Title | Communications Biology |
Abbreviation | Commun. Biol. |
Publication Type | Journal |
Subject Area, Categories, Scope | Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1) |
h-index | 58 |
Overall Rank/Ranking | 1072 |
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) | 2.251 |
Impact Score | 5.63 |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Country | United States |
ISSN | 23993642 |
Best Quartile | Q1 |
Coverage History | 2018-2022 |
Official Website | Visit Website |
Open-access journal publishing high quality, editorially selected and peer reviewed advances in biology
Communications Biology is an open access journal from Nature Research publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences. Research papers published by the journal represent significant advances bringing new biological insight to a specialized area of research. We also aim to provide a community forum for issues of importance to all biologists, regardless of sub-discipline.
The scope of the journal includes all of the basic biological and biomedical sciences. Primary research published in Communications Biology includes novel experimental results, secondary data analysis and innovative experimental and computational methods. We also consider submissions from adjacent research fields where the central advance of the study is of interest to biologists, for example, chemical biology, biophysics and biomedical engineering.
Communications Biology is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1). It is published by Springer Nature. The overall rank of Communications Biology is 1072. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 2.251. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 58. The best quartile for this journal is Q1.
The ISSN of Communications Biology journal is 23993642. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Communications Biology is cited by a total of 14885 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2022).
The Impact IF 2022 of Communications Biology is 5.63, which is computed in 2023 as per its definition. Communications Biology IF is decreased by a factor of 0.35 and approximate percentage change is -5.85% when compared to preceding year 2021, which shows a falling trend. The impact IF, also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of an academic journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on Scopus data.
Impact IF 2022 of Communications Biology is 5.63. If the same downward trend persists, Impact IF may fall in 2023 as well.
Year | Impact IF |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 5.63 |
2021 | 5.98 |
2020 | 5.27 |
2019 | 3.90 |
2018 | 0.00 |
Communications Biology has an h-index of 58. It means 58 articles of this journal have more than 58 number of citations. The h-index is a way of measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given journal/author has published h papers that have each been cited at least h number of times.
The ISSN of Communications Biology is 23993642. ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number.
An ISSN is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic.
The overall rank of Communications Biology is 1072. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 2.251. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.
Year | SJR |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 2.251 |
2021 | 2.256 |
2020 | 2.812 |
2019 | 2.150 |
2018 |
Year | Ranking |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 1072 |
2021 | 1021 |
2020 | 715 |
2019 | 1157 |
2018 | 32041 |
Communications Biology is published by Springer Nature. It's publishing house is located in United States. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 2018-2022. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher.
Visit the official website of the journal/conference to check the further details about the call for papers.
The highest fee charged by this journal is 2680 EURas publication fees (article processing charges or APCs).
There is a waiver policy for these charges.
Expect on average 13 weeks from submission to publication.
The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of Communications Biology is Commun. Biol.. This abbreviation ('Commun. Biol.') is well recommended and approved for the purpose of indexing, abstraction, referencing and citing goals. It meets all the essential criteria of ISO 4 standard.
ISO 4 (International Organization for Standardization 4) is an international standard that defines a uniform and consistent system for abbreviating serial publication titles and journals.
If your research field is/are related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1), then please visit the official website of this journal.
The acceptance rate/percentage of any academic journal/conference depends upon many parameters. Some of the critical parameters are listed below.
It is essential to understand that the acceptance rate/rejection rate of papers varies among journals. Some Journals considers all the manuscripts submissions as a basis of acceptance rate computation. On the other hand, few consider the only manuscripts sent for peer review or few even not bother about the accurate maintenance of total submissions. Hence, it can provide a rough estimation only.
The best way to find out the acceptance rate is to reach out to the associated editor or to check the official website of the Journal/Conference.
Communications Biology latest impact IF is 5.63. It's evaluated in the year 2022. The highest and the lowest impact IF or impact score of this journal are 5.98 (2021) and 0.00 (2018), respectively, in the last 5 years. Moreover, its average IS is 4.16 in the previous 5 years.
The Communications Biology has an SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) of 2.251, according to the latest data. It is computed in the year 2023. In the past 5 years, this journal has recorded a range of SJR, with the highest being 2.812 in 2020 and the lowest being in 2018. Furthermore, the average SJR of the Communications Biology over the previous 5-year period stands at 4.16.
The latest h-index of the Communications Biology is 58.
The Communications Biology is published by the Springer Nature, with its country of publication being the United States.
The Communications Biology is currently ranked 1072 out of 27955 Journals, Conferences, and Book Series in the latest ranking. Over the course of the last 5 years, this journal has experienced varying rankings, reaching its highest position of 715 in 2020 and its lowest position of 32041 in 2018.
The standard ISO4 abbreviation for the Communications Biology is Commun. Biol..
Communications Biology is classified as a journal that the Springer Nature publishes.
The Communications Biology encompasses the following areas:
For a more comprehensive understanding of its scope, check the official website of this journal.
The Communications Biology is assigned the following International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN): 23993642.
The best quartile for the Communications Biology is Q1 (2022).
The Communications Biology coverage history can be summarized as follows: 2018-2022.
Journal/Conference/Workshop/Book Title | Type | Ranking | Publisher | h-index | Impact Score |
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Zeitschrift fur Germanistische Linguistik | journal | 22945 | De Gruyter Mouton | 15 | 0.19 |
Business: Theory and Practice | journal | 13414 | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | 21 | 2.47 |
CESifo Economic Studies | journal | 14012 | Oxford University Press | 32 | 1.70 |
Journal of Supply Chain Management | journal | 378 | Wiley-Blackwell | 104 | 12.58 |
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis | journal | 11315 | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | 27 | 1.75 |
European Journal of Education | journal | 6079 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 53 | 2.31 |
Howard Journal of Communications | journal | 9564 | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 36 | 1.66 |
Biological Procedures Online | journal | 3350 | BioMed Central Ltd. | 43 | 6.40 |
Consulting engineer Barrington | journal | 24079 | Cahners Pub. Co. | 0 | 0.00 |
Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems | journal | 6019 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | 61 | 2.25 |
Year | Impact Score (IS) |
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2023/2024 | Coming Soon |
2022 | 5.63 |
2021 | 5.98 |
2020 | 5.27 |
2019 | 3.90 |
2018 | 0.00 |