BioSocieties

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| abbreviation = BioSocieties

| discipline = Social science, biology

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| editors = Nikolas Rose, Ilina Singh, Catherine Waldby

| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan

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| history = 2006-present

| frequency = Quarterly

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| impact = 2.162

| impact-year = 2016

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| ISSN = 1745-8552

| eISSN = 1745-8560

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| LCCN = 2006236997

| OCLC = 76751591

| website = https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/41292

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BioSocieties is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the scholarly exploration of the crucial social, ethical and policy implications of developments in the life sciences and biomedicine. It was established in 2006 and was originally published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2010, the journal was acquired by Palgrave Macmillan, which has published it ever since.{{Cite press release |url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/website-archive/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2009/08/BioSocieties.aspx |title=LSE to partner with Palgrave Macmillan on BioSocieties journal |website=London School of Economics|date=13 August 2009}}{{Cite press release |title=Palgrave Macmillan Announces Acquisition Of BioSocieties Journal From The London School Of Economics And Political Science |date=11 February 2013 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |url=https://www.thestreet.com/story/11837528/1/palgrave-macmillan-announces-acquisition-of-biosocieties-journal-from-the-london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.html |access-date=5 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405171032/https://www.thestreet.com/story/11837528/1/palgrave-macmillan-announces-acquisition-of-biosocieties-journal-from-the-london-school-of-economics-and-political-science.html |archive-date=5 April 2017 |url-status=dead }} The editors-in-chief are Nikolas Rose (King's College London), Ilina Singh (University of Oxford), and Catherine Waldby (Australian National University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 2.162 {{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=BioSocieties |title=2016 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}