Royal Society · ISSN 2046-2441
Open Biology impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.
Short answer
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 4.79 citations per paper for Open Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 4.79Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 109Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 1391,631 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $1,839Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Open Biology published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Open Biology publishes.
Mostly Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Biology | 4.79 | 109 | Open |
| Front Cell Dev Biol | 4.79 | 172 | Open |
| BMC Bioinformatics | 4.78 | 306 | Open |
| Life Science Alliance | 4.75 | 61 | Open |
| PLOS Computational Biology | 4.72 | 282 | Open |
About Open Biology.
Comment 1What is the Open Biology impact factor?
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 4.79 citations per paper for Open Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Open Biology open access?
Yes, Open Biology is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $1,839.
Comment 3How many papers does Open Biology publish a year?
OpenAlex records 139 works in 2025, and 1,631 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.