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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…

$2450

Article publishing charge
for open access

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

Articles

Andrea De Gaetano, ... Thomas A. Hardy
21 June 2024View PDF
Tak Fung, ... Ryan A. Chisholm
21 June 2024
Mikael Pontarp, ... Jörgen Ripa
21 June 2024View PDF
Thulasi Jegatheesan, ... Hermann J. Eberl
21 June 2024View PDF
Mohamed El Khalifi, Tom Britton
21 June 2024
Alan G. Holt, Adrian M. Davies
21 June 2024
B. Vibishan, ... Sutirth Dey
21 June 2024
Xiong Li, ... Guoliang Luo
7 June 2024

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