Journal of Molecular Biology

Academic journal

Journal of Molecular Biology

Discipline| Molecular biology
Language| English
Edited by| Michael F. Summers
Publication details
History| 1959–present
Publisher|

Elsevier

Frequency| Biweekly

Open access

| Hybrid

Impact factor

| 4.7 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| J. Mol. Biol.
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN| JMOBAK
ISSN| 0022-2836 (print)
1089-8638 (web)

LCCN| 61019997
OCLC no.| 1782923
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online archive

The Journal of Molecular Biology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of molecular biology. It was established in 1959 by Academic Press in London.[1][2] It is currently published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief was Peter Wright (The Scripps Research Institute) for the last 33 years.[3] He has been succeeded by Michael F. Summers (University of Maryland Baltimore County).[4]

## Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

* Biological Abstracts[5]
* BIOSIS Previews[6]
* Chemical Abstracts Service[7]
* Current Contents/Life Sciences[6]
* Embase[8]
* EMBiology
* Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[9]
* Science Citation Index[6]
* Scopus[10]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.7.[11]

## Notable articles

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Some of the most highly cited articles that have appeared in the journal are:

* Monod, J.; Wyman, J.; Changeux, J.-P. (1965). "On the Nature of Allosteric Transitions: A Plausible Model". Journal of Molecular Biology. 12: 88–118\. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(65)80285-6. PMID 14343300., in which Jacques Monod, Jeffries Wyman, and Jean-Pierre Changeux presented the MWC model, that explained the cooperativity exhibited by allosteric proteins, such as hemoglobin.
* Southern, E. M. (1975). "Detection of specific sequences among DNA fragments separated by gel electrophoresis". Journal of Molecular Biology. 98 (3): 503–517\. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(75)80083-0. PMID 1195397., in which Edwin Southern presented the first description of nucleic acid blotting, a technique that revolutionized the field of molecular biology.
* Smith, T.; Waterman, M.S. (1981). "Identification of common molecular subsequences". Journal of Molecular Biology. 147 (1): 195–197\. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.63.2897. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(81)90087-5. PMID 7265238., in which the Smith–Waterman algorithm for determining the degree of homology of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences was first described.
* Altschul, Stephen; Gish, Warren; Miller, Webb; Myers, Eugene; Lipman, David (1990). "Basic local alignment search tool". Journal of Molecular Biology. 215 (3): 403–410\. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(05)80360-2. PMID 2231712., in which the nucleic acid and protein homology search algorithm known as BLAST was originally described.

## References

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1. ^ Pnina G. Abir-Am (1992). The Politics of Macromolecules: Molecular Biologists, Biochemists, and Rhetoric. Osiris 7: 164–191 JSTOR 301771
2. ^ Brown, Peter (January 27, 2001). "The Move of U.S. Publishers Overseas". A Century of Science Publishing. IOS Press. pp. 139–145\. doi:10.3233/978-1-58603-148-0-139 – via ebooks.iospress.nl.
3. ^ Radford, S. E.; Summers, M. F. (2023-06-16). "Changing Shape of Molecules". Journal of Molecular Biology. 435 (11). doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168092. ISSN 0022-2836. PMID 37330281.
4. ^ "Editorial board - Journal of Molecular Biology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
5. ^ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
6. ^ a b c "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
7. ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
8. ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
9. ^ "Journal of Molecular Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
10. ^ "Source details: Journal of Molecular Biology". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
11. ^ "Journal of Molecular Biology". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2024 – via Web of Science.

## External links

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* Official website