Journal profile

Acta biotheoretica

Publisher: Springer
ISSN0001-5342 | 1572-8358 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed
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Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
2.71
Citation rate 2.17 67 total citations
h5-index 14 h5 depth signal
Cited share 60.0% 21 of 35
Total citations 67 Citation footprint
Metric signal 1.79 External metric anchor
Self-citation 4.5% 3 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

France 50
United States 48
India 24
United Kingdom 15
China 15

Citing Fields of Research

Numerical Methods 64
Philosophy 47
Evolutionary Genomics 35
Genetics & Genomics 33
History & Philosophy Of Science 30

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 1,552 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 35 21 cited publications
Last 12 months 35 3.2 publications/month
Open access share 31.4% 11 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country France 50 citing publications
Leading citing field Numerical Methods 64 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 4 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v17n1, 1965-
PubMed
v17n1, 1965-
OLDMEDLINE
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Numerical Methods Philosophy History & Philosophy Of Science Nucleic Acids Chemistry Virology Differential Equations Endocrinology & Metabolism

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Jan van der Hoeven-Stichting voor Theoretische Biologie van Dier en Mensch

Broad Categories

Biology Economics Numerical Methods Ecological Monitoring Nucleic Acids Chemistry Evolutionary Genomics Philosophy

MeSH Descriptors

Biology

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Open DOI
Morgan Thompson
In this paper, I chart the influence of social scientist Donald Campbell’s work on William Wimsatt’s ideas of robustness reasoning. One reason is that Campbell’s work is less familiar in the broader philosophy of science literature. Anot...
02
Open DOI
Matheus Correia Casotti, Camilly Victoria Campanharo, Daniel Moreira Melo et al.
The scientific restlessness surrounding the question of what life is (expressed in the provocations of Feynman and Schrödinger) guides this review article by integrating physics, chemistry, and biology into a multidimensional and emergen...
07
DOI 10.1007/s10441-026-09536-5

Pitchfork Bifurcation in a Coupled Cell System

Open DOI
Shikhar Raj, Biplab Bose
Various biological phenomena, like cell differentiation and pattern formation in multicellular organisms, are explained using bifurcation theory. Molecular network motifs such as positive feedback and mutual repression exhibit bifurcatio...
10
DOI 10.1007/s10441-026-09534-7

Re-Engineering Wimsatt for Limited Beings

Open DOI
Johannes Jaeger, Marcus Neustetter
Science is the best way to produce facts about reality. The best, at least, that limited human beings have devised so far. Yet, not even scientists quite seem to understand how scientific knowledge is generated. This is not only a philos...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Print issues ceased with v. 63 (2015).

Also issued online.

Microfilm. v. 1 (1935)-9 (1951). 2 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm.

Contributions in English, French, or German, most with summaries in the other two languages.