Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Molecular Aspects of Medicine is a bimonthly review journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, founded in 1975 and devoted to the molecular and biochemical basis of medicine, indexed in MEDLINE, the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 13.8Molecular Aspects of Medicine 是由 Elsevier 代表国际生物化学与分子生物学联合会出版的双月刊综述期刊，1975 年创刊，专注医学的分子与生化基础，被 MEDLINE、科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子为 13.8。

Scope

• Review articles that bridge the gap between practising clinicians and biomedical scientists刊载旨在弥合临床医生与生物医学科学家之间距离的综述文章。
• Biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, pharmacology and pathology涵盖生物化学、分子生物学、细胞生物学、生理学、药理学与病理学。
• The molecular mechanisms of human disease and their translational implications关注人类疾病的分子机制及其转化意义。
• Topics spanning the whole spectrum of medicine, from basic mechanisms to clinical application选题横跨医学全谱系，从基本机制到临床应用。
• As the review journal of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, it publishes authoritative syntheses of rapidly advancing fields作为国际生物化学与分子生物学联合会的综述期刊，该刊发表对快速发展领域的权威综合评述。

History

• The journal was founded in 1975 and published by Pergamon Press, with Harold Baum and J. Gergely as its first editors该刊 1975 年创刊，由 Pergamon Press 出版，首任编辑为 Harold Baum 与 J. Gergely。
• It has been published by Elsevier since Pergamon Press was taken over by Elsevier in 1991Pergamon Press 于 1991 年被 Elsevier 收购后，该刊一直由 Elsevier 出版。
• It has appeared bimonthly throughout its history and has never changed its name该刊始终为双月刊，刊名从未变更。
• Its long-serving editor Angelo Azzi has stepped down and become honorary editor, and the editorship passed to George Adrian Calin长期任职的主编 Angelo Azzi 卸任并转任名誉编辑，主编一职由 George Adrian Calin 接任。^[1]

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is George Adrian Calin, a physician-scientist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center whose research focuses on non-coding RNAs and microRNAs in cancer现任主编为 George Adrian Calin，他是得克萨斯大学 MD Anderson 癌症中心的医师科学家，研究聚焦于癌症中的非编码 RNA 与 microRNA。
• The editorial board numbers about twenty-nine editors drawn from twelve countries, with the largest contingents in the United States and Italy编委会约有 29 位编辑，来自 12 个国家，其中美国与意大利人数最多。
• Manuscripts are first screened in-house and then assessed by at least two independent experts under a single anonymized model稿件先经内部初筛，再以单匿名方式送至少两位独立专家评审。
• It is a hybrid open access journal, and authors who choose open access pay an article processing charge of about 5330 US dollars该刊为混合开放获取期刊，选择开放获取的作者需支付约 5330 美元的版面费。