Editorial
BMC Biology turns five
BioMed Central, Middlesex House, 34-42 Cleveland St., London, W1T 4LB, UK
BMC Biology 2008, 6:53 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-53
Published: 16 December 2008First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
BMC Biology launched in November 2003, under the stewardship of Peter Newmark and an international Editorial Board [1] as the flagship open access biology journal in the BMC series, publishing research of general interest and special importance across the biological sciences. The aim was to bridge a gap between the premier journal, Journal of Biology [2] a home for exceptional research, and the established specialist titles in the BMC series [3], such as BMC Bioinformatics, by providing a more selective home for articles of broader interest. As BMC Biology's fifth birthday is upon us, it has secured its position within the BMC-series stable with an impressive debut impact factor of, appropriately, five!
