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Journal of Theoretical Biology

About the journal

The Journal of Theoretical Biology is the leading forum for theoretical perspectives that give insight into biological processes. It covers a very wide range of topics and is of interest to biologists in many areas of research, including:

Brain and Neuroscience
Cancer Growth and Treatment
Ce…

$2430

Article publishing charge
for open access

126 days
Review time
148 days
Submission to acceptance
6 days
Acceptance to publication

Articles

Ryosuke Omori, ... Yoh Iwasa
21 May 2024View PDF
Juan Felipe Sánchez, ... Diego A. Garzón-Alvarado
21 May 2024
Kelvin J. Richards, Axel Timmermann
21 May 2024
Camille Febvre, ... Rana El-Sabaawi
21 May 2024View PDF
Akindele Akano Onifade, ... Dewey Taylor
21 May 2024
Tong Zhang, ... Hiroshi Nishiura
7 May 2024
Agostino Martinelli
7 May 2024
Blake McGrane-Corrigan, ... Rafael de Andrade Moral
7 May 2024View PDF

Calls for papers

Bioinference: Trends and Reproducibility

Guest editors: Marina Evangelou, Enrico Bibbona, Ioana Bouros, Aden Forrow, Julia Brettschneider, Fergus Cooper, Richard Creswell, Yongchao Huang, Ben Lambert - Submission deadline: 13 September 2024
Over the last years, challenges seen in different application areas in biology have driven the development of novel inference approaches that have contributed to better understanding of human biology. This special issue welcomes articles that focus …
Submission deadline: 13 September 2024

Biomechanical regulation of cell shape, cell migration, and cell-cell interactions

Guest editors: Nikolaos Sfakianakis, Jochen Kursawe - Submission deadline: 30 April 2024
For the correct formation, function, and maintenance of biological tissues, the mechanical properties and interactions of cells have to be tightly regulated. However, the biomolecular and mechanical factors contributing to cell shape determination …

Cancer’s Ariadne’s Thread - Deciphering emerging key components of the peritumoral ecosystem: neurons, microbiomes, cancer associated fibroblasts, and immune cells.

Guest editors: Dr. Georgios Lolas, Dr. Arianna Bianchi, Dr. Majid Abedi - Submission deadline: 31 March 2024
The dynamic interaction of cancer cells with their microenvironment is essential to stimulate the heterogeneity of cancer cell, clonal evolution, and to increase resistance to therapies. Key components of tumor microenvironment (such as neurons, …

Special issues and article collections

Pillars of Theoretical Biology

Edited by Denise Kirschner
3 July 2023

Modelling COVID-19 and Preparedness for Future Pandemics

Edited by Robin Thompson, Ben Ashby, Zhilan Feng, Yanni Xiao, Stanca Ciupe, Edward Hill, Ruth Bowness
12 May 2023

Regulatory circuits: from living systems to hyper-chaos – A special issue dedicated to the memory of René Thomas

Edited by Denis Thieffry, Marcelle Kaufman, Handling Editor: Armindo Salvador
6 July 2021