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BMC Biology
United Kingdom · BioMed Central Ltd
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BMC Biology

BMC Biology is a journal indexed in SJR in Cell Biology and Physiology with an H index of 137. It is an CC BY + CC0 Journal with a Single blind Peer Review review system, and It has a price of 2590 €. The scope of the journal is focused on biology. It has a COP Index of 4,6 (best band D1). It is published in English. It has a COP Index of 4,6.

BMC Biology focuses its scope in these topics and keywords: cell, dna, suppression, cycling, evolution, editing, elegans, enables, arabidopsis, caenorhabditis, ...

Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Category: Cell Biology
Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science verifiedDOAJ
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4,6 D1 Top 10%

48 of 612 journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

H-index · SJR 137 · 1,727
Acceptance rate pie_chart
24% Selective
Source Acceptance_Rate
Time to publication hourglass_top
9 weeks
Field Average_time_publication_weeks
Publication cost (APC) payments
2.590 € Open Access
Non-OA path NPD

Metrics

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COP Index

4,6

D1 Top 10%

SJR Impact

1,727

H-index

137

Docs (year)

298

Docs 3y

837

Total refs

22299

Cites 3y

3992

Citable 3y

819

Cites/Doc 2y

4.34

Ref/Doc

74.83

Immediate OA

2590 €

Embargoed OA

NPD

Non OA / Submission

- €

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FAQs

What is the COP Index of BMC Biology?

BMC Biology has a COP Index of 4,6 (D1), ranked 48 of 612 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. SJR: 1,727.

What is the APC / publication cost?

Immediate OA APC is 2590 EUR.

What is the acceptance rate?

The acceptance rate recorded for BMC Biology is 24%.