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Open Biology

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Open Biology
DisciplineNatural sciences
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJonathon Pines
Publication details
History2011–present
Publisher
Royal Society (United Kingdom)
FrequencyContinuous
Yes
LicenseCC-BY 4.0
4.5 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Open Biol.
Indexing
CODENOBPICQ
ISSN2046-2441
OCLC no.758836335
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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.

Contents and themes

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The journal publishes research articles, reviews, invited perspectives, commentaries, comments, and invited replies.

Abstracting and indexing

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The 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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Glover, D.; Holt, C.; Johnson, L.; Parham, P. (2011). "Introducing Open Biology". Open Biology. 1 (1): 110001. doi:10.1098/rsob.110001. PMC 3352079.
  3. ^ "Open Biology". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.
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