Turkish Journal of Biology

Aims & Scope

The Turkish Journal of Biology is published electronically 6 times a year by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and accepts English-language manuscripts concerning all kinds of biological processes including biochemistry and biosynthesis, physiology and metabolism, molecular genetics, molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, molecular farming, biotechnology/genetic transformation, nanobiotechnology, bioinformatics and systems biology, cell and developmental biology, stem cell biology, and reproductive biology.

Contribution is open to researchers of all nationalities.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.321

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	55

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15992

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	185

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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

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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 Immunology and Microbiology, 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.

• Improvement of atropine production by different biotic and abiotic elicitors in hairy root cultures of Datura metel

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Zahra, Mehrnaz, Gholamreza, Mustafa

• Defense enzyme activities and biochemical variations of Pelargonium zonale in response to nanosilver application and dark storage

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Mehrnaz, Mansour

• Genotoxic effects of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on root meristem cells of Allium cepa by comet assay

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Eşref, Nuray, Bülent

• The MTT viability assay yields strikingly false-positive viabilities although the cells are killed by some plant extracts

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Didem, Ferda, Engin

• Analyzing formation of silver nanoparticles from the filamentous fungus Fusarium oxysporum and their antimicrobial activity

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Abd-Almohaimen, Haider, Mohammed

• Synergistic effect of 24-epibrassinolide and salicylic acid on photosynthetic efficiency and gene expression in Brassica juncea L. under Pb stress

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Sukhmeen Kaur, Neha, Anket, Vinod, Parminder, Renu

• Genome-wide distribution of superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene families inSorghum bicolor

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Ertuğrul, Hüseyin

• Control of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus disease by Enterobacter asburiaeBQ9 as a result of priming plant resistance in tomatoes

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Hongwei, Xueling, Chao, Hongjiao, Zhou, Yunpeng, Hongxia, Jianhua

• Silver nanoparticles induced genotoxicity and oxidative stress in tomato plants

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Fazilet Özlem, Sefa, Müslüm Süleyman, Dilek

• Silver nanoparticles: cytotoxic, apoptotic, and necrotic effects on MCF-7 cells

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Hakan, Mustafa, UÄŸur, Siyami, Yusuf

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