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The Company of Biologists · ISSN 2046-6390

Biology Open 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: 1.79 citations per paper for Biology Open, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
1.79Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
77Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
2262,847 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
OpenAPC about $1,995Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works Biology Open published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

1001502002503002019202020212022202320242025226

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What Biology Open publishes.

Mostly Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Biology Open1.7977Open
STAR Protocols1.7447Open
JBC1.96781Open
eLife2.08311Open
Evolution2.80362Subscription
Questions

About Biology Open.

Comment 1What is the Biology Open impact factor?
Response

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: 1.79 citations per paper for Biology Open, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Biology Open open access?
Response

Yes, Biology Open is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $1,995.

Comment 3How many papers does Biology Open publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 226 works in 2025, and 2,847 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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