Why choose a BMC journal?
BMC is a pioneer in open-access publishing and a champion of open science. Since its founding over 20 years ago, BMC has never wavered from its commitment to… Read more »
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Cognitive Dissonance in Peer Review
Professor Jim Reekers has started to notice that more reviewers are sending conflicting decision recommendations to the editor. In this blog post he considers why… Read more »
Maximizing peer review efforts more important than ever
Peer review – with all its challenges – remains essential to the integrity and robustness of the editorial process. However, peer review takes time and… Read more »
More Research in progress blog posts
New insights on antibiotics use on crops amongst smallholder farmers
Philip Taylor and Robert Reeder, research scientists at CABI, did not start out looking for trends in antibiotic use in crops. In… Read more »
BMC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic – we’re here for you
We are living through unprecedented times. As a publisher whose portfolio covers most biomedical and health disciplines, many of… Read more »
Transparency, Openness and Peer Review
When BMC was founded 20 years ago, a lot was different. The open access (OA) movement was still in its infancy, the digital… Read more »
Open peer-review: time for a closer look
We have all experienced unfair or sometimes even hostile peer reviews. Papers which later proved to be a turning point in research… Read more »
Never before has it been more exciting and important to be a neurologist
Neurological Research and Practice, the official journal of the German Neurological Society, launched its submission system about… Read more »
Micro Reports – One year on
A year after the launch of Molecular Brain's new Micro Report article type, we look back on the most popular publications so far.
Gut Pathogens celebrates its 10th anniversary
The open access journal Gut Pathogens launched in 2009 and its growth has followed the fast-paced developments of the field in the… Read more »