Journal profile · Biochemical Research Methods
Algorithms for Molecular Biology
ISSN 1748-7188 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Irregular · Founded 2006
Algorithms for Molecular Biology: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.59; fully open access; APC about USD 2,590; median 178 days to acceptance (38 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Algorithms for Molecular Biology is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genome Rearrangement Algorithms and Algorithms and Data Compression, together about 39.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Algorithms for Molecular Biology publishes articles on novel and improved algorithms and methods in bioinformatics. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: algorithms for RNA and protein structure analysis, gene prediction and genome analysis, comparative sequence analysis and alignment, phylogeny, gene expression, combinatorial algorithms, statistical methods, machine learning, and network analysis. Where appropriate, manuscripts should also describe applications to real-world data and/or evaluations of algorithms on simulated data. Pure algorithm papers are welcome if future applications to biological data are to be expected, or if they address complexity or approximation issues of novel computational problems in molecular biology. Articles about novel software tools and benchmarking studies will be considered for publication if they contain algorithmically interesting aspects. The journal does not publish applications of established tools, methods, or workflows to particular biological case studies and descriptions of incremental improvements of software tools or data resources.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemical Research Methods
Editor-in-chief Peter StadlerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 5, France 5, Germany 3, Canada 3, United Kingdom 2 (25 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21%
- Genome Rearrangement AlgorithmsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
- Algorithms and Data CompressionComputer Science8.1%
- Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.8%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6%
- Gene expression and cancer classificationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Machine Learning in BioinformaticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Protein Structure and DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCASDBLPPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, ACM Digital Library, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 282OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 360,600Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 506 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 44 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 142 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 115 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 240 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 244 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
178 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 134 days – 204 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (38 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 233 days
- Sample
- 38 articles with submission and acceptance dates (40 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,190 / USD 2,590 / GBP 1,790 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,490 / EUR 2,090 / GBP 1,690 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,590 / USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,790 / USD 2,590 / EUR 2,190 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- Selected papers from WABI 2026Deadline
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted7
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data availability: datasets should be deposited in public repositories or included in the paper/supporting files; mandatory where community-endorsed repositories exist. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access licensing under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Algorithms for Molecular Biology articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons At…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1748-7188
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Algorithms for Molecular Biology
What CAS zone is Algorithms for Molecular Biology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Algorithms for Molecular Biology is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biochemical Research Methods / Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology / Mathematical & Computational Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Algorithms for Molecular Biology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.59; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Algorithms for Molecular Biology?
Based on the dates recorded on 38 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 178 days (interquartile range 134–204 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Algorithms for Molecular Biology based?
Of the 25 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), France (5) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Algorithms for Molecular Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Algorithms for Molecular Biology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, CAS and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Algorithms for Molecular Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Algorithms for Molecular Biology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,590.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .