International Journal of Molecular Sciences

International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal providing an advanced forum for biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, molecular biophysics, molecular medicine, and all aspects of molecular research in chemistry, and published semimonthly online by MDPI. The Epigenetics Society, European Chitin Society (EUCHIS), Spanish Society for Cell Biology (SEBC) and others are affiliated with IJMS and their members receive a discount on the article processing charges.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, MEDLINE, Embase, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) / CiteScore - Q1 (Inorganic Chemistry)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 17.5 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.9 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.
• Companion journals for IJMS include: Biophysica, Stresses, Lymphatics, SynBio and Inflammation Journal.
• 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.