Open Biology

Open Biology is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Royal Society covering biology at the molecular and cellular levels. The first issue was published in September 2011 with an editorial about the launch of the journal. The editor-in-chief is Jonathon Pines who was appointed in 2020.

Contents and themes

The journal publishes research articles, reviews, invited perspectives, commentaries, comments, and invited replies.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science [Citation Index Expanded], BIOSIS Previews, Scopus, and Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 3.6.