Welcome to our New Journal—AIMS Molecular Science

It is my pleasure to introduce AIMS Molecular Science as a new journal to the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences(AIMS)Press collection. Built on a long st and ing tradition of excellence in journaland textbook publishing, AIMS Press has gained international recognition for publication of quality science products. AIMS Molecular Science will continue this tradition of excellence by serving as a medium for the dissemination of scientific information in the form of original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.

Never in our history has science progressed in such a rapid and expansive manner. New discoveries on the interactions of molecules from diverse biological systems and their applications in medicine, energy, food production, and many others are progressing at unprecedented rates. Research programs from across the world utilize sensitive and available instrumentation to explore topics ranging from bioactive components of traditional Chinese medicines to enzymes capable of digesting lignocelluloses toward the production of biofuels. Access to computers, networks, clusters, cloud computing, computational software, and databases of small molecule, protein, and metabolite libraries enable predictive determination of molecular interactions between increasingly complex systems has raised the profile for this emerging field. Our new interconnected world allows research findings to be reported in media that are easily searched, accessed, and translated between languages in efficient ways that advance scientific discovery.

AIMS Molecular Science provides a medium to report advances in biology, biophysics, epidemiology, genetics, microbiology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, pathology, and virology. The reputable members of the international AIMS Molecular Science editorial board are comprised of researchers from the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Australia, Netherlands, Japan, Belgium, and China. Active involvement from editorial board members to ensure quality content, submission volume, and manuscript exposure for citation purposes will ensure the success of this journal. Special editions of AIMS Molecular Science will be periodically introduced as breakout opportunities for editors to dedicate an issue to subtopics of broad appeal in their respective scientific field.

The editorial board and I wish to again welcome you to AIMS Molecular Science. We encourage you to consider our journal for publication of your work. We are dedicated to quality, timely review, open access, and broad dissemination of your contribution.

Warmest regards,

Owen M. McDougal

Editor in Chief, AIMS Molecular Science