Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Aims & Scope

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is an integrated forum for structural and molecular studies.

The journal places a strong emphasis on functional and mechanistic understanding of how molecular components in a biological process work together.

Structural data may provide such insights, but they are not a pre-requisite for publication in the journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	10.1
2024	12.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	6.187

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	310

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	201

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4146

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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.

• Announcing the worldwide Protein Data Bank

  Citation: 2570

  Authors: Helen, Kim, Haruki

• Exon-intron circular RNAs regulate transcription in the nucleus

  Citation: 2373

  Authors: Zhaoyong, Chuan, Chun, Liang, Mei, Xiaolin, Guolin, Bin, Wanchen, Limin, Pengfei, Zhaoxia, Qingfa, Yi, Ya, Ping, Huijie, Ge

• From Levinthal to pathways to funnels

  Citation: 1942

  Authors: Ken A., Hue Sun

• Single-cell RNA-Seq profiling of human preimplantation embryos and embryonic stem cells

  Citation: 1533

  Authors: Liying, Mingyu, Hongshan, Lu, Jun, Rong, Ping, Ying, Xiaoying, Jie, Jin, Ming, Xinglong, Lu, Kaiqin, Ruiqiang, Jie, Fuchou

• Experimentally determined hydrophobicity scale for proteins at membrane interfaces

  Citation: 1453

  Authors: William C., Stephen H.

• EGCG redirects amyloidogenic polypeptides into unstructured, off-pathway oligomers

  Citation: 1284

  Authors: Dagmar E, Jan, Annett, Martin, Laura, Rudi, Sabine, Annalisa, Erich E

• Structure and function of long noncoding RNAs in epigenetic regulation

  Citation: 1254

  Authors: Tim R, John S

• How chromatin-binding modules interpret histone modifications: lessons from professional pocket pickers

  Citation: 1211

  Authors: Sean D, Haitao, Alexander J, C David, Dinshaw J

• Viral membrane fusion

  Citation: 1082

  Authors: Stephen C

• Cyanobacterial photosystem II at 2.9-Ã… resolution and the role of quinones, lipids, channels and chloride

  Citation: 1078

  Authors: Albert, Jan, Azat, Matthias, Athina, Wolfram

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