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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Current Biology (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Current Biology published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Biologyrank 7 of 115 journals
- Q1Biochemistry & Molecular Biologyrank 63 of 339 journals
- Q1Cell Biologyrank 51 of 210 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$7,030.
02Indexing
Indexing of Current Biology
- ISSN
- 0960-9822
- eISSN
- 1879-0445
- Publisher
- Cell Press
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biology, Cell Biology
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Current Biology publishes: real papers
04Published papers
Papers published in Current Biology
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- José de Bourbon-Teles, Paul Bentley, Saori Koshino, Kushal Shah, Agneish Dutta, Paresh Malhotra20140 citations
- James J. Foster, Camilla R. Sharkey, Alicia VA Gaworska, Nicholas W. Roberts20140 citations
- and Kenneth E. Sawin20140 citations
- Malti Vaghela, Marco Fritzsche, Dale Moulding, 8 Richard Thorogate, Antoine Jégou, 9 Adrian J. Thrasher, 8 Guillaume Romet-Lemonne, 9 Philippe P. Roux, 3 …20140 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Current Biology
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06Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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Paste your title, keywords or abstract. We match it against 156,435 published journal papers, by ScholarsColab mentors and other researchers, and show where the closest work appeared, with each journal’s indexing (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024).
How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
07Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Current Biology?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Current Biology is 6.21: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 6.21 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Current Biology?
The h-index of Current Biology is 453 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 453 of its papers have each been cited at least 453 times. Its i10-index is 16,298.
What is the APC of Current Biology?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$7,030 for Current Biology (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
Is Current Biology a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Current Biology ranks 7 of 115 journals in Biology, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Current Biology indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Current Biology appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Current Biology an SCIE journal?
Yes. Current Biology is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Current Biology in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Current Biology is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Current Biology does ScholarsColab track?
We track 4 papers published in Current Biology in 2014, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
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