Applied Biosafety

Applied Biosafety (APB), sponsored by ABSA International, is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal committed to promoting global biosafety awareness and best practices to prevent occupational exposures and adverse environmental impacts related to biohazardous releases. APB provides a forum for exchanging sound biosafety and biosecurity initiatives by publishing original articles, review articles, letters to the editors, commentaries, and brief reviews. APB informs scientists, safety professionals, policymakers, engineers, architects, and governmental organizations. The journal is committed to publishing on topics significant in well-resourced countries as well as information relevant to underserved regions, engaging and cultivating the development of biosafety professionals globally.

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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
Biotechnology	2002	Q4
Biotechnology	2003	Q4
Biotechnology	2004	Q4
Biotechnology	2015	Q4
Biotechnology	2016	Q4
Biotechnology	2017	Q4
Biotechnology	2018	Q4
Biotechnology	2019	Q3
Biotechnology	2020	Q3
Biotechnology	2021	Q3
Biotechnology	2022	Q3
Biotechnology	2023	Q3
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2002	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2003	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2004	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2015	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2016	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2017	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2018	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2019	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2020	Q3
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2021	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2022	Q4
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	2023	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2002	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2003	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2004	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2015	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2016	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2017	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2018	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2019	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2020	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2021	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2022	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2023	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2002	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2003	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2004	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2015	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2016	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2017	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2018	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2019	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2020	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2021	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2022	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	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
2002	0.102
2003	0.102
2004	0.145
2015	0.111
2016	0.149
2017	0.131
2018	0.173
2019	0.210
2020	0.345
2021	0.239
2022	0.309
2023	0.282

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2001	15
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2014	34
2015	30
2016	30
2017	27
2018	27
2019	27
2020	38
2021	36
2022	29
2023	25

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)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.088
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.250
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.106
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.298
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.465
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.829
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.148
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.992
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.133
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.088
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.106
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.356
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.877
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.478
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.376
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.088
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.133
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.421
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.833
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.754
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.527
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.431

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	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2014	0
Self Cites	2015	2
Self Cites	2016	4
Self Cites	2017	2
Self Cites	2018	8
Self Cites	2019	14
Self Cites	2020	28
Self Cites	2021	17
Self Cites	2022	15
Self Cites	2023	8
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	0
Total Cites	2004	2
Total Cites	2014	0
Total Cites	2015	3
Total Cites	2016	16
Total Cites	2017	10
Total Cites	2018	31
Total Cites	2019	42
Total Cites	2020	71
Total Cites	2021	136
Total Cites	2022	139
Total Cites	2023	103

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	2001	0
External Cites per document	2002	0.000
External Cites per document	2003	0.000
External Cites per document	2004	0.133
External Cites per document	2014	0
External Cites per document	2015	0.029
External Cites per document	2016	0.188
External Cites per document	2017	0.085
External Cites per document	2018	0.264
External Cites per document	2019	0.333
External Cites per document	2020	0.531
External Cites per document	2021	1.293
External Cites per document	2022	1.228
External Cites per document	2023	0.922
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.000
Cites per document	2004	0.133
Cites per document	2014	0.000
Cites per document	2015	0.088
Cites per document	2016	0.250
Cites per document	2017	0.106
Cites per document	2018	0.356
Cites per document	2019	0.500
Cites per document	2020	0.877
Cites per document	2021	1.478
Cites per document	2022	1.376
Cites per document	2023	1.000

% 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
2001	6.67
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2014	2.94
2015	6.67
2016	3.33
2017	11.11
2018	11.11
2019	25.93
2020	26.32
2021	13.89
2022	27.59
2023	40.00

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	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	4
Non-citable documents	2003	4
Non-citable documents	2004	4
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	5
Non-citable documents	2017	5
Non-citable documents	2018	8
Non-citable documents	2019	10
Non-citable documents	2020	13
Non-citable documents	2021	15
Non-citable documents	2022	14
Non-citable documents	2023	13
Citable documents	2001	0
Citable documents	2002	11
Citable documents	2003	11
Citable documents	2004	11
Citable documents	2014	0
Citable documents	2015	31
Citable documents	2016	59
Citable documents	2017	89
Citable documents	2018	79
Citable documents	2019	74
Citable documents	2020	68
Citable documents	2021	77
Citable documents	2022	87
Citable documents	2023	90

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	2001	0
Uncited documents	2002	15
Uncited documents	2003	15
Uncited documents	2004	13
Uncited documents	2014	0
Uncited documents	2015	31
Uncited documents	2016	51
Uncited documents	2017	86
Uncited documents	2018	66
Uncited documents	2019	59
Uncited documents	2020	49
Uncited documents	2021	43
Uncited documents	2022	55
Uncited documents	2023	69
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	0
Cited documents	2004	2
Cited documents	2014	0
Cited documents	2015	3
Cited documents	2016	13
Cited documents	2017	8
Cited documents	2018	21
Cited documents	2019	25
Cited documents	2020	32
Cited documents	2021	49
Cited documents	2022	46
Cited documents	2023	34