Journal profile · MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Quantitative Biology
ISSN 2095-4689 · eISSN 2095-4697 · Higher Education Press
Quantitative Biology: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,100; median 116 days to acceptance (62 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 39% (journal website); 56 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Quantitative Biology is published by Higher Education Press 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 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, together about 24.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Quantitative Biology is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on cutting-edge progresses, in-depth reviews as well as future perspectives of research that uses all quantitative approaches to analyze, model and engineer biological systems, and to gain quantitative understanding of the mystery of life. The quarterly journal aims to provide a platform for sharing not only new methods, technologies and results, but also novel or even sometimes bold ideas, visions and perspectives. “All rivers run into sea.” The journal covers all disciplines related to experimental biology, theoretical biology, computational biology, systems biology, synthetic biology, digital and AI biology. The current focuses of Quantitative Biology can be categorized roughly as of the three broad areas: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,which includes all aspects of research that are centered at developing statistical, computational and AI methods or models to handle, process and analyze all types of biological data especially omics data, as well as applying such approaches for making biological discoveries from data; Systems and Synthetic Biology,which includes all aspects of research that aim to form mathematical models and quantitative understandings of complex biological systems and their interactions, and that aim to manipulate, design and engineering natural or synthetic biological systems; Theoretical Biology and X-biology,which includes research on developing theories of all aspects of biology at all levels, and on the interactions of biology with all other disciplines. The journal particularly encourages original papers of all types in all research areas of or related to these three categories, including original research articles, in-depth reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives, commentaries, and technical protocols. It also publishes news and views, meeting reports and distinguished researchers’ profiles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Chao TangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 26 in mainland China (about 39%); most named United States 27, Mainland China 26, Japan 2, Germany 2, Israel 2 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
- Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9%
- Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.2%
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science5.2%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Gene expression and cancer classificationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
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 | Mathematical & Computational 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 | Mathematical & Computational 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 | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCCASPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 45Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 134,085Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 571 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 66 | 5 |
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | 341 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | 282 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | 315 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 80 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | 166 |
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 Crossref · to
116 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 86 days – 155 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 91 days (62 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 211 days
- Sample
- 62 articles with submission and acceptance dates (88 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 98 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 84 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 36 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | GBP 910 / USD 1,100 / EUR 1,050 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted14
- commentaryQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- communicationCommunication Brief original research findings with methods, results, conclusion and discussionLength not stated
- data articleQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- editorialQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- educationEducation Explain a subject, method orLength not stated
- methodMethod Procedural method in the design and implementation of an experiment or study.Length not stated
- opinionQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- original researchQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- perspectiveQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- profileProfile Life story of a person significant to the field.Length not stated
- protocolQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- research articleQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- review articleQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
- technical noteQuantitative Biology welcomes submissions in the following article types. If you are not sure which article type fits for your manuscript, please contact editor…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria. Once submitted, authorship information is not allowed to be changed. If there is a need to remove/add any author(s) or adjust the order of authors after submission, it is recommended to withdr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal encourages data sharing. Review Wiley's Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley's Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Gold Open Access. Model summary
This journal is a Gold Open Access title. For more information on this journal’s APCs, please see the Open Access page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Single-anonymized peer review; at least two anonymous reviewers. Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/qb. For help with submissions, please contact: qb@pub.hep.cn Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figu…
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
- Higher Education Press
- ISSN
- 2095-4689
- Electronic ISSN
- 2095-4697
- Society / sponsor
- Higher Education Press
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Quantitative Biology
What CAS zone is Quantitative Biology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Quantitative Biology is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mathematical & Computational 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 Quantitative Biology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Quantitative Biology?
Based on the dates recorded on 62 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 116 days (interquartile range 86–155 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 39% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Quantitative Biology based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 26 (about 39%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (27), Mainland China (26) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Quantitative Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Quantitative Biology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Quantitative Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Quantitative Biology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,100.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .