Annual Review of Biochemistry

Annual Review of Biochemistry is an annual peer reviewed scientific journal published by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit scientific publisher. Its first volume was published in 1932, and its founding editor was J. Murray Luck. The current editor in chief is Roger D. Kornberg. The journal focuses on molecular biology and biological chemistry review articles. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 25.787, ranking it third out of 297 journals in the category "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology".[1]

Annual Review of Biochemistry
DisciplineBiochemistry
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRoger D. Kornberg
Publication details
History1932–present, 89 years old
Publisher
FrequencyAnnually
25.787[1] (2019)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Annu. Rev. Biochem.
Indexing
CODENARBOAW
ISSN0066-4154 (print)
1545-4509 (web)
Links

History

The Annual Review of Biochemistry was the creation of Stanford University chemist and professor J. Murray Luck.[2] In 1930, Luck offered a course on current research in biochemistry to graduate students. In designing the course, he said he felt "knee-deep in trouble", as he believed he was sufficiently knowledgeable in only a few areas of biochemistry. He considered the volume of research to be overwhelming; there were 6,500 abstracts regarding biochemistry published in Chemical Abstracts that year.[3] Luck asked about 50 biochemists in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada if an annual volume of critical reviews on biochemistry research would be useful, to which he received positive responses.[4] This correspondence provided possible authors and topics for his first several volumes. Stanford University Press agreed to publish the journal on a three-year contract, with financial assistance from the Chemical Foundation.[4] Stanford University gave the journal rent-free office space in 1931 for editorial and business operations.[3] Prior to this, Luck's only experience in the publishing industry was working for a summer as a book salesman in Western Canada.[5] Volume 1 was published in July 1932, consisting of 30 reviews from 35 authors of nine different countries; the volume was 724 pages.[4] Luck was the founding editor of the Annual Review of Biochemistry and held the editorship for thirty-five years.[6]

At the completion of the contract with Stanford University Press, the advisory committee of the journal, which included Carl L. Alsberg, Denis Hoagland, and Carl L. A. Schmidt, decided to assume a legal identity as the journal's publisher, though keeping Stanford University Press as the printer. On December 12, 1934, they submitted articles of incorporation with the California Secretary of State to create Annual Review of Biochemistry, Ltd., which was organized as a nonprofit.[3] In February 1938, the name was changed to Annual Reviews, Inc.[4]

Prior to World War II, about half of all review articles published each volume were from authors outside the US. The war caused international scientific communication to drop off dramatically, with international authorship at 25% in 1947.[7] The breadth of material within each volume lessened when Annual Reviews added new titles in physiology and plant physiology.[8]

Editorial processes

The Annual Review of Biochemistry is helmed by the editor. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.[9] Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.[10]

List of editors

Current editorial committee

As of 2021, the editorial committee consists of the editor and the following members:[18]

References
  1. "Journal Impact Factors". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. "Founder & History". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. Luck, J. Murray (1981). "Confessions of a Biochemist". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 50: 1–23. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.50.070181.000245. PMID 7023354.
  4. Luck, J. Murray (1982). "A 50-Year History of Annual Reviews Inc". BioScience. 32 (11): 868–870. doi:10.2307/1309010. JSTOR 1309010.
  5. Kaufmann, William (1995). "Annual Reviews inc. A saga of success". Publishing Research Quarterly. 11 (2): 80–89. doi:10.1007/BF02680428. S2CID 144682280.
  6. Boyer, Paul D. (1981). "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 50. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.50.103106.100001.
  7. "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 16. 1947. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.16.102706.100001.
  8. "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 18. 1949. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.18.102706.100001.
  9. "Editorial Principles and Policies". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. "Information for Unsolicited Authors and Reviewers". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  11. "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 34. 1965. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.34.103006.100001.
  12. "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 33. 1964. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.33.103006.100001.
  13. "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 38. 1969. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.38.103106.100001.
  14. Brass, Alister (1983). "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 52. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.52.103106.100001.
  15. Young, F. G. (1967). "Biochemistry, 1966". Nature. 213 (5072): 130. Bibcode:1967Natur.213..130Y. doi:10.1038/213130a0. S2CID 40105828.
  16. Kaufmann, William (1984). "Preface". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 53. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.53.103106.100001.
  17. Richardson, Charles C. (2015). "It Seems Like Only Yesterday". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 84: 1–34. doi:10.1146/annurev-biochem-060614-033850. PMID 26034887.
  18. "Annual Review of Biochemistry, Current Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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