The journal is particularly interested in studies on the design and synthesis of new genetic circuits and gene products; computational methods in the design of systems; and integrative applied approaches to understanding disease and metabolism.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Design and optimization of genetic systems
Genetic circuit design and their principles for their organization into programs
Computational methods to aid the design of genetic systems
Experimental methods to quantify genetic parts, circuits, and metabolic fluxes
Genetic parts libraries: their creation, analysis, and ontological representation
Protein engineering including computational design
Metabolic engineering and cellular manufacturing, including biomass conversion
Natural product access, engineering, and production
Creative and innovative applications of cellular programming
Medical applications, tissue engineering, and the programming of therapeutic cells
Minimal cell design and construction
Genomics and genome replacement strategies
Viral engineering
Automated and robotic assembly platforms for synthetic biology
DNA synthesis methodologies
Metagenomics and synthetic metagenomic analysis
Bioinformatics applied to gene discovery, chemoinformatics, and pathway construction
Gene optimization
Methods for genome-scale measurements of transcription and metabolomics
Systems biology and methods to integrate multiple data sources
in vitro and cell-free synthetic biology and molecular programming
Nucleic acid engineering.
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Detailed Metrics
Total Docs. (latest)
431
Total Docs. (3 years)
1,119
Total Refs.
25,398
Total Citations (3 years)
5,390
Citable Docs. (3 years)
1,110
Citations / Doc. (2 years)
4.57
Ref. / Doc.
58.93
% Female
36.9%
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Latest year data vs 3-year cumulative figures
Female: 36.9% |
Male: 63.1%
Citations / Doc. (2yr)4.57
Average
References / Doc.58.93
High refs
Citable / Total Docs (3yr)99.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the impact factor of ACS Synthetic Biology?
The official Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is published by Clarivate in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and is not listed on this page. Based on SCImago data, ACS Synthetic Biology has an SJR of 1.419 and is ranked Q1.
What is the SJR and quartile of ACS Synthetic Biology?
ACS Synthetic Biology has an SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) of 1.419 and its best quartile is Q1.
What is the H-index of ACS Synthetic Biology?
The H-index of ACS Synthetic Biology is 111, meaning 111 of its articles have each been cited at least 111 times.
Is ACS Synthetic Biology indexed in Scopus?
Yes. ACS Synthetic Biology is active in Scopus (Scopus Source List, August 2026).