites	2013	180
Total Cites	2014	243
Total Cites	2015	356
Total Cites	2016	333
Total Cites	2017	405
Total Cites	2018	442
Total Cites	2019	454
Total Cites	2020	469
Total Cites	2021	559
Total Cites	2022	523
Total Cites	2023	354

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2002	0
External Cites per document	2003	0.571
External Cites per document	2004	0.966
External Cites per document	2005	0.619
External Cites per document	2006	0.642
External Cites per document	2007	0.607
External Cites per document	2008	0.585
External Cites per document	2009	0.446
External Cites per document	2010	0.400
External Cites per document	2011	0.797
External Cites per document	2012	0.809
External Cites per document	2013	0.993
External Cites per document	2014	0.841
External Cites per document	2015	1.138
External Cites per document	2016	1.249
External Cites per document	2017	1.258
External Cites per document	2018	1.547
External Cites per document	2019	1.579
External Cites per document	2020	1.510
External Cites per document	2021	2.012
External Cites per document	2022	1.767
External Cites per document	2023	1.286
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.714
Cites per document	2004	1.621
Cites per document	2005	0.794
Cites per document	2006	0.889
Cites per document	2007	0.708
Cites per document	2008	0.634
Cites per document	2009	0.494
Cites per document	2010	0.429
Cites per document	2011	1.058
Cites per document	2012	1.149
Cites per document	2013	1.233
Cites per document	2014	1.286
Cites per document	2015	1.695
Cites per document	2016	1.535
Cites per document	2017	1.769
Cites per document	2018	1.819
Cites per document	2019	1.892
Cites per document	2020	1.869
Cites per document	2021	2.263
Cites per document	2022	2.035
Cites per document	2023	1.427

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2002	42.86
2003	18.18
2004	14.71
2005	16.00
2006	13.33
2007	11.11
2008	15.38
2009	29.41
2010	34.62
2011	31.37
2012	24.64
2013	23.19
2014	20.83
2015	13.16
2016	37.04
2017	36.05
2018	38.36
2019	30.43
2020	46.34
2021	30.12
2022	28.92
2023	33.98

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	1
Non-citable documents	2004	4
Non-citable documents	2005	8
Non-citable documents	2006	10
Non-citable documents	2007	12
Non-citable documents	2008	13
Non-citable documents	2009	15
Non-citable documents	2010	13
Non-citable documents	2011	15
Non-citable documents	2012	18
Non-citable documents	2013	28
Non-citable documents	2014	32
Non-citable documents	2015	32
Non-citable documents	2016	33
Non-citable documents	2017	32
Non-citable documents	2018	35
Non-citable documents	2019	31
Non-citable documents	2020	33
Non-citable documents	2021	33
Non-citable documents	2022	37
Non-citable documents	2023	33
Citable documents	2002	0
Citable documents	2003	6
Citable documents	2004	25
Citable documents	2005	55
Citable documents	2006	71
Citable documents	2007	77
Citable documents	2008	69
Citable documents	2009	68
Citable documents	2010	57
Citable documents	2011	54
Citable documents	2012	76
Citable documents	2013	118
Citable documents	2014	157
Citable documents	2015	178
Citable documents	2016	184
Citable documents	2017	197
Citable documents	2018	208
Citable documents	2019	209
Citable documents	2020	218
Citable documents	2021	214
Citable documents	2022	220
Citable documents	2023	215

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2002	0
Uncited documents	2003	3
Uncited documents	2004	14
Uncited documents	2005	41
Uncited documents	2006	49
Uncited documents	2007	61
Uncited documents	2008	58
Uncited documents	2009	59
Uncited documents	2010	51
Uncited documents	2011	36
Uncited documents	2012	52
Uncited documents	2013	80
Uncited documents	2014	101
Uncited documents	2015	88
Uncited documents	2016	89
Uncited documents	2017	82
Uncited documents	2018	100
Uncited documents	2019	80
Uncited documents	2020	86
Uncited documents	2021	71
Uncited documents	2022	81
Uncited documents	2023	97
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	4
Cited documents	2004	15
Cited documents	2005	22
Cited documents	2006	32
Cited documents	2007	28
Cited documents	2008	24
Cited documents	2009	24
Cited documents	2010	19
Cited documents	2011	33
Cited documents	2012	42
Cited documents	2013	66
Cited documents	2014	88
Cited documents	2015	122
Cited documents	2016	128
Cited documents	2017	147
Cited documents	2018	143
Cited documents	2019	160
Cited documents	2020	165
Cited documents	2021	176
Cited documents	2022	176
Cited documents	2023	151