Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of the biology of cells, especially their biochemistry and biophysics. It was established in 1979 as Cell Biophysics with Nicholas Catsimpoolas as founding editor-in-chief, obtaining its current name in 1996. The journal is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Lawrence J. Berliner (University of Denver).

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
DisciplineCell biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byLawrence J. Berliner
Publication details
Former name(s)
Cell Biophysics
History1979–present
Publisher
Frequency9/year
2.194 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Cell Biochem. Biophys.
Indexing
CODENCBBIFV
ISSN1085-9195 (print)
1559-0283 (web)
LCCN97645818
OCLC no.49728714
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Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.194.[7]

Peer review problems

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In March 2015 the publisher placed the journal on hold after a pattern of "inappropriate and compromised peer review" was uncovered.[8] Retraction Watch noted that the journal had retracted 16 articles in the preceding year that had been generated by the computer program SCIgen,[9][10] as well as a further paper for plagiarism,[11] although it was not stated whether these cases were related to the suspension.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  2. ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  3. ^ "Journal titles covered in Embase". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  4. ^ "Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  5. ^ "Inspec list of journals" (PDF). Inspec. Institution of Engineering and Technology. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  6. ^ "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  7. ^ "Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.
  8. ^ "Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics on hold". Springer Science+Business Media. 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Updated: Springer journal on hold for "pattern of inappropriate and compromised peer review"". Retraction Watch. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Springer, IEEE withdrawing more than 120 nonsense papers". Retraction Watch. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Wasted breath: Cribbing earns retraction of anesthesia paper". Retraction Watch. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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