New Scopus CiteScore for Subterranean Biology

The 2024 Scopus CiteScore for Subterranean Biology has been released, reporting a value of 2.6. Published in early June by Scopus and confirmed by the ARPHA Platform's indexing team, this figure represents a slight increase from the previous year’s score of 2.5, reflecting a rise in the journal’s impact.

The journal is placed in Q2 for all categories in which it is indexed: Animal Science and Zoology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Soil Science.

Traditionally announced in June, the Scopus CiteScore is a dynamic academic metric that reflects the citation rate of the content published in a particular journal over a past period. A Scopus CiteScore is estimated for each journal indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.

The CiteScore is derived by dividing the number of citations received over the past four full calendar years by the number of peer-reviewed publications published in that same timeframe. Only citations originating from other Scopus-indexed sources are included in the calculation. The Scopus CiteScore 2024 reflects data from 2021 to 2024.

Complementing this annual metric, Scopus also maintains the CiteScoreTracker, which offers a monthly update based on the same formula but incorporates citation data from the ongoing year. For Subterranean Biology, the current CiteScoreTracker draws on content published from 2022 through the latest complete month of 2025, offering a more immediate view of the journal’s citation dynamics.

The latest Scopus CiteScore and the CiteScoreTracker are automatically displayed on the journal website’s homepage. They also appear in the journal’s newsletter.