Journal History

2011 The inaugural issue was released. Biomolecules was published as a quarterly journal.
2014 Biomolecules was indexed in PubMed—NLM.
Biomolecules was indexed in PubMed Central (PMC)—NLM.
2015 Biomolecules was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
2016 Biomolecules was indexed in Scopus—Elsevier.
2018 Biomolecules was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
Biomolecules was indexed in BIOSIS Previews - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
Biomolecules received its first CiteScore (2017) of 5.83.
2019 Biomolecules adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Biomolecules received its first Impact Factor (4.694).
Biomolecules established the following sections:
  • Molecular Structure and Dynamics;
  • Bioinformatics and Systems Biology;
  • Molecular Medicine;
  • Natural and Bio-inspired Molecules;
  • Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering;
  • Chemical Biology;
  • Biochemistry;
  • Biomacromolecules;
  • Biological Factors;
  • Biological Materials;
  • Enzymology;
  • Molecular Pathology;
  • Molecular Genetics;
  • Molecular Biology.
The Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) became affiliated to Biomolecules.
2020 Biomolecules held the 1st International Electronic Conference.
Biomolecules announced the first edition of the Best Cover Award, the first edition of the Best Video Abstract Award, the first edition of the Best Paper Award.
2021 Biomolecules received its 2020 Impact Factor (4.879).
Biomolecules
established the following new sections:
  • Molecular Biomarkers;
  • Molecular Reproduction;
  • Molecular Biophysics;
  • Biomacromolecules: Proteins;
  • Biomacromolecules: Lipids;
  • Biomacromolecules: Carbohydrates;
  • Biomacromolecules: Nucleic Acids.
-Biomacromolecules was discontinued.
-Biolofical Materials
was renamed as Biological and Bio- Materials.
-Biochemistry was renamed as Cellular Biochemistry.
-Molecular Pathology was merged with Molecular Medicine to create a new section Molecular Medicine.
The year 2021 marked the 10th Anniversary of Biomolecules.
2022 Biomolecules received its 2021 Impact Factor (6.064).

Editor-in-Chief

2011–2018 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jürg Bähler
2018–2024 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vladimir N. Uversky
2024–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter E. Nielsen and Prof. Dr. Lukasz Kurgan

Section Editor-in-Chief

2019–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anna Rita Franco Migliaccio for the section on Cellular Biochemistry
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lukasz Kurgan for the section on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Irina Nesmelova for the section on Molecular Structure and Dynamics
2020–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cecilia M. P. Rodrigues for the section on Chemical Biology
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Csaba Szabo for the section on Molecular Medicine

2020–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Piero Crespo for the section on Enzymology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Salvatore Cuzzocrea for the section on Biological Factors

2021–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter E. Nielsen for the section on Biomacromolecules: Nucleic Acids
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert V. Stahelin for the section on Biomacromolecules: Lipids
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Jürg Bähler for the section on Molecular Genetics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Pohl for the section on Molecular Biophysics

2023–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hang Fai (Henry) Kwok for the section on Natural and Bio-inspired Molecules
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