Open Biology is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Royal Society covering biology at the molecular and cellular levels.[1] The first issue was published in September 2011 with an editorial about the launch of the journal.[2] The editor-in-chief is Jonathon Pines (The Institute of Cancer Research) who was appointed in 2020.
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| Discipline | Natural sciences |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jonathon Pines |
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| History | 2011–present |
| Publisher | Royal Society (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Continuous |
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| License | CC-BY 4.0 |
| 4.5 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Open Biol. |
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| CODEN | OBPICQ |
| ISSN | 2046-2441 |
| OCLC no. | 758836335 |
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Contents and themes
editThe journal publishes research articles, reviews, invited perspectives, commentaries, comments, and invited replies.
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, BIOSIS Previews, Scopus, and Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.5.[3]
References
edit- ^ "World's oldest scientific publisher breaks new ground with Open Biology". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ Glover, D.; Holt, C.; Johnson, L.; Parham, P. (2011). "Introducing Open Biology". Open Biology. 1 (1): 110001. doi:10.1098/rsob.110001. PMC 3352079.
- ^ "Open Biology". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.