Physics of Life Reviews

Aims & Scope

Physics of Life Reviews is an international journal appearing quarterly, that publishes review articles on physics of living systems, complex phenomena in biological systems, and related fields of artificial life, robotics, mathematical bio-semiotics, and artificial intelligent systems.

This journal is a unifying force, going across the barriers between disciplines, addressing all living systems from molecules to populations and from genetics to mind and artificial systems modeling these phenomena.

The journal invites reviews from actively working researchers, which are broad in scope, critical, accessible to our wide readership and addresses sometimes controversial accounts of recent progress and problems.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	14.3
2024	13.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.384

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	77

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1038

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	680

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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, Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy, 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 colony optimization: Introduction and recent trends

  Citation: 920

  Authors: Christian

• Models of stochastic gene expression

  Citation: 704

  Authors: Johan

• Evolutionary game theory: Temporal and spatial effects beyond replicator dynamics

  Citation: 667

  Authors: Carlos P., José A., Angel

• Consciousness in the universe

  Citation: 609

  Authors: Stuart, Roger

• Nanopores: A journey towards DNA sequencing

  Citation: 550

  Authors: Meni

• Universal scaling for the dilemma strength in evolutionary games

  Citation: 508

  Authors: Zhen, Satoshi, Marko, Jun

• From everyday emotions to aesthetic emotions: Towards a unified theory of musical emotions

  Citation: 451

  Authors: Patrik N.

• Coupled disease–behavior dynamics on complex networks: A review

  Citation: 450

  Authors: Zhen, Michael A., Zhi-Xi, Lin, Chris T.

• Chimera states in neuronal networks: A review

  Citation: 422

  Authors: Soumen, Bidesh K., Dibakar, Matjaž

• Lévy flights and superdiffusion in the context of biological encounters and random searches

  Citation: 392

  Authors: G.M., E.P., M.G.E.

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