1. Protein & Cell (www.protein-cell.org)

Founded in 2010, the open access English-language journal Protein & Cell -- sponsored by the Biophysical Society of China, or BSC -- has always practiced the principle of basing itself on China and facing the world. It provides an international platform and a fast track channel for the timely and fair publication of the latest scientific research achievements of Chinese scholars -- and promotes the development of the life sciences and human progress in a balanced and just way throughout the world.

The Journal Citation Report -- or JCR report -- on Science Citation Index, or SCI journals, is published annually by the Institute for Scientific Information, ISI. According to the findings in 2019, the impact factor of the journal -- one of the JCR metrics -- jumped to 7.575 in 2018, ranking it 30 out of 193 journals in the cell biology sub-category. This put it in the Q1 level, the study's top 25 percent of journals in its field.

In 2019, the impact factor of the journal's Science Citation Index reached its highest-ever level and maintained its development momentum and trend. The publication has been awarded the title of "leading journal" in the "China science and technology periodical excellence action plan" jointly sponsored by seven ministries and commissions -- including the China Association for Science and Technology, or CAST -- securing it a subsidy of 400,000 yuan ($57,240).

During the 17th Chinese Biophysics Congress, the society wanted to reflect its achievements over the past 40 years and to display the achievements of the academic journals of the society over the years. To do so, the BSC gathered the main editors and experts of its academic journals and held the first symposium on BSC academic journals, with more than 150 participants. Outside the venue, a display area of the journals' front covers were set up for the first time and the most beautiful cover was selected.

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