Biofactors

Journal Title：Biofactors

BioFactors, a journal of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is devoted to the rapid publication of highly significant original research articles and reviews in experimental biology in health and disease.

The word “biofactors” refers to the many compounds that regulate biological functions. Biological factors comprise many molecules produced or modified by living organisms, and present in many essential systems like the blood, the nervous or immunological systems. A non-exhaustive list of biological factors includes neurotransmitters, cytokines, chemokines, hormones, coagulation factors, transcription factors, signaling molecules, receptor ligands and many more. In the group of biofactors we can accommodate several classical molecules not synthetized in the body such as vitamins, micronutrients or essential trace elements.

In keeping with this unified view of biochemistry, BioFactors publishes research dealing with the identification of new substances and the elucidation of their functions at the biophysical, biochemical, cellular and human level as well as studies revealing novel functions of already known biofactors. The journal encourages the submission of studies that use biochemistry, biophysics, cell and molecular biology and/or cell signaling approaches.

《生物因子》是国际生物化学和分子生物学联合会的期刊，致力于快速发表健康和疾病实验生物学领域中具有重要意义的原创研究文章和评论。

“生物因子”一词指的是调节生物功能的许多化合物。生物因子包括由生物体产生或修饰的许多分子，存在于许多基本系统中，如血液、神经或免疫系统。生物因子的非详尽列表包括神经递质、细胞因子、趋化因子、激素、凝血因子、转录因子、信号分子、受体配体等等。在生物因子组中，我们可以容纳几种体内无法合成的经典分子，例如维生素、微量营养素或必需微量元素。

为了遵循这种统一的生物化学观点，BioFactors 发表的研究涉及新物质的识别及其在生物物理、生物化学、细胞和人体层面的功能的阐明，以及揭示已知生物因子的新功能的研究。该期刊鼓励提交使用生物化学、生物物理学、细胞和分子生物学和/或细胞信号传导方法的研究。

Biofactors创刊于1988年，由Wiley-Blackwell出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖生物 - 内分泌学与代谢全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 较慢,6-12周 ，影响因子指数5，该期刊近期被列入国际期刊预警名单，请广大学者慎重选择。