Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · ISSN 1422-0067 · 1661-6596
IJMS 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: 7.08 citations per paper for IJMS, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 7.08Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 426Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 12,342115,564 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $3,499Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works IJMS published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What IJMS publishes.
Mostly Plant Science, Cancer Research and Physiology, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Extracellular vesicles in disease
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| IJMS | 7.08 | 426 | Open |
| PLOS Biology | 7.25 | 383 | Open |
| CMLS | 7.25 | 329 | Open |
| Cells | 6.88 | 233 | Open |
| Oncogene | 6.84 | 423 | Subscription |
About IJMS.
Comment 1What is the IJMS 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: 7.08 citations per paper for IJMS, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is IJMS open access?
Yes, IJMS is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $3,499.
Comment 3How many papers does IJMS publish a year?
OpenAlex records 12,342 works in 2025, and 115,564 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.