Biology Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society , established in 2005. It focuses on the rapid publication of short research articles, reviews, and opinion pieces across the biological sciences . The editor-in-chief is David Beerling FRS ( University of Sheffield ).
6-592: As well as conventional short research articles, the journal has recently published Special Features and Mini Series . Special Features are collections of up to 20 articles on a specific theme and published across multiple issues. Mini Series include up to six articles that are published in one issue. The journal was split off from the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences in 2005 after having been published as
12-516: A supplement. Originally it was published quarterly, then bimonthly, and since 2013 it has been published monthly. Printing ceased at the start of 2020. The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.8. Journal Citation Reports Journal Citation Reports ( JCR ) is an annual publication by Clarivate . It has been integrated with
18-562: Is published the following year after the citations for the year have been published and the information processed. The publication is available online ( JCR on the Web ), or in CD format ( JCR on CD-ROM ); it was originally published in print, with the detailed tables on microfiche . In general, various universities, administrative centers and ministries in charge of higher education make their evaluations of university professors and other researchers on
24-664: The Social Sciences Citation Index . As of the 2023 edition, journals from the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Emerging Sources Citation Index have also been included. The information given for each journal includes: There are separate editions for the sciences and the social sciences; the 2013 science edition includes 8,411 journals, and the 2012 social science edition contains 3,016 titles. The issue for each year
30-654: The Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science Core Collection . It provides information about academic journals in the natural and social sciences , including impact factors . JCR was originally published as a part of the Science Citation Index . Currently, the JCR , as a distinct service, is based on citations compiled from the Science Citation Index Expanded and
36-604: The number and quality of articles published in journals indexed in the JCR. In recent years, it has often been released in mid-June. The 2017 Journal Citation Reports , based on 2016 data, was released on June 14, 2017. In April 2020, Journal Citation Reports included a beta for open access data, which uses Unpaywall data. It officially left the beta phase with the release of the 2020 JCR in June 2020. The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal
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