Nature Chemical Biology
Last updated ISSN 1552-4450
Nature Chemical Biology is published by Nature Portfolio in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $12,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Nature Chemical Biology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Click Chemistry and Applications
- RNA Research and Splicing
Key facts
| Publisher | Nature Portfolio |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1552-4450, 1552-4469 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $12,690 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,491 |
| Publishing since | 1920 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/nchembio/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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