The Journal of Molecular Recognition is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research papers, perspectives and reviews describing molecular recognition phenomena in biology.

The current editor-in-chief is Rebecca C. Wade (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies and Heidelberg University).

Marc H. V. van Regenmortel (École supérieure de biotechnologie Strasbourg) was the editor-in-chief from 1999 to 2023.

The journal was established in 1988 with Irwin Chaiken as the founding editor and is published by John Wiley & Sons.

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