Journal of Molecular Biology

*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	J. Mol. Biol.
Indexing;
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. It is currently published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief was Peter Wright (The Scripps Research Institute) for the last 33 years. He has been succeeded by Michael F. Summers (University of Maryland Baltimore County).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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

Notable articles

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. 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

↑ Pnina G. Abir-Am (1992). The Politics of Macromolecules: Molecular Biologists, Biochemists, and Rhetoric. Osiris 7: 164–191 JSTOR 301771
↑ 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.
↑ "Table 4: WWW Servers". home.sandiego.edu. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
↑ 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.
↑ "Editorial board - Journal of Molecular Biology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
↑ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
1 2 3 "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
↑ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
↑ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
↑ "Journal of Molecular Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
↑ "Source details: Journal of Molecular Biology". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
↑ "Journal of Molecular Biology". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2024 – via Web of Science.

External links

Official website

[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] "Table 4: WWW Servers". home.sandiego.edu. Retrieved 2026-06-06.

[4] 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.

[5] "Editorial board - Journal of Molecular Biology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

[BA-6] "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[ISI-7] 1 2 3 "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[CASSI-8] "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[Embase-9] "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[MEDLINE-10] "Journal of Molecular Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[Scopus-11] "Source details: Journal of Molecular Biology". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[WoS-12] "Journal of Molecular Biology". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2024 – via Web of Science.