Journal of Biosciences


The Journal of Biosciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, India. The current editor-in-chief is Dr B J Rao. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.823.

History

The Journal of Biosciences was established in 1934 as the Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences . In 1978, the Proceedings were split into three sections: Proceedings-Animal Sciences, Proceedings-Plant Sciences, and Proceedings-Experimental Biology. The latter section was renamed Journal of Biosciences in 1979, and in 1991 it was merged again with the other two sections.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: