Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics

Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics is published by Wiley-Liss 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 Protein Structure and Dynamics, Enzyme Structure and Function and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, together about 57% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

PROTEINS : Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics publishes original reports of significant experimental and analytic research in all areas of protein research: structure, function, computation, genetics, and design. The journal encourages reports that present new experimental or computational approaches for interpreting and understanding data from biophysical chemistry, structural studies of proteins and macromolecular assemblies, alterations of protein structure and function engineered through techniques of molecular biology and genetics, functional analyses under physiologic conditions, as well as the interactions of proteins with receptors, nucleic acids, or other specific ligands or substrates. Research in protein and peptide biochemistry directed toward synthesizing or characterizing molecules that simulate aspects of the activity of proteins, or that act as inhibitors of protein function, is also within the scope of PROTEINS. In addition to full-length reports, short communications (usually not more than 4 printed pages) and prediction reports are welcome. Reviews are typically by invitation; authors are encouraged to submit proposed topics for consideration. Proteins is bringing web-based technology to bear to speed and simplify the entire publication process. Proteins now offers online submission and peer review and encourages electronic submission of manuscripts, which expedites the review process. In addition, individual articles are published online as rapidly as possible after acceptance. Please see the Author Instructions for details. Proteins is pleased to announce that online access to the full-text content of all Structure Notes is freely available to all nonsubscribing users , commencing 2003. Structure Notes, first launched in 1999, are one-to-two-page articles describing a novel protein structure of unknown function and/or those with recurring topology. Structure Notes are published within three months of receipt at the Proteins office by expediting all stages of editorial review and production. Please see the Author Instructions for details.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Editor-in-chief Nikolay V. DokholyanPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United States 28, Mainland China 4, Germany 3, Canada 3, Israel 2 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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MEDLINEPubMedINSPECEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: ProQuest

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Impact

Impact factor

3.24LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

5.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

5.5Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

178LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

261OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

6,481OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.18OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

15.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

38.66%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

167LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher) 2025

168Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

553,077Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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Average review time (community reports)

3–6 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025

26%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision 2025

8 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to acceptance 2025

124 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication 2025

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Peer review

Single anonymous peer review, Open peer reviewPublisher website

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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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Publisher

Wiley-Liss Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Semimonthly

Founded

1986

ISSN

0887-3585

Electronic ISSN

1097-0134

Latest issue on the website

Volume 94, Issue 10 (October 2026)

Official links

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