Journal profile · Medicine-Biochemistry (medical)
Current Chemical Biology
ISSN 2212-7968 · eISSN 1872-3136 · Bentham
Current Chemical Biology: subscription journal; median 91 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Chemical Biology is published by Bentham. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Medicinal Plant Research and Protein Structure and Dynamics, together about 25.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Biochemistry (medical)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science9.2%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Protein Structure and DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry6.5%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine4.6%
- Enzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- Enzyme Production and CharacterizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
- Redox biology and oxidative stressBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry (medical) | Q3 | 57/78 | 27th |
| Biochemistry | Q4 | 389/448 | 13th |
| Clinical Biochemistry | Q4 | 110/124 | 11th |
| Molecular Biology | Q4 | 370/414 | 10th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 581 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 1 | 208 |
| 2025 | 33 | 0 | 395 |
| 2024 | 25 | 3 | 461 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1 | 464 |
| 2022 | 21 | 2 | 417 |
| 2021 | 25 | 6 | 506 |
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
91 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 111 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 176 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 262 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (117 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Bentham
- ISSN
- 2212-7968
- Electronic ISSN
- 1872-3136
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Chemical Biology
How long does peer review take at Current Chemical Biology?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 91 days (interquartile range 72–111 days). 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.
Which databases index Current Chemical Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Chemical Biology is indexed in Scopus.
Is Current Chemical Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Current Chemical Biology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .