Biosocieties
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37 papers with at least that number of citations each
Aims & Scope
BioSocieties is committed to the scholarly exploration of the crucial social, ethical and policy implications of developments in the life sciences and biomedicine. These developments are increasing our ability to control our own biology; enabling us to create novel life forms; changing our ideas of ‘normality’ and ‘abnormality’; transforming our understanding of personal identity, family relations, ancestry and ‘race’; altering our social and personal expectations and responsibilities; reshaping global economic opportunities and inequalities; creating new global security challenges; and generating new social, ethical, legal and regulatory dilemmas. To address these dilemmas requires us to break out from narrow disciplinary boundaries within the social sciences and humanities, and between these disciplines and the natural sciences, and to develop new ways of thinking about the relations between biology and sociality and between the life sciences and society. BioSocieties provides a crucial forum where the most rigorous social research and critical analysis of these issues can intersect with the work of leading scientists, social researchers, clinicians, regulators and other stakeholders. BioSocieties defines the key intellectual issues at the science-society interface, and offers pathways to the resolution of the critical local, national and global socio-political challenges that arise from scientific and biomedical advances. As the first journal of its kind, BioSocieties publishes scholarship across the social science disciplines, and represents a lively and balanced array of perspectives on controversial issues. In its inaugural year BioSocieties demonstrated the constructive potential of interdisciplinary dialogue and debate across the social and natural sciences. We are becoming the journal of choice not only for social scientists, but also for life scientists interested in the larger social, ethical and policy implications of their work. The journal is international in scope, spanning research and developments in all corners of the globe. BioSocieties is published quarterly, with occasional themed issues that highlight some of the critical questions and problematics of modern biotechnologies. Articles, response pieces, review essays, and self-standing editorial pieces by social and life scientists form a regular part of the journal.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL
SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL
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Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisBiosocieties (acronym: bioj, ISSN: 1745-8552) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of SOCIAL SCIENCES, published by Springer Nature in United Kingdom. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.20, ranking in quartile Q4 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.464 (Q2), an H-index of 37.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of 4 issues per year, an annual output of approximately 50 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,905 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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