The ''Turkish Journal of Biology'' is a

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covering all aspects of

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

. It was established in 1977 as ''Doğa: Turkish Journal of Biology'' before obtaining its current name in 1994. Since 2001, the journal is published in English, earlier it also contained articles in Turkish. It is published by the

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies ...

and the

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is Ekrem Gürel (

Abant Izzet Baysal University Abant Izzet Baysal University ( tr, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi) is a public university in Bolu, Turkey. It was founded on 3 July 1992 by Izzet Baysal. It has campuses in the city center and three districts of Bolu (Gerede, Mengen, Mu ...

). The journal is indexed by the

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. Its 2019

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is 0.716.

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* {{Official website, http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology Biology journals English-language journals Publications established in 1977 Monthly journals Open access journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies