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The Biochemical Journal (Biochem J or BJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal which covers all aspects of biochemistry, as well as cell and molecular biology. It is published by Portland Press Ltd from its editorial offices in London, UK and La Jolla, USA. First published in 1906, it is among the oldest continuously published scientific journals.
journal was founded in 1906 by Benjamin Moore, holder of the first UK chair of biochemistry at the University of Liverpool, with financial support from Edward Whitley, an heir of the Greenall Whitley brewers.
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The Biochemical Journal (Biochem J or BJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal which covers all aspects of biochemistry, as well as cell and molecular biology. It is published by Portland Press Ltd from its editorial offices in London, UK and La Jolla, USA. First published in 1906, it is among the oldest continuously published scientific journals.
History
The journal was founded in 1906 by Benjamin Moore, holder of the first UK chair of biochemistry at the University of Liverpool, with financial support from Edward Whitley, an heir of the Greenall Whitley brewers. The two served as the first Editors and the journal was initially published by the University Press of Liverpool. It was acquired by the Biochemical Club (later renamed the Biochemical Society) in October 1912, shortly after the society's foundation; at that time the journal had 170 subscribers. From 1913, it was published in conjunction with Cambridge University Press, with W.M. Bayliss and Arthur Harden chairing the Editorial Board; the original title of The Bio-Chemical Journal became The Biochemical Journal at that date.
The journal at first appeared at irregular intervals, with between three and twelve issues appearing annually in a single volume. From 1948, two volumes were published annually, with four or five parts per volume, and the frequency increased rapidly over the years, reaching the current frequency of eight volumes in three parts in 1974.
Current journal
Eight volumes are published each year with each volume consisting of three parts (24 issues per year).
To mark the centenary of the journal in 2006, a free online archive back to the journal's first issue in 1906 was launched. All papers are available as pdfs, and recent papers are also available in a proprietory format called Enhanced Electronic Serials Interface-View (EESI-View). The journal won the first ALPSP/Charlesworth Award for Best Online Journal in 2007. The judges described the online journal as 'visually attractive and easy to use ... maintains the character of the journal while exploiting the digital medium to offer a range of additional features'.
The journal is indexed in BIOBASE, BIOSIS, CAB International, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents, EMBASE, International Food Information Service, Medline/Index Medicus, Proquest Information & Learning and Science Citation Index. The impact factor for 2007 is 4.009 (ISI).
Editorial Board
As of 2008, the chair of the Editorial Board is Peter R. Shepherd (University of Auckland, New Zealand); the Vice Chair (the Americas) is Guy Salvesen (Burnham Institute for Medical Research, San Diego, USA); the Reviews Editor is Alex Toker (Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA). Previous chairs include Deryck Walker (1969–1975), Chris Pogson (1982–1987), Tony Turner (1987–1994), Ken Siddle (1995–1999), Peter Parker (2000–2003) and George Banting (2004–2007).
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