RSC Chemical Biology
Exceptionally significant findings in chemical biology.
Open Access: Gold
Scope
We welcome contributions from across the breadth of the chemical biology field. This includes research on the development of new chemical and biological techniques and tools that comprise but are not limited to:
- Analytical methods (including sensing, imaging, spectroscopy, omics)
- Bioorthogonal chemistry
- Biosynthesis, biomimetics and bioengineering
- Chemical synthesis and synthetic biology
- Directed evolution
- Drugs and small molecules (including prodrugs)
- Glycoscience
- Lipids
- Natural products
- Nucleic acids (including DNA, RNA, mRNA and siRNA, modifications and gene delivery)
- Peptides
- Phenotypic screening
- Proteins (including protein-protein interactions, modifications, structure and function)
We are particularly interested in reports on the application of chemical tools to probe, explore and visualise biological systems and processes to provide insights into molecular mechanisms in health and disease. These include but are not limited to:
- biochemistry, metabolism, and physiology
- cancer biology
- immunology and immunomodulation
- neuromodulation
- transcription/gene regulation
- mechanism of disease and therapeutics
- signalling pathways
- virology and microbiology
- natural product biosynthesis
- systems biology
We also encourage translational research that bridges chemistry and chemical biology to medicine.
Computational studies must significantly advance chemical biology. Studies using established methods should present original predictions, validated by new experimental data. Novel computational methodologies must demonstrate relevance through direct comparison with experimental results. Studies lacking clear experimental connections or practical utility that meaningfully advances the field are unsuitable for RSC Chemical Biology.
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Journal Impact factor
3.1 (2024)
First decision time (all)
21 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
40 days
Indexing
ISSN: 2633-0679
Indexed in: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index
Led by Hiroaki Suga, RSC Chemical Biology is a journal dedicated to publishing significant findings from the broadly understood chemical biology community. It provides a publication platform for communities of chemists who are developing chemical tools to resolve biological questions and biologists who explore the mechanisms and manipulate biological processes at the molecular level. The journal is gold open access so there are no barriers to accessing content and the research reaches a truly international audience.
ISSN 2633-0679
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