Piero joined BMC in late 2021. His background is in molecular and cell biology. He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa for three years and completed his bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa. He moved to France for his master degree in Life Sciences at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, where he attended courses on developmental biology, epigenetics, system biology. He pursued a PhD in cancer biology at the Cancer Research Center of Lyon, focusing on ribosome biogenesis and proposing it as a new target for anti-cancer treatment.
After his PhD, he went on with a short post-doc, investigating cell responses to ribosome biogenesis inhibitors in breast cancer. Finally, he gained some experience as a freelance scientific editor before joining BMC. He is now based in the Berlin office and upholds the values of open access.
Editor Profiles
Piero Lo Monaco, Editor
Kate Gaines, Assistant Editor
Back to topKate joined BMC in 2019 and is the Assistant Editor for BMC Medical Research Methodology since February 2020.
Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
48 days to first decision for all manuscripts
79 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
196 days from submission to acceptance
19 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
4.615 - 2-year Impact Factor
5.260 - 5-year Impact Factor
2.262 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.820 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
4,455,062 Downloads (2021)
3,897 Altmetric mentions
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Peer-review Terminology
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication