FEBS Letters

Aims & Scope

Papers should be complete and essentially final reports.

The subject area of FEBS Letters is broad.

Articles can be classified under the following categories: Bioenergetics; Biophysics, Cell fate determination (cell cycle, cell differentiation, cell death); Chemical Biology; Computation Biology (genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics); Cytoskeleton; Development; Ezymology; Evolution; Genome organization and stability; Glycobiology; Immunology; Membrane Biology (membrane trafficking, vesicles, organelles); Metabolism; Microbiology; Molecular basis of disease; Neuroscience; Plant Biology; Protein Chemistry; Protein Homeostasis; Redox Biology; Regulation of gene expression; RNA Biology; Signal Transduction; Structural Biology; Synthetic Biology; Systems Biology; and Virology.

As a general policy, FEBS Letters does not consider preliminary or fragmentary observations, cloning and sequencing of cDNA or genes that have previously been reported for other species, conventionally achieved expression or crystallization of proteins, description of the effect of a drug or reagent without elucidation of a detailed molecular mechanism, correlative studies or negative observations.

Moreover, methodological papers are considered for publication only when they are truly novel and significant, and interesting to a broad readership.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3
2024	3.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3443

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2232

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.222

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	289

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Biological interactions between polysaccharides and divalent cations: The egg‐box model

  Citation: 2319

  Authors: Gregor T., Edwin R., David A., Peter J.C., David

• ‘Green mice’ as a source of ubiquitous green cells

  Citation: 2244

  Authors: Masaru, Masahito, Katsuya, Tomoko, Yoshitake

• mTOR regulation of autophagy

  Citation: 1747

  Authors: Chang Hwa, Seung-Hyun, Jing, Neil Michael, Do-Hyung

• SB 203580 is a specific inhibitor of a MAP kinase homologue which is stimulated by cellular stresses and interleukin‐1

  Citation: 1724

  Authors:

• Amphipathic polyethyleneglycols effectively prolong the circulation time of liposomes

  Citation: 1716

  Authors: Alexander L., Kazuo, Vladimir P., Leaf

• ERβ: Identification and characterization of a novel human estrogen receptor

  Citation: 1708

  Authors: Sietse, Jan, Rein

• A highly resolved, oxygen‐evolving photosystem II preparation from spinach thylakoid membranes

  Citation: 1700

  Authors: Deborah A., Gerald T., Charles F.

• Oncoprotein MDM2 is a ubiquitin ligase E3 for tumor suppressor p53

  Citation: 1547

  Authors: Reiko, Hirofumi, Hideyo

• Correlation of mRNA and protein in complex biological samples

  Citation: 1520

  Authors: Tobias, Marc, Luis

• Isolation and characterization of autophagy‐defective mutants of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>

  Citation: 1502

  Authors: Miki, Yoshinori

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