The ''International Journal of Molecular Sciences'' is a
peer-reviewed
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open access
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scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
covering research in
chemistry
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,
molecular physics
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, and
molecular biology
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. It is published by
MDPI
MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is a publisher of open access scientific journals. Founded by Shu-Kun Lin as a chemical sample archive, it now publishes over 390 peer-reviewed, open access journals. MDPI is the largest op ...
and was established in 2000. The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Maurizio Battino (
Marche Polytechnic University
Marche Polytechnic University or Polytechnic University of the Marches (Italian language, Italian ''Università Politecnica delle Marche'') is a public university in Ancona, Italy. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Agricultural scien ...
).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 6.208.
References
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