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JOURNALS
The list of some journals with their "Impact Factors" (the data of 2009) and short descriptions.

• Science http://www.sciencemag.org (29.747) - "publishes the best original scientific research, plus reviews and analyses of current research and science policy"
  
  
• Nature http://www.nature.com (34.480) - publishes papers that "report original scientific research; are of outstanding scientific importance; are of interest to an interdisciplinary readership"
  
  
• PLoS Biology http://www.plosbiology.org (12.916) - "features works of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems, including works at the interface with other disciplines, such as chemistry, medicine, and mathematics".  An open access journal from PLoS.
  
  
• Trends in Biochemical Sciences (TiBS) http://www.trends.com/tibs/about.htm (11.572) - "As the leading review journal in biochemistry and molecular biology, TiBS enables researchers, teachers and their students to keep up with new and recent developments across this broad field".
  
  
• Circulation http://circ.ahajournals.org (14.816) - "publishes articles related to clinical research of cardiovascular diseases, including observational studies, clinical trials, and advances in applied and basic research".
  
  
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) http://www.pnas.org/ (9.432) - "coverage spans the biological, physical, and social sciences. It continues to publish cutting-edge research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy".
  
  
• EMBO Journal http://www.emboj.org (8.993) - "provides for rapid publication of full-length papers describing original research of general rather than specialist interest in molecular biology and related areas. Papers should be intelligible to as wide an audience as possible".
  
  
• Circulation Research http://circres.ahajournals.org (9.214) - "is a forum for fundamental mechanistic research of relevance to the cardiovascular system from various disciplines including biochemistry, biophysics, cellular biology, molecular biology, genetics, morphology, pathology, physiology, and pharmacology".
  
  
• Cell Death and Differentiation http://www.nature.com/cdd/index.html (8.240) - "is devoted to the cell biology, molecular biology and biochemistry of cell death and differentiation, both in normal tissue".
  
  
• FASEB Journal http://www.fasebj.org (6.401) - seeks to publish papers "that integrate one or more disciplines - preferably those that apply molecular biological methods, along with functional studies, to the study of biological questions that bear on developmental biology, pathophysiology, or molecular medicine".
  
  
• Oncogene http://www.nature.com/onc/index.html (7.135) - "covers all aspects of the structure and function of oncogenes, especially: Cellular oncogenes and their mechanism of activation, Structure and function of their encoded proteins, Oncogenes of the DNA and RNA tumour viruses, The molecular oncology of human tumours, Tumour suppressor genes, Growth regulatory genes, Cell cycle control, Growth factors and receptors, Apoptosis, Immortalisation and cellular senescence".
  
  
• Proteomics http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/76510741 (4.426) - "Topics include whole proteome analysis of any organism, expression profiling, disease studies, pharmaceutical, agricultural and biotechnological applications, and analysis of cellular systems, organelles and protein complexes".
  
  
• Journal of Biological Chemistry http://www.jbc.org (5.328) - "publishes papers based on original research...to make a substantial contribution to the understanding of any area of biochemistry or molecular biology".
  
  
• Cardiovascular Research http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cardiores (5.801) - "is concerned with both basic and clinical research in the field of cardiovascular physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. The Journal welcomes submission of papers both at the molecular, subcellular, cellular, organ and organism level, and of clinically oriented papers offering insight into (patho)physiological mechanisms".
  
  
• Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/36176 (3.085) - "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’".
  
  
• Biochemical Journal http://www.biochemj.org (5.155) - "publishes papers in English in all fields of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology, provided that they make a sufficient contribution to biochemical knowledge. Papers may include new results obtained experimentally, descriptions of new experimental methods of biochemical importance, or new interpretations of existing results. Novel theoretical contributions will be considered equally with papers dealing with experimental work".
  
  
• Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology http://www.academicpress.com/jmcc (4.965) - "provides a forum for research papers dealing with the molecular biology, physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology of the heart and cardiovascular system".
  
  
• International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijbcb (4.887) - "publishes papers containing the results of original research in all areas of contemporary biochemistry. This includes biochemical studies employing techniques of cell and molecular biology and biochemistry and all areas of biomedical research".
  
  
• Electrophoresis http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/10008330 (3.077) - "[is] for new analytical and preparative methods and for innovative applications on all aspects of electrophoresis".
  
  
• Biochemistry http://pubs.acs.org/journals/bichaw/index.html (3.226) - "publishes the results of original research that contribute significantly to the understanding of the mechanism of biological phenomena in terms of molecular structure and/or function".
  
  
•  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta http://www.elsevier.com/locate/bba
  Bioenergetics (3.688); Biomembranes (3.998); General Subjects (2.958);
  Molecular Basis of Disease (4.139); Molecular Cell Research (4.374);
  Proteins and Proteomics (2.480);
  - publishes papers reporting advances in the knowledge or understandind of any field of biochemistry or biophysics: bioenergetics, biomembranes, gene structure and expression, lipids and lipid metabolism, molecular cell research, protein structure and molecular enzymology, molecular basis of disease.
  
  
• Biochemical Pharmacology http://www.elsevier.com/locate/biochempharm (4.254) - "is devoted to publishing original work on the interaction of drugs and nontherapeutic xenobiotics with biological systems".
  
  
• Journal of Cellular Biochemistry http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0730-2312 (2.935) - "publishes descriptions of original research in which complex cellular, pathologic, clinical, or animal model systems are studied by molecular biological, biochemical, quantitative ultrastructural or immunological approaches. The areas covered include conditions, agents, regulatory processes, or differentiation states that influence structure, structure-function relationships, or assembly mechanisms in cells, viruses, or supramolecular constructs. This scope extends to cell structure and function; organelle assembly; regulation of cell organization, reproduction or differentiation; and to the development, organization or remodeling of tissues. Interrelationships of gene expression with cell and tissue structure is a principal focus".
  
  
• FEBS Letters http://www.elsevier.com/febs/show (3.541) - is "established for the rapid publication of short research papers in the field of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular cell biology".
  
  
• British Journal of Pharmacology http://www.nature.com/bjp/index.html (5.204) - "scope includes general pharmacology, molecular and cellular pharmacology, neuropharmacology, cardiovascular and pulmonary pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, toxicology, gastrointestinal pharmacology, cancer pharmacology, inflammation and immunopharmacology, genitourinary, renal and endocrine pharmacology".
  
  
• FEBS Journal (Eur J Biochem) http://www.febsjournal.org (3.042) - publishes "papers describing original research in the areas of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, and molecular biophysics".
  
  
• Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics http://www.academicpress.com/abb (3.046) - "publishes articles in the developing areas of biochemistry and biophysics, including those related to molecular biology, cell biology, and developmental biology".
  
  
• Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications http://www.academicpress.com/bbrc (2.548) - "is devoted to the very rapid  dissemination (six weeks) of timely and significant experimental results in the diverse fields of biological research".
  
  
• Analytical Biochemistry http://www.elsevier.com/locate/yabio (3.287) - "emphasizes methods in the biological and biochemical sciences".
  
  
• Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0145-479X (4.015) - publishes an "original research that contributes to fundamental knowledge in the areas of bioenergetics, membranes, and transport, including oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, muscle contraction, and biomembranes".
  
  
• Life Sciences http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lifescie (2.560) - "Articles are encouraged that emphasize the molecular, cellular and functional aspects of cardiovascular & autonomic mechanisms; drug metabolism; endocrinology; growth factors and neoplasia; immunology; neuroscience and toxicology".
  
  
• Biochimie http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/03009084 (3.897) - publishes papers "in all areas of biology (enzymology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, structure of macromolecules, etc.) provided that the approach adopted stems from biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology".
  
  
• Clinical Biochemistry http://www.elsevier.com/locate/clinbiochem (2.019) - "publishes articles relating to the applications of molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry and immunology to clinical investigation and to the diagnosis, therapy, and monitoring of human disease".
  
  
• IUBMB Life http://ninetta.catchword.com/vl=11049615/cl=21/nw=1/rpsv/cw/www/tandf/15216543/contp1-1.htm (3.578) - "is devoted to the rapid publication of the most novel and significant research findings in the broadly defined fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and molecular medicine".
  
  
• Cardiology http://www.karger.com/journals/crd/crd_jh.htm (1.637) - "keeps its readers regularly informed of current strategies in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. The papers not only describe but offer critical appraisals of new developments in non-invasive, invasive, diagnostic and therapeutic methods. The importance of experimental work is also acknowledged through reports covering the function and metabolism of the heart and the morphology and physiology of cardiovascular disease".
  
  
• Journal of Biomedical Science http://www.springeronline.com/journal/11373 (2.007) - "is devoted to prompt publication of results from original research on fundamental and molecular aspects of basic medical sciences. The purposes of the journal are to encourage interdisciplinary discussions and to contribute to the advancement of medicine".
  
  
• International Journal of Cardiology http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijcard (3.469) - "is devoted to cardiology in the broadest sense. Both basic research and clinical papers can be submitted. The journal serves the interest of both practicing clinicians and research workers. Controversial techniques, issues on health policy and social medicine are discussed and serve as useful tools for encouraging debate".
  
  
• Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0300-8177 (1.896) - "publishes original full-length research papers in all areas of the biochemical sciences, the emphasis being on those papers which present novel findings relevant to the biochemical basis of cellular function and disease processes, as well as the mechanics of action of hormones and chemical agents".
  
  
• Protein Expression and Purification http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10465928 (1.563) - "is dedicated to providing a forum for information about protein isolation based on conventional fractionation as well as techniques employing various molecular biological procedures to increase protein expression".
  
  
• Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jbbm (2.332) - "publishes research papers dealing with the development of new methods or the significant modification of existing techniques to solve biological problems. The scope of the Journal is broad, encompassing all methodological aspects of biochemistry, biophysics, molecular genetics and cellular biology".
  
  
• Biochemistry (Moscow) http://springer.metapress.com/link.asp?id=106282 (1.327) - "includes research papers in all fields of biochemistry as well as biochemical aspects of molecular biology, bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, immunology, physiology, and biomedical sciences. Coverage also extends to: new experimental methods in biochemistry, theoretical contributions of biochemical importance, reviews of contemporary biochemical topics and mini-reviews".
  
  
• Mitochondrion http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jnlnr/05569 (4.145) - "The scope... is broad, reporting on basic science of mitochondria from all organisms and from basic research to pathology and clinical aspects of mitochondrial diseases. The journal welcomes original contributions from investigators working in diverse sub-disciplines such as evolution, biophysics, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, genetics, pharmacology, toxicology, forensic science, programmed cell death, aging, cancer and clinical features of mitochondrial diseases".
  
  
• Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cmpb (1.144) - "is dedicated to encourage the development of formal computing methods, and their application in biomedical research and medical practice, by illustration of fundamental principles in biomedical informatics; to stimulate basic research into application software design; to report the state of research of biomedical information processing projects; to report new computer methodologies applied in biomedical areas; the eventual distribution of demonstrable software to avoid duplication of effort; to provide a forum for discussion and improvement of existing software; to optimise contact between national organisations and regional user groups by promoting an international exchange of information on formal methods, standards and software in biomedicine; to announce and report meetings of central interest".
  
  
• Bioscience Reports http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0144-8463 (3.061) - "offers rapid publication of research papers in all areas related to cell surface function - including biochemical genetics, development, pharmacology, endocrinology, and immunology - within eight weeks of manuscript acceptance".
  
  
• Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine http://www.jnrbm.com - "Provides a forum for promoting science and medical practice by publishing well documented results/conclusions that are unexpected, controversial, provocative and/or negative in the context of current tenets, providing scientists and physicians with responsible and balanced information to support informed experimental and clinical decisions".  An open access journal from BioMed Central.
  
  
• Journal of Biology http://jbiol.com - "aims to publish outstanding research articles from all areas of biology and make them immediately accessible to all, free of charge".  An open access journal from BioMed Central.

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The page updated on 30 07 2010.