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8.  Do journals published by BioMed Central have Impact Factors and are their citations tracked?

Yes; for any journal to have an Impact Factor, however, it must be tracked by Thomson Reuters (ISI) for three years. Although many BioMed Central journals are tracked by Thomson Reuters, others are still relatively new. The tables below show those journals that are already tracked by Thomson Reuters (ISI) and so already have Impact Factors, and journals that are due Impact Factors for which we have calculated their unofficial Impact Factors. Note that in several cases the figures are artificially low, as they are based on a single year of citation data rather than the usual two. Thomson Reuters (ISI) is currently considering additional BioMed Central journals for tracking. If the journal you are interested in is not currently tracked, you can recommend it to Thomson Reuters (ISI) for tracking.

Two other citation tracking services (Scopus and Google Scholar) both track citations for all BioMed Central journals.

The SCImago Journal Rank(SJR) is also a free alternative journal citation-metric based on citation information from Scopus.

Journals with Impact Factors

Journal Impact
Factor
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 0.90
Algorithms for Molecular Biology 2.08
Arthritis Research &Therapy 4.49
Biology Direct 3.72
BioMedical Engineering Online 1.80
BMC Bioinformatics 3.78
BMC Biology 4.73
BMC Biotechnology 2.38
BMC Cancer 3.08
BMC Cell Biology 3.16
BMC Developmental Biology 3.08
BMC Evolutionary Biology 4.05
BMC Gastroenterology 2.14
BMC Genetics 2.35
BMC Genomics 3.93
BMC Health Services Research 1.68
BMC Immunology 2.66
BMC Infectious Diseases 2.54
BMC Medical Genetics 2.76
BMC Medicine 3.28
BMC Microbiology 2.88
BMC Molecular Biology 2.81
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 1.99
BMC Neurology 2.78
BMC Neuroscience 2.85
BMC Plant Biology 4.03
BMC Public Health 2.03
BMC Structural Biology 2.00
BMC Systems Biology 3.71
Breast Cancer Research 5.05
Chemistry Central Journal 0.82
Critical Care 4.55
Diagnostic Pathology 1.11
Genome Biology 6.15
Geochemical Transactions 2.13
Genetics Selection Evolution 1.26
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 3.20
Journal of Biomedical Science 2.01
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2.15
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.79
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 1.18
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2.09
Journal of Neuroinflammation 3.21
Journal of Translational Medicine 2.92
Lipids in Health and Disease 2.06
Malaria Journal 2.91
Microbial Cell Factories 3.34
Molecular Cancer 5.36
Molecular Pain 3.71
Neural Development 3.45
Nutrition & Metabolism 3.00
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 3.14
Proteome Science 2.54
Radiation Oncology 2.04
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2.63
Respiratory Research 3.87
Retrovirology 4.04
Trials 1.74
Virology Journal 1.88

Journals currently covered by Thomson Reuters (ISI)

Journal Impact Factor due Unofficial
2008
Impact
Factor
Behavioral and Brain Functions June 2010 2.30
Biotechnology for Biofuels June 2010
BMC Biochemistry June 2011 3.21
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders June 2011 1.55
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine June 2011 2.12
BMC Family Practice June 2010 1.30
BMC Medical Ethics June 2012 1.68
BMC Medical Genomics June 2010
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making June 2010 1.62
BMC Medical Research Methodology June 2010 2.82
BMC Pediatrics June 2011 1.49
BMC Psychiatry June 2010 1.69
BMC Veterinary Research June 2011
Cardiovascular Diabetology June 2010 2.91
Cardiovascular Ultrasound June 2011 1.18
Cell Communication and Signaling June 2011 1.38
Environmental Health June 2010 2.48
Frontiers in Zoology June 2011 2.82
Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice June 2012
Human Resources for Health June 2011 1.35
Implementation Science June 2010 2.87
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity June 2010 2.32
International Journal of Health Geographics June 2010 2.03
Journal of Hematology & Oncology June 2010
Journal of Inflammation June 2011 1.75
Journal of the International Society for Sports Nutrition June 2010
Molecular Neurodegeneration June 2010 3.92
Nutrition Journal June 2011
Particle and Fibre Toxicology June 2011 5.41
Parasites & Vectors June 2010
Pediatric Rheumatology June 2012
Plant Methods June 2010 2.41
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy June 2010 0.91
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling June 2011 1.76
World Journal of Surgical Oncology June 2011 1.00`

Unofficial Impact Factors* for other BioMed Central journals

Journal Unofficial
2008
Impact
Factor
AIDS Research and Therapy 2.21
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 3.27
Annals of General Psychiatry 1.62
BMC Chemical Biology 4.14
BMC Clinical Pharmacology 1.86
BMC Geriatrics 1.96
BMC Medical Ethics 1.68
BMC Medical Imaging 1.70
BMC Nephrology 1.09
BMC Palliative Care 1.29
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 1.15
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 1.59
BMC Surgery 1.21
BMC Urology 1.78
BMC Women's Health 1.47
Cancer Cell International 2.65
Cell Communication and Signaling 1.38
Cell Division 3.60
Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 1.25
Chinese Medicine 2.35
Clinical and Molecular Allergy 3.06
Comparative Hepatology 2.53
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 1.00
Cough 3.45
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 1.63
Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 1.54
Genetic Vaccines and Therapy 1.94
Globalization and Health 1.00
Harm Reduction Journal 1.68
Health Research Policy and Systems 2.68
Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice 1.18
Immunity and Ageing 3.12
International Journal for Equity in Health 1.24
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 1.35
Journal of Inflammation 1.75
Journal of Nanobiotechnology 4.70
Journal of Occupational Medicine & Toxicology 1.09
Population Health Metrics 2.25
Saline Systems 2.28
Scoliosis 2.90
Thrombosis Journal 1.21
* Unofficial Impact Factors

For journals that have not been tracked for long enough to have an Impact Factor, or are not yet tracked by Thomson Reuters(ISI), it is nonetheless possible to calculate a unofficial Impact Factor, which we have done for some journals.

Unofficial 2008 Impact Factors were established by dividing the number of times articles published in 2006 and 2007 were cited in 2008, based on a search of the Science Citation Index database, by the number of articles published in the previous two years (2006 and 2007).

SCImago Journal Ranking

The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is a free alternative journal citation-metric based on citation information from Scopus. All BioMed Central journals are included in Scopus within a year of launch, and so the SJR rankings provide a more comprehensive picture of the impact of BioMed Central's journals than the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports. For more information about SCImago, and the SCImago rankings of specific BioMed Central journals see this BioMed Central blog post.

The table below shows a selection of BioMed Central journals and their SJR ranking, for SJR data on other BioMed Central journals, look up the journal on the SCImago website.

2007 SJR Rank
(out of 15,922)
Title SJR Notes
72 Journal of Biology 2.43
94 Genome Biology 2.02 17th of 192 in Genetics
219 BMC Biology 1.06
372 BMC Bioinformatics 0.74
434 BMC Evolutionary Biology 0.67 7th of 113 in Ecology/Evolution
304 BMC Developmental Biology 0.85
354 BMC Genomics 0.77
311 BMC Cell Biology 0.84 49th of 173 in Cell Biology
296 Breast Cancer Research 0.86 24th of 151 in Cancer
369 Molecular Cancer 0.75 28th in 151 in Cancer
463 BMC Molecular Biology 0.64 17th of 136 in Genetics/Molecular Biology
571 Molecular Pain 0.56 1st of 95 in Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine
423 Retrovirology 0.68 4th of 39 in Virology
569 BMC Immunology 0.56
350 Arthritis Research & Therapy 0.78 1st of 30 in Rheumatology
848 BMC Biotechnology 0.41 18th of 134 in Biotechnology
645 BMC Plant Biology 0.52
607 BMC Medicine 0.54
559 Journal of Neuroinflammation 0.56 26th of 126 in Neuroscience

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