The Journal of Molecular Biology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of molecular biology. It was established in 1959 and is published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is Peter Wright (The Scripps Research Institute).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Biological Abstracts • BIOSIS Previews • Chemical Abstracts Service • Current Contents/Life Sciences • Embase • EMBiology • Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed • Science Citation Index • Scopus According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.7.

Notable articles

Some of the most highly cited articles that have appeared in the journal are: