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BioMed Central · ISSN 1741-7007

BMC Biology impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.

Short answer

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 6.34 citations per paper for BMC Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
6.34Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
172Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
3943,547 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
OpenAPC about $3,690Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works BMC Biology published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

02004006002019202020212022202320242025394

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What BMC Biology publishes.

Mostly Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
BMC Biology6.34172Open
mBio6.35228Open
Aging Cell6.36215Open
Current Biology6.23453Subscription
Bioinformatics6.51560Open
Questions

About BMC Biology.

Comment 1What is the BMC Biology impact factor?
Response

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 6.34 citations per paper for BMC Biology, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is BMC Biology open access?
Response

Yes, BMC Biology is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $3,690.

Comment 3How many papers does BMC Biology publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 394 works in 2025, and 3,547 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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