International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Int. J. Mol. Sci. |
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| Discipline | Molecular physics, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology |
| Language | English |
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Publication history | 2000-present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
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| ISSN |
1422-0067 |
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The International Journal of Molecular Sciences is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research in chemistry, molecular physics (chemical physics and physical chemistry), and molecular biology. It is published by MDPI and was established in 2000. The editors-in-chief are Michael Iba, Charles Brennan, Stephen Bustin, Mark Cronin, Claude A. Daul, Claire Hellio, Kurt A. Jellinger, Ian A. Nicholls, and Andreas Taubert.[1]
Citation Information
IJMS published more than 7,000 papers by the end of October 2015. It has almost 500,000 full text views monthly. In 2005, IJMS was indexed in Web of Science. Its 2006 impact factor was 0.75.[2] The impact factors for IJMS have increased steadily every year between 2006 and 2011 (0.679 in 2006; 0.75 in 2007; 0.978 in 2008; 1.387 in 2009; 2.279 in 2010 and 2.598 in 2011). Although the impact factors have declined slightly between 2011 and 2013, publications in IJMS increased from 631 to 1367 and the 2014 journal impact factor is 2.862. In 2015, IJMS ranked Q2 in the categories ‘Biochemistry & Molecular Biology’ and ‘Chemistry, Multidisciplinary’ according to the 2015 release of the Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- AGORA
- Chemical Abstracts
- Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- EBSCOhost
- EMBASE
- Food Science and Technology Abstracts
- Global Health
- Inspec
- Polymer Library
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Scopus
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.862.[3]
References
- ↑ "IJMS — Editors". Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/stats
- ↑ "International Journal of Molecular Sciences". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.