Statistics in Biosciences

Statistics in Biosciences (SIB) is published three times a year in print and electronic form. It aims at development and application of statistical methods and their interface with other quantitative methods, such as computational and mathematical methods, in biological and life science, health science, and biopharmaceutical and biotechnological science. SIB publishes scientific papers and review articles in four sections, with the first two sections as the primary sections. Original Articles publish novel statistical and quantitative methods in biosciences. The Bioscience Case Studies and Practice Articles publish papers that advance statistical practice in biosciences, such as case studies, innovative applications of existing methods that further understanding of subject-matter science, evaluation of existing methods and data sources. Review Articles publish papers that review an area of statistical and quantitative methodology, software, and data sources in biosciences. Commentaries provide perspectives of research topics or policy issues that are of current quantitative interest in biosciences, reactions to an article published in the journal, and scholarly essays. Substantive science is essential in motivating and demonstrating the methodological development and use for an article to be acceptable. Articles published in SIB share the goal of promoting evidence-based real world practice and policy making through effective and timely interaction and communication of statisticians and quantitative researchers with subject-matter scientists in biosciences.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2010	Q4
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2011	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2012	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2019	Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2010	Q4
Statistics and Probability	2011	Q4
Statistics and Probability	2012	Q4
Statistics and Probability	2013	Q3
Statistics and Probability	2014	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2015	Q3
Statistics and Probability	2016	Q3
Statistics and Probability	2017	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2018	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2019	Q3
Statistics and Probability	2020	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2021	Q3
Statistics and Probability	2022	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2010	0.107
2011	0.168
2012	0.307
2013	0.565
2014	0.736
2015	0.669
2016	0.589
2017	0.707
2018	0.710
2019	0.418
2020	0.570
2021	0.513
2022	0.630
2023	0.485

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2009	5
2010	12
2011	14
2012	18
2013	23
2014	16
2015	24
2016	22
2017	36
2018	36
2019	32
2020	27
2021	29
2022	31
2023	67

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.176
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.355
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.633
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.970
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.831
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.815
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.894
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.867
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.856
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.706
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.107
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.403
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.176
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.355
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.614
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.036
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.807
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.698
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.952
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.793
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.713
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.760
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.137
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.625
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.966
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.176
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.385
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.625
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.902
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.600
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.804
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.603
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.625
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.691
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.186
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.089
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.067

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	0
Self Cites	2011	0
Self Cites	2012	0
Self Cites	2013	1
Self Cites	2014	1
Self Cites	2015	0
Self Cites	2016	0
Self Cites	2017	1
Self Cites	2018	1
Self Cites	2019	0
Self Cites	2020	1
Self Cites	2021	0
Self Cites	2022	0
Self Cites	2023	2
Total Cites	2009	0
Total Cites	2010	0
Total Cites	2011	3
Total Cites	2012	11
Total Cites	2013	27
Total Cites	2014	57
Total Cites	2015	46
Total Cites	2016	44
Total Cites	2017	59
Total Cites	2018	65
Total Cites	2019	67
Total Cites	2020	79
Total Cites	2021	108
Total Cites	2022	143
Total Cites	2023	84

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2009	0
External Cites per document	2010	0.000
External Cites per document	2011	0.176
External Cites per document	2012	0.355
External Cites per document	2013	0.591
External Cites per document	2014	1.018
External Cites per document	2015	0.807
External Cites per document	2016	0.698
External Cites per document	2017	0.935
External Cites per document	2018	0.780
External Cites per document	2019	0.713
External Cites per document	2020	0.750
External Cites per document	2021	1.137
External Cites per document	2022	1.625
External Cites per document	2023	0.943
Cites per document	2009	0.000
Cites per document	2010	0.000
Cites per document	2011	0.176
Cites per document	2012	0.355
Cites per document	2013	0.614
Cites per document	2014	1.036
Cites per document	2015	0.807
Cites per document	2016	0.698
Cites per document	2017	0.952
Cites per document	2018	0.793
Cites per document	2019	0.713
Cites per document	2020	0.760
Cites per document	2021	1.137
Cites per document	2022	1.625
Cites per document	2023	0.966

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2009	40.00
2010	50.00
2011	14.29
2012	5.56
2013	8.70
2014	31.25
2015	33.33
2016	9.09
2017	16.67
2018	22.22
2019	21.88
2020	18.52
2021	27.59
2022	12.90
2023	13.43

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Non-citable documents	2011	0
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	3
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	3
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	5
Non-citable documents	2021	6
Non-citable documents	2022	5
Non-citable documents	2023	4
Citable documents	2009	0
Citable documents	2010	5
Citable documents	2011	17
Citable documents	2012	30
Citable documents	2013	43
Citable documents	2014	52
Citable documents	2015	54
Citable documents	2016	60
Citable documents	2017	61
Citable documents	2018	81
Citable documents	2019	91
Citable documents	2020	99
Citable documents	2021	89
Citable documents	2022	83
Citable documents	2023	83

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2009	0
Uncited documents	2010	5
Uncited documents	2011	14
Uncited documents	2012	21
Uncited documents	2013	28
Uncited documents	2014	31
Uncited documents	2015	35
Uncited documents	2016	44
Uncited documents	2017	33
Uncited documents	2018	49
Uncited documents	2019	55
Uncited documents	2020	63
Uncited documents	2021	55
Uncited documents	2022	39
Uncited documents	2023	44
Cited documents	2009	0
Cited documents	2010	0
Cited documents	2011	3
Cited documents	2012	10
Cited documents	2013	16
Cited documents	2014	24
Cited documents	2015	22
Cited documents	2016	19
Cited documents	2017	29
Cited documents	2018	33
Cited documents	2019	39
Cited documents	2020	41
Cited documents	2021	40
Cited documents	2022	49
Cited documents	2023	43

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
2009	16.67
2010	32.35
2011	41.67
2012	37.88
2013	31.25
2014	37.84
2015	27.40
2016	28.17
2017	38.98
2018	43.55
2019	36.15
2020	32.94
2021	42.17
2022	44.53
2023	42.20

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	2009	0
Overton	2010	1
Overton	2011	3
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	1
Overton	2014	1
Overton	2015	2
Overton	2016	1
Overton	2017	3
Overton	2018	1
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	0
Overton	2021	1
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0