Journal of Biosciences

Discipline	Biology
Language	English
Edited by	Prof. B J Rao (IISER Tirupati)
Publication details
Former name(s)	Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Section B), Proceedings-Animal Sciences, Proceedings-Plant Sciences, Proceedings-Experimental Biology
History	1934-present
Publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences (India)
Frequency	Quarterly till 2019, Now CAP mode
Open access	Yes
Impact factor	1.65 (2019)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Biosci.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
CODEN	JOBSDN
ISSN	0250-5991 (print) 0973-7138 (web)
LCCN	2003209618
OCLC no.	05871960
Links
Journal homepage [1]

The Journal of Biosciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, India. The current editor-in-chief is Prof. B J Rao (IISER Tirupati, Tirupati). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 1.65.^[1]

History

The Journal of Biosciences was established in 1934 as the Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Section B). In 1978, the Proceedings were split into three sections: Proceedings-Animal Sciences, Proceedings-Plant Sciences, and Proceedings-Experimental Biology. The latter section was renamed Journal of Biosciences in 1979, and in 1991 it was merged again with the other two sections.^[2]

Aim and Scope

The journal covers all areas of biology. It publishes research and reviews, series articles, perspectives, clipboards, commentaries, and short communications. Special theme issues are also published. The details of the editorial board is available at the link given below.^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:^[2]