Quarterly Review of Biology

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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
3.2
SJR
0.905
CiteScore
5.8
Categories
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Years of issue
1945-2025
journal names
Quarterly Review of Biology
Q REV BIOL
Publications
35 307
Citations
126 927
h-index
168
Publications
1 076
Citations
29 574
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Cornell University
Cornell University (16 publications)
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University (14 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (10 publications)
Cornell University
Cornell University (6 publications)
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University (6 publications)
University of Geneva
University of Geneva (5 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (161 publications)
United Kingdom (25 publications)
Australia (13 publications)
Australia (1 publication)
Netherlands (1 publication)
USA (1 publication)

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Citing journals

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Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
2564 citations, 2.02%
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2350 citations, 1.85%
Animal Behaviour
1923 citations, 1.52%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
1528 citations, 1.2%
PLoS ONE
1489 citations, 1.17%
Oecologia
1098 citations, 0.87%
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
989 citations, 0.78%
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
978 citations, 0.77%
American Naturalist
946 citations, 0.75%
Ecology and Evolution
916 citations, 0.72%
Scientific Reports
835 citations, 0.66%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
743 citations, 0.59%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
720 citations, 0.57%
Molecular Ecology
716 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Theoretical Biology
680 citations, 0.54%
Ecology
657 citations, 0.52%
Biological Reviews
656 citations, 0.52%
Behavioral Ecology
637 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Experimental Zoology
604 citations, 0.48%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
592 citations, 0.47%
Ethology
567 citations, 0.45%
Nature
519 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Zoology
513 citations, 0.4%
Journal of Experimental Biology
468 citations, 0.37%
Functional Ecology
458 citations, 0.36%
Science
457 citations, 0.36%
New Phytologist
415 citations, 0.33%
Oikos
408 citations, 0.32%
American Journal of Botany
406 citations, 0.32%
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
404 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Fish Biology
371 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Morphology
362 citations, 0.29%
Canadian Journal of Zoology
358 citations, 0.28%
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
356 citations, 0.28%
Ecology Letters
356 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Animal Ecology
355 citations, 0.28%
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
347 citations, 0.27%
Developmental Biology
344 citations, 0.27%
Evolutionary Ecology
334 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
304 citations, 0.24%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
299 citations, 0.24%
Marine Biology
294 citations, 0.23%
Behavioural Processes
294 citations, 0.23%
Biology and Philosophy
292 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Biogeography
292 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
281 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Insect Physiology
277 citations, 0.22%
Physiology and Behavior
268 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Mammalogy
259 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Ecology
254 citations, 0.2%
Heredity
253 citations, 0.2%
Hydrobiologia
250 citations, 0.2%
Evolution and Human Behavior
249 citations, 0.2%
American Journal of Primatology
241 citations, 0.19%
SSRN Electronic Journal
228 citations, 0.18%
Forest Ecology and Management
226 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Thermal Biology
216 citations, 0.17%
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
215 citations, 0.17%
Ecological Entomology
213 citations, 0.17%
Anatomical Record
204 citations, 0.16%
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology
194 citations, 0.15%
Ecological Modelling
186 citations, 0.15%
Ecography
185 citations, 0.15%
Environmental Biology of Fishes
176 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers in Plant Science
175 citations, 0.14%
PeerJ
173 citations, 0.14%
Current Biology
173 citations, 0.14%
Biological Invasions
172 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers in Psychology
171 citations, 0.13%
Insectes Sociaux
163 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Chemical Ecology
162 citations, 0.13%
Animals
160 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Human Evolution
159 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Comparative Neurology
159 citations, 0.13%
Physical Review E
158 citations, 0.12%
Hormones and Behavior
156 citations, 0.12%
Freshwater Biology
155 citations, 0.12%
Science of the Total Environment
154 citations, 0.12%
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
149 citations, 0.12%
General and Comparative Endocrinology
149 citations, 0.12%
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
145 citations, 0.11%
Frontiers in Microbiology
143 citations, 0.11%
Nature Communications
141 citations, 0.11%
The Botanical Review
141 citations, 0.11%
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
140 citations, 0.11%
Parasitology
134 citations, 0.11%
Ibis
133 citations, 0.1%
Human Nature
133 citations, 0.1%
Evolutionary Psychology
131 citations, 0.1%
Theoretical Population Biology
129 citations, 0.1%
International Journal of Primatology
128 citations, 0.1%
Biological Conservation
126 citations, 0.1%
Genetics
124 citations, 0.1%
Integrative and Comparative Biology
124 citations, 0.1%
Annals of Botany
123 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
121 citations, 0.1%
Evolutionary Applications
121 citations, 0.1%
Quarterly Review of Biology
121 citations, 0.1%
Developmental Psychobiology
119 citations, 0.09%
BioEssays
119 citations, 0.09%
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Wiley
27185 citations, 21.42%
Elsevier
24356 citations, 19.19%
Springer Nature
20932 citations, 16.49%
Cambridge University Press
6349 citations, 5%
Oxford University Press
5373 citations, 4.23%
Taylor & Francis
3528 citations, 2.78%
The Royal Society
3019 citations, 2.38%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2487 citations, 1.96%
MDPI
2061 citations, 1.62%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1919 citations, 1.51%
University of Chicago Press
1918 citations, 1.51%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1715 citations, 1.35%
SAGE
1174 citations, 0.92%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
919 citations, 0.72%
Canadian Science Publishing
876 citations, 0.69%
American Psychological Association (APA)
727 citations, 0.57%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
723 citations, 0.57%
The Company of Biologists
706 citations, 0.56%
Annual Reviews
639 citations, 0.5%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
346 citations, 0.27%
CSIRO Publishing
338 citations, 0.27%
American Society for Microbiology
332 citations, 0.26%
Pleiades Publishing
303 citations, 0.24%
PeerJ
302 citations, 0.24%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
239 citations, 0.19%
American Physical Society (APS)
229 citations, 0.18%
Pensoft Publishers
224 citations, 0.18%
SciELO
218 citations, 0.17%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
198 citations, 0.16%
Inter-Research Science Center
196 citations, 0.15%
Entomological Society of America
185 citations, 0.15%
Brill
178 citations, 0.14%
IOP Publishing
168 citations, 0.13%
eLife Sciences Publications
158 citations, 0.12%
Walter de Gruyter
148 citations, 0.12%
S. Karger AG
146 citations, 0.12%
Hindawi Limited
143 citations, 0.11%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
141 citations, 0.11%
Emerald
134 citations, 0.11%
Magnolia Press
128 citations, 0.1%
American Physiological Society
122 citations, 0.1%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
117 citations, 0.09%
American Ornithologists' Union
105 citations, 0.08%
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
102 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
101 citations, 0.08%
Mary Ann Liebert
89 citations, 0.07%
World Scientific
82 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Societies
78 citations, 0.06%
CAIRN
74 citations, 0.06%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
68 citations, 0.05%
American Society of Parasitologists
67 citations, 0.05%
Wilson Ornithological Society
63 citations, 0.05%
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
61 citations, 0.05%
Copernicus
60 citations, 0.05%
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
60 citations, 0.05%
Akademiai Kiado
59 citations, 0.05%
Zoological Society of Japan
58 citations, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
52 citations, 0.04%
BMJ
50 citations, 0.04%
48 citations, 0.04%
Edinburgh University Press
45 citations, 0.04%
MIT Press
45 citations, 0.04%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
43 citations, 0.03%
Herpetologists League
43 citations, 0.03%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
43 citations, 0.03%
IntechOpen
43 citations, 0.03%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
36 citations, 0.03%
Microbiology Society
36 citations, 0.03%
Society for the Study of Reproduction
36 citations, 0.03%
Nordic Council for Wildlife Research
34 citations, 0.03%
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
32 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
32 citations, 0.03%
Mammal Research Institute
30 citations, 0.02%
Orthopterist's Society
29 citations, 0.02%
Environmental Health Perspectives
29 citations, 0.02%
Massachusetts Medical Society
28 citations, 0.02%
IGI Global
28 citations, 0.02%
American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)
28 citations, 0.02%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
27 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
26 citations, 0.02%
JSTOR
26 citations, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
26 citations, 0.02%
Guilford Publications
26 citations, 0.02%
Chelonian Conservation and Biology Journal
26 citations, 0.02%
University of Notre Dame
25 citations, 0.02%
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
24 citations, 0.02%
National Research Council Canada
24 citations, 0.02%
Geological Society of London
24 citations, 0.02%
The Endocrine Society
23 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Animal Science
23 citations, 0.02%
Research Square Platform LLC
22 citations, 0.02%
National Shellfisheries Association, Inc.
21 citations, 0.02%
International Association for Great Lakes Research
21 citations, 0.02%
Bioscientifica
21 citations, 0.02%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
20 citations, 0.02%
Society for Neuroscience
20 citations, 0.02%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
20 citations, 0.02%
Southwestern Association of Naturalists
19 citations, 0.01%
American Society for Nutrition
19 citations, 0.01%
Waterbird Society
19 citations, 0.01%
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Cornell University
16 publications, 0.05%
Stony Brook University
14 publications, 0.04%
Harvard University
10 publications, 0.03%
University of Sydney
8 publications, 0.02%
University of California, Los Angeles
8 publications, 0.02%
University of Toronto
8 publications, 0.02%
University of Oxford
7 publications, 0.02%
University of California, Davis
7 publications, 0.02%
University of California, Berkeley
6 publications, 0.02%
University of Arizona
6 publications, 0.02%
University of Texas at Austin
6 publications, 0.02%
University of Michigan
6 publications, 0.02%
Indiana University Bloomington
6 publications, 0.02%
University of Geneva
5 publications, 0.01%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.01%
Virginia Tech
4 publications, 0.01%
Duke University
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Georgia
4 publications, 0.01%
Tel Aviv University
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Oslo
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Southern California
3 publications, 0.01%
Iowa State University
3 publications, 0.01%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
3 publications, 0.01%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.01%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 0.01%
University of California, Santa Barbara
3 publications, 0.01%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Chicago
3 publications, 0.01%
York University
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Guelph
3 publications, 0.01%
Binghamton University
3 publications, 0.01%
Universidad de Costa Rica
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Kansas
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Liège
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Helsinki
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 0.01%
University of New South Wales
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Copenhagen
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.01%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.01%
Rhodes University
2 publications, 0.01%
Colorado State University
2 publications, 0.01%
New York University
2 publications, 0.01%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of California, San Diego
2 publications, 0.01%
Newcastle University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 0.01%
McMaster University
2 publications, 0.01%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2 publications, 0.01%
Brown University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Maryland, College Park
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Kentucky
2 publications, 0.01%
Louisiana State University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Colorado Boulder
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Rhode Island
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Utah
2 publications, 0.01%
Texas State University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of New Hampshire
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 0.01%
University of New Mexico
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Missouri–St. Louis
2 publications, 0.01%
Montana State University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Dayton
2 publications, 0.01%
Agricultural Research Service
2 publications, 0.01%
Ege University
1 publication, 0%
Indian Institute of Science
1 publication, 0%
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
1 publication, 0%
University of Cyprus
1 publication, 0%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 publication, 0%
Israel Agricultural Research Organization
1 publication, 0%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0%
Karolinska Institute
1 publication, 0%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0%
University of Bern
1 publication, 0%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0%
University of Neuchâtel
1 publication, 0%
University of Technology Sydney
1 publication, 0%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0%
University College London
1 publication, 0%
Durham University
1 publication, 0%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0%
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1 publication, 0%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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Stony Brook University
6 publications, 0.56%
Cornell University
6 publications, 0.56%
University of Geneva
5 publications, 0.46%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.37%
University of Georgia
4 publications, 0.37%
University of California, Berkeley
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Toronto
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Guelph
3 publications, 0.28%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.28%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.19%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.19%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.19%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Maryland, College Park
2 publications, 0.19%
York University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Colorado Boulder
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Rhode Island
2 publications, 0.19%
Agricultural Research Service
2 publications, 0.19%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Cyprus
1 publication, 0.09%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 publication, 0.09%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.09%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.09%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.09%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.09%
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Palermo
1 publication, 0.09%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Calabria
1 publication, 0.09%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 0.09%
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 0.09%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
1 publication, 0.09%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of New England
1 publication, 0.09%
Rhodes University
1 publication, 0.09%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.09%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.09%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.09%
New York University
1 publication, 0.09%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.09%
Midwestern University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.09%
San Diego State University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.09%
Queen's University Belfast
1 publication, 0.09%
Hasselt University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.09%
Wayne State University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.09%
Queen's University at Kingston
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.09%
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
1 publication, 0.09%
Cardiff University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.09%
Western University
1 publication, 0.09%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.09%
Université Laval
1 publication, 0.09%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.09%
Louisiana State University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.09%
Wake Forest University
1 publication, 0.09%
Cleveland Clinic
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Texas at Arlington
1 publication, 0.09%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.09%
Southern Utah University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 0.09%
University of New Hampshire
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Connecticut
1 publication, 0.09%
Université du Québec à Montréal
1 publication, 0.09%
Université de Lille
1 publication, 0.09%
Universidad de Costa Rica
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Missouri
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Tulsa
1 publication, 0.09%
Montana State University
1 publication, 0.09%
University of Dayton
1 publication, 0.09%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
1 publication, 0.09%
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USA, 161, 0.46%
USA
161 publications, 0.46%
United Kingdom, 25, 0.07%
United Kingdom
25 publications, 0.07%
Australia, 13, 0.04%
Australia
13 publications, 0.04%
Canada, 12, 0.03%
Canada
12 publications, 0.03%
Germany, 8, 0.02%
Germany
8 publications, 0.02%
Switzerland, 6, 0.02%
Switzerland
6 publications, 0.02%
France, 5, 0.01%
France
5 publications, 0.01%
Mexico, 5, 0.01%
Mexico
5 publications, 0.01%
Norway, 4, 0.01%
Norway
4 publications, 0.01%
Sweden, 4, 0.01%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.01%
Belgium, 3, 0.01%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.01%
Israel, 3, 0.01%
Israel
3 publications, 0.01%
Italy, 3, 0.01%
Italy
3 publications, 0.01%
Costa Rica, 3, 0.01%
Costa Rica
3 publications, 0.01%
Finland, 3, 0.01%
Finland
3 publications, 0.01%
Austria, 2, 0.01%
Austria
2 publications, 0.01%
Brazil, 2, 0.01%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.01%
Netherlands, 2, 0.01%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.01%
Poland, 2, 0.01%
Poland
2 publications, 0.01%
Ukraine, 1, 0%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0%
Denmark, 1, 0%
Denmark
1 publication, 0%
India, 1, 0%
India
1 publication, 0%
Spain, 1, 0%
Spain
1 publication, 0%
New Zealand, 1, 0%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0%
Czech Republic, 1, 0%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0%
Chile, 1, 0%
Chile
1 publication, 0%
South Africa, 1, 0%
South Africa
1 publication, 0%
Japan, 1, 0%
Japan
1 publication, 0%
USSR, 1, 0%
USSR
1 publication, 0%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA
1 publication, 0.09%
Australia, 1, 0.09%
Australia
1 publication, 0.09%
Netherlands, 1, 0.09%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.09%
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