TopAims and Scope

FEBS Journal is an international journal devoted to the rapid publication of full-length papers describing original research in all areas of the molecular life sciences, as outlined further below. Preference is given to papers that bring new molecular or mechanistic insight to biological problems. In this post-genome age, papers that describe the cloning and expression of genes will not be published unless the work throws some important new light on the gene or its expression product.

Papers should be clearly written for a general audience in a way that draws attention to their novelty and significance; work that is incomplete, inconclusive or merely confirmatory will not be published.

FEBS Journal also publishes reviews and minireviews on a wide range of topics, which may be solicited or submitted, and meeting reports.

FEBS Journal is published on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies by Wiley-Blackwell.

The scope of the Journal includes the following subdisciplines:

• Bioenergetics
• Bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics
• Developmental biology
• Enzymes and catalysis
• Gene expression, transcription and translation
• Immunology
• Membranes
• Metabolism and metabolic regulation
• Molecular cell biology
• Molecular evolution
• Molecular medicine
• Molecular neurobiology
• Nanoscience
• Signal transduction
• Structural biology
• Systems biology

As part of its service to authors, the journal offers:

• No page charges
• Papers are published in Early View before the hard copy of the journal
• Authors of published articles receive a free PDF of the paper, plus an optional 25 free offprints
• Colour figures are published free of charge if the Editor is of the opinion that colour is necessary. The Journal is also pleased to allow authors to publish figures in colour free of charge in the online edition

TopIndexed / Abstracted in

Academic Search (EBSCO) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library) Biochemistry & Biophysics Citation Index™ (Thomson ISI) Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (HW Wilson) Biological Abstracts® (Thomson ISI) BIOSIS Previews® (Thomson ISI) BIOSIS® (Thomson ISI) CAB Abstracts CAB HEALTH (CABI) CABDirect (CABI) CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Chemoreception Abstracts (Online Edition) CSA Biological Sciences Database (CSA/CIG) CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (CSA/CIG) CSA Microbiology Databases (CSA/CIG) CSA Virology and AIDS Abstracts (CSA/CIG) Current Abstracts (EBSCO) Current Contents® (Thomson ISI) EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (Elsevier) Embiology (Elsevier) EORTC Food Science & Technology Abstracts Health Source Nursing / Academic IBIDS: International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements Index Medicus/MEDLINE (NLM) InfoTrac INIS: International Nuclear Information System Database (IAEA) Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Thomson ISI) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) Neurosciences Abstracts (CSA/CIG) Proquest 5000 (ProQuest) Proquest Research Library (ProQuest) Protozoological Abstracts (Elsevier) Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®) Science Citation Index® (Thomson ISI) SIIC Databases (Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifica) Soils and Fertilizers Soybean Abstracts Online (coverage dropped) Veterinary Bulletin (CABI)