Quarterly Review of Biology

pISSN: 0033-5770eISSN: 1539-7718• JCR: Q REV BIOLUniversity of Chicago PressUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

3.0

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↓ 0.2 (-6.3%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    3.0
  2. Metric year 2024

    3.2

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
BIOLOGYSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Quarterly Review of Biology current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Biology & Basic Science

Ranked #1,478 in Biology & Basic Science by impact factor and #468 among Q2 Biology & Basic Science journals. This context helps compare Quarterly Review of Biology against journals publishing in the same field.

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Quarterly Review of Biology publication trend

Published 722 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 3.0.

2026 vs 2025: -123
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Journal Details

Total Articles
35,934
H-Index
202
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyHistory and Philosophy of SciencePaleontology

Article Volume

2022
171
2023
189
2024
161
2025
162
2026
39
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