Physical Biology

Physical Biology is published by IOP Publishing Ltd. 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 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis and Protein Structure and Dynamics, together about 31.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Physical Biology publishes articles in the broad interdisciplinary field bridging biology with the physical sciences and engineering. This journal focuses on research in which quantitative approaches – experimental, theoretical and modeling – lead to new insights into biological systems at all scales of space and time, and all levels of organizational complexity. Physical Biology accepts contributions from a wide range of biological sub-fields, including topics such as: molecular biophysics, including single molecule studies, protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions subcellular structures, organelle dynamics, membranes, protein assemblies, chromosome structure intracellular processes, e.g. cytoskeleton dynamics, cellular transport, cell division systems biology, e.g. signaling, gene regulation and metabolic networks cells and their microenvironment, e.g. cell mechanics and motility, chemotaxis, extracellular matrix, biofilms cell-material interactions, e.g. biointerfaces, electrical stimulation and sensing, endocytosis cell-cell interactions, cell aggregates, organoids, tissues and organs developmental dynamics, including pattern formation and morphogenesis physical and evolutionary aspects of disease, e.g. cancer progression, amyloid formation neuronal systems, including information processing by networks, memory and learning population dynamics, ecology, and evolution collective action and emergence of collective phenomena.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Biophysics

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor

1.51LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.73LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.59LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

57LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

92OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

855OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.69OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

75.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

34LetPub · 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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly 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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

2004

ISSN

1478-3967

Electronic ISSN

1478-3975

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub