Biology

Nature is the world's most highly cited interdisciplinary science journal, according to the 2013 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2014). Its Impact Factor is 42.351. The impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of citations in a calendar year to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years. It is an independent measure calculated by Thomson Reuters, Philadelphia, USA.

Our knowledge of the many life-forms on Earth - of animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria - is scattered around the world in books, journals, databases, websites, specimen collections, and in the minds of people everywhere. Imagine what it would mean if this information could be gathered together and made available to everyone – anywhere – at a moment’s notice.

PLOS Biology (eISSN-1545-7885; ISSN-1544-9173) is an open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal published by PLOS, a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. New articles are published online weekly; issues are published monthly.

Current Biology is a general journal that publishes original research across all areas of biology together with an extensive and varied set of editorial sections. A primary aim of the journal is to foster communication across fields of biology, both by publishing important findings of general interest from diverse fields and through highly accessible editorial articles that explicitly aim to inform non-specialists.

The Zooniverse is home to the Internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects. Our current projects are here but plenty more are on the way. If you're new to the Zooniverse, we suggest picking a project and diving in - the same account will get you into all of our projects, and you can keep track of what you've contributed by watching 'My Zooniverse'.

Explore along with Dr. David Livingstone and his botanist John Kirk on their journey up the Zambezi River in East Africa. Incorporating rich materials from JSTOR Global Plants, Livingstone’s Zambezi Expedition allows researchers to explore plant specimens and primary source materials both geographically and chronologically.

The Natural History Museum of Utah (at the University of Utah) illuminates the natural world and the place of humans within it.

The doctors and scientists of the Huntsman Cancer Institute include world-renowned experts dedicated to the highest quality standards and driven by the commitment to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute believes in the power of individuals to advance science through research and science education, making discoveries that benefit humanity. Learn more about how they move science forward.

This site is the central repository for data and information on vertebrate, invertebrate and plant species of Utah for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

This site provides primate fact sheets, animal care information, a live camcorder for the common marmoset, jobs, news, email lists and directories.

Minds@UW offers this database, which indexes articles, books chapters, dissertations, technical reports, etc. on world-wide literature about non human primates. It is developed through a collaborative project of the Wisconsin Primate Research Center, Washington National Primate Research Center and the University of Wisconsin, Madison Libraries.

An online flora of all known plants. Includes names, images, and descriptions.