Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Overview

Impact Factor

5.349

H Index

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Impact Factor

4.969

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 9628452
Publisher: The Royal Society
History: 1947, 1949-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Proceedings B is the Royal Society’s flagship biological research journal, accepting original articles and reviews of outstanding scientific importance and broad general interest. The main criteria for acceptance are that a study is novel, and has general significance to biologists. Articles published cover a wide range of areas within the biological sciences, many have relevance to organisms and the environments in which they live. The scope includes, but is not limited to, ecology, evolution, behaviour, health and disease epidemiology, neuroscience and cognition, behavioural genetics, development, biomechanics, palaeontology, comparative biology, molecular ecology and evolution and global change biology. Many more good manuscripts are submitted than we have space to print, and we give preference to those presenting significant advances of broad interest. Submission of preliminary reports, of articles that merely confirm previous findings, and of articles that are likely to interest only small groups of specialists, is not encouraged. Articles will only be considered where they have clear relevance to fundamental biological principles and processes. All articles are sent to an Editorial Board member for an initial assessment, and may be returned to authors without in-depth peer review if the paper is unlikely to be accepted because it is either too specialized, not sufficiently novel, or is deficient in other respects.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
SCR Impact Factor

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SCR Journal Ranking

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

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Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    4.503 4.874 5.144
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    4.969 5.371 5.462
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    4.655 4.691 4.879
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    4.626 4.779 5.187
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    4.273 4.891 5.155
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    5.08 5.498 5.83
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    5.361 5.652 5.852
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    5.445 5.804 5.896
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    5.685 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    6.005 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    5.962 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    5.857 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    5.6 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    5.262 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    4.628 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    4.536 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    4.108 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    4.067 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    3.86 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    3.701 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    3.532 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    3.262 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    3.181 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History