About JB
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27
Avg Days to First Decision
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9
Avg Days to Publication from Acceptance*
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95%
of Published Articles Cited within Two Years of Publication**
Features
- Spotlights
- Commentaries
- Minireviews
- Dialogs
- Meeting Reviews
- Meeting Presentations
Indexing/Abstracting
- Indexed/Abstracted in: Agricola, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Biotechnology Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents- Life Sciences, EMBASE, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Illustrata, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Summon, and more.
About the Journal
Editor in Chief
Thomas J. Silhavy, Princeton University
24, Twice-Monthly Issues
Online only
Print ISSN: 0021-9193
Online ISSN: 1098-5530
Why We're Different
Edited by Working Scientists
Quick Decisions, Rapid Publication, and Impactful Citations
Format-Neutral Submissions
For initial submissions, JB welcomes papers in any format (format-neutral submissions). At this stage, authors are encouraged to upload a single PDF that incorporates the full text, tables, and figures. The reference style, the arrangement of sections of the paper, and other formatting issues are at the discretion of the author at initial submission.
Peer review averages above are based on 2019 data.
* This number reflects the accepted manuscript posting date.
** Citation data is from Web of Science for the 2016-2017 time period.
UPDATED March 2020