Protein Engineering, Design and Selection

Aims & Scope

Protein Engineering, Design and Selection (PEDS) publishes high-quality research papers and review articles relevant to the engineering, design and selection of proteins for use in biotechnology and therapy, and for understanding the fundamental link between protein sequence, structure, dynamics, function, and evolution.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.229

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	122

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3418

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	224

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering and Medicine, 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.

• LIGPLOT: a program to generate schematic diagrams of protein-ligand interactions

  Citation: 4887

  Authors: Andrew C., Roman A., Janet M.

• Identification of prokaryotic and eukaryotic signal peptides and prediction of their cleavage sites

  Citation: 4490

  Authors: H., J., S., G.

• The <i>α</i>/<i>β</i> hydrolase fold

  Citation: 1795

  Authors: David L., Eong, Miroslaw, Bauke, Felix, Sybille M., Michal, S. Jamse, Israel, Joseph, Joel L., Koen H.G., Adrian

• Protein structure alignment by incremental combinatorial extension (CE) of the optimal path

  Citation: 1622

  Authors: I. N., P. E.

• Crystal structure of human serum albumin at 2.5 Ã… resolution

  Citation: 1587

  Authors: S., A., S., M., K.

• Twilight zone of protein sequence alignments

  Citation: 1441

  Authors: Burkhard

• A new method for predicting binding affinity in computer-aided drug design

  Citation: 1070

  Authors: Johan, Carmen, Jan-Erik

• Correlation between stability of a protein and its dipeptide composition: a novel approach for predicting <i>in vivo</i> stability of a protein from its primary sequence

  Citation: 1039

  Authors: Kunchur, B.V.Bhasker, Madhusudan W.

• Feature-based prediction of non-classical and leaderless protein secretion

  Citation: 1004

  Authors: J. D., L. J., N., G., S.

• Quantitative analysis of protein far UV circular dichroism spectra by neural networks

  Citation: 963

  Authors: Gerald, Rudolf, Rainer

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