title: Peptides (journal)
text: # Peptides (journal)
  
  Peptides is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the biochemistry, neurochemistry, pharmacology, and biological functions of peptides. It was established in 1980 and is published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is Karl-Heinz Herzig (University of Oulu).
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
  
  * BIOSIS Previews
  * Chemical Abstracts Service
  * Current Contents/Life Sciences
  * EMBASE
  * EMBiology
  * Elsevier BIOBASE
  * Index Medicus/MEDLINEPubMed
  * Science Citation Index
  * Scopus
  
  According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.75.
  
  ## Notable articles
  
  According to Scopus, the following are the top three cited articles published in this journal:
  
  * 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.
  