JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS & MODELLING

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS & MODELLING is published by Elsevier Inc. 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 Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Protein Structure and Dynamics and Enzyme Structure and Function, together about 36.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling is devoted to the publication of papers on the uses of computers in theoretical investigations of molecular structure, function, interaction, and design. The scope of the journal includes all aspects of molecular modeling and computational chemistry, including, for instance, the study of molecular shape and properties, molecular simulations, protein and polymer engineering, drug design, materials design, structure-activity and structure-property relationships, database mining, and compound library design.As a primary research journal, JMGM seeks to bring new knowledge to the attention of our readers. As such, submissions to the journal need to not only report results, but must draw conclusions and explore implications of the work presented. Authors are strongly encouraged to bear this in mind when preparing manuscripts. Routine applications of standard modelling approaches, providing only very limited new scientific insight, will not meet our criteria for publication. Reproducibility of reported calculations is an important issue. Wherever possible, we urge authors to enhance their papers with Supplementary Data, for example, in QSAR studies machine-readable versions of molecular datasets or in the development of new force-field parameters versions of the topology and force field parameter files. Routine applications of existing methods that do not lead to genuinely new insight will not be considered.JMGM is published in association with two of the largest and most active professional societies in the field: the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) and the Computers in Chemistry (COMP) Division of the American Chemical Society. Several thousand computational chemists worldwide belong to these two societies and any research topic that may of interest to the membership is within the wide scope of the journal. It is not necessary to be a member of these professional societies to publish in the journal.Published in association with the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society www.mgms.org and the ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 14%); most named United States 15, United Kingdom 10, Mainland China 8, India 4, Pakistan 3 (57 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor

3.01LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

6.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

6.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.69LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

67LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

96OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,122OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

8.62%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

266LetPub · 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 3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

32%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

51 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

101 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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

Elsevier Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1997

ISSN

1093-3263

Electronic ISSN

1873-4243

Society / sponsor

Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society www

Official links

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