About this journal

Aims and scope

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (JBSD) is pleased to announce a revision of its aims and scope for July 2024. These revisions should allow us to serve our community better and to enhance the impact of the research we publish.

The primary aim of the Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics is to publish high-quality experimental, computational, and theoretical biophysical studies that illuminate fundamental aspects of biomolecular structure, dynamics, and function.

The scope of the Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics encompasses studies of biomolecular structure and dynamics that cover biophysics, structural biology, computational modeling of biomolecular structure and dynamics, and bioinformatic approaches to understanding dynamics-function and structure-function relationships in biomolecules. Articles that report on the development of new theoretical, experimental, or computational methods to study biomolecular structure and dynamics are welcome. Drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, or synthetic chemistry manuscripts are welcome only if they include biophysical studies, either computational or experimental, that provide insight into biomolecular structure, dynamics or function.

Authors interested in submitting a review article should seek prior approval from an Associate Editor.

N.B. Authors interested in submitting a review article should seek approval from the Editorial team.

Peer Review Statement

The Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes high quality, original research contributions to scientific knowledge. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editorial team and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via Scholar One Manuscripts.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 530K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.7 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 3.2 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 8.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.939 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.600 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 21 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 40 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 33% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Associate Editors

Mohd Adnan
University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

Thomas C. Bishop
Louisiana Tech University, USA

Jonathan 'Brad' Chaires
University of Louisville, USA

Imtiyaz Hassan
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, India


Freddie Salsbury
Wake Forest University, USA

Board of Editors

Elena Bichenkova
University of Manchester, UK

Thomas E. Cheatham, III
University of Utah, USA

Christo Z. Christov
Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Miroslav Fojta
Institute of Biophysics, Czech Republic

Yaakov (Koby) Levy
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Luis A. Marky
University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA

Aditya Mittal
lIT-Delhi, India

Remo Rohs
University of Southern California., USA

Wolfram Saenger
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Irina M. Russu
Wesleyan University, USA

Zippora Shakked
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

R. Sowdhamini
National Center for Biological Sciences, India

Jiri Sponer
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Vladimir Uversky
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, USA

Sybren S. Wijmenga
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

Krystyna Zakrzewska
IBCP, Lyon, France

Dmitry O. Zharkov
SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology, Russia


Editorial Advisory Board

Manju Bansal
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

David L. Beveridge
Wesleyan University, USA

Samir K. Brahmachari
CSIR, New Delhi, India

Takashi Gojobori
National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan

Andrew H.-J. Wang
Academia Sinica, Taiwan

David M. J. Lilley FRS
University of Dundee, UK

Martin Karplus
Nobel Laureate,
Harvard University, USA

Olga Kennard FRS
University of Cambridge, UK

Hamilton Smith
Nobel Laureate,
Johns Hopkins University, USA

Edward N. Trifonov
University of Haifa, Israel

Chun-Ting Zhan
Tianjin University, China

Founding Editor

Ramaswamy H. Sarma

Abstracting and indexing

Commencing with Volume 1, issue 1, 1983, this Journal is covered by

PubMed-Medline, Thomson Reuters Science Citation Index (and BIOSIS and WoS), Scopus, CABI, Index Copernicus, BIOBASE, EMBASE, Chemical Abstracts Services of the American Chemical Society.

Open access

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 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.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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