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Computational and Mathematical Biophysics

(formerly Molecular Based Mathematical Biology)
  • Editors-in-Chief: Guowei Wei and Shan Zhao
Language: English
First published: March 30, 2018
Publication Frequency: 1 issue per year
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About this journal

The mission of Computational and Mathematical Biophysics is to publish the highest quality work that promotes the development of theoretical formulations, mathematical models, numerical algorithms, and computational techniques for elucidating molecular mechanisms and for solving open problems at the forefront of molecular bioscience and biophysics.

Aims and Scope

Computational and Mathematical Biophysics publishes original articles, letters, and reviews that concern the application of computational and mathematical approaches to important problems in molecular bioscience and biophysics, such as biomolecular structure and function, solvation, electrostatics, biomolecular dynamics and transport, ion channels, membrane transporters, protein interactions with ligands, proteins, and nucleic acids, signaling, genomic biophysics, cryo-electron microscopy, molecular motors, and rational drug design. Theoretical, computational, and mathematical studies, that can improve the understanding of experimental results or simulate systems for which experiments are intractable, are particularly welcomed.

Studies of molecular bioscience and biophysics from all areas of computational and mathematical sciences are appropriate, including differential equations, functional analysis, harmonic analysis, Lie group, Lie algebra, geometry, graph theory, topology, multiscale modeling, inverse problem, optimization, stochastic analysis, uncertainty quantification, statistical inference, nonparametric regression, imaging, visualization, linear programming, combinatorics, fuzzy logic, Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics, machine learning, manifold learning, data mining, big data analysis, high-performance computing, software and database development.

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As an Author of Computational and Mathematical Biophysics, You benefit from

  • fair and constructive peer review
  • quick online publication of accepted papers (continuous publication model)
  • language polishing services upon acceptance for authors from non-English speaking regions
  • no limitations on colour figures and word count in published articles
  • all articles are freely available to the academic community worldwide without any restrictions
  • promotion of published papers to readers and citers
  • distribution to open access directories (such as DOAJ) and thousands of libraries worldwide
  • liberal policies on copyrights (authors retain copyright) and on self-archiving (no embargo periods)
  • secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico

Article Processing Charges

In order to sustain the publishing process, each article accepted for publication in Computational and Mathematical Biophysics is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €500 (to all new submissions until 31 December 2024). The new APC of €750 shall apply from 1 January 2025 (for new manuscripts only). This fee is used to cover the costs of manuscript processing, professional typesetting and copyediting, as well as online hosting, long-term preservation, and extensive promotion to potential readers. There is no submission fee. Information regarding payment of the charge will be provided following acceptance for publication. 
For more information please go to Article Processing Charges.

Publication Ethics and Editorial Policies

Detailed information on Editorial Policy, Publication Ethics, Instructions for Authors etc. can be found in the Supplementary Materials section.

For more information on De Gruyter Publishing Ethics, please see the De Gruyter Guidelines online here.

Special Issues

CiteScore 1.8 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025)
SCImago Journal Rank 0.247 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper 0.391 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus)
Index Copernicus Value 122.88 2022, ICI Journals Master List (Index Copernicus, 2023)

MANUSCRIPTS
Computational and Mathematical Biophysics
encourages the submission of both substantial full-length bodies of work and shorter manuscripts that report novel findings. There are no specific length restrictions for the overall manuscript or individual sections; however, we urge the authors to present and discuss their findings in a concise and accessible manner.

All submissions must be made via online submission system Editorial Manager. In case of problems, please contact the Managing Editor of this journal (Ewa.Sarzynska@degruyter.com).

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts have to be written in LATEX, AMS-TEX, AMS-LATEX. We do not accept papers in Plain TEX format. For an initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. Authors are strongly advised to submit the final version of the paper using the journal’s LaTex Template.


For detailed information, please see Instruction for Authors

EDITORIAL POLICY
Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.


Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.


Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.


Copyright: All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) which is compliant with Plan-S. The corresponding author grants the journal the license to use of the article, by signing the License To Publish. Scanned copy of license should be sent to the journal, as soon as possible.

Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. For more details the role of authors please see: https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/for-authors/for-journal-authors/role-of-authors

Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research, together with relevant supplementary materials if requested by Referees, to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.


Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices and implement the advices.

Editors-in-Chief
Guowei Wei, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
Shan Zhao, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

Associate Editors
Weihua Geng, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA
Duan Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Zhan Chen, Georgia Southern University, USA
Duc Nguyen, University of Kentucky, USA
Yuanzhen Shao, University of Alabama, USA
Mingji Zhang, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA
Shenggao Zhou, School of Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Editorial Advisory Board
Emil Alexov, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
Chandrajit Bajaj, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Pedro Ballester, Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), Marseille, France
Eric Cances, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Champs-sur-Marne, France
Zixuan Cang, North Carolina State University, USA.  
Jiahui Chen, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
Qiang Cui, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, USA
Haibao Duan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Avner Friedman, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Fei Han, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Christine E. Heitsch, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Michael Holst, University of California , San Diego, USA
Nataša Jonoska, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Patrice Koehl, University of California, Davis, USA
Fengchun Lei, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
Jie Liang, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Chun Liu, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
John Lowengrub, University of California, Irvine, USA
Michael Mascagni, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Julie C. Mitchell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
Qing Nie, University of California, Irvine, USA
Alexey Onufriev, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
Henri Orland, Institut de Physique Théorique (IPhT), CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Christof Schütte, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Reidun Twarock, University of York, York, UK
Mariel Vazquez, University of California, Davis, USA
Qi Wang, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
Jie Wu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Zhijun Wu, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
Kelin Xia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Weitao Yang, Duke University, Durham, USA
John Z.H. Zhang, New York University, New York, USA
Yongcheng Zhou, Colorado State University, USA

Publisher
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Editorial Contact
Cmb.Editorial@degruyter.com

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Additional information
eISSN:
2544-7297
Language:
English
Publisher:
De Gruyter Open Access
Additional information
First published:
March 30, 2018
Publication Frequency:
1 issue per year
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