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Elsevier BV · ISSN 2666-1667

STAR Protocols 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: 1.74 citations per paper for STAR Protocols, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
1.74Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
47Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
7564,775 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
OpenAPC about $1,550Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works STAR Protocols published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

05001,0001,500202020212022202320242025756

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What STAR Protocols publishes.

Mostly Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
STAR Protocols1.7447Open
Biology Open1.7977Open
JBC1.96781Open
eLife2.08311Open
Evolution2.80362Subscription
Questions

About STAR Protocols.

Comment 1What is the STAR Protocols impact factor?
Response

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: 1.74 citations per paper for STAR Protocols, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is STAR Protocols open access?
Response

Yes, STAR Protocols is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $1,550.

Comment 3How many papers does STAR Protocols publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 756 works in 2025, and 4,775 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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