Journal of Molecular Biology

Journal of Molecular Biology is published by Academic Press Inc. 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, Protein Structure and Dynamics and Enzyme Structure and Function, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB) provides high quality, comprehensive and broad coverage in all areas of molecular biology. The journal publishes original scientific research papers that provide mechanistic and functional insights and report a significant advance to the field. The journal encourages the submission of multidisciplinary studies that use complementary experimental and computational approaches to address challenging biological questions.Research areas include but are not limited to:Biomolecular interactions, signaling networks, systems biologyCell cycle, cell growth, cell differentiationCell death, autophagyCell signaling and regulationChemical biologyComputational biology, in combination with experimental studiesDNA replication, repair, and recombinationDevelopment, regenerative biology, mechanistic and functional studies of stem cellsEpigenetics, chromatin structure and functionGene expressionReceptors, channels, and transportersMembrane processesCell surface proteins and cell adhesionMethodological advances, both experimental and theoretical, including databasesMicrobiology, virology, and interactions with the host or environmentMicrobiota mechanistic and functional studiesNuclear organizationPost-translational modifications, proteomicsProcessing and function of biologically important macromolecules and complexesMolecular basis of diseaseRNA processing, structure and functions of non-coding RNAs, transcriptionSorting, spatiotemporal organization, traffickingStructural biologySynthetic biologyTranslation, protein folding, chaperones, protein degradation and quality controlSince its founding in 1959, JMB has upheld core principles in its service to authors. The journal operates an anti-scooping policy, ensuring that publication of competing work during peer review does not affect editorial decisions. All editorial decisions are made by active scientists who are leading experts in the field, and manuscripts are evaluated by expert reviewers. JMB also supports mentoring of early-career researchers in peer review (see the Elsevier Reviewer Hub).Please click here for more information on more general author services Elsevier offers.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.64LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

4.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

8.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

8.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

2.15LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.14LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

251LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

489OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

31,073OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.98OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

2.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

46.59%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

395LetPub · 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 1 monthLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

33 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

87 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

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

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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

Academic Press Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

Multi-Language

Frequency

Weekly

Founded

1959

ISSN

0022-2836

Electronic ISSN

1089-8638

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website