Nature Portfolio · ISSN 2399-3642
Communications 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: 6.66 citations per paper for Communications Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 6.66Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 141Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 1,99411,090 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $4,190Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Communications Biology published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Communications Biology publishes.
Mostly Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communications Biology | 6.66 | 141 | Open |
| JCB | 6.72 | 597 | Subscription |
| Bioinformatics | 6.51 | 560 | Open |
| Oncogene | 6.84 | 423 | Subscription |
| Cells | 6.88 | 233 | Open |
About Communications Biology.
Comment 1What is the Communications 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: 6.66 citations per paper for Communications Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Communications Biology open access?
Yes, Communications Biology is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $4,190.
Comment 3How many papers does Communications Biology publish a year?
OpenAlex records 1,994 works in 2025, and 11,090 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.