title: Briefings in Bioinformatics
text: # Briefings in Bioinformatics
  
  Briefings in Bioinformatics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering bioinformatics, including reviews of databases and analytical tools for genetics and molecular biology. It also publishes primary research papers on novel bioinformatic models and tools. It is published by Oxford University Press. The EMBnet community was initially involved in the creation of the journal. BiB was also supported by an educational grant from EMBnet.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
  
  * Current Contents/Life Sciences
  * Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases
  * Animal Breeding Abstracts
  * BIOSIS Previews
  * Biological Abstracts
  * Biotechnology Citation Index
  * CAB Abstracts
  * EMBASE
  * Global Health
  * ProQuest
  * Science Citation Index Expanded
  
  According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2021 impact factor of 13.994.
  
  