The Quarterly Review of Biology is a peer reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology. It was established in 1926 by Raymond Pearl. In the 1960s it was purchased by the Stony Brook Foundation when the editor H. Bentley Glass became academic vice president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The editor-in-chief is Daniel E. Dykhuizen (Stony Brook University). It is currently published by the University of Chicago Press.
Aims and scope
The journal publishes review articles. Beyond the core biological sciences, the journal also covers related areas, including policy studies and the history and philosophy of science. In addition, there is also a book review section.
Notable authors and articles
Some notable papers that appeared in the journal between 1926 and 20176 are:
Thomas Hunt Morgan. Recent Results Relating to Chromosomes and Genetics. The Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol. 1, No. 2. Apr., 1926, pp. 186–211William Morton Wheeler. A New Word for an Old Thing. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 1, No. 3. Jul., 1926, pp. 439–443Raymond Pearl. Evolution and Mortality. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 3, No. 2. Jun., 1928, pp. 271–280Richard Goldschmidt. The Gene. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 3, No. 3. Sep., 1928, pp. 307–324Donald R. Griffin. The Sensory Basis of Bird Navigation. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 19 No. 1. Mar. 1933, pp. 15–31George Gaylord Simpson. The First Mammals. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 10, No. 2. Jun., 1935, pp. 154–180 (Access on JSTORRichard Goldschmidt. A Critical Review of Some Recent Work in Sex Determination. I. Fishes. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 12, No. 4. Dec., 1937, pp. 426–439Alfred Sturtevant. Essays on Evolution. I. On the Effects of Selection on Mutation Rate]. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol.12, No. 4. Dec., 1937, pp. 464–467Alfred H. Sturtevant. Essays on Evolution. II. On the Effects of Selection on Social Insects. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 13, No. 1. Mar., 1938, pp. 74–76Alfred Sturtevant. Essays on evolution III. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 13. 1938, 284.Ernst Mayr. Wallace's Line in the Light of Recent Zoogeographic Studies. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 19, No. 1. Mar., 1944, pp. 1–14Richard B. Goldschmidt. Mimetic Polymorphism, a Controversial Chapter of Darwinism. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 20, No. 2. Jun., 1945, pp. 147–164Alfred Romer. The early evolution of fishes. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 21, No. 1. Mar., 1946, pp. 33–69Edward O. Wilson: William L. Brown, Jr., Edward O. Wilson. The Evolution of the Dacetine Ants. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 34, No. 4. Dec., 1959, pp. 278–294William D. Hamilton. Gamblers Since Life Began: Barnacles, Aphids, Elms. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 50, No. 2. Jun., 1975, pp. 175–180. & Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 51, No. 1. Jan. 1976, pp. 407–412 (book review's)Stephen C. Stearns. Life-history tactics: a review of the ideas. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 51, No. 1. Mar., 1976, pp. 3–47John Maynard Smith, Burian R, Kaufman S, Alberch P, Campbell, J, Goodwin, B, Lande, R, Raup, D, Wolpert, L.. Developmental constraints and evolution. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 60, No. 3. Sep., 1985, pp. 265–287 Access on JSTORScott F. Gilbert. Cytoplasmic Action in Development. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 66, No. 3. Sep., 1991, pp. 309–316George C. Williams. The Dawn of Darwinian Medicine. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 66, No. 1. Mar. 1991, pp. 1–22Ernst Mayr. Recapitulation Reinterpreted: The Somatic Program. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 69, No. 2. Jun., 1994, pp. 223–232 Access on JSTORErnst Mayr. The Autonomy of Biology: The Position of Biology Among the Sciences. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 71, No. 1. Mar., 1996, pp. 97–106 Access on JSTORStephen C. Stearns and Dieter Ebert. Evolution in health and disease: a work in progress. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 76, No. 4. Dec., 2001, pp. 417–432Stephen J. Gould, James E. K. Hildreth and Amy M. Booth. The Evolution of Alloimmunity and the Genesis of Adaptive Immunity. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 79, No. 4. Dec., 2004, pp. 359–382 Access on JSTORDavid Sloan Wilson and Edward O. Wilson. Rethinking The Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 82, No. 4. Dec., 2007, pp. 327–348Eva Jablonka and Gal Raz. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: prevalence, mechanisms, and implications for the study of heredity and evolution. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 84, No. 2. Jun., 2009, pp. 131–176Douglas J. Futuyma. Expand or Revise? The Evolutionary Synthesis Today. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 86, No. 3. Sep., 2011, pp. 203–208 (book review)Gilbert, S. F., Sapp, J. & Tauber, A. I. A symbiotic view of life: we have never been individuals. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 87, No. 4, Dec., 2012, pp. 325–341Karen Hardy, Jennie Brand-Miller, Katherine D. Brown, Mark G. Thomas, and Les Copeland. The Importance of Dietary Carbohydrate in Human Evolution. Q. Rev. Biol. Vol. 90, No. 3. Sep., 2015, pp. 251–268Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, and the Science Citation Index.
