BiO is an online Open Access journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research in all areas of the biological and biomedical sciences.

It is a requirement for consideration at BiO that the work addresses a clearly stated, non-trivial, biological hypothesis.

BiO does not consider articles in pure physics, chemistry, engineering, earth sciences, clinical studies, surgical procedures, public health, and homeopathy, complementary or alternative medicine.

Editors will also consider Methods & Techniques papers, papers on computational analysis, replication studies, and rigorous reports presenting negative results.

Biology Open (BiO) is an online Open Access journal that publishes rigorous, high-quality research across the breadth of the biological and biomedical sciences. We provide timely, thorough, constructive and fair peer review, with a focus on supporting researchers and reducing the pain to publish.

Our international board of research-active academic Editors, led by Editor-in-Chief Steven Kelly, comprises leaders in their respective fields. The BiO team is committed to Open Access publishing as a mechanism to widen access, promote equality and ensure sustainability in publishing in the biological sciences.

BiO is committed to supporting and inspiring early-career researchers. We proudly display our First Person interviews on our homepage, provide funds to sponsor early-career meetings, and create career development opportunities through our Meeting Reviews and Future Leader Reviews programme.

BiO, together with The Company of Biologists, strives to ensure that the profits from the hard work of scientists inspire future scientific discovery and help develop the next generation of researchers. Surplus generated from publishing is returned by the Company to the community in the form of meeting grants, Travelling Fellowships and grants to scientific societies.

Journal metrics

In accordance with the recommendations, BiO uses a number of metrics that together can provide a rich view of the journal's performance. In addition, Altmetrics data and usage statistics are available for individual articles.

• 2021 Impact Factor: 2.643
• Five-year Impact Factor: 2.687
• Two-year citation median: 2.0
• Eigenfactor score: 0.00627
• Article Influence Score: 0.661
• Immediacy index: 0.769

• h-index: 47
• Scopus CiteScore: 4.6
• SJR indicator: 0.765
• SNIP: 0.73

BiO is abstracted and/or indexed by (amongst others): Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Clarivate Analytics Web of Science, Medline, PMC, PubMed and Scopus. BiO is a member of OASPA  and is indexed in the DOAJ .