The ''Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction'' is a

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that publishes laboratory and clinical studies, reviews, and brief communications on biological receptors and associated

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pathways for ligands involved in the regulation of central and peripheral tissues and cells. It is published by

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. The editors in chief are Alex N. Eberle (

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, Switzerland) and Terrence Kenakin (

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, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States).

Abstracting and indexing

The ''Journal of Receptors and Signal Tranduction'' is abstracted and indexed in BIOBASE,

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/Life Sciences, EMBASE,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2009

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is 1.517, ranking it 212th out of 283 journals in the category "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" and 136th out of 161 in the category "Cell Biology".

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