BMC Biology
Last updated ISSN 1741-7007
BMC Biology is published by BioMed Central in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in BMC Biology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Key facts
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1741-7007 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,690 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 3,536 |
| Publishing since | 1988 |
| Journal website | www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbiol/ |
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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