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Areas covered include <a href="/wiki/Genetics" title="Genetics">genetics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genomics" title="Genomics">genomics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epigenetics" title="Epigenetics">epigenetics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a>, <a href="/wiki/Developmental_biology" title="Developmental biology">developmental biology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience">neuroscience</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_biology" title="Human biology">human biology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Physiology" title="Physiology">physiology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Systems_biology" title="Systems biology">systems biology</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Plant_biology" class="mw-redirect" title="Plant biology">plant biology</a>. The journal also publishes commentaries on aspects of science communication, education, policy, and current affairs. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BioEssays&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The journal was established in December 1984 by founding <a href="/wiki/Editor-in-chief" title="Editor-in-chief">editor-in-chief</a> William J. Whelan under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Biochemistry_and_Molecular_Biology" title="International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology">International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</a>. Adam S. Wilkins became editor in January 1990. Originally published by <a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Biochemistry_and_Molecular_Biology" title="International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology">ICSU Press</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Company_of_Biologists" title="The Company of Biologists">The Company of Biologists</a>, <i>BioEssays</i> has been published by <a href="/wiki/John_Wiley_%26_Sons" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wiley & Sons">John Wiley & Sons</a> since January 1998. Andrew Moore became editor-in-chief in August 2008. Kerstin Brachhold is current editor-in-chief. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abstracting_and_indexing">Abstracting and indexing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BioEssays&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abstracting and indexing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The journal is abstracted and indexed in: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AGRICOLA" title="AGRICOLA">AGRICOLA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquatic_Sciences_and_Fisheries_Abstracts" title="Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts">Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsevier_BIOBASE" class="mw-redirect" title="Elsevier BIOBASE">BIOBASE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BIOSIS" class="mw-redirect" title="BIOSIS">BIOSIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAB_Abstracts" class="mw-redirect" title="CAB Abstracts">CAB Abstracts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Scientific_Abstracts" title="Cambridge Scientific Abstracts">Cambridge Scientific Abstracts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Abstracts_Service" title="Chemical Abstracts Service">Chemical Abstracts Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSA_Biological_Sciences_Database" class="mw-redirect" title="CSA Biological Sciences Database">CSA Biological Sciences Database</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Current_Awareness_in_Biological_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Current Awareness in Biological 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factor">impact factor</a> of 5.423.<sup id="cite_ref-WoS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BioEssays&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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