Journal of Theoretical Biology
Last updated ISSN 0022-5193
Journal of Theoretical Biology is published by Elsevier BV in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Theoretical Biology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Plant and animal studies
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-5193, 1095-8541 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,550 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 18,131 |
| Publishing since | 1916 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-theoretical-bio |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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