Open Access
Open access

Communications Biology

Springer Nature
Springer Nature
ISSN: 23993642
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
5.2
SJR
2.090
CiteScore
8.6
Categories
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Years of issue
2018-2025
journal names
Communications Biology
COMMUN BIOL
Publications
7 523
Citations
111 531
h-index
102
Publications
6 807
Citations
109 440
Top-3 citing journals
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (2049 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (1936 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (233 publications)
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo (224 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (174 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (204 publications)
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo (190 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (158 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (2777 publications)
China (1374 publications)
United Kingdom (999 publications)
USA (2437 publications)
China (1270 publications)
United Kingdom (881 publications)

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