RCSB Protein Data Bank

·Poland·ISSN 1234-432X

Subscription or hybridBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

RCSB Protein Data Bank is published by Browse by publisher as a subscription journal (ISSN 1234-432X). No open-access article processing charge is listed; publishing is typically via subscription. Its OpenAlex h-index is 9. Figures on this page are sourced from OpenAlex and DOAJ and should be confirmed on the journal’s own site before submission.

Cost to publish

Subscription

No open-access fee found. Publishing is typically free to the author.

Checked 22 Aug 2026 · How we source APCs

Time to publication

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Not reported to DOAJ.

h-index

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

0.1

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

Limited data for this journal. It is not listed in DOAJ, so we have no record of its review model, licence, fee waivers or time to publication — and its publisher does not publish a fee we can read. That is common for subscription journals and is not in itself a concern. Check the journal’s own site and the ISSN Portalbefore drawing any conclusion.

What it costs to publish here

We could not find a published fee for RCSB Protein Data Bank. As a subscription or hybrid journal, publishing is normally free unless you choose the open-access option.

Peer review and licensing

Review model	Not reported
Licence	Not reported
Author keeps copyright	Not reported
Plagiarism screening	Not reported
Editorial board	Not linked in DOAJ
Languages	Not reported

Verification checks

1 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsNot listed. Many legitimate subscription journals are not in DOAJ, so this alone means little.Not confirmed
Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.Not confirmed
Peer review model publicly declaredNo declared model found in DOAJ.Not confirmed
Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.Not confirmed
Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.Not confirmed
Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.Not confirmed
Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.Not confirmed
Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2026.Confirmed

Scope

The subjects RCSB Protein Data Bank publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Drug-Induced Adverse ReactionsBlood disorders and treatmentsDiabetes Treatment and ManagementAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyAmino Acid Enzymes and MetabolismEnzyme Production and CharacterizationSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Publication record

Indexed articles	497
Total citations	638
i10-index	9
Most recent indexed article	2026
All ISSNs	1234-432X

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.