| Journal of the History of Biology | |
| Discipline: | History of biology |
| Abbreviation: | J. Hist. Biol. |
| Editor: | Karen Rader and Marsha Richmond |
| Publisher: | Springer Science+Business Media |
| Frequency: | Quarterly |
| History: | 1968-present |
| Impact: | 0.953 |
| Impact-Year: | 2017 |
| Website: | https://www.springer.com/philosophy/epistemology+and+philosophy+of+science/journal/10739 |
| Link2: | https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10739 |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Issn: | 0022-5010 |
| Eissn: | 1573-0387 |
| Lccn: | 68006147 |
| Oclc: | 1783306 |
| Jstor: | 00225010 |
| Coden: | JHBIA9 |
The Journal of the History of Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of biology as well as philosophical and social issues confronting biology. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editors-in-chief are Karen A. Rader (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Marsha L. Richmond (Wayne State University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.897.[1]