Journal of Biological Systems

Journal of Biological Systems is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics and COVID-19 epidemiological studies, together about 52.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Biological Systems is published quarterly. The goal of the Journal is to promote interdisciplinary approaches in Biology and in Medicine, and the study of biological situations with a variety of tools, including mathematical and general systems methods. The Journal solicits original research papers and survey articles in areas that include (but are not limited to): Complex systems studies; isomorphies; nonlinear dynamics; entropy; mathematical tools and systems theories with applications in Biology and Medicine. Interdisciplinary approaches in Biology and Medicine; transfer of methods from one discipline to another; integration of biological levels, from atomic to molecular, macromolecular, cellular, and organic levels; animal biology; plant biology. Environmental studies; relationships between individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems; bioeconomics, management of renewable resources; hierarchy theory; integration of spatial and time scales. Evolutionary biology; co-evolutions; genetics and evolution; branching processes and phyllotaxis. Medical systems; physiology; cardiac modeling; computer models in Medicine; cancer research; epidemiology. Numerical simulations and computations; numerical study and analysis of biological data. Epistemology; history of science. The journal will also publish book reviews.

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Research area (LetPub): Biology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.33LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

2.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

28LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

50OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

412OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.21OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0.63%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

43LetPub · 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)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

Country or region

SINGAPORE

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1993

ISSN

0218-3390

Electronic ISSN

1793-6470

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub