Biology Direct
Last updated ISSN 1745-6150
Biology Direct is published by BioMed Central in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,890.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Biology Direct concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Origins and Evolution of Life
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
Key facts
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1745-6150 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,890 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 1,363 |
| Publishing since | 1989 |
| Journal website | www.biology-direct.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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