Journal profile · EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
CBE-Life Sciences Education
ISSN 1931-7913 · American Society for Cell Biology · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 2006
CBE-Life Sciences Education: CAS Zone 2 · Education (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.56; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 55 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CBE-Life Sciences Education is published by American Society for Cell Biology and is in Zone 2 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovative Teaching Methods, Science Education and Pedagogy and Career Development and Diversity, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE), a free, online quarterly journal, is published by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). The journal was launched in spring 2002 as Cell Biology Education—A Journal of Life Science Education. The ASCB changed the name of the journal in spring 2006 to better reflect the breadth of its readership and the scope of its submissions. LSE publishes peer-reviewed articles on life science education at the K–12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. The ASCB believes that learning in biology encompasses diverse fields, including math, chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, and the interdisciplinary intersections of biology with these fields. Within biology, LSE focuses on how students are introduced to the study of life sciences, as well as approaches in cell biology, developmental biology, neuroscience, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, and proteomics.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Editor-in-chief Miriam SeguraPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences12.7%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences10.5%
- Career Development and DiversitySocial Sciences10.4%
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.4%
- Educational Strategies and EpistemologiesPsychology6.7%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology5.1%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.8%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 3.56LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,031OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,544 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 22 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 180 |
| 2024 | 86 | 86 | 772 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 929 |
| 2022 | 98 | 98 | 2,143 |
| 2021 | 89 | 89 | 2,954 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Society for Cell Biology
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1931-7913
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CBE-Life Sciences Education
What CAS zone is CBE-Life Sciences Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CBE-Life Sciences Education is in Zone 2 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Education, Scientific Disciplines; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of CBE-Life Sciences Education?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.56; CiteScore 7.6, h-index 126.
How long does peer review take at CBE-Life Sciences Education?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 CBE-Life Sciences Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CBE-Life Sciences Education is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is CBE-Life Sciences Education open access, and what is the APC?
CBE-Life Sciences Education is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .