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{{Infobox journal
| title = BioEssays
| cover = BioEssays January 2023 cover.jpg
| editor = Kerstin Brachhold
| discipline = [[Biology]]
| formernames = 
| abbreviation = BioEssays
| publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]]
| country = 
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 1984–present
| openaccess = 
| license = 
| impact = 4.725
| impact-year = 2015
| website = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-1878
| link1 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-1878/currentissue
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-1878/issues
| link2-name = Online archive
| JSTOR = 
| OCLC = 11195715
| LCCN = 98641457
| CODEN = BIOEEJ
| ISSN = 0265-9247
| eISSN = 1521-1878
}}
'''''BioEssays''''' is a monthly [[peer-reviewed]] [[review journal]] covering [[Molecular biology|molecular]] and [[cellular biology]]. Areas covered include [[genetics]], [[genomics]], [[epigenetics]], [[evolution]], [[developmental biology]], [[neuroscience]], [[human biology]], [[physiology]], [[systems biology]], and [[plant biology]]. The journal also publishes commentaries on aspects of science communication, education, policy, and current affairs.

== History ==
The journal was established in December 1984 by founding [[editor-in-chief]] William J. Whelan under the auspices of the [[International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology]]. Adam S. Wilkins became editor in January 1990. Originally published by [[International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology|ICSU Press]] and [[The Company of Biologists]], ''BioEssays'' has been published by [[John Wiley & Sons]] since January 1998. Andrew Moore became editor-in-chief in August 2008. Kerstin Brachhold is current editor-in-chief.

== Abstracting and indexing==
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[AGRICOLA]]
* [[Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts]]
* [[Elsevier BIOBASE|BIOBASE]]
* [[BIOSIS]]
* [[CAB Abstracts]]
* [[Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]]
* [[Chemical Abstracts Service]]
* [[CSA Biological Sciences Database]]
* [[Current Awareness in Biological Sciences]]
* [[Current Contents]] (Life Sciences)
* [[EMBASE]]/[[Excerpta Medica]]
* [[Institute for Scientific Information]]
* [[MEDLINE]]/[[Index Medicus]]
* [[Scopus]]
* [[The Zoological Record]]
}}
According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2012 [[impact factor]] of 5.423.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2013 |chapter=BioEssays |title=2012 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.bioessays-journal.com}}

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[[Category:Academic journals established in 1984]]
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