Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Biomolecules was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2014 | Biomolecules was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Biomolecules was indexed in PubMed Central (PMC)—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2015 | Biomolecules was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2016 | Biomolecules was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2018 | Biomolecules was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 6 (Issue 1). Biomolecules was indexed in BIOSIS Previews—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Biomolecules received its first CiteScore (2017) of 8.8. |
| 2019 | Biomolecules adopted a monthly publication schedule. Biomolecules received its first Impact Factor (4.694). Biomolecules established the following sections:
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| 2020 | Biomolecules held the 1st International Electronic Conference. Biomolecules announced the first edition of the Best Cover Award, the first edition of the Best Video Abstract Award, the first edition of the Best Paper Award. The year 2020 marked the 10th Anniversary of Biomolecules. |
| 2021 | Biomolecules received its 2020 Impact Factor (4.879). Biomolecules established the following new sections:
-Biolofical Materials was renamed as Biological and Bio- Materials. -Biochemistry was renamed as Cellular Biochemistry. -Molecular Pathology was merged with Molecular Medicine to create a new section Molecular Medicine. |
| 2022 | Biomolecules received its 2021 Impact Factor (6.064). |
| 2024 | -Natural and Bio-inspired Molecules was renamed as Natural and Bio-derived Molecules. |
| 2025 | -Biomacromolecules: Lipids was renamed as Lipids. -Biological and Bio-Materials was renamed as Bio-Engineered Materials. -Molecular Biophysics was renamed as Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function. -Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering was discontinued. -Biomacromolecules: Carbohydrates was discontinued. -Biomacromolecules: Nucleic Acids was discontinued. -Molecular Structure and Dynamics was discontinued. -Biomacromolecules: Proteins was merged with Biomacromolecules: Nucleic Acids and Biomacromolecules: Carbohydrates to create a new section Biomacromolecules: Proteins, Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2018 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jürg Bähler |
| 2018–2024 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vladimir N. Uversky |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter E. Nielsen and Prof. Dr. Lukasz Kurgan |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2019–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Irina Nesmelova for the section on Molecular Structure and Dynamics |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anna Rita Franco Migliaccio for the section on Cellular Biochemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lukasz Kurgan for the section on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
| 2020–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cecilia M. P. Rodrigues for the section on Chemical Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Csaba Szabo for the section on Molecular Medicine |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Piero Crespo for the section on Enzymology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Salvatore Cuzzocrea for the section on Biological Factors |
| 2021–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter E. Nielsen for the section on Biomacromolecules: Nucleic Acids |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter E. Nielsen for the section on Biomacromolecules: Nucleic Acids Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert V. Stahelin for the section on Biomacromolecules: Lipids Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jürg Bähler for the section on Molecular Genetics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Pohl for the section on Molecular Biophysics |
| 2022–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Bahman Anvari for the section on Biological and Bio- Materials |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hang Fai (Henry) Kwok for the section on Natural and Bio-inspired Molecules |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Benoit Coulombe for the section on Biomacromolecules: Proteins |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fabio Di Domenico for the section on Molecular Medicine |
