Open Access
Open access

Biology

MDPI
MDPI
ISSN: 20797737
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
3.6
SJR
0.815
CiteScore
5.7
Categories
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology and Microbiology
Years of issue
2012-2025
journal names
Biology
BIOLOGY-BASEL
Publications
6 923
Citations
67 910
h-index
86
Publications
6 453
Citations
63 277
Top-3 citing journals
Biology
Biology (1836 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (924 citations)
Top-3 countries
China (1502 publications)
USA (1131 publications)
Italy (812 publications)
China (1489 publications)
USA (946 publications)
Italy (782 publications)

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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2601 citations, 3.83%
Biology
1836 citations, 2.7%
Scientific Reports
924 citations, 1.36%
Plants
817 citations, 1.2%
Frontiers in Plant Science
608 citations, 0.9%
Frontiers in Microbiology
594 citations, 0.87%
Frontiers in Immunology
570 citations, 0.84%
Cells
557 citations, 0.82%
Microorganisms
521 citations, 0.77%
Animals
482 citations, 0.71%
Cancers
465 citations, 0.68%
Fish and Shellfish Immunology
456 citations, 0.67%
Molecules
451 citations, 0.66%
Nutrients
415 citations, 0.61%
Antioxidants
413 citations, 0.61%
Biomedicines
407 citations, 0.6%
Heliyon
393 citations, 0.58%
PLoS ONE
364 citations, 0.54%
Agronomy
353 citations, 0.52%
Science of the Total Environment
330 citations, 0.49%
Genes
322 citations, 0.47%
Aquaculture
312 citations, 0.46%
Life
289 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
287 citations, 0.42%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
283 citations, 0.42%
Biomolecules
282 citations, 0.42%
Frontiers in Pharmacology
247 citations, 0.36%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
234 citations, 0.34%
Frontiers in Physiology
234 citations, 0.34%
Foods
230 citations, 0.34%
Frontiers in Oncology
224 citations, 0.33%
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
224 citations, 0.33%
Horticulturae
212 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
210 citations, 0.31%
Sustainability
203 citations, 0.3%
Frontiers in Endocrinology
201 citations, 0.3%
Frontiers in Marine Science
187 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Genetics
184 citations, 0.27%
Pharmaceuticals
183 citations, 0.27%
Pharmaceutics
178 citations, 0.26%
PeerJ
172 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Fungi
171 citations, 0.25%
Pathogens
170 citations, 0.25%
Diagnostics
165 citations, 0.24%
eLife
164 citations, 0.24%
Cureus
158 citations, 0.23%
Developmental and Comparative Immunology
157 citations, 0.23%
Fishes
154 citations, 0.23%
Viruses
153 citations, 0.23%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
152 citations, 0.22%
Metabolites
150 citations, 0.22%
Nature Communications
148 citations, 0.22%
Diversity
141 citations, 0.21%
Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy
141 citations, 0.21%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
137 citations, 0.2%
Chemosphere
133 citations, 0.2%
Antibiotics
132 citations, 0.19%
Insects
130 citations, 0.19%
Aquaculture Reports
125 citations, 0.18%
Methods in Molecular Biology
124 citations, 0.18%
BMC Genomics
121 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
121 citations, 0.18%
Forests
120 citations, 0.18%
Marine Drugs
120 citations, 0.18%
Vaccines
118 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
114 citations, 0.17%
BMC Plant Biology
114 citations, 0.17%
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
113 citations, 0.17%
iScience
112 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
110 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
109 citations, 0.16%
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
107 citations, 0.16%
Current Issues in Molecular Biology
106 citations, 0.16%
Ecology and Evolution
104 citations, 0.15%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
103 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Personalized Medicine
102 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers in Nutrition
102 citations, 0.15%
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
97 citations, 0.14%
Environmental Pollution
94 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers in Neuroscience
92 citations, 0.14%
Bioresource Technology
91 citations, 0.13%
Water (Switzerland)
91 citations, 0.13%
Molecular Biology Reports
90 citations, 0.13%
Toxics
90 citations, 0.13%
Medicina
89 citations, 0.13%
ACS Omega
88 citations, 0.13%
Bioengineering
86 citations, 0.13%
Algal Research
86 citations, 0.13%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
85 citations, 0.13%
International Immunopharmacology
84 citations, 0.12%
Materials
82 citations, 0.12%
Marine Environmental Research
80 citations, 0.12%
Chronobiology International
80 citations, 0.12%
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
78 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Environmental Management
78 citations, 0.11%
Environmental Research
76 citations, 0.11%
Reviews in Aquaculture
75 citations, 0.11%
Veterinary Sciences
74 citations, 0.11%
Microbiology spectrum
74 citations, 0.11%
Frontiers in Medicine
73 citations, 0.11%
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MDPI
17069 citations, 25.13%
Elsevier
14050 citations, 20.69%
Springer Nature
10147 citations, 14.94%
Frontiers Media S.A.
5070 citations, 7.47%
Wiley
4706 citations, 6.93%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1918 citations, 2.82%
Taylor & Francis
1820 citations, 2.68%
Oxford University Press
1104 citations, 1.63%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
820 citations, 1.21%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
480 citations, 0.71%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
377 citations, 0.56%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
368 citations, 0.54%
SAGE
356 citations, 0.52%
Hindawi Limited
354 citations, 0.52%
American Society for Microbiology
325 citations, 0.48%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
317 citations, 0.47%
Pleiades Publishing
267 citations, 0.39%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
249 citations, 0.37%
Research Square Platform LLC
239 citations, 0.35%
PeerJ
203 citations, 0.3%
Walter de Gruyter
201 citations, 0.3%
IntechOpen
196 citations, 0.29%
eLife Sciences Publications
178 citations, 0.26%
Mary Ann Liebert
171 citations, 0.25%
Cambridge University Press
170 citations, 0.25%
The Royal Society
160 citations, 0.24%
IOP Publishing
155 citations, 0.23%
The Company of Biologists
142 citations, 0.21%
Baishideng Publishing Group
140 citations, 0.21%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
123 citations, 0.18%
American Physiological Society
111 citations, 0.16%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
111 citations, 0.16%
Pensoft Publishers
92 citations, 0.14%
Rockefeller University Press
88 citations, 0.13%
IGI Global
87 citations, 0.13%
F1000 Research
87 citations, 0.13%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
83 citations, 0.12%
EDP Sciences
80 citations, 0.12%
Annual Reviews
80 citations, 0.12%
Canadian Science Publishing
75 citations, 0.11%
AIP Publishing
71 citations, 0.1%
Portland Press
66 citations, 0.1%
Spandidos Publications
66 citations, 0.1%
OAE Publishing Inc.
64 citations, 0.09%
CSIRO Publishing
63 citations, 0.09%
Scientific Societies
63 citations, 0.09%
Impact Journals
62 citations, 0.09%
SciELO
59 citations, 0.09%
BMJ
57 citations, 0.08%
AME Publishing Company
56 citations, 0.08%
Microbiology Society
55 citations, 0.08%
S. Karger AG
55 citations, 0.08%
European Molecular Biology Organization
52 citations, 0.08%
Magnolia Press
51 citations, 0.08%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
49 citations, 0.07%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
49 citations, 0.07%
47 citations, 0.07%
King Saud University
46 citations, 0.07%
IOS Press
40 citations, 0.06%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
40 citations, 0.06%
Medknow
39 citations, 0.06%
Veterinary World
38 citations, 0.06%
Inter-Research Science Center
37 citations, 0.05%
JMIR Publications
37 citations, 0.05%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
36 citations, 0.05%
Eco-Vector LLC
33 citations, 0.05%
The Endocrine Society
33 citations, 0.05%
PAGEPress Publications
33 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
32 citations, 0.05%
Crop Science Society of America
30 citations, 0.04%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
30 citations, 0.04%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
29 citations, 0.04%
Copernicus
28 citations, 0.04%
Tech Science Press
27 citations, 0.04%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
25 citations, 0.04%
Media Sphere Publishing House
25 citations, 0.04%
Hans Publishers
25 citations, 0.04%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
24 citations, 0.04%
Brill
23 citations, 0.03%