Biopolymers_(journal)
Biopolymers (journal)
Academic journal
Biopolymers is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of biopolymers from a biochemical and biophysical perspective. It was established in 1963 and is published by John Wiley & Sons. The editor-in-chief is Hilary J. Crichton. The journal has three sections: Peptide Science (established in 1995, published bimonthly), Nucleic Acid Sciences (established in 1997, published four times per year), and Biospectroscopy (merged with Biopolymers in 2004).[1][2] Peptide Science is the affiliate journal of the American Peptide Society.[3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 2.248, ranking it 39th out of 72 journals in the category "Biophysics"[4] and 186th out of 289 in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".[5]