Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry

About Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry

About Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry

Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry (RBC) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Elsevier. Launched in 2023, it is a multidisciplinary platform bridging the fields of redox biochemistry, chemistry, pollution and environmental health research, toxicology, and antioxidant mechanisms. The journal sits within Elsevier's redox journals portfolio alongside longer-established titles such as Redox Biology and Free Radical Biology and Medicine, and it is associated with the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine. It publishes chemistry- and biochemistry-based studies of redox reactions involving proteins, lipids, cholesterol and cholesterol esters, RNA, DNA, carbohydrates, and antioxidants, as well as the methodologies used to detect, identify, characterize, and quantify redox intermediates and products.

The journal welcomes quality original full-length articles, short communications, invited reviews, and hypothesis papers. All submissions are first assessed by the Editors-in-Chief and then independently peer reviewed by at least two expert referees. As an open-access title, all of its content is freely available to readers worldwide, and its articles are digitally preserved through CLOCKSS, Portico, and the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Aims and Scope

Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry positions itself at the interface of chemistry and the life sciences, with redox processes as its unifying theme. Its scope covers redox reactions involving biological macromolecules and small molecules — proteins and their components, lipids, cholesterol and its esters, RNA, DNA and their components, carbohydrates — and the antioxidant systems that regulate them. The journal has a strong methodological emphasis: it publishes work on approaches for the detection, identification, characterization, and quantitation of redox intermediates and products, including redox probes, kinetic studies, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), mass spectrometry, circular dichroism, fluorimetry, structural biology, and computational (bio)chemistry.

Beyond fundamental redox chemistry and biochemistry, the journal explicitly bridges into pollution and environmental health research, toxicology, and antioxidant mechanisms — recognizing that redox processes link molecular chemistry to human and environmental health outcomes, from oxidative damage and antioxidant defence to the toxicology of environmental pollutants. This breadth makes the journal a home for studies that might sit between traditional chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, and environmental health journals. Its Library of Congress subject classification is Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry: Biochemistry, and its language of publication is English.

The journal's article types reflect its dual fundamental-and-applied orientation. Original full-length articles report substantial new findings; short communications provide a venue for concise, timely results; invited reviews synthesize developing areas; and hypothesis papers offer a dedicated space for well-argued new ideas and conceptual frameworks in redox science. Early published content has included methodological reviews — for example on electron paramagnetic resonance for investigating radicals, metalloproteins, and transition metal ions in redox reactions — signalling the journal's commitment to advancing the experimental toolkit of the field.

Publication Details

• Journal title: Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry
• Abbreviation: RBC
• Online ISSN: 2773-1766
• ISSN-L: 2773-1766
• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd., United Kingdom
• Associated society: Society for Redox Biology and Medicine, United States
• Publication frequency: Three times a year
• Dates of publication: 2023–present (volumes 1–2 from April 2023)
• Medium: Online only
• Language: English
• Open access since: 2022/2023 (open-access title from launch)
• Licenses offered: CC BY, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-ND (per DOAJ record; authors select among the offered licenses)
• Article identifier: DOI assigned to each article
• Peer review: Peer reviewed — initial assessment by the Editors-in-Chief, then independent review by at least two expert referees; plagiarism screening
• Average time from submission to publication: Approximately 15 weeks (per DOAJ listing)
• Digital archiving: CLOCKSS, Portico, and the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)
• Journal platform: ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Editorial Information and Peer Review

The journal is published by Elsevier and associated with the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine, the professional society that also stands behind related redox titles. Editorial leadership rests with the Editors-in-Chief and an international editorial board whose current membership is published on the journal's ScienceDirect pages; prospective authors and readers should consult those pages directly for the up-to-date roster, since editorial appointments change and third-party listings may be outdated.

The review workflow has two stages. Every submission is first assessed by the Editors-in-Chief for scope, quality, and suitability; manuscripts that pass this triage are then sent for independent peer review by at least two expert referees. This model — editorial pre-screening followed by multi-referee evaluation — is designed to ensure that published work meets the journal's standards for chemical and biochemical rigor. The journal screens submissions for plagiarism. The average interval from submission to publication is about fifteen weeks, though individual manuscripts vary with the complexity of review and revision.

Indexing, Abstracting, and Archiving

Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), which records its open-access status, licensing options, peer-review practices, and archiving arrangements. Its articles carry DOIs and are published on ScienceDirect, giving them the discoverability of Elsevier's platform, including indexing by Google Scholar and harvesting by scholarly search services. Long-term preservation is unusually robust for a young journal: content is archived in CLOCKSS, in Portico, and in the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek).

Because the journal launched in 2023, its coverage in selective citation indexes is still developing; authors and librarians should verify current indexing through DOAJ, the journal's ScienceDirect pages, and the relevant index providers' title lists. The ISSN record (2773-1766) is registered through the Netherlands ISSN centre, confirming the journal's status as an ongoing online periodical published three times a year.

Journal Metrics and Standing

As a journal launched in 2023, Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry does not yet carry a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor or other multi-year citation metrics on the official sources consulted for this profile; such indicators require several years of publication and citation history before they can be computed. Its standing currently rests on its publisher (Elsevier), its association with the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine, its placement within Elsevier's established redox journals portfolio, its DOAJ listing, and its strong digital-preservation arrangements.

Authors considering the journal should weigh the fit between their work and its distinctive scope — the chemistry-biochemistry interface of redox science, including methods development and environmental/toxicological applications — alongside its open-access availability, rigorous two-referee review model, and the visibility of the ScienceDirect platform. Citation-metric claims appearing on unofficial aggregator sites should be treated with caution unless traceable to an official source such as Journal Citation Reports or Scopus.

Open Access Policy and Article Processing Charges

Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry is a fully open-access journal: all articles are freely available to readers immediately upon publication. According to its DOAJ record, the journal offers authors a choice among Creative Commons licenses — CC BY, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-ND — and authors select the license that applies to their article at publication. Authors should note that, per the DOAJ record, authors do not retain unrestricted copyright and publishing rights in the same blanket sense as some other open-access titles; the specific rights arrangement follows Elsevier's open-access publishing agreement for the chosen license, which authors should read before submitting.

As an Elsevier open-access title, the journal levies an article processing charge; the exact current APC, discount, and waiver policies are published on the journal's official ScienceDirect/Elsevier pages and should be confirmed there before submission, since fees and waiver programmes are revised periodically. Authors with funding from agencies that mandate particular licenses (for example, CC BY under Plan S-aligned policies) should select the compliant license option at acceptance.

Submission Guidance

Manuscripts are submitted through Elsevier's online editorial system linked from the journal's ScienceDirect homepage. Authors should consult the journal's guide for authors for detailed requirements on manuscript structure, reference formatting, graphical abstracts, highlights, and supplementary data. The journal's methodological emphasis means that papers introducing or refining techniques for studying redox processes — probes, kinetic methods, EPR, mass spectrometry, structural and computational approaches — should describe their methods with enough detail for reproducibility.

Suitable submissions span fundamental redox chemistry and biochemistry (reactions of proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and antioxidants), methods for detecting and quantifying redox intermediates and products, and applied work linking redox processes to pollution, environmental health, and toxicology. Article types include full-length original articles, short communications for concise timely findings, invited reviews, and hypothesis papers presenting well-argued new concepts. Because all submissions are first assessed by the Editors-in-Chief, a clear cover letter explaining the work's fit with the journal's scope and its advance over existing knowledge is advisable.

Manuscripts must be written in English and must be original, properly attributing all sources; the journal screens for plagiarism. With an average fifteen-week path from submission to publication, authors should plan for a thorough but reasonably prompt review process, bearing in mind that specialized methodological papers may require additional time to secure expert referees.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ISSN of Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry?

The online ISSN is 2773-1766 (ISSN-L 2773-1766). The journal is online-only.

Who publishes the journal?

Elsevier Ltd. (United Kingdom). The journal is associated with the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (United States).

When was the journal launched, and how often is it published?

The journal began publishing in 2023 (volumes 1–2 from April 2023) and appears three times a year.

Is the journal open access?

Yes, fully open access. Authors choose among CC BY, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-ND licenses for their article.

What peer review does the journal use?

Submissions are first assessed by the Editors-in-Chief and then independently peer reviewed by at least two expert referees, with plagiarism screening.

What does the journal publish?

Chemistry- and biochemistry-based studies of redox reactions involving proteins, lipids, cholesterol, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and antioxidants; methods for detecting and quantifying redox intermediates and products (redox probes, kinetics, EPR, MS, CD, fluorimetry, structural biology, computational chemistry); and work bridging redox science with pollution/environmental health, toxicology, and antioxidant mechanisms. Article types: full-length articles, short communications, invited reviews, and hypothesis papers.

How long does publication take?

About fifteen weeks on average from submission to publication, per the journal's DOAJ record.

Where is the journal archived?

Content is digitally preserved in CLOCKSS, Portico, and the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek); articles carry DOIs.

Does the journal have an Impact Factor?

Not yet on the official sources consulted: launched in 2023, it is still building the citation history such metrics require.

Where is the journal indexed?

It is listed in DOAJ and published on ScienceDirect, with Google Scholar discoverability; selective-index coverage is still developing and should be verified against current title lists.

The Redox Science Publishing Landscape

Redox science — the study of oxidation–reduction processes in chemistry and biology — underpins an enormous range of phenomena, from cellular energy metabolism and antioxidant defence to corrosion, pollution chemistry, and drug action. Because redox processes sit at the boundary of chemistry, biochemistry, cell biology, toxicology, and environmental science, the field has always needed journals willing to publish across disciplinary lines. Elsevier's redox portfolio reflects this: Free Radical Biology and Medicine, the pioneering journal of the field; Redox Biology, its large open-access sibling covering redox biology in health and disease; and Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry, the newest member, with an explicitly chemical orientation.

RBC's positioning is worth understanding for prospective authors. Where Redox Biology emphasizes biological and biomedical redox research and Free Radical Biology and Medicine covers the full span of free-radical biology and medicine including clinical dimensions, RBC focuses on the chemistry–biochemistry interface: the molecular mechanisms of redox reactions, the characterization of redox-active species and their targets, and the methods used to study them. Its explicit inclusion of pollution and environmental health research and toxicology further distinguishes it, connecting molecular redox chemistry to exposure science and environmental outcomes — a bridge that few journals build deliberately.

The journal's strong methodological emphasis is another defining feature. Redox science is methodologically demanding: reactive species are transient, measurements are artifact-prone, and claims about mechanisms require careful analytical validation. By welcoming papers on detection, identification, characterization, and quantitation — redox probes, kinetics, EPR, mass spectrometry, structural and computational approaches — the journal serves the field's need for validated tools, not just applications of them. The hypothesis-paper article type is a further distinctive touch, giving conceptual and theoretical work a dedicated venue in a field where empirical papers dominate.

For authors choosing among redox journals, the practical guidance is to match the manuscript's center of gravity to the journal's: chemically and mechanistically oriented studies, methods papers, and work linking redox chemistry to environmental health and toxicology belong at RBC; primarily biological or disease-mechanism studies may fit its sister journals better. The shared association with the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine means the journals serve overlapping communities, so scope fit — stated clearly in the cover letter — is the decisive factor.

Author Checklist: Before You Submit to RBC

Authors should complete the following checks before submitting through Elsevier's editorial system. First, confirm scope fit: the manuscript should be grounded in redox chemistry or biochemistry — reactions, mechanisms, methods, or antioxidant chemistry — or should connect redox processes to pollution, environmental health, or toxicology. Manuscripts in which redox is incidental rather than central are likely to be returned at the Editors-in-Chief triage stage. Second, write a clear cover letter explaining the advance the work represents and its fit with RBC specifically, since every submission is first assessed by the Editors-in-Chief before peer review.

Third, meet the methodological bar: redox measurements should be described with enough detail for reproducibility — probe identities and concentrations, instrument parameters, controls for artifacts, and quantitative treatment of data — because the journal's readership is methodologically sophisticated and reviewers will probe these aspects. Fourth, follow the guide for authors on manuscript structure, reference formatting, graphical abstracts, and highlights; non-compliant submissions slow processing. Fifth, ensure originality and proper attribution, since the journal screens for plagiarism.

Sixth, decide on the open-access license: authors choose among CC BY, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-ND, and the choice has real consequences — funders with open-access mandates may require CC BY, while the more restrictive options limit reuse. Seventh, confirm the current article processing charge and any applicable discounts or waivers on the journal's official pages before submitting, since fees are revised periodically. Finally, prepare for rigorous review: with at least two expert referees evaluating each manuscript and an average fifteen-week timeline, authors should be ready to provide additional experiments, analyses, or methodological detail in revision.

Accessing, Reading, and Citing RBC

All RBC articles are freely available on ScienceDirect with no subscription required. Readers should cite the version of record via the article DOI. Reuse rights depend on the license the authors selected (CC BY, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-ND), so readers wishing to adapt figures or text should check the license statement on the specific article — CC BY permits adaptation with attribution, while the NC and ND variants restrict commercial use and derivatives respectively.

For researchers entering redox science, the journal's methodological papers — on EPR, redox probes, mass spectrometry, and related techniques — are useful entry points that complement textbook treatments with practical, field-tested guidance. For systematic reviewers, RBC should be included in search strategies on redox mechanisms, antioxidant chemistry, and redox toxicology, since its 2023 launch means its content represents the current edge of the field. Early-career researchers should note the journal's hypothesis-paper format as a rare formal venue for publishing well-reasoned conceptual proposals that might otherwise circulate only informally. The journal's archiving in CLOCKSS, Portico, and the National Library of the Netherlands provides durable preservation backing for citations.

For Researchers and Librarians

Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry is Elsevier's open-access venue for redox science at the chemistry–biochemistry interface, with a notable methods orientation and applied reach into environmental health and toxicology. Librarians can record it under ISSN 2773-1766, publisher Elsevier Ltd., online-only, three issues per year from 2023, open access with CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND options, archived in CLOCKSS, Portico, and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Authors should cite articles via their DOIs and consult the journal's ScienceDirect pages for the current guide for authors, APC information, and editorial board.