Journal of Mathematical Biology

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Discipline	Biostatistics, Mathematical biology
Language	English
Edited by	Thomas Hillen, Anna Marciniak-Czochra, and Mark Lewis
Publication details
History	1974–present
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	2.259 (2020)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Math. Biol.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	JMBLAJ
ISSN	0303-6812  (print) 1432-1416  (web)
LCCN	74645888
OCLC  no.	01794831
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Journal of Mathematical Biology is a peer-reviewed, mathematics journal, published by Springer Verlag. Founded in 1974, the journal publishes articles on mathematical biology. In particular, papers published in this journal "should either provide biological insight as a result of mathematical analysis or identify and open up challenging new types of mathematical problems that derive from biological knowledge*. ^[1] It is the official journal ^[2] of the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology. ^[3] The editors-in-chief are Thomas Hillen, ^[4] Anna Marciniak-Czochra, and Mark Lewis. ^[5]

Its 2020 impact factor is 2.259. ^[6]

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is indexed in the following databases: ^[7]

• Clarivate

  BIOSIS

  Biological Abstracts

  Current Contents / Life Sciences

  Journal Citation Reports

  Science Citation Index Expanded

  Web of Science

  Zoological Record

• Gale

  Academic OneFile

  Expanded Academic

• EBSCO host

  Academic Search

  EBSCO

• NAL Catalog

  AGRICOLA

• CAB Direct

  CAB Abstracts

  Global Health

• American Chemical Society

  Chemical Abstracts Service

• Elsevier

  EMBASE

  EMBiology

  SCOPUS

• NIH National Library of Medicine

  PubMed/MEDLINE ^[8]

• Other databases

  Current Index to Statistics

  Digital Mathematics Registry ^[9]

  Google Scholar

  IBIDS

  International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)

  Mathematical Reviews

  OCLC

  Summon by Serial Solutions

  VINITI - Russian Academy of Science

  Zentralblatt Math

References

1. "Journal of Mathematical Biology - Springer". link.springer.com.
2. "ESMTB - Journal of Mathematical Biology". ESMTB. European Society for Mathematical and Thoeretical Biology. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
3. "ESMTB - Home". ESMTB. European Socierty for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
4. "Thomas Hillen Personal Home Page". Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta. University of Alberta. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
5. "Editorial Board".
6. "Journal of Mathematical Biology". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
7. "Journal Home".
8. The National Library of Medicine leases MEDLINE content to commercial providers, but it remains the source.
9. "AMS Digital Mathematics Registry". DMR Main. American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 27 November 2025.