''The Biological Bulletin'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research.
Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
covering the field of
biology. The journal was established in 1897 as the ''Zoological Bulletin'' by
Charles Otis Whitman and
William Morton Wheeler. In 1899 the title was changed to ''The Biological Bulletin'', and production was transferred to the
Marine Biological Laboratory at
Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
The current
editor-in-chief is Kenneth M. Halanych.
''The Biological Bulletin'' is indexed by several bibliographic services, including
Index Medicus,
MEDLINE,
Chemical Abstracts,
Current Contents,
BIOBASE, and
Geo Abstracts.
Six issues are published per year and all content is made freely available one year after publication.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal had a 2021 impact score of: 1.932. Ranked #54 out of 110 in Marine & Freshwater Biology journals
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