Peptides (journal)

Peptides
Discipline	Peptide sciences
Language	English
Edited by	Abba Kastin
Publication details
Publisher	Elsevier (Netherlands)
Publication history	1980-present
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor (2009)	2.705
Indexing
ISSN	0196-9781
LCCN	80644016
CODEN	PPTDD5
OCLC number	5926089
Links
Journal homepage Online access (ScienceDirect)

Peptides is a monthly, peer reviewed, scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1980 and is edited by Abba Kastin (Pennington Biomedical Research Center). Publishing formats of this journal are original research articles, short communications (2 to 6 pages), and review articles. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the 2009 impact factor for this journal is 2.705.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Scope

This journal's focus is original contributions involving the chemistry, biochemistry, neurochemistry, endocrinology, gastroenterology, physiology, and pharmacology of peptides. The neurological, psychological, and behavioral effects of peptides are also studied, as part of the focus.^[3][5]

All topics regarding peptides are published in this journal. Coverage encompasses peptides research in plants, insects, lower vertebrates, animals and clinical studies in humans.^[3][5]

Top ten cited articles

According to Scopus, the following are the top ten cited articles for Peptides:

• Pan, W; Tu, H; Kastin, A (2006). "Differential BBB interactions of three ingestive peptides: Obestatin, ghrelin, and adiponectin". Peptides 27 (4): 911–6. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.12.014. PMID 16476508. 
• Steckelings, U; Kaschina, E; Unger, T (2005). "The AT2 receptor—A matter of love and hate". Peptides 26 (8): 1401–9. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.03.010. PMID 16042980. 
• Naleid, A; Grace, M; Cummings, D; Levine, A (2005). "Ghrelin induces feeding in the mesolimbic reward pathway between the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens". Peptides 26 (11): 2274–9. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.04.025. PMID 16137788. 
• Gourcerol, G; Million, M; Adelson, D; Wang, Y; Wang, L; Rivier, J; Stpierre, D; Tache, Y (2006). "Lack of interaction between peripheral injection of CCK and obestatin in the regulation of gastric satiety signaling in rodents". Peptides 27 (11): 2811–9. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2006.07.012. PMID 16934368. 
• Bardwell, L (2005). "A walk-through of the yeast mating pheromone response pathway". Peptides 26 (2): 339–50. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2004.10.002. PMC 3017506. PMID 15690603. 
• Anandsrivastava, M (2005). "Natriuretic peptide receptor-C signaling and regulation". Peptides 26 (6): 1044–59. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2004.09.023. PMID 15911072. 
• Sollod, Brianna L.; Wilson, David; Zhaxybayeva, Olga; Gogarten, J. Peter; Drinkwater, Roger; King, Glenn F. (2005). "Were arachnids the first to use combinatorial peptide libraries?". Peptides 26 (1): 131–9. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2004.07.016. PMID 15626513. 
• Farr, S; Banks, W; Morley, J (2006). "Effects of leptin on memory processing". Peptides 27 (6): 1420–5. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.10.006. PMID 16293343. 
• Butler, A (2006). "The melanocortin system and energy balance". Peptides 27 (2): 281–90. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.02.029. PMC 2735083. PMID 16434123. 
• Pandey, K (2005). "Biology of natriuretic peptides and their receptors". Peptides 26 (6): 901–32. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2004.09.024. PMID 15911062. 

Abstracting and indexing

Peptides in indexed in the following databases:^[1][2][6][7]

• Chemical Abstracts Service - CASSI
• BIOSIS
• Chemical Abstracts
• Current Contents/Life Sciences
• EMBASE
• EMBiology
• BIOBASE
• MEDLINE/MEDLARS
• Science Citation Index
• Scopus

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