Oxford University Press · ISSN 1367-4803 · 1367-4811
Bioinformatics impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.
Short answer
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 6.51 citations per paper for Bioinformatics, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 6.51Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 560Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 65919,965 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $3,989Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Bioinformatics published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Bioinformatics publishes.
Mostly Molecular Biology, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bioinformatics | 6.51 | 560 | Open |
| Aging Cell | 6.36 | 215 | Open |
| Communications Biology | 6.66 | 141 | Open |
| mBio | 6.35 | 228 | Open |
| BMC Biology | 6.34 | 172 | Open |
About Bioinformatics.
Comment 1What is the Bioinformatics impact factor?
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 6.51 citations per paper for Bioinformatics, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Bioinformatics open access?
Yes, Bioinformatics is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $3,989.
Comment 3How many papers does Bioinformatics publish a year?
OpenAlex records 659 works in 2025, and 19,965 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.