Artificial Life

Aims & Scope

Artificial Life, launched in the fall of 1993, has become the unifying forum for the exchange of scientific information on the study of artificial systems that exhibit the behavioral characteristics of natural living systems, through the synthesis or simulation using computational (software), robotic (hardware), and/or physicochemical (wetware) means.

Each issue features cutting-edge research on artificial life that advances the state-of-the-art of our knowledge about various aspects of living systems such as: Artificial chemistry and the origins of life Self-assembly, growth, and development Self-replication and self-repair Systems and synthetic biology Perception, cognition, and behavior Embodiment and enactivism Collective behaviors of swarms Evolutionary and ecological dynamics Open-endedness and creativity Social organization and cultural evolution Societal and technological implications Philosophy and aesthetics Applications to biology, medicine, business, education, or entertainment.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.342

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15361

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	134

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Ant Algorithms for Discrete Optimization

  Citation: 1889

  Authors: Marco, Gianni Di, Luca M.

• A Hypercube-Based Encoding for Evolving Large-Scale Neural Networks

  Citation: 545

  Authors: Kenneth O., David B., Jason

• A Brief History of Stigmergy

  Citation: 468

  Authors: Guy, Eric

• Agent-Based Computational Economics: Growing Economies From the Bottom Up

  Citation: 440

  Authors: Leigh

• The Development of Embodied Cognition: Six Lessons from Babies

  Citation: 402

  Authors: Linda, Michael

• A Taxonomy for Artificial Embryogeny

  Citation: 323

  Authors: Kenneth O., Risto

• Artificial Chemistries—A Review

  Citation: 269

  Authors: Peter, Jens, Wolfgang

• Evolving 3D Morphology and Behavior by Competition

  Citation: 257

  Authors: Karl

• Stigmergy, Self-Organization, and Sorting in Collective Robotics

  Citation: 255

  Authors: Owen, Chris

• Avida: A Software Platform for Research in Computational Evolutionary Biology

  Citation: 242

  Authors: Charles, Claus O.

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