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Biology and life sciences
Among the 50 biology and life sciences journals in this index it has the 1st highest h-index and the 2nd highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 2 008 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 63% |
| China | 24% |
| Germany | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 14% |
| Switzerland | 7% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 100% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics | 4% |
| Gut microbiota and health | 3% |
| Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers | 3% |
| Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics | 2% |
| CRISPR and Genetic Engineering | 2% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Hallmarks of aging: An expanding universe (2023, 6 447 citations)
- Hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases (2023, 1 761 citations)
- Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges (2023, 1 303 citations)
- Immune checkpoint therapy—current perspectives and future directions (2023, 1 190 citations)
- Cell death (2024, 993 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0092-8674):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- Nature Communications
- Nature Biotechnology
- Nucleic Acids Research
- Nature Reviews Cancer
- Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
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