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Botanical Studies

Impact Factor: 1.159
Editors-in-Chief: Mei-Chu Chung and Yaw-Huei Lin
Associated society: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica  

  

Forest Ecosystems 

Editors-in-Chief: Weilun Yin and Klaus v. Gadow
Associated society: Beijing Forestry University

 

Natural Products and Bioprospecting 

Editor-in-Chief: Jikai Liu
Associated society: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Impact Factor: 0.783
Editor-in-Chief: Ruth Falshaw
Associated society: Scion

 

Rice 

Impact Factor: 3.417
Editor-in-Chief: Takuji Sasaki

 

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Protein & Cell

Impact Factor: 3.817
Editor-in-Chief: Zihe Rao
Associated societies: Higher Education Press, Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Biophysical Society of China (SBC), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Protein & Cell covers the latest developments in multidisciplinary areas in biology and biomedicine, with an emphasis on protein and cell research.

 

Science China Life Sciences 

Impact Factor: 2.297
Editor-in-Chief: Da-Cheng Wang
Associated societies: Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Natural Science Foundation of China

Science China Life Sciences covers a wide range of topics, including molecular characterization of genes, energized proteins, plant science, microsatellite markers and other new evaluation tools.

The journal is in collaboration with Chinese Biological Investigators Society.

Avian Research

Impact Factor: 0.375
Editor-in-Chief: Guangmei Zheng
Associated societies: China Ornithological Society and Beijing Forestry University

 

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Editor-in-Chief: Sungchul C Bai
Associate society: Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science

  

Genes and Environment

Editor-in-Chief: Takashi Yagi
Associated society: Japanese Environmental Mutagens Society

 

Journal of Animal Science and Technology

Editor-in-Chief: Inho Choi
Associated society: The Korean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology (KSAST)

 

Zoological Letters

Editor-in-Chief: Shigeru Kuratani
Associated society: Zoological Society of Japan

  

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Biomaterials Research

Editor-in-Chief: Insup Noh
Associated society: Korean Society for BioMaterials (KSBM)

Biomaterials Research covers the interdisciplinary fields of biomaterials research, including novel biomaterials, cutting-edge technologies of biomaterials synthesis and fabrication, and biomedical applications in clinics and industry.

 

Cell & Bioscience

Impact Factor: 2.883
Editor-in-Chief: Yun-Bo Shi
Associated society: Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America

Cell & Bioscience encompasses all areas of life science research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to Aquaculture/Aqua Biotechnology, Biodiversity/Evolution Biology, Bio-entrepreneurship, etc.

  

GigaScience

Editor in Chief: Laurie Goodman
Associated society: BGI

GigaScience aims to revolutionize reproducibility of analyses, data dissemination, organization, understanding, and use. It publishes all research objects (data, software tools and workflows) from 'big data' studies across the entire spectrum of life and biomedical sciences.

 

Inflammation and Regeneration

Editor-in-Chief: Hideyuki Okano
Associated society: Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration (JSIR)

Inflammation and Regeneration covers a wide range of scientific topics in the research field of basic and clinical regenerative medicine.

 

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Impact Factor: 2.037
Editor-in-Chief: Defa Li

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology (JASB) encompasses all aspects of animal science and biotechnology, including animal genetics and breeding, animal reproduction and physiology, animal nutrition and biochemistry, feed processing and testing, and animal biotechnology.

The journal is sponsored by the Da Bei Nong Education Foundation Program of the China Agricultural University Education Foundation.

  

Journal of Biomedical Science

Impact Factor: 2.935
Editor-in-Chief: Wen-Chang Chang

Journal of Biomedical Science encompasses all fundamental and molecular aspects of basic medical sciences, emphasizing on providing the molecular studies of biomedical problems and molecular mechanisms.

The journal is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan