Biochemistry

Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. By controlling information flow through biochemical signaling and the flow of chemical energy through metabolism, biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life. Over the last decades of the 20th century, biochemistry has become so successful at explaining living processes that now almost all areas of the life sciences from botany to medicine to genetics are engaged in biochemical research. Today, the main focus of pure biochemistry is on understanding how biological molecules give rise to the processes that occur within living cells, which in turn relates greatly to the study and understanding of tissues, organs, and whole organisms—that is, all of biology.

Biochemistry is closely related to molecular biology, the study of the molecular mechanisms by which genetic information encoded in DNA is able to result in the processes of life. Depending on the exact definition of the terms used, molecular biology can be thought of as a branch of biochemistry, or biochemistry as a tool with which to investigate and study molecular biology.

Biochemistry (journal)

Biochemistry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of biochemistry. Founded in 1962, the journal is now published weekly by the American Chemical Society, with 51~52 annual issues. The journal's 2014 impact factor was 3.015, and it received a total of 90,842 citations in 2012.

Since 2004, the Editor-in-Chief has been Richard N. Armstrong (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA).

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Biochemistry is indexed in:

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Biokhimiya

Biokhimiya is a Russian peer-reviewed scientific journal of biochemistry published by Nauka/Interperiodica. The journal was established by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Russian Academy of Sciences) and the Russian Biochemical Society in 1936. The English translation Biochemistry (Moscow) has been published since 1956. It is currently edited by V. P. Skulachev.

Abstracting and indexing

Biokhimiya or its English translation are abstracted and indexed in the following databases.