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Biology and life sciences: journals, conferences and deadlines

Biology publishes in journals; conferences take abstracts for talks and posters. Journals are compared by impact factor, quartile or a national list, and preprints on bioRxiv are common before submission.

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Upcoming deadlines

MeetingAreaDeadline
ASBMBASBMB Annual MeetingBiochemistry and molecular biology8 Dec 2026
FEMS MICROMicrobiology15 Dec 2026
ASPBPlant BiologyPlant biology8 Jan 2027
ESEBESEB Hub CongressEvolution15 Jan 2027
ASM MicrobeMicrobiology20 Jan 2027
BPSBiophysical Society Annual MeetingBiophysics28 Jan 2027
SMBESMBE Annual MeetingEvolution and genomics1 Feb 2027
ESHGEuropean Human Genetics ConferenceGenetics4 Feb 2027
FEBSFEBS CongressBiochemistry and molecular biology1 Mar 2027

All 14 conferences

MeetingFull nameAreaDeadline
ASBMBASBMB Annual MeetingBiochemistry and molecular biology8 December 2026
ASCB|EMBOASCB|EMBO Cell BioCell and molecular biologynot known
ASHGASHG Annual MeetingGeneticsusually May
ASM MicrobeASM MicrobeMicrobiology20 January 2027
ASPBPlant BiologyPlant biology8 January 2027
BPSBiophysical Society Annual MeetingBiophysics28 January 2027
ESAESA Annual MeetingEcologyusually February
ESEBESEB Hub CongressEvolution15 January 2027
ESHGEuropean Human Genetics ConferenceGenetics4 February 2027
FEBSFEBS CongressBiochemistry and molecular biology1 March 2027
FEMS MICROFEMS MICROMicrobiology15 December 2026
FENS ForumFENS Forum of NeuroscienceNeuroscienceusually February
SfNNeuroscience 2027 (SfN)Neuroscienceusually June
SMBESMBE Annual MeetingEvolution and genomics1 February 2027

Leading journals

The 50 journals with the highest h-index whose papers sit mostly in this field. Click a column to sort; what the numbers mean.

Journalh-index2-year citednessOpen access
Cell1 21741.4
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1 1678.9
Nucleic Acids Research86917.3Yes
Journal of Biological Chemistry7801.9Yes
Nature Genetics77519.2
Nature Communications74418.4Yes
Neuron69014.3
Journal of Neuroscience6514.3
The Journal of Experimental Medicine65110.1
Nature Biotechnology63013.6
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology62144.2
The Journal of Cell Biology5966.8
Nature Reviews Cancer59626.9
PLoS ONE5943.4Yes
Genes & Development5934.9Yes
Nature Neuroscience59218.2
Nature Reviews Neuroscience57115.6
Nature Reviews Immunology56925.3
Immunity56724.9
The EMBO Journal5638.6Yes
Physiological Reviews56124.4
Bioinformatics5586.5Yes
Annual Review of Biochemistry54026.8
The Journal of Immunology5310.6
Molecular Cell52714.2
Nature Immunology52614.4
NeuroImage5224.3Yes
Nature Reviews Genetics52217.4
Nature Methods50324.8
The Plant Cell50210.8
Nature Reviews Microbiology48735.2
Nature Cell Biology48617.0
Journal of Molecular Biology4845.0
Cancer Cell48435.1
The Journal of Physiology4823.6
Applied and Environmental Microbiology4794.5Yes
Plant Physiology4726.3
Cancer Research4690.6
Development4683.7
Molecular and Cellular Biology4583.2
Trends in Cognitive Sciences45610.6
Current Biology4536.2
Cell Metabolism45130.2
Biochemistry4422.8
Annual Review of Immunology44033.1
Trends in Neurosciences4397.8
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews43416.2
The Journal of Comparative Neurology4312.1
Journal of Neurophysiology4282.9
International Journal of Molecular Sciences4257.0Yes

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