Quantitative Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access interdisciplinary scientific journal covering experimental biology, theoretical biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology, synthetic biology, and digital and AI biology.Michael Q. Zhang, Chao Tang, "QB: A new inter- and multi-disciplinary forum for modeling, engineering and understanding life", Quant. Biol., 2013, 1(1): 1–2. doi:10.1007/s40484-013-0001-7.Xuegong Zhang , "QB: Embracing the future of quantitative understanding and engineering of life", Quant. Biol., 2019, 7(1): 1–2. doi:10.1007/s40484-019-0168-7.
The journal was established in 2013 by Higher Education Press and Tsinghua University. The co-founding editors-in-chief were Michael Q. Zhang and Chao Tang. As of 2019, the editors-in-chief were Chao Tang and Xuegong Zhang.
Before 2020, Quantitative Biology was co-published by Higher Education Press and Springer Nature. As of 2023, it was published by Higher Education Press and Wiley.
According to the Journal Citation Reports and Scopus, the journal had a 2024 impact factor of 1.4,Quantitative Biology. 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science. Clarivate Analytics. 2025. and a 2024 CiteScore of 2.0,Quantitative Biology. Scopus Preview. Elsevier. 2025. respectively.
Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)Quantitative Biology. 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science. Clarivate Analytics. 2025. ScopusQuantitative Biology. Scopus Preview. Elsevier. 2025. Biological Abstracts BIOSIS Chemical Abstracts Service Embase
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