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Biological Letters
ISSN 1644-7700 · eISSN 1734-7467 · Walter de Gruyter · Poland
Biological Letters: fully open access; no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biological Letters is published by Walter de Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Study of Mite Species, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Plant Molecular Biology Research, together about 35.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Study of Mite SpeciesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.4%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
- Plant Molecular Biology ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and EcologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Tardigrade Biology and EcologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | Q3 | 140/209 | 33rd |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | Q4 | 160/204 | 21st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 377 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Blind peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1644-7700
- Electronic ISSN
- 1734-7467
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biological Letters
How long does peer review take at Biological Letters?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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.
Which databases index Biological Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biological Letters is indexed in Scopus.
Is Biological Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Biological Letters is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .