Impact Factor News

The 2010 Impact Factor for IET Systems Biology is 1.735

Scope

IET Systems Biology covers intra- and inter-cellular dynamics, using systems- and signal-oriented approaches. Papers that analyse genomic data in order to identify variables and basic relationships between them are considered if the results provide a basis for mathematical modelling and simulation of cellular dynamics. Manuscripts on molecular and cell biological studies are encouraged if the aim is a systems approach to dynamic interactions within and between cells.

• Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, cells, tissue and the physiome
• Molecular and cellular interactions; gene, cell and protein function
• Networks and pathways
• Metabolism and cell signalling
• Dynamics, regulation and control
• Systems, signals, and information
• Experimental data analysis
• Mathematical modelling, simulation and theoretical analysis
• Biological modelling, simulation, prediction and control
• Methodologies, databases, tools and algorithms for modelling and simulation

From May 2010 IET Systems Biology will also be accepting papers in the subject area of Synthetic Biology.

Forthcoming Special Issues

• Modelling Noise in Biochemical Reaction Networks - Call for Papers. Submission deadline now closed
• Multiscale Modelling and Systems Biology of Cancer - Call for Papers
• Physiological Modelling of Human Bioenergetics - Call for Papers. Submission deadline: 3rd January 2012

Published Special Issues

• Selected papers from the Third International Conference on Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FOSBE 2009) - Vol.5, No.1, January 2011
• Selected papers from the 3rd q-bio Conference on Cellular Information Processing - Vol.4, No.6, November 2010

Author and Reader Benefits

• Rapid times to decision (typically less than 10 weeks)
• No page charges
• Coverage in all major databases (including Thomson SCI-E , Medline/PubMed, EI Compendex and Inspec)
• All content also available via the IEEE Xplore digital library

IET Research Journals are available online (in advance of printed publication) via the IET Digital Library. To access the full-text of articles for this journal, you will need a valid subscription, or you can purchase individual articles by clicking the 'Buy This PDF' link on the article abstract page.

Citing this Journal

IET Systems Biology is usually cited by the abbreviated title 'IET Syst. Biol.' Every article in this journal is assigned a Crossref DOI, which is displayed on the article abstract page.

Previous Titles

This journal was originally published in June 2004 as Systems Biology. After volumes 1 and 2 (a total of 3 issues), it was incorporated into the IEE Proceedings suite of journals in June 2005 as IEE Proceedings Systems Biology. The volume number changed to Volume 152, in line with all other IEE Proceedings titles.

Following the merger on March 31st 2006 between the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) and the IIE (The Institution of Incorporated Engineers) to form the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the IEE Proceedings suite of journals changed name at the beginning of 2007 to reflect the fact that they were now published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. IET Systems Biology (formerly IEE Proceedings Systems Biology) starts from Volume 1, Issue 1 from January 2007 onwards. All other benefits of publishing in the journal, including our worldwide readership and database coverage, remain unchanged.

Online subscribers to IET Systems Biology can also access all backfile issues of IEE Proceedings Systems Biology and Systems Biology from 2004-2006 as part of their current online subscription.