Journal of Molecular Modeling

Journal of Molecular Modeling is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 4 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Crystallography and molecular interactions and Computational Drug Discovery Methods, together about 25.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Molecular Modeling publishes high quality specialized 3D molecular modeling studies that pass peer review and fall within the scope of the journal. Because of the number of manuscripts submitted to the journal and the high rejection rate, the following guidelines are provided to help assess your own work: Computer-Aided Drug Design Computer-aided molecular design, rational drug design, de novo ligand design, receptor modeling and docking, molecular-dynamics simulations used for drug design. Manuscripts that report new methodology are welcome, as are those that report new techniques and their validation. Extensive validation on a number of diverse datasets is necessary. Studies that use commercially available techniques or web services for docking, ADMET evaluation or MD simulations are discouraged. Protein structures used for docking studies must be equilibrated adequately using MD simulations of at least 500 ns. At least 3 different conformations of the target (from multiple crystal structures or generated using an MD simulation of at least 500ns) must be used to generate consensus poses for docking studies. Docked poses must again be proved stable using at least three MD simulations, each of at least 300 ns, or a single simulation of at least 500ns. MD simulations should be analyzed to identify key interactions and provide a binding model for predictive drug design. Simply testing the short-term stability of the docked pose using RSMD or radius of gyration is discouraged. Life Science Modeling Homology modeling Homology models are welcome if they are validated by adequate MD simulations (at least 500 ns). Simulation of proteins, DNA, carbohydrates and other biopolymers Manuscripts that provide mechanistic insights or offer novel interpretation of the experimental data are welcome. Molecular-dynamics simulations must be run for at least 500ns and in triplicate (or correspondingly longer single simulations) and sampling convergence demonstrated. Modeling biological reaction mechanisms Modeling studies of biological reaction mechanisms are welcome. Protein flexibility must be taken into account. Combined experimental/computational studies in which calculations play a dominant role Manuscripts that place the main emphasis on the calculations and use them to provide information not available from experiment are welcome. Manuscripts in which standard calculations are used as an adjunct to an otherwise experimental study are discouraged. Please d

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Editor-in-chief Tim ClarkPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 8, United States 3, United Kingdom 2, Poland 2, South Africa 2 (23 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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MEDLINEEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar

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Impact

Impact factor

2.89LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.43LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.66LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

61LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

100OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

3,111OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.39OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

3.4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

6.81%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

352LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

742,100Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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 2.3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

4 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Peer review

Single anonymous peer review, Double 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

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Country or region

GERMANY

Language

English

Frequency

Irregular

Founded

1995

ISSN

1610-2940

Electronic ISSN

0948-5023

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website