Current Biology

Aims & Scope

Current Biology is a general journal that publishes original research across all areas of biology together with an extensive and varied set of editorial sections.

A primary aim of the journal is to foster communication across fields of biology, both by publishing important findings of general interest from diverse fields and through highly accessible editorial articles that explicitly aim to inform non-specialists.

Current Biology publishes papers reporting findings in any area of biology that have sufficient claim to be of general interest—this could be, for example, because the advance is important for a specific field, or because it is intrinsically of wide interest to biologists generally.

We have several formats for publishing original research (Articles, Reports, and Correspondences); see our Information for Authors for details.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.5
2024	8.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	851

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	13277

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.707

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	376

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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 Neuroscience, 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.

• ROS Function in Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress

  Citation: 5603

  Authors: Michael, Navdeep S.

• Identification of Tissue-Specific MicroRNAs from Mouse

  Citation: 2744

  Authors: Mariana, Reinhard, Abdullah, Jutta, Winfried, Thomas

• Characterization of a 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase which phosphorylates and activates protein kinase Bα

  Citation: 2241

  Authors: Dario R., Stephen R., C.Peter, Andrew B., Piers R.J., Colin B., Philip

• Rictor, a Novel Binding Partner of mTOR, Defines a Rapamycin-Insensitive and Raptor-Independent Pathway that Regulates the Cytoskeleton

  Citation: 2225

  Authors: Siraj M, Do-Hyung, David A, Robert R, Hediye, Paul, David M

• The tumor microenvironment

  Citation: 1942

  Authors: Nicole M., M. Celeste

• STIM Is a Ca2+ Sensor Essential for Ca2+-Store-Depletion-Triggered Ca2+ Influx

  Citation: 1862

  Authors: Jen, Man Lyang, Won, Joshua T., Jason W., James E., Tobias

• Animal Communication: When I’m Calling You, Will You Answer Too?

  Citation: 1790

  Authors: Neil J.

• Tumor spectrum analysis in p53-mutant mice

  Citation: 1691

  Authors: Tyler, Lee, Bart O., Earlene M., Schlomit, Roderick T., Robert A.

• A critical role for histone H2AX in recruitment of repair factors to nuclear foci after DNA damage

  Citation: 1676

  Authors: Tanya T, Emmy P, Vikky, Cordula U, Martin, William M

• Mitochondria: More Than Just a Powerhouse

  Citation: 1659

  Authors: Heidi M., Margaret, Sylwia

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