International Journal of Molecular Sciences

International Journal of Molecular Sciences  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Int. J. Mol. Sci.
Discipline Molecular physics, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology
Language English
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
 2000-present
Frequency Monthly
Yes
2.862
Indexing
ISSN 1422-0067
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The International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an open access, peer-reviewed, 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. All submissions go through a rigorous peer-review process to ensure high quality publications. The number of manuscripts published in IJMS has increased steadily (631 papers in 2011, 1082 papers in 2012, 1367 papers in 2013 and 1408 papers in 2014) and the journal is covered by many databases (Science Citation Index Expanded, PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, etc.). 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]

History

Development IJMS was launched in January 2000 as a quarterly journal, with the help of Founding Editor-in-Chief, Professor Jerzy Leszczynski.[2] In 2003, it moved from a quarterly publication to monthly, and in 2005, IJMS received its first impact factor.

Output

The number of manuscripts published in IJMS has increased steadily. In 2007, the journal published 96 articles; in 2009, 297 articles; in 2011, 631 articles; in 2013, 1367 articles; and in 2014, 1408 articles.

Publication Concept and Article Processing Charge

IJMS provides an advanced forum for chemistry, molecular physics (chemical physics and physical chemistry) and molecular biology. It has a broad scope related to all fields of chemistry and biochemistry, within the following 10 sections:

The current relevance of a paper is one of the most important criteria for acceptance or rejection of a submission. IJMS publishes about 40% of all submissions after peer review is carried out by, on average, 2.4 experts in the field. Scientists are encouraged to publish their theoretical and experimental results in as much detail as possible to assist reproducibility. Therefore, there is no restriction on the length of the papers or the number of electronic supplementary files. The average processing time for papers published in IJMS was about 60 days in 2014. IJMS is an open access journal, i.e., free for all to access and read on the Internet. MDPI guarantees that no university library or individual reader will ever have to buy a subscription or buy access through pay-per-view fees to access the articles published in IJMS. Hence, MDPI does not receive any income from selling subscriptions for printed or online versions of IJMS papers, or from pay-per-view fees. IJMS charges authors an Article Processing Charge only if the paper is accepted for publication after peer review. Discounts are available for authors from institutes that participate in MDPI's membership program.

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.[3] 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 indexed in:[4]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.862.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "IJMS — Editors". Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  2. ↑ Jerzy, L. Message from the Editor-in-Chief. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2000, 1, 1–2.
  3. ↑ http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/stats
  4. ↑ http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/about
  5. ↑ "International Journal of Molecular Sciences". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.

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