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Biosciences: Journals

Cells as seen under a microscope

The University of Manchester Library provides access to a wide range of journals relating to Biosciences.

Peer-reviewed journal articles are evaluated and critiqued by researchers and experts in the field before being published. They are high quality academic sources of information.

E-journal Spotlight

Cover art for Cell journal

Cell

Cell publishes findings of unusual significance in any area of experimental biology, including but not limited to cell biology, molecular biology, neuroscience, immunology, virology and microbiology, cancer, human genetics, systems biology, signalling, and disease mechanisms and therapeutics. (Provided by publisher).

The University of Manchester Library provides full access to this journal from 1974 (Volume 1, Issue 1) to the present day.

Biosciences e-journals

Search for journal articles using Library Search (you can do keyword searches for either the title of a journal or an article).

 

Key Journals relating to Biosciences:

 

The above list was compiled using Scopus and comprises a selection of the top journals relating to 'Agricultural and Biological Sciences', 'Biochemistry', and 'Genetics and Molecular Biology') based on Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) ranking. For more information on the SNIP ranking metric, please visit Elsevier's Measuring a Journal's Impact page.

 

You can also browse a selection of the Bioscience related journals we subscribe to using Browzine.

 

Browzine - Biological Sciences

Google Scholar

Google Scholar can be a useful tool to use when searching for journal articles. However, it's important to be aware that Google Scholar will return results for articles, journals and other resources that the Library doesn't necessarily subscribe to and which you might not have free access to as a student at the University of Manchester.

Google Scholar Search

Library Access

In order to make it easier to identify and access content provided by the Library when searching Google (and without having to visit Library Search), we recommend that you download Library AccessThis is a useful browser extension that will pop-up and notify you when you are on a journal or website that the Library has a subscription for. 

Library Access

Order an Article

If you are unable to access an article that you need, fill in the Order an Article form and we will get it for you.

University staff should use the Order an Article (Staff) form.

Order an Article

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