Biology Letters

The Royal Society
The Royal Society
ISSN: 17449561, 1744957X

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Impact factor
2.8
SJR
1.232
CiteScore
5.5
Categories
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Years of issue
2005-2025
journal names
Biology Letters
BIOL LETTERS
Publications
4 350
Citations
157 212
h-index
141
Top-3 citing journals
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (4668 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (3233 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (121 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (106 publications)
University of Exeter
University of Exeter (94 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1548 publications)
United Kingdom (1134 publications)
Australia (532 publications)

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United Kingdom, 1134, 26.07%
Australia, 532, 12.23%
Germany, 409, 9.4%
Canada, 391, 8.99%
France, 332, 7.63%
Sweden, 197, 4.53%
Japan, 181, 4.16%
Switzerland, 173, 3.98%
Spain, 168, 3.86%
South Africa, 150, 3.45%
China, 129, 2.97%
Netherlands, 121, 2.78%
Denmark, 117, 2.69%
Italy, 113, 2.6%
Norway, 108, 2.48%
Finland, 97, 2.23%
New Zealand, 93, 2.14%
Brazil, 81, 1.86%
Austria, 72, 1.66%
Belgium, 68, 1.56%
Mexico, 50, 1.15%
Portugal, 49, 1.13%
Panama, 47, 1.08%
Ireland, 40, 0.92%
Poland, 36, 0.83%
Czech Republic, 34, 0.78%
India, 31, 0.71%
Israel, 27, 0.62%
Russia, 26, 0.6%
Argentina, 26, 0.6%
Hungary, 26, 0.6%
Singapore, 18, 0.41%
Estonia, 15, 0.34%
Chile, 15, 0.34%
Kenya, 11, 0.25%
Greenland, 10, 0.23%
Indonesia, 10, 0.23%
Colombia, 9, 0.21%
Malaysia, 9, 0.21%
Iceland, 8, 0.18%
Tanzania, 8, 0.18%
Vietnam, 7, 0.16%
Madagascar, 7, 0.16%
Peru, 7, 0.16%
Republic of Korea, 7, 0.16%
Ecuador, 7, 0.16%
Greece, 6, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia, 6, 0.14%
Thailand, 6, 0.14%
Uruguay, 6, 0.14%
Philippines, 6, 0.14%
Brunei, 5, 0.11%
Latvia, 5, 0.11%
Slovenia, 5, 0.11%
Uganda, 5, 0.11%
Iran, 4, 0.09%
Congo-Brazzaville, 4, 0.09%
UAE, 4, 0.09%
Romania, 4, 0.09%
Slovakia, 4, 0.09%
Turkey, 4, 0.09%
French Polynesia, 4, 0.09%
Ukraine, 3, 0.07%
Bulgaria, 3, 0.07%
Costa Rica, 3, 0.07%
Cuba, 3, 0.07%
Rwanda, 3, 0.07%
Seychelles, 3, 0.07%
Tunisia, 3, 0.07%
Ethiopia, 3, 0.07%
Kazakhstan, 2, 0.05%
Bermuda, 2, 0.05%
Bolivia, 2, 0.05%
Botswana, 2, 0.05%
Côte d'Ivoire, 2, 0.05%
Laos, 2, 0.05%
Luxembourg, 2, 0.05%
Morocco, 2, 0.05%
Nigeria, 2, 0.05%
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Serbia, 2, 0.05%
Trinidad and Tobago, 2, 0.05%
Croatia, 2, 0.05%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.05%
Algeria, 1, 0.02%
Bahamas, 1, 0.02%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.02%
Burkina Faso, 1, 0.02%
Bhutan, 1, 0.02%
Gambia, 1, 0.02%
Ghana, 1, 0.02%
Guinea-Bissau, 1, 0.02%
Georgia, 1, 0.02%
Egypt, 1, 0.02%
Zambia, 1, 0.02%
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United Kingdom, 179, 19.1%
Germany, 105, 11.21%
Australia, 94, 10.03%
Canada, 83, 8.86%
France, 56, 5.98%
Japan, 48, 5.12%
Italy, 36, 3.84%
Sweden, 35, 3.74%
Netherlands, 33, 3.52%
Switzerland, 31, 3.31%
China, 30, 3.2%
South Africa, 29, 3.09%
Denmark, 28, 2.99%
Spain, 28, 2.99%
Norway, 25, 2.67%
Brazil, 22, 2.35%
Panama, 22, 2.35%
New Zealand, 20, 2.13%
Portugal, 18, 1.92%
Austria, 17, 1.81%
Mexico, 16, 1.71%
Finland, 15, 1.6%
Poland, 14, 1.49%
Czech Republic, 13, 1.39%
Belgium, 12, 1.28%
India, 11, 1.17%
Ireland, 11, 1.17%
Argentina, 8, 0.85%
Hungary, 7, 0.75%
Israel, 7, 0.75%
Colombia, 7, 0.75%
Russia, 5, 0.53%
Estonia, 5, 0.53%
Chile, 5, 0.53%
Vietnam, 4, 0.43%
Indonesia, 4, 0.43%
Kenya, 4, 0.43%
Singapore, 4, 0.43%
Greenland, 3, 0.32%
Peru, 3, 0.32%
Rwanda, 3, 0.32%
Thailand, 3, 0.32%
Tanzania, 3, 0.32%
Uganda, 3, 0.32%
Uruguay, 3, 0.32%
Ukraine, 2, 0.21%
Bulgaria, 2, 0.21%
Iceland, 2, 0.21%
Serbia, 2, 0.21%
Ecuador, 2, 0.21%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.11%
Bahamas, 1, 0.11%
Bolivia, 1, 0.11%
Brunei, 1, 0.11%
Ghana, 1, 0.11%
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Greece, 1, 0.11%
Zambia, 1, 0.11%
Iran, 1, 0.11%
Qatar, 1, 0.11%
Cyprus, 1, 0.11%
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Malaysia, 1, 0.11%
Morocco, 1, 0.11%
Myanmar, 1, 0.11%
UAE, 1, 0.11%
Romania, 1, 0.11%
Seychelles, 1, 0.11%
Slovenia, 1, 0.11%
Turkey, 1, 0.11%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 1, 0.11%
Croatia, 1, 0.11%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.11%
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Ethiopia, 1, 0.11%
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