Acta Biotheoretica: Mathematical and philosophical foundations of biological and biomedical science is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Jan van der Hoeven Society for Theoretical Biology. The editor-in-chief is F.J.A. Jacobs (Leiden University).

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Acta Biotheoretica
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DisciplineTheoretical biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byF.J.A. Jacobs
Publication details
History1935–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.185 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Acta Biotheor.
Indexing
CODENABIOAN
ISSN0001-5342 (print)
1572-8358 (web)
LCCN38011617
OCLC no.41558734
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Aims and scope

The journal's focus is theoretical biology which includes mathematical representation, treatment, and modeling for simulations and quantitative descriptions. The journal's focus also includes the philosophy of biology which emphasizes looking at the methods developed to form biological theory. Topical coverage also includes biomathematics, computational biology, genetics, ecology, and morphology.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 1.185.[1] According to the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), the journal h-index is 35.[2]

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