Journal profile
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences is published by Royal Society under ISSN 0080-4649. It holds an h-index of 403 across 20,442 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 4.01, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Royal Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0080-4649 |
| All ISSNs | 0080-4649, 0962-8452, 1471-2954, 2053-9193 |
| Indexed works | 20,442 |
| Total citations | 1,587,400 |
| h-index | 403 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.01 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Plant and animal studies · Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Biological identifications through DNA barcodes
- Authors
- Paul D. N. Hebert, Alina Cywinska, Shelley L. Ball, Jeremy R deWaard
- Year
- 2003
- Volume
- 270
- Issue
- 1512
- Pages
- 313-321
IEEE
P. D. N. Hebert, A. Cywinska, S. L. Ball, J. R. deWaard "Biological identifications through DNA barcodes," Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, vol. 270, no. 1512, pp. 313-321, 2003, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2218.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Hebert, P. D. N., Cywinska, A., Ball, S. L., & deWaard, J. R. (2003). Biological identifications through DNA barcodes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 270(1512), 313-321. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2218
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{hebert2003,
author = {Paul D. N. Hebert and Alina Cywinska and Shelley L. Ball and Jeremy R deWaard},
title = {Biological identifications through DNA barcodes},
journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences},
volume = {270},
number = {1512},
pages = {313--321},
year = {2003},
issn = {0080-4649},
doi = {10.1098/rspb.2002.2218}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences records 20,442 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences carries an h-index of 403, which is above 68% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,587,400 citations across 20,442 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.01.
2 of the journals covered here are published by Royal Society. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
What is the ISSN of Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences?
The linking ISSN is 0080-4649. The journal also carries 0962-8452 and 1471-2954 and 2053-9193, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences?
Royal Society publishes it. 2 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key hebert2003 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 313 to 321, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences?
Its h-index is 403, above 68% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,587,400 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.01. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 403 and a two-year mean citedness of 4.01 across 20,442 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.