The Journal of Experimental Biology

The Journal of Experimental Biology is a scientific magazine, which deals with comparative and integrative biology. Prior to the publication of an article subject to a peer-reviewed scientific studies, that is, an evaluation by other experts who act as independent reviewers. The Journal is published by The Company of Biologists, Cambridge, United Kingdom fortnightly. The magazine was first published in 1923 under the name The British Journal of Experimental Biology, Edinburgh. One of the co-editor of the journal, while its early days, was the famous English biologist Julian Huxley. In 1925 the magazine was awarded the title still today the Journal of Experimental Biology. The first chief editor of the magazine was the zoologist Sir James Gray ( zoologist ).

In the magazine were over time diverse and outstanding publications made ​​, inter alia, Nobel laureate Peter Medawar and August Krogh.

The magazine had an impact factor as a measure of the average number of citations per published article, of 3.00 in 2011 and an average 5-year factor of 3.30.