Nature Chemical Biology
- http://www.nature.com/nchembio
- Editor: Terry L. Sheppard
- Volume 4: 12 issues per year
- ISSN: 1552-4450
- EISSN: 1548-7105
- Impact factor : 13.683*
- Impact ranking: 6/263 in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology*
- Date Established: June 2005
- Published on behalf of:
No.1 primary research journal in related chemical sciences
Aims and Scope:
Launched in June 2005, Nature Chemical Biology
is a new interdisciplinary journal that
publishes the most innovative and important
research advances at the interface of chemistry
and biology. The journal publishes research
from chemists who are applying the principles,
language and tools of chemistry to biological
systems at the molecular level. The scope of
the journal covers all areas of contemporary
research at the interface of chemistry and biology.
Each issue provides the reader with a combination of research articles in three formats (Brief Communications, Letters and Articles), supported by enhanced content such as Reviews, Research highlights, and Commentaries designed to inform readers of new developments in chemical biology.
In addition, Nature Chemical Biology's website has some innovative features including PubChem linking and 3D rendering of molecules, which add value to the articles and enhance the reader's experience. Click here for an animated guide to the journals online features and navigating around the website.
What makes Nature Chemical Biology different from other journals?
- Unequalled quality the Nature brand's emphasis is on editorial excellence and online innovation. Nature Chemical Biology continues this tradition, publishing the most innovative and important research advances across all of chemical biology.
- PubChem linking extensive linking to external resources and databases, including ISI Web of Science, PubMed, ChemPort, PDB and Swissprot, has been enhanced for Nature Chemical Biology through the linking of chemical compounds in research articles to the PubChem database. The PubChem link allows readers of Nature Chemical Biology to go, in a single click, from the mention of a molecule in a paper to a rich and growing collection of information about chemical structures and their biological assay results, hosted by the NCBI. Full chemical compound information for all significant compounds included in Nature Chemical Biology original research papers, a compound data page, linked directly from the compound reference in the full text, appears in the online journal.
- 3D rendering of molecules - From the April 2007 issue, Nature Chemical Biology introduced functionality that allows users to view and manipulate chemical compounds in three dimensions on the journal web site. It allows readers to view chemical compounds in 3D using a jmol window within the compound data index page for a paper. With a few clicks of a mouse, users can rotate, zoom in on and measure atomic distances of their favourite molecules, as well as prepare different three-dimensional renderings of the compounds.
Readership:
Nature Chemical Biology is relevant to
organic, inorganic, bioorganic, bioinorganic and
biophysical chemists, biochemists, medicinal
chemists, pharmaceutical scientists, molecular
and structural biologists as well as biologists
who seek to understand biological systems at
the molecular level, including cellular,
molecular, developmental and neuro-biologists.
Online features and site license access:
- Online archive available back to June 2005.
- A site license provides access to all content published during the supply period. Access is granted to a further rolling four-year archive during the supply period only. Archive content not included in the license agreement is available to purchase.
- Unique online functionality includes an online index of the chemical compounds that are described in each paper, with links to the structures deposited in the PubChem database.
- Users have access to all the online features of nature.com click here for details.
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- Indexed in CAS, Current Contents, Science Citation Index and Medline (PubMed).
*2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)