Impact and Information
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Frequency: Continuous article publication, bi-weekly issue publication, online only
Total article views in 2024: 1.2M
Impact Factor: 4.3 2024 Impact Factor, Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2025)
The Impact Factor is a measure of the average number of citations an article in the journal will receive within the first 2 years of publication. It is calculated by dividing the number of times articles were cited by the total number of articles that are citable.
5-year Impact Factor: 3.9 2024 Impact Factor, Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2025)
Calculated as the number of times articles published in the past 5 years have been cited in the stated year divided by the number of articles which are citable.
Journal Citation Indicator: 0.70 2024 Impact Factor, Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2025)
The Journal Citation Indicator is a category-normalised metric. A Journal Citation Indicator of 1.0 means that published papers, across the journal, received citations equal to the average (mean) for the category.
Journal ranking: 91/319 (second quartile) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Category, Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2025)
Cited half-life: 19.5 years
The Cited Half-Life is the median age of the items in the Biochemical Journal that were cited in the Journal Citation Reports year.
Immediacy Index: 0.6
The Immediacy Index is the average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published.
Article Influence Score: 1.436
The Article Influence Score aims to measure the influence of a journal's articles over the first 5 years following publication. It considers where articles are cited as well as how often, with a citation in a ‘higher influence’ journal weighted more than those in ‘lower influence’ journals.
An article influence score over 1.00 indicates articles published in the journal have an above-average influence.
Median time from submission to first decision in 2024 (following full peer review): 33 days
Median time from acceptance to online Version of Record publication in 2024: 16 days
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