Frontiers in Bioscience
Frontiers in Bioscience is a peer reviewed scientific journal. It was established in 1996 and covers all biological and medical sciences. The editor-in-chief is Siamak Tabibzadeh. The journal consists of three sections: Landmark Edition, Scholar Edition, and Elite Edition, with slightly different scopes:
- Landmark Edition: reviews in molecular medicine
- Scholar Edition: reviews in basic and clinical science
- Elite Edition: primary research in all fields of biology and medicine
Discipline | Life sciences |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Siamak Tabibzadeh |
Publication details | |
History | 1996–present |
Publisher | Frontiers in Bioscience |
Frequency | Biannual |
Hybrid | |
2.349 (2017) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Front. Biosci. |
Indexing | |
Landmark Edition | |
ISSN | 1093-9946 (print) 1093-4715 (web) |
Scholar Edition | |
ISSN | 1945-0516 (print) 1945-0524 (web) |
Elite Edition | |
ISSN | 1945-0494 (print) 1945-0508 (web) |
Links | |
Abstracting and indexing
The Landmark Edition of the journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Biological Abstracts[1]
- BIOSIS Previews[2]
- Current Contents/Life Sciences[2]
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[3] (also the other two editions)[4][5]
- Science Citation Index Expanded[2]
- Scopus (all three editions)[6]
- The Zoological Record[2]
Reception
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.349.[7] Although, the journal has been placed on Jeffrey Beall's list of "potential, possible, or probable" predatory scholarly open-access publishers in 2012, but the Journal maintains high standard ethics in publishing articles after peer review.[8] Managing editors joined in this journal across the world and from various fields of biomedical sciences really indicates the value in academics. Jeffrey list is down and, the journal now stands with a good quality control, are the leading points to accept this journal as international journal with Scopus and WoS indexing.
References
- "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- "Frontiers in Bioscience". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- "Frontiers in Bioscience". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- "Frontiers in Bioscience". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- "Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark Edition". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
- Beall, Jeffrey (14 April 2016). "List of Publishers". Beall's List: Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers. WordPress.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.