Evolutionary bioinformatics
Encyclopedia
Evolutionary Bioinformatics is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal
focusing on computational biology
in the study of evolution
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The journal was founded by the director of the New Zealand Bioinformatics Institute, Allen Rodrigo in 2005 and is currently edited by Dennis Wall, the Director of the Computational Biology Initiative at Harvard Medical School
. The journal serves as the official publication of the institute, and is published by Libertas Academica
.
. Its value is 2.684. This represents a solid gain on the 2009 figure of 1.889. Journal Citation Reports
show a total of 1368 citations. Within the Mathematical and Computational Biology category, Evolutionary Bioinformatics is ranked 8th out of 37 journals, placing it in the first quartile for the category.
1. R. Henrik Nilsson, Erik Kristiansson, Martin Ryberg, Nils Hallenberg and Karl Henrik Larsson. Intraspecific ITS Variability in the Kingdom Fungi as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2008:4 193-201. (9975 Views)
2. O. Bastien. A Simple Derivation of the Distribution of Pairwise Local Protein Sequence Alignment Scores. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2008:4 41-45. (8094 Views)
3. Ludovic Orlando, Catherine Hänni and Christophe J. Douady. Mammoth and Elephant Phylogenetic Relationships: Mammut Americanum, the Missing Outgroup. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2007:3 45-51 (7326 Views)
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
focusing on computational biology
Computational biology
Computational biology involves the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioral, and social systems...
in the study of evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
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The journal was founded by the director of the New Zealand Bioinformatics Institute, Allen Rodrigo in 2005 and is currently edited by Dennis Wall, the Director of the Computational Biology Initiative at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
. The journal serves as the official publication of the institute, and is published by Libertas Academica
Libertas academica
Libertas Academica is an open access academic journal publisher specializing in the biological sciences and clinical medicine.- Background :Libertas Academica, referred to as "LA", is a publisher of open access scientific, technical and medical journals. It is privately funded and was founded...
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Impact Factor
Since 2008, Evolutionary Bioinformatics have an Impact FactorImpact factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
. Its value is 2.684. This represents a solid gain on the 2009 figure of 1.889. Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Healthcare & Science division of Thomson Reuters. It has been integrated with the Web of Knowledge, by Thomson Reuters, and is accessed from the Web of Science to JCR Web. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and...
show a total of 1368 citations. Within the Mathematical and Computational Biology category, Evolutionary Bioinformatics is ranked 8th out of 37 journals, placing it in the first quartile for the category.
Most Viewed Articles
The three most viewed articles since the EB first publishing are (2011-07-03):1. R. Henrik Nilsson, Erik Kristiansson, Martin Ryberg, Nils Hallenberg and Karl Henrik Larsson. Intraspecific ITS Variability in the Kingdom Fungi as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2008:4 193-201. (9975 Views)
2. O. Bastien. A Simple Derivation of the Distribution of Pairwise Local Protein Sequence Alignment Scores. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2008:4 41-45. (8094 Views)
3. Ludovic Orlando, Catherine Hänni and Christophe J. Douady. Mammoth and Elephant Phylogenetic Relationships: Mammut Americanum, the Missing Outgroup. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2007:3 45-51 (7326 Views)