As the discipline of biochemistry and molecular biology have greatly advanced in the last quarter century, significant contributions have been made towards the advancement of general medicine, genetics, immunology, developmental biology, and biophysics. Investigators in a wide range of disciplines increasingly require an appreciation of the significance of current biochemical and molecular biology advances while, members of the biochemical and molecular biology community itself seek concise information on advances in areas remote from their own specialties.
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology believes that well-written review articles prove an effective device for the integration and meaningful comprehension of vast, often contradictory, literature. Review articles also provide an opportunity for creative scholarship by synthesizing known facts, fruitful hypotheses, and new concepts. Accordingly, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology publishes high-quality reviews that organize, evaluate, and present the current status of high-impact, current issues in the area of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Topics are selected on the advice of an advisory board of outstanding scientists, who also suggest authors of special competence. The topics chosen are sufficiently broad to interest a wide audience of readers yet focused enough to be within the competence of a single author or group of authors. Authors are chosen based on their activity in the field and their proven ability to produce a well-written publication. Invited authors are encouraged not only to review a field but to put forward their own unique perspective.
Most articles published in the journal are invited. Unsolicited articles are occasionally considered if space is available. Prospective authors should provide a pdf file of the article and a cover letter through the submission system for editorial assessment. Articles are considered and advanced to peer review only if they cover topics of broad interest, are focused on mechanisms, systems, or novel methods related to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and are addressed by authors who have made substantial published contributions to the literature being reviewed.
Journal metrics
Usage
127K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
6.2 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
8.6 (2023) 5 year IF
14.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.582 (2023) SNIP
2.772 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
10 days avg. from submission to first
decision
14% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor in Chief Michael M. Cox - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Assistant to the Editor Sarah Cohwitt - Independent Contractor, Glasgow, UK
Associate Editors Judith L. Campbell - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA Elizabeth Craig - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Brian G. Fox - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Tracy Handel - University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA Tatsuya Hirano - RIKEN, Saitama, Japan James A. Imlay - University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA Reinhard Jahn - Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany Laura J. Kiessling - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Irwin B. Levitan - Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA David M. J. Lilley - University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK Thomas F.J. Martin - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Knud H. Nierhaus - Max-Plank-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany George N. Phillips, Jr. - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA William S. Reznikoff - Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Woods Hole, MA, USA Olke C. Uhlenbeck - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA James A. Wells - University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Marvin Wickens - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA John D. York - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Updated 12 January 2023
Abstracting and indexing
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is indexed in:
(Adis International Ltd.) Reactions Weekly Online
Biochemistry and Biophysics Citation Index
BIOBASE
CABI
Chemical Abstracts Service
(EBSCO) Academic Search Complete, Biomedical Reference Collection: comprehensive , Chemical Abstracts, Consumer Health Complete
(Elsevier BV) Embase, EMBiology, Scopus
(International Atomic Energy Agency) INIS Collection Search
(National Library of Medicine) Index to Scientific Reviews, PubMed/MedLine
(Thompson Reuters) BIOSIS Full Coverage Share, BIOSIS Reviews Reports and Meetings, Current Contents/Life Sciences, Derwent Chimera, Science Citation Index, SciSearch.
Technical Information Centre of Denmark
Open access
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(1989 - current)
Formerly known as
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry
(1980 - 1988)
CRC Critical Reviews in Biochemistry
(1972 - 1979)
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