| Discipline | Biochemistry |
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| Language | English |
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| History | 1947–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | 100/year |
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| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Biochim. Biophys. Acta |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0006-3002 |
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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) is apeer-reviewedscientific journal in the field ofbiochemistry andbiophysics that was established in 1947. The journal is published byElsevier with a total of 100 annual issues in ten specialised sections.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta was first published in 1947 and was the first international journal to be devoted to the joint fields ofbiochemistry andbiophysics.[1] Published byElsevier in cooperation withInterscience, it was the first international journal to be launched by Elsevier.[1] The journal first made a profit in 1951.[1]
Early papers were published in English, French, and German, with summaries in all three languages.[2] The majority of papers in the first volume originated in northern and western Europe, with a minority from the US and elsewhere; contributors includedWilliam Astbury,Jean Brachet,Hubert Chantrenne,Pierre Desnuelle,Claude Fromageot,Heinz Holter,Raymond Jeener,Felix Haurowitz,Edgar Lederer,Kaj Linderstrøm-Lang,Roger Vendrely,Jean-Marie Wiame, andRalph W.G. Wyckoff.[3]
Important papers from these early years include "Studies on the structure of ribonucleic acids" byBoris Magasanik andErwin Chargaff (1951),[4] part of the evidence on whichWatson and Crick's model of the structure ofDNA was based, and "Enzymic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid" byArthur Kornberg and colleagues (1956),[5] an early report on the isolation ofDNA polymerase I.[1] In 1989, in celebration of the journal's thousandth issue, it published contemporary perspectives on some of the key papers published up to 1964.[6]
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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta was published as a single title until 1962, when additional sections began to be published alongside the main journal: firstSpecialized Section on Nucleic Acids and Related Subjects and then, from 1963,Specialized Section on Enzymological Subjects andSpecialized Section on Lipids and Related Subjects.[7]
In 1964, the main journal becameBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, and was published alongside the three established sections plusSpecialized Section on Biophysical Subjects andSpecialized Section on Mucoproteins andMucopolysaccharides. In 1965, the specialist sections were renamed, becomingBiophysics including Photosynthesis,Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis,Enzymology and Biological Oxidation,Lipids and Lipid Metabolism andMucoproteins and Mucopolysaccharides (ceased in 1965). In 1967,Biophysics including Photosynthesis split intoBioenergetics andBiomembranes, andEnzymology and Biological Oxidation split intoEnzymology andProtein Structure; the latter pair rejoined in 1982 to becomeProtein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. Further sections wereMolecular Cell Research, launched in 1982, andMolecular Basis of Disease, launched in 1990.[7]
In addition to the specialised research sections, three review sections were launched in the early 1970s:Reviews on Biomembranes (1972–2000),Reviews on Bioenergetics (1973–87) andReviews on Cancer (from 1974). The former two were later incorporated into the respective research sections.[7]
Further name changes are given in the table in the following section.
As of 2014,Biochimica et Biophysica Acta encompasses ten specialised sections with a total of 100 annual issues in ten volumes. Over 16,000 pages were published in 2011. The journal sections are published separately, with one annual volume per section (two forReviews on Cancer), but form part of the volume numbering forBiochimica et Biophysica Acta.[7] Sections are available individually or as part of a combined subscription. All papers are in English.[8] The overalleditor-in-chief isUlrich Brandt (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany).[9]
The sections published in 2014 were as follows:[7]
| Name | ISSN | Annual issues | Impact factor[10] | Notes |
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| BBA – Bioenergetics[11] | ISSN 0005-2728 | 12 | 4.428 | Commenced 1967; formerly part ofBBA – Biophysics including Photosynthesis (1965–1966). IncorporatesBBA – Reviews on Bioenergetics |
| BBA –Biomembranes[12] | ISSN 0005-2736 | 12 | 4.019 | Commenced 1967; formerly part ofBBA – Biophysics including Photosynthesis (1965–66). IncorporatesBBA – Reviews on Biomembranes |
| BBA – Gene Regulatory Mechanisms[13] | ISSN 1874-9399 | 12 | 6.304 | Commenced 2008; continuation ofBBA – Gene Structure and Expression (0167-4781; 1982–2007),BBA – Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis (1963–1981) andBBA – Specialized Section on Nucleic Acids and Related Subjects (1962–64) |
| BBA – General Subjects[14] | ISSN 0304-4165 | 12 | 4.117 | Commenced 1964; continuation ofBiochimica et Biophysica Acta |
| BBA – Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids[15] | ISSN 1388-1981 | 12 | 5.228 | Commenced 1998; continuation ofBBA – Lipids and Lipid Metabolism (1965–98) andBBA – Specialized Section on Lipids and Related Subjects (1963–64) |
| BBA – Molecular Basis of Disease[16] | ISSN 0925-4439 | 12 | 6.633 | Commenced 1990 |
| BBA – Molecular Cell Research[17] | ISSN 0167-4889 | 12 | 5.011 | Commenced 1982 |
| BBA – Proteins and Proteomics[18] | ISSN 1570-9639 | 12 | 4.125 | Commenced 2002; continuation ofBBA – Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology (1982–2002),BBA – Enzymology (1967–81),BBA – Protein Structure (1967–81),BBA – Enzymology and Biological Oxidation (1965–66),BBA – Specialized Section on Enzymological Subjects (1963–64) |
| BBA – Reviews on Cancer[19] | ISSN 0304-419X | 4 | 11.414 | Commenced 1974 |
BBA is abstracted and indexed byBIOSIS,Chemical Abstracts Service,Current Contents/Life Sciences,EMBASE,EMBiology,Index Chemicus,MEDLINE/Index Medicus,Science Citation Index, andSociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifica.[20]
Articles are available online asPDFs andHTML; access is largely limited to subscribers, with a small number of sponsoredopen-access articles.
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