The principal aim of Biological Rhythm Research is to cover any aspect of research into the broad topic of biological rhythms. The area covered can range from studies at the genetic or molecular level to those of behavioural or clinical topics. It can also include ultradian, circadian, infradian or annual rhythms. In this way, the Editorial Board tries to stimulate interdisciplinary rhythm research. Such an aim reflects not only the similarity of the methods used in different fields of chronobiology, but also the fact that many influences that exert controlling or masking effects are common. Amongst the controlling factors, attention is paid to the effects of climate change on living organisms. So, papers dealing with biometeorological aspects can also be submitted.
The Journal publishes original scientific research papers, review papers, short notes on research in progress, book reviews and summaries of activities, symposia and congresses of national and international organizations dealing with rhythmic phenomena.
Peer Review Statement
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
Journal metrics
Usage
53K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.486 (2023) SNIP
0.312 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
14 days avg. from submission to first
decision
42 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
10 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
26% acceptance rate
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
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the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
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nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
W.J. Rietveld - Editor-in-Chief. Foundation for Chronobiology, Wassenaar, The Netherlands A. A. Putilov - Co-editor. Research Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics - Novosibirsk, Russian Federation D. Weinert - Co-editor. Institute of Zoology, Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany
Associate Editor J. Abecia - Research Institute of Environmental Sciences of Aragon, University of Zaragoza, Spain A. Pati - Vice Chancellor Gangadhar Meher University, Odisha, India
Editorial board
U. Albrecht - University of Fribourg, Switzerland J. Arendt - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, United Kingdom A. Arrona-Palacios - Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of Sleep and Circadian Disordersarrona, USA F.M. Brown, PhD - The Pennsylvania State University, USA T. Cegnar - Slovenian Environment Agency. Ljubljana, Slovenia G. Cornelissen - Halberg Chronobiology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA A. Diez-Noguera - Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Spain D. Gubin - Tyumen Medical University, Russia R. Hardeland - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany W. Hruskesky - Chief Scientific Officer & Vice President for Innovation & New Product Development Oncology Analytics, West Orange, New Jersey K. Jankowski - Warsaw University, Poland V. Kumar - Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India S. Kumar Maitra - Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India B. Lemmer - Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany L. Menna Barreto - School of Arts and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil R.Y. Moore - Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA V. Natale, MD, PhD - University of Bologna, Italy H. Oster - University of Luebeck, Germany A. Parganiha - Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India C. Randler - Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany R. Refinetti - Department of Psychological Science, Boise State University, Boise, USA R. Silver - Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, USA P. Subramanian - Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, India L. Tonetti - Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Y. Touitou - Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale, Paris Cedex 13, France
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracting and indexed in: Biological Abstracts®, BIOSIS Previews®, CAB International, Ceramic Abstracts (Bethesda), Chemical Abstracts, CSA Animal & Behaviour Abstracts, CSA Ecology Abstracts, Current Contents®/Life Sciences, Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Ergonomics Abstracts, GEOBASE/Geo Abstracts, Psychological Abstracts, PsychoINFO, PsychoLIT, Research Alert®, Reference Update®, Science Citation Index®, SciSearch®, SCOPUS, Wildlife Review and Zoological Record.
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