Central European Journal of Biology

Central European Journal of Biology is published by Versita. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, MicroRNA in disease regulation and Circular RNAs in diseases, together about 21.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal Open Life Sciences is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal committed to encompassing a wide array of subjects within the life sciences. It is poised to captivate a diverse readership across the fields of biology, biotechnology, and medicine, including scholars who would like to gain profound insights into the latest scientific breakthroughs, as well as non-scholarly readers, who seek to expand their knowledge and deepen their understanding with reference to the newest discoveries in the field of science.Open Life Sciences assures the top quality of published data through critical peer-review and editorial involvement throughout the entire publication process. Thanks to the Open Access model, it also offers unrestricted access to published articles for all users.The published content includes research articles, review articles, communications, case reports, commentaries, and letters to the Editor.Aims and ScopeThe journal aims to facilitate the communication and collaboration of scientists across different countries.The scope of Open Life Sciences is devoted to scholarly research in all areas of life sciences, and covers topics of:BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES including cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, immunology, pharmacology, neuroscience, cancer biology, bioinformatics and computational biology, case reports of rare diseasesPLANT SCIENCES including plant anatomy and physiology, plant genetics and biotechnologyANIMAL SCIENCES including zoology, veterinary sciences, animals in agricultureECOLOGY and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE including evolutionary biology, populations, ecosystems and landscapes, ecotoxicology, air and soil pollution and control, environmental microbiology, biomass and bioenergy, biodiversity, conservation biology, mari ne ecologyAGRICULTURE including crop production, livestock and poultry breeding and nutritionFOOD SCIENCE and NUTRITION including functional food, food microbiology, food metabolomics, food by-products, food waste managementBIOENGINEERING and BIOTECHNOLOGY including tissue engineering, biomaterials, nanotechnology, bioreactorsOpen Life Sciences also hosts a dedicated Pteridines and Related Topics section, developed in collaboration with the International Society of Pteridinology (http://www.pteridines.org/). Edited by Dr. Johanna M. Gostner (Innsbruck Medical University, Austria) and Dr. Thomas Felder (Paracelsus Medical University, Austria), the section welcomes submissions coveri

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Biology

Editor-in-chief Thomas LitmanPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

DOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

SCIECASCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA, OCLC

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

2.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

2.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore (publisher)

3.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

56OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

758OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.2OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 1 monthLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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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.

Publisher

Versita

Country or region

POLAND

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

2006

ISSN

1895-104X

Electronic ISSN

1644-3632

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website