Receptors

Receptors is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on all aspects of receptors published quarterly online by MDPI.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus and other databases.
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 43.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 7.2 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Receptors is a companion journal of Biomolecules.
• Journal Cluster of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Current Issues in Molecular Biology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Genes, Biomolecules, Biology, Cells, Proteomes, Non-Coding RNA, Epigenomes, Methods and Protocols, Journal of Molecular Pathology, BioChem, DNA, Stresses, Receptors and Kinases and Phosphatases.