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Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

pISSN: 0044-0086eISSN: 1551-4056Yale University PressUnited States
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2026 Journal Metrics Score

4.8

Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data

The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal, computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Data source: OpenAlex (CC0).

Subject Category Quartiles

Quartiles computed within each OpenAlex subfield
CategoryQuartile
GeneticsQ1
Molecular BiologyQ1
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ1
PhysiologyQ1

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Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine current release and quartile

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 4.8, updated August 2026 from OpenAlex citation data. The journal is ranked Q1 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #577 in Medicine by Journal Metrics Score and #577 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine against journals publishing in the same field.

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of 6,254 field journals

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine publication trend

Published 157 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current Journal Metrics Score of 4.8.

2026 vs 2025: -34
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Journal Details

OpenAlex Works
756
H-Index
43
Fully Open Access
Yes
Recent OA Works
275
Subject Areas
GeneticsMolecular BiologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPhysiology

Source: the current OpenAlex source record. OpenAlex works can include multiple work types. Fully Open Access is a source-level flag. Recent OA Works is summed from OpenAlex's counts_by_year series (up to the latest ten years); it is not a lifetime OA percentage. Any APC shown here is an indicative OpenAlex value—verify current charges on the journal's official website.

Article Volume

2021
4
2023
48
2024
45
2025
47
2026
13
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