Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is published by Informa Healthcare and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, DNA Repair Mechanisms and RNA modifications and cancer, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board 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. Read full aims and scope

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Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

8.77LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

13.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

2.55LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

97LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

191OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

910OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

9.21OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

1.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

13.95%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

17LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average acceptance (community reports)

ModerateLetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Informa Healthcare

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1989

ISSN

1040-9238

Electronic ISSN

1549-7798

Latest issue on the website

Volume 61, Issue 1-3 (2026)

Official links

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• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website