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Submission guidelines

Our 3-step submission process

  1. Before you submit

    Now you’ve identified a journal to submit to, there are a few things you should be familiar with before you submit.

  2. Ready to submit

    To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these policies and formatting guidelines.

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    After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the scientific community and beyond.

    Please note that manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party. 

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • For BMC Genetics (former title)

    Citation Impact
    2.759 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
    3.295 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
    1.126 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.585 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    Speed
    59 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    76 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

    Usage 
    803,746 Downloads (2022)
    325 Altmetric mentions (2021)

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