ACS Chemical Biology

Infobox Journal


discipline = Interdisciplinary-Chemistry and Biology
abbreviation = "ACS Chem Biol"
website = http://acschemicalbiology.org
publisher = American Chemical Society
country = USA
history = 2006 to present
ISSN = 1554-8929

"ACS Chemical Biology" is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 2006 by the American Chemical Society. The aim of "ACS Chemical Biology" is to disseminate significant original research at the interface between chemistry and biology. In doing so, the scope of "ACS Chemical Biology" spans the rapidly-emerging field known as chemical biology. "ACS Chemical Biology" is available in both printed and online versions and is indexed in a number of databases including Chemical Abstracts Service, the ISI's Web of Knowledge database, and the U.S. NLM MEDLINE database. [cite journal
author = Jabri E.
title = "A Year of Firsts for ACS Chemical Biology and the ACS".
journal = ACS Chem Biol.
year = 2006
volume = 1
issue = 12
pages = 725–726
url= http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/acbcct/2006/1/i12/html/cb600483c.html
doi = 10.1021/cb600483c]

Types of content

"ACS Chemical Biology" publishes research letters, articles, and reviews that are all peer-reviewed. In addition, specially commissioned articles that describe journal content are solicited. Letters describe findings of broad interest and are generally five printed pages or shorter in length. Articles, on the other hand, are comprehensive reports of research of "immediate, broad, and lasting impact".cite web
last =
first =
date = 2006
url = http://pubs.acs.org/journals/acbcct/publishing/author.html
title = Instructions for Authors
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30] Usually articles are twelve printed pages or shorter in length. Finally, reviews cover key concepts of interest to a broad readership.cite web
last =
first =
date = 2006
url = http://pubs.acs.org/journals/acbcct/publishing/author.html
title = Instructions for Authors
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30]

Web-only content includes podcasts, a wiki, and articles published online ahead of print.cite web
last =
first =
date = 2006
url = http://pubs.acs.org/journals/acbcct/publishing/author.html
title = Instructions for Authors
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30] "ACS Chemical Biology" has published the first three-dimensional interactive chemical structures replicating printed journal figures.cite web
last = Reichsman
first = Frieda
date = 2007
url = http://www.moleculesinmotion.com/#figures
title = Journal Figures Come to Life as 3D Replicas
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-08-01] These structures can be viewed in a web browser by means of Jmol - an open-source structure viewer.

Interactive features

Scientific societies including the American Chemical Society are interested in the dissemination of information via Web 2.0 technologies such as Wikipedia.cite web
last = Bradley
first = David
date = 2006
url = http://www.reactivereports.com/54/54_0.html
title = Interview with Martin Walker
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30] [cite journal
author = Martinsen D.P.
title = "Scholarly Communication 2.0: Evolution or Design?".
journal = ACS Chem Biol.
year = 2007
volume = 2
issue = 6
pages = 368–371
url= http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/acbcct/2007/2/i06/html/cb700111w.html
doi = 10.1021/cb700111w] . Incorporating Web 2.0 tools in journals such as "ACS Chemical Biology" is expected to enhance content and foster greater collaboration. [cite journal
author = Martinsen D.P.
title = "Scholarly Communication 2.0: Evolution or Design?".
journal = ACS Chem Biol.
year = 2007
volume = 2
issue = 6
pages = 368–371
url= http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/acbcct/2007/2/i06/html/cb700111w.html
doi = 10.1021/cb700111w] In addition to traditional features present in scientific journals, "ACS Chemical Biology" offers interactive features. These include the "Ask the Expert" section in which readers submit questions that are then forwarded to experts in the field. [cite journal
author = Jabri E.
title = "A Year of Firsts for ACS Chemical Biology and the ACS".
journal = ACS Chem Biol.
year = 2006
volume = 1
issue = 12
pages = 725–726
url= http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/acbcct/2006/1/i12/html/cb600483c.html
doi = 10.1021/cb600483c] Another interactive feature is the chemical biology wiki, which is an experimental endeavor in scientific publishing.cite web
last = Bradley
first = David
date = 2006
url = http://www.reactivereports.com/54/54_0.html
title = Interview with Martin Walker
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30] [cite journal
author = Jabri E.
title = "A Year of Firsts for ACS Chemical Biology and the ACS".
journal = ACS Chem Biol.
year = 2006
volume = 1
issue = 12
pages = 725–726
url= http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/acbcct/2006/1/i12/html/cb600483c.html
doi = 10.1021/cb600483c] cite web
last = Huber
first = Chuck
date = 2007
url = http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/chem184/184lecq.html
title = The New Web and Chemical Information
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30] Recently, "ACS Chemical Biology" instituted the ChemBio WIKIspot, an online journal club in the form of a wiki. The stated goal of this journal club is to allow any user to write a spotlight of a scientific paper or website that is perceived to be of broad interest to the chemical biology community. Once a month a spotlight is chosen for publication in the journal. [cite journal
author = Jabri E.
title = "The ChemBio WIKISpot, an Online Journal Club".
journal = ACS Chem Biol.
year = 2007
volume = 2
issue = 2
pages = 77–79
url= http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/acbcct/2007/2/i02/html/cb7000236.html
doi = 10.1021/cb7000236] In addition, "ACS Chemical Biology" allows events of interest to chemists and biologist to be submitted to the website.

Awards

*2006 Award for Innovation in Journal Publishing from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.cite web
last = University of Wisconsin-Madison
first = Biochemistry
date = 2007
url = http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/news/default.aspx?id=76
title = ACS Chemical Biology journal honored - 3/8/2007
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30]
*Runner-up R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Professional, Reference or Scholarly Work of 2006.cite web
last = University of Wisconsin-Madison
first = Biochemistry
date = 2007
url = http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/news/default.aspx?id=76
title = ACS Chemical Biology journal honored - 3/8/2007
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-07-30]

References

External links

* [http://acschemicalbiology.org "ACS Chemical Biology" homepage]
* [http://community.acs.org/journals/acbcct/cs/WIKI/tabid/54/Default.aspx "ACS Chemical Biology" wiki]
* [http://community.acs.org/journals/acbcct/cs/Events/tabid/56/Default.aspx Events page]
* [http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/kiessling/ Faculty homepage of Dr. Laura Kiessling, Editor-in-chief of "ACS Chemical Biology"]
* [http://pubs.acs.org/journals/acbcct/weos/ACSviewer/0612himmel/figure1.htm The first freely-available 3d chemical structure corresponding to a journal figure]