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The American Institute of Biological Sciences established BioScience in 1964 to replace its earlier publication called the AIBS Bulletin. The institute had published the bulletin from 1951 until it ceased operations in 1963.
Oxford University Press assumed management responsibilities for BioScience starting in 2019. Prior to this date, the American Institute of Biological Sciences handled all production duties directly while maintaining editorial oversight.
BioScience publishes literature reviews covering current research across various branches of biology along with essays on education strategies and public policy matters. The journal also features sections dedicated to the history of biology and theoretical debates among scientists.
MEDLINE and PubMed began abstracting the journal between 1973 and 1979 to make articles more accessible globally. BIOSIS Previews added the title shortly after other major indexes including the Science Citation Index listed the publication.
Journal Citation Reports assigned an impact factor of 8.589 to BioScience in 2020. This number reflects how often articles published in the previous two years were cited by other works within the biological sciences community.