Biopolymers publishes original research papers and review articles in the general area of macromolecular structure and function, as well as biologically relevant model systems. The journal is listed in the Web of Science Core Collection and has a 2022 Journal Impact Factor of 2.9 (Clarivate Analytics, 2023).
Manuscripts should report on studies that examine biological macromolecules (naturally occurring and designed), their interactions, reactions, and macromolecular assemblies at structural, chemical, and physical levels. The Journal strives to publish high-impact papers that will significantly enhance our understanding of the chemistry and/or the biology of the systems under investigation. Reports describing techniques that could be applied to the study of biological macromolecules will be considered for publication, particularly if they have broad utility to the biochemical and biophysical research community.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
Molecular recognition; multi-component complexes and macromolecular assembly, including ordered aggregation
Molecular design, biomimics, model systems, and bio-nanotechnology
Biopolymer processing and degradation
Experimental and theoretical studies of biopolymer folding
Single molecule studies of biopolymers (e.g., fluorescence, optical tweezers, AFM, etc.)
Three-dimensional structures of biopolymers determined by X-ray, NMR, EM, other spectroscopic methods, as well as computational prediction
Bioenergetics of macromolecules and their interactions
Use of small molecules as either probes or models of structure and function, or as ligands that target biologically relevant receptors
Preparation and characterization of novel biomaterials
Function may include:
DNA recombination, replication and repair
Catalysis
Molecular motors
Intracellular signaling and signal transduction
Chromatin structure and remodeling
RNA processing
Transcription
Translation
Protein/RNA sorting and trafficking

PRIMARY RESEARCH
REVIEWS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Hilary J. Crichton, MChem(Hons), Ph.D., MRSC.

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Conor H. Doss, B.A., Ph.D. 

ADVISORY BOARD
Ettorre Benedetti
Università Federico II di Napoli
Naples, Italy
 
David N. Beratan
Duke University
Durham, NC, U.S.A.
 
Helen M. Berman
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.
 
Stephen C. Blacklow
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
 
David Bocian
University of California
Riverside
Riverside, CA, U.S.A.
 
Axel T. Brunger
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, U.S.A.
 
Peter Dervan
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
 
Ken A. Dill
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY U.S.A.
 
H. Jane Dyson
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
 
Elliot L. Elson
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
 
Carol A. Fierke
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
 
Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii
Boston University
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
 
Ernesto Freire
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, USA
 
Juliet A. Gerrard
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
 
Michael K. Gilson
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
 
Roger Goody
Max Planck Institute
Dortmund, Germany
 
Christian Griesinger
Max Planck Institute
Göttingen, Germany
 
Helmut Grubmüller
Max Planck Institute
Göttingen, Germany
 
Michael H. Hecht
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
 
Volkhard Helms
Saarland University
Saarbrücken, Germany
Dan Herschlag
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
 
Barbara Imperiali
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
 
Andrew G. Jamieson
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
 
Thomas M. Jovin
Max Planck Istitute
Göttingen, Germany
 
Robert Kaptein
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
 
Timothy Keiderling
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
 
Stephen Kent
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
 
Horst Kessler
Munich Center of Molecular Life Sciences
Garching, Germany
 
Yuji Kobayashi
Osaka University
Osaka, Japan
 
Eric T. Kool
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, U.S.A.
 
Mauri Kostiainen
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
 
Joseph Lakowicz
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
 
David M. J. Lilley
University of Dundee
Dundee, Scotland
 
John L. Markley
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, U.S.A.
 
Dale F. Mierke
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH, U.S.A.
 
Fred Naider
City University of New York
Staten Island, NY, U.S.A.
 
Terrence G. Oas
Duke University
Durham, NC, U.S.A.
 
Stanley J. Opella
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
 
Dinshaw J. Patel
Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York, NY, U.S.A.
B. Monte Pettitt
University of Houston
Houston, TX, U.S.A
 
M. Thomas Record, Jr
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, U.S.A.
 
Benoit Roux
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
 
Harold A. Scheraga
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.
 
Nadrian C. Seeman
New York University
New York, NY, U.S.A.
 
Nikolaos G. Sgourakis
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
 
Lawrence Shapiro
Columbia University
New York, NY, U.S.A.
 
Molly S. Shoichet
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
 
John D. Simon
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
 
Giulietta Smulevich
Università di Firenze
Florence, Italy
 
Nancy C. Stellwagen
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
 
Bjorn Torger Stokke
Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Trondheim, Norway
 
Junichi Takagi
Osaka University
Osaka, Japan
 
Mitsuo Tasumi
Saitama University
Saitama, Japan
 
David Tirrell
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
 
Peter H. von Hippel
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
 
Rebecca Wade
HITS and Heidelberg University
Heidelberg, Germany
 
Jamie Williamson
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
 
Peter Wolynes
Rice University
Houston, TX, U.S.A.
 
Kurt Wüthrich
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.