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Computational Biology and Chemistry

Computational Biology and Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier covering all areas of computational life sciences. The current editors-in-chief are Wentian Li and Donald Hamelberg. The journal was established in 1976 as Computers & Chemistry, with DeLos F. DeTar as its first editor. It obtained its current title in 2003 under the editorship of Andrzej K Konopka and James Crabble.

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Computational Biology and Chemistry
DisciplineComputational biology and chemistry
LanguageEnglish
Edited byWentian Li, Donald Hamelberg
Publication details
Former names
Computers & Chemistry
History1976–present
Publisher
Frequency7/year
3.1 (2024)
Standard abbreviations
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ISO 4Comput. Biol. Chem.
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CODENCBCOCH
ISSN1476-9271
LCCN2003252370
OCLC no.643939876
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Computational Biology and Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier covering all areas of computational life sciences. The current editors-in-chief are Wentian Li (The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research) and Donald Hamelberg (Georgia State University). The journal was established in 1976 as Computers & Chemistry, with DeLos F. DeTar (Florida State University) as its first editor. It obtained its current title in 2003 under the editorship of Andrzej K Konopka and James Crabble (University of Bedfordshire).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to ScienceDirect, the journal had a 2024 impact factor of 3.1 and a CiteScore of 4.3.1 It was ranked 52nd out of 102 journals in the category "Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications".2

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References

  1. "Computational Biology and Chemistry – Journal". ScienceDirect. Elsevier. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  2. "Computational Biology and Chemistry – Journal Ranking". OOIR. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
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