Journal of Peptide Science


The Journal of Peptide Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, published since 1995 by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the European Peptide Society. The current editor-in-chief is Luis Moroder.

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Peptide Science is abstracted and indexed by Chemical Abstracts Service, MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and the Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.081, ranking it 45th out of 84 journals in the category "Chemistry Analytical" and 218th out of 298 journals in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".

Most-cited papers

The three most-cited papers published in this journal are:
  1. "The cyclization of peptides and depsipeptides", Volume 9, Issue 8, Aug 2003, Pages: 471-501, Davies JS
  2. "Antibacterial peptides isolated from insects", Volume 6, Issue 10, Oct 2000, Pages: 497-511, Otvos L
  3. "Amyloid beta-peptide interactions with neuronal and glial cell plasma membrane: Binding sites and implications for Alzheimer's disease", Volume 10, Issue 5, May 2004, Pages: 229-248, Verdier Y, Zarandi M, Penke B