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• Acta Neuropathologica Communications
• Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
• Behavioral and Brain Functions
• Bioelectronic Medicine
• Biological Procedures Online
• Biology of Sex Differences
• Biomarker Research
• BMC Cancer Transparent peer review
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• Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice Open peer review
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• Journal of Biomedical Science
• Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
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• Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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• Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
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• International Journal for Educational Integrity
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• Stem Cell Research & Therapy
• Zoological Letters
• Cancer Nanotechnology
• Journal of Biomedical Semantics
• 3D Printing in Medicine
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• Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
• Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
• Advances in Rheumatology
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• AIDS Research and Therapy
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• Animal Diseases
• Annals of General Psychiatry
• Archives of Public Health Open peer review
• Artery Research
• Arthritis Research & Therapy
• Arthroplasty
• Basic and Clinical Andrology
• BioPsychoSocial Medicine
• BMC Anesthesiology Transparent peer review
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• Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors
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• Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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• Journal of Hematology & Oncology
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• Molecular Autism
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• One Health Advances
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• Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
• Patient Safety in Surgery
• Pediatric Rheumatology
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• Pilot and Feasibility Studies Open peer review
• Population Health Metrics Open peer review
• Porcine Health Management
• Renal Replacement Therapy
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• Research Involvement and Engagement Open peer review
• Respiratory Research
• Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
• Sleep Science and Practice
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• Surgical and Experimental Pathology
• Systematic Reviews Open peer review
• The Journal of Headache and Pain
• Thrombosis Journal
• Thyroid Research
• Translational Medicine Communications
• Trials Open peer review
• Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
• Tropical Medicine and Health
• Veterinary Research
• World Journal of Emergency Surgery
• World Journal of Surgical Oncology
• BMC Medical Ethics Transparent peer review
• Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
• Research Integrity and Peer Review Open peer review
• BMC Psychology Transparent peer review
• Journal of Eating Disorders
• Journal of Ethnic Foods

Journal of Biomedical Science

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Archival content

Journal of Biomedical Science was founded in 1994 and transferred to BMC in 2009. To browse articles published in the journal prior to 2009, please visit the journal's local repository .

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Prof  Wen-Chang Chang , Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

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Journal of Biomedical Science is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all fundamental and molecular aspects of basic medical sciences, emphasizing on providing the molecular studies of biomedical problems and molecular mechanisms.

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Journal of Biomedical Science is supported by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) , Taiwan.

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2022 Citation Impact 11.0 - 2-year Impact Factor 10.9 - 5-year Impact Factor 2.367 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) 2.520 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

2023 Speed 14 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median) 107 days submission to accept (Median)

2023 Usage  1,698,723 downloads 3,813 Altmetric mentions 

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