Journal profile
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
International Journal of Molecular Sciences is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute under ISSN 1422-0067. It holds an h-index of 428 across 114,509 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 6.69, and is open access. Its main subject areas are MicroRNA in disease regulation, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 1422-0067 |
| All ISSNs | 1422-0067, 1661-6596 |
| Indexed works | 114,509 |
| Total citations | 3,242,619 |
| h-index | 428 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.69 |
| Open access | Open access |
| Main topics | MicroRNA in disease regulation · Plant Molecular Biology Research · Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research · Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance · RNA modifications and cancer |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
The NLRP3 Inflammasome: An Overview of Mechanisms of Activation and Regulation
- Authors
- Nathan Kelley, Devon Jeltema, Yanhui Duan, Yuan He
- Year
- 2019
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 3328
IEEE
N. Kelley, D. Jeltema, Y. Duan, Y. He "The NLRP3 Inflammasome: An Overview of Mechanisms of Activation and Regulation," International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 3328, 2019, doi: 10.3390/ijms20133328.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for International Journal of Molecular Sciences against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Kelley, N., Jeltema, D., Duan, Y., & He, Y. (2019). The NLRP3 Inflammasome: An Overview of Mechanisms of Activation and Regulation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(13), 3328. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133328
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{kelley2019,
author = {Nathan Kelley and Devon Jeltema and Yanhui Duan and Yuan He},
title = {The NLRP3 Inflammasome: An Overview of Mechanisms of Activation and Regulation},
journal = {International Journal of Molecular Sciences},
volume = {20},
number = {13},
pages = {3328},
year = {2019},
issn = {1422-0067},
doi = {10.3390/ijms20133328}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. International Journal of Molecular Sciences records 114,509 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
International Journal of Molecular Sciences carries an h-index of 428, which is above 74% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 3,242,619 citations across 114,509 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 6.69.
12 of the journals covered here are published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about International Journal of Molecular Sciences
What is the ISSN of International Journal of Molecular Sciences?
The linking ISSN is 1422-0067. The journal also carries 1661-6596, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes International Journal of Molecular Sciences?
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute publishes it. 12 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is International Journal of Molecular Sciences open access?
OpenAlex records it as open access, though it is not listed in DOAJ. An open-access article is reachable by any reader, so a reviewer can check the passage you cited without a subscription.
How do I cite an article from International Journal of Molecular Sciences in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key kelley2019 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does International Journal of Molecular Sciences use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 3328, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is International Journal of Molecular Sciences?
Its h-index is 428, above 74% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 3,242,619 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 6.69. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does International Journal of Molecular Sciences have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 428 and a two-year mean citedness of 6.69 across 114,509 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.