ACS Chemical Biology

ACS Chemical Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 2006 by the American Chemical Society. It covers research at the interface between chemistry and biology spanning all aspects of chemical biology. The founding editor-in-chief was Laura L. Kiessling (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Chuan He (University of Chicago) began the role of editor-in-chief in January 2022. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 4.0.^[1]

ACS Chemical Biology

Discipline	Chemical biology, molecular biology, biochemistry
Language	English
Edited by	Chuan He
Publication details
History	2006–present
Publisher	American Chemical Society (United States)
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Delayed
Impact factor	4.0 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	ACS Chem. Biol.
NLM	ACS Chem Biol
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	ACBCCT
ISSN	1554-8929 (print) 1554-8937 (web)
LCCN	2005212164
OCLC no.	58045459
Links
Journal homepage Online access

Types of content

The journal publishes the following types of articles: research letters, articles, reviews, and perspectives, as well as specially commissioned articles that describe emerging directions in the field of chemical biology. Letters presenting findings of broad interest are typically five printed pages or fewer, while articles are twelve printed pages or fewer. Finally, reviews cover key concepts of interest to a broad readership.^[2] The journal has published the first three-dimensional interactive chemical structures replicating printed journal figures.^[3]

Awards

• 2006 Award for Innovation in Journal Publishing from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.^[4]
• Runner-up R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Professional, Reference or Scholarly Work of 2006.^[4]