JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, together about 27.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

CHROMB (Journal of Chromatography B) publishes papers on developments in separation science relevant to biology and biomedical research including both fundamental advances and applications. Analytical techniques which may be considered include the various facets of chromatography, electrophoresis (including ion mobility) and related methods, affinity and immunoaffinity-based methodologies, hyphenated and other multi-dimensional techniques, and microanalytical approaches. The journal also considers articles reporting developments in sample preparation, detection techniques including mass spectrometry, and data handling and analysis.Developments related to preparative separations for the isolation and purification of components of biological systems may be published, including chromatographic and electrophoretic methods, affinity separations, field flow fractionation and other preparative approaches.Applications to the analysis of biological systems and samples will be considered when the analytical science contains a significant element of novelty. Examples are a new approach for the separation of a compound, novel combinations of analytical techniques, or significantly improved analytical performance. Areas to be considered include:The qualitative and quantitative analysis of biopolymers including proteins, monoclonal antibodies, peptides and their post-translational modifications as well as nucleic acids and glycansThe comparative analysis of biological systems using proteomics, genomics, metabolomics, lipidomics and other “omics” approachesClinical analysis, metabolism, therapeutic drug monitoring, toxicological/forensic analysis, doping analysis, veterinary applications, analysis of environmental contaminants in biological systems or biologically-related materials (e.g., foods or forensic samples) Methods for drugs in the preclinical phase of development will be considered only if their pharmacological activity has been established in peer reviewed journal(s) The screening and profiling of body fluids, tissues, cells, biological matrices and systems, analysis of endogenous compounds, biomarkersIdentification of new bioactive compoundsUse of chromatography, electrophoresis or related methods in the study of biologically-related interactionsBioanalytical papers (pharmacokinetic, bioequivalence, protein and DNA binding studies) are accepted if the focus is on innovative analytical methodology. Pharmacokinetic studies will only be considered if they have a

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Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Analytical

CAS Journal Ranking

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Impact

Impact factor

2.46LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

2.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

4.8Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.49LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

138LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

167OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

9,302OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.48OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

20.13%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

322LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 2.7 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

80%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

6 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

32 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

73 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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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.

Publisher

Elsevier

Country or region

NETHERLANDS

Language

English

Frequency

Semimonthly

Founded

2002

ISSN

1570-0232

Electronic ISSN

1873-376X

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