Journal profile · Biology
FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW
ISSN 0015-5497 · eISSN 1734-9168 · Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals · POLAND · Semiannual · Founded 1953
FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.84; fully open access; no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 16 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW is published by Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Animal Nutrition and Physiology and Animal Genetics and Reproduction, together about 23.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Genetics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Folia Biologica (Kraków) is an international online open access journal accepting original scientific articles on various aspects of zoology: evolution, ecology, genetic diversity, and experimental zoology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biology
Editor-in-chief Elżbieta Warchałowska-Śliwa AssistantPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.4%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Animal Genetics and ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.1%
- Protist diversity and phylogenyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Genetic diversity and population structureBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: BIOSIS Citation Index, ICI Journals Master List, PBN - Polska Bibliografia Naukowa
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
- Impact factor
- 0.84LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.23Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2024
- 147.65Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 186OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 655 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 43 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 73 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 39 |
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access under CC BY 4.0 Model summary
This is an Open Access journal distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC-BY) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are properly cited
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
- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 1953
- ISSN
- 0015-5497
- Electronic ISSN
- 1734-9168
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW
What CAS zone is FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.84; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW?
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 FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW open access, and what is the APC?
FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .