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Elsevier BV · ISSN 0960-9822 · 1879-0445

Current 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: 6.23 citations per paper for Current Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
6.23Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
453Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
90225,827 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
SubscriptionAPC about $7,030Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

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

8009001,0001,1001,2002019202020212022202320242025902

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

Scope

What Current Biology publishes.

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

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Current Biology6.23453Subscription
BMC Biology6.34172Open
mBio6.35228Open
Aging Cell6.36215Open
Science Signaling6.00193Subscription
Questions

About Current Biology.

Comment 1What is the Current Biology 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: 6.23 citations per paper for Current Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Current Biology open access?
Response

Current Biology is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.

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

OpenAlex records 902 works in 2025, and 25,827 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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