Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 982
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Biochemistry 19(Q1)
Molecular biology 25(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
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Articles published last year
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% accepted last year
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Immediately rejected last year
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Open access status
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Two-year impact factor
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Aims and scope

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Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
1.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
1.1 months
Decision time immediate rejection
15 days
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.5 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
1.5 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
1.0 / 5.0 (very easy)
Average number of review reports
2.5 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

Outcome: Rejected (im.).

Motivation:
It is ACS Chemical Biology's policy to return a proportion of manuscripts without sending them to external referees. Decisions of this kind are made by members of the Board of Editors (BOE), often on the advice of regular advisers, when it appears that papers are unlikely to succeed in the competition for limited space.
3.5
Very good process
3 reviews
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Disciplines

Biochemistry Molecular biology

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