The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) has announced the launch of 21 JBC Affinity Sites - www.jbc.org/site/affinitysites. Categorised by subspecialties in biochemistry and molecular biology, these new sites emphasise recent and most-read research articles, literature reviews and other information in each area of investigation.
The JBC's leadership conducted a series of in-depth surveys and analyses, before the journal's move to online-only in 2012. The information inspired JBC's Editor-in-Chief and associate editors to segment the Journal's content into topics. The web-based topics, called affinity sites, allow visitors to the JBC website to enjoy a more substantive and thorough experience of searching and browsing through the extensive archive of articles gathered over the century of the Journal's history.
The new 21 affinity sites cover the most dynamic areas of fundamental biochemical and molecular biology research. From bioenergetics to signal transduction, each affinity site presents latest research papers, author profiles, minireviews, Classics and Reflections in a subspecialty. By looking at an affinity site, a scientist can quickly grasp the history of the field and its cutting-edge research and challenges, as well as identify investigators who are active in the field. Each affinity site is managed by a team of associate editors who collaborate within their shared fields of expertise to create guidelines, promote scientific advances, and seek out emerging areas.
Tying the affinity sites together is a new and related JBC editorial board site that connects authors to JBC's more than 800 reviewing editorial board members. The site helps authors identify prospective reviewers by area of expertise prior to submission. Editorial board members control their profiles through HighWire's Bench>Press manuscript submission system.
