Journal profile
Anales de Biologia
ISSN 1138-3399 · eISSN 1989-2128 · Universidad de Murcia · Spain
Anales de Biologia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anales de Biologia is published by Universidad de Murcia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, together about 44.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Welcome to Anales de Biología, the journal published by the Biology Faculty of the Universidad de Murcia about research on Biology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 6, United States 2, India 2, Chile 2, Croatia 2 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.7%
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Lichen and fungal ecologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Diptera species taxonomy and behaviorAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences4%
- Bryophyte Studies and RecordsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Crossref, Dulcinea, LatIndex, Jisc/SHERPA/RoMEO, REDIB, MIAR, DIALNET, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Zoological Record, ÍnDICEsCSIC, ResearchBib, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 724 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 47 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 91 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 119 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 120 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 112 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 159 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Author instructions available. Model summary
Intrucciones para autores/Instructions to authors
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND) license. Model summary
Anales de Biología se publica bajo una licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional License (CC BY-NC-ND).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No APC; color figures in print may incur a charge. Model summary
No hay ningún tipo de coste para los autores por el procesado del trabajo ni su publicación, a excepción hecha del interés de los autores por publicar en color, en la versión impresa, las imágenes incluidas en sus trabajo.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Accepting submissions for 2026 (Vol. 48). Model summary
Vol. 48 . 2026 Se aceptan trabajos para 2026 Articles are accepted for 2026
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Green open access archiving: pre-print, post-print, and publisher's version/PDF allowed. Model summary
Los autores puede archivar las versiónes pre-print (versión previa a la revisión por pares), post-print (ie la versión final posterior a la revisión por pares) y versión de editor/PDF.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad de Murcia
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1138-3399
- Electronic ISSN
- 1989-2128
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anales de Biologia
How long does peer review take at Anales de Biologia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Anales de Biologia based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (6), United States (2) and India (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Anales de Biologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anales de Biologia is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Anales de Biologia open access, and what is the APC?
Anales de Biologia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .