Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Luminescence Language English Publisher John Wiley & Sons | Discipline Biochemistry Edited by L.J. Kricka | |
Former names Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence | ||
Luminescence: The Journal of Biological and Chemical Luminescence is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original scientific papers, short communications, technical notes, and reviews on fundamental and applied aspects of all forms of luminescence, including bioluminescence, chemiluminescence, electrochemiluminescence, sonoluminescence, triboluminescence, fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence, and phosphorescence. The current editor-in-chief is L.J. Kricka (University of Pennsylvania). It was established in 1986 by John Wiley & Sons as the Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence and obtained its current title in 1999.
Contents
Abstracting and indexing
Luminescence is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.675, ranking it 234th out of 291 journals in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".
Highest cited papers
According to the Web of Science, the most-cited papers published in Luminescence are:
- "The red-edge effects: 30 years of exploration", Volume 17, Issue 1, Jan-Feb 2002, Pages: 19-42, Demchenko AP.
- "Imaging of light emission from the expression of luciferases in living cells and organisms: a review", Volume 17, Issue 1, Jan-Feb 2002, Pages: 43-74, Greer LF, Szalay AA.
- "Analytical applications of flow injection with chemiluminescence detection - a review", Volume 16, Issue 1, Jan-Feb 2001, Pages: 1-23, Fletcher P, Andrew KN, Calokerinos AC, et al.
- "Reporter cell lines are useful tools for monitoring biological activity of nuclear receptor ligands", Volume 16, Issue 2, Mar-Apr 2001, Pages: 153-158, Balaguer P, Boussioux AM, Demirpence E, et al.