BMC Biology launched in November 2003 as the flagship biology journal in the BMC series. As BMC Biology turns five, it has secured its position within the BMC-series stable with an impressive debut impact factor of, appropriately, five!

The BMC Biology Editorial Team celebrate this anniversary in an editorial published today. If you’re a researcher in any area of the biological sciences ready to publish work of broad interest and special importance in a high-quality open access journal, we look forward to receiving your next submission to BMC Biology.