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Biology Letters

The Royal Society · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1744-9561eISSN1744-957X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.982

H-Indexi

171

SNIPi

1.053

Total Worksi

4,659

Total Citationsi

214,220

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyMonthly, 2014-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,659

Publisher OrgRoyal Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The Royal Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-9561 / 1744-957X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

235

7.6k

2019

211

5.3k

2020

171

3.3k

2021

190

2022

179

1.9k

2023

177

1.1k

2024

213

684

2025

134

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BiologyEcologyEvolutionary Biology

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Behavior and ReproductionPlant and animal studiesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorWildlife Ecology and ConservationAvian ecology and behaviorAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorPrimate Behavior and EcologyAmphibian and Reptile BiologyEvolution and Paleontology StudiesPhysiological and biochemical adaptations

Frequently asked questions about Biology Letters

Is Biology Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biology Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biology Letters?

Biology Letters is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.95.

Is Biology Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biology Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biology Letters?