RSC Chemical Biology

Exceptionally significant findings in chemical biology.

Open Access: Gold

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

Indexed in: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index

Journal Impact factor

3.1 (2024)

First decision time (all)

21 days

First decision time (peer reviewed)

40 days

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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.

Information for authors

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