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Integrative Organismal Biology
ISSN 2517-4843 · Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
Integrative Organismal Biology: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.96; fully open access; APC about USD 2,031; median 123 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Integrative Organismal Biology is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Ichthyology and Marine Biology, together about 26.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Integrative Organismal Biology: A Journal of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology publishes original research, reviews, techniques, methods, best practices, brief communications, opinion pieces, letters and commentaries that span the disciplines of integrative and comparative biology. The journal particularly welcomes contributions that clearly and explicitly encompass concepts from more than one of the topics outlined below, which encompass the full scope of organismal biology including zoology and botany. Animal Behavior Comparative Biomechanics Comparative Endocrinology Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Evolutionary Developmental Biology Ecoimmunology and Disease Ecology Ecology and Evolution Invertebrate Zoology, Neurobiology Neuroethology Sensory Biology Botany Phylogenetics and Comparative Biology Vertebrate Morphology The journal serves as a home for the field of integrative and comparative organismal biology, promoting the best features of the discipline and illustrating the novel advances that can arise from synthesis, setting the standards for progress in organismal biology. We embrace modern publishing and social media tools to increase access, visibility, and participation in the scientific endeavor. Integrative Organismal Biology is a fully open access journal, published on behalf of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. The Editor-in-Chief is Ignacio Moore (Virginia Tech, USA). One of the largest and most prestigious professional associations of its kind, the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) seeks to integrate the many fields of specialization which occur in the broad field of biology. The SICB is organized around eleven divisions, each relevant to a major segment of biology. The Society is dedicated to promoting the pursuit and public dissemination of important information relating to biology. SICB takes pride in the fact that one of the Society's focal points is to support its student members, and that the organization is fundamentally committed to the advancement and development of the field of biology through its members. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 2.0 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.3 Zoology (Rank by Impact Factor) 37/183 Biology (Rank by Impact Factor) 49/106 Evolutionary Biology (Rank by Impact Factor) 36/54 2025 Cited Half-Life 4.2 years 2025 Immediacy Index 1 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00109 2025 Article Influence Score 0.662 Scopus 2025 CiteScore
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief I.T. MoorePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 8, United Kingdom 1, Brazil 1 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science8%
- Ichthyology and Marine BiologyEnvironmental Science7.6%
- Physiological and biochemical adaptationsEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEarth and Planetary Sciences6.5%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.2%
- Morphological variations and asymmetryMathematics5.9%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 2 |
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 | Zoology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Evolutionary Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, CNKI
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
- 1.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 48LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 108,375Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 396 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 57 | 3 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 139 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 166 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 305 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | 536 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 551 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 180 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 3 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 137 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (103 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 46 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 109 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,031 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,134 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,031 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,625 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- USD 3,625
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 400 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9
- best practicesIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original research, reviews, techniques, best practices, and commentary that span the disciplines of integrative and com…Length not stated
- commentaryIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original research, reviews, techniques, best practices, and commentary that span the disciplines of integrative and com…Length not stated
- lettersIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original data articles, opinion pieces, and letters.Length not stated
- opinion piecesIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original data articles, opinion pieces, and letters.Length not stated
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- original researchIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original research, reviews, techniques, best practices, and commentary that span the disciplines of integrative and com…Length not stated
- reviewIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original research, reviews, techniques, best practices, and commentary that span the disciplines of integrative and com…Length not stated
- reviewsIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original research, reviews, techniques, best practices, and commentary that span the disciplines of integrative and com…Length not stated
- techniquesIntegrative Organismal Biology publishes original research, reviews, techniques, best practices, and commentary that span the disciplines of integrative and com…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. The order of authorship should be a joint decision of the co-authors. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should be based on substantial contribution to conception and design, execution, or analysis and interpretation of data. All authors shoul…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
At the point of submission, Integrative Organismal Biology policy requires that each author reveal any financial interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question of bias in the work reported or the conclusions, implications, or opinions stated - including pertinent commercial or other sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Availability of Data and Materials
Where ethically feasible, Integrative Organismal Biology strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. Authors are required to include a Data Availability Statement in their article. We suggest that data be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files, or deposited in a public repository whenever p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Integrative Organismal Biology is a fully open access journal, and all articles are published in the journal under an open access licence immediately upon publication. You will need to pay an open access charge to publish under an open access licence. Details of the open access licences and open access charges. Journal (required) Please select Academic MedicineActa CytologicaActa HaematologicaAdap…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double blind, anonymous peer review administered by the editorial office. Model summary
All manuscripts are subjected to double blind, anonymous peer review administered by the editorial office. Reviews are read for content and clarity and may be summarized by the editorial team. Reviewers will be notified of editorial decisions at the same time as the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Manuscripts submitted to Integrative Organismal Biology may be screened with iThenticate anti-plagiarism software in an attempt to detect and prevent plagiarism. Any manuscript may be screened, especially if there is reason to suppose part or all of the text has been previously published. Prior to final acceptance, any manuscript that has not already been screened may be put through iThenticate.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiv…
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2517-4843
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Integrative Organismal Biology
What CAS zone is Integrative Organismal Biology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Integrative Organismal Biology is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Biology / Zoology / Evolutionary Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Integrative Organismal Biology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.96; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Integrative Organismal Biology?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 83–180 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Integrative Organismal Biology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 400 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Integrative Organismal Biology based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (8), United Kingdom (1) and Brazil (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Integrative Organismal Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Integrative Organismal Biology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Integrative Organismal Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Integrative Organismal Biology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,031.
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: .