This year BMC Cancer is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Since launching in 2001 we are proud to have become a leading Open Access journal in the oncology field, considering all areas of cancer research from cancer cell biology to epidemiology to cancer therapeutics and much more. We're looking back at our achievements and highlighting some of the most influential research published in the journal over the past two decades.
Celebrating 20 Years of BMC Cancer
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Support and Guidance
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Find out more about the journal's criteria and scope for study protocols here.
Are cancer patients better off if they participate in clinical trials?
How do physicians and nurses perceive the benefits of clinical trial participation compared with standard care? Is it justified to claim that clinical trial participation improves outcomes for cancer patients? Zandra Nielsen et al. present their latest findings of a mixed-methods study in Scandinavia.
Articles
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HRCT features between lepidic-predominant type and other pathological subtypes in early-stage invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma appearing as a ground-glass nodule
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Types of second primary cancer influence overall survival in cutaneous melanoma
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Phase II study of multidisciplinary therapy combined with pembrolizumab for patients with synchronous oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer TRAP OLIGO study (WJOG11118L)
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Evaluating the impact of 18F-FDG-PET-CT on risk stratification and treatment adaptation for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (EFFORT-MIBC): a phase II prospective trial
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An electronic application for rapidly calculating Charlson comorbidity score
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Resveratrol suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer through TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathway mediated Snail/E-cadherin expression
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M1 and M2 macrophages derived from THP-1 cells differentially modulate the response of cancer cells to etoposide
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Does colon cancer ever metastasize to bone first? a temporal analysis of colorectal cancer progression
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Atypical glandular cells in conventional cervical smears: Incidence and follow-up
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Aims and Scope
BMC Cancer is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of cancer research, including the pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers. The journal welcomes submissions in broad areas of cancer research including molecular and cellular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and clinical trials.
Peer Review Taxonomy
This journal is participating in a pilot of NISO/STM's Working Group on Peer Review Taxonomy, to identify and standardize definitions and terminology in peer review practices in order to make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. Further information on the pilot is available here.
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
We welcome your feedback on this Peer Review Taxonomy Pilot. Please can you take the time to complete this short survey.
Call for submissions: 'Targeted Therapy' Collection
The Editors of BMC Cancer and BMC Medicine invite of submissions to our ‘Targeted Therapy’ cross journal collection. Guest edited by Prof. Min Li (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA) and Dr. Yanis Boumber (The Northwestern University, USA).
We advise to submit by 1st August 2021 if you would like your manuscript to be ready for the launch date.
Call for Submissions: 'Microbiome and Cancer' Collection
The Editors of BMC Cancer, BMC Microbiology and Microbiome invite of submissions to our ‘Microbiome and Cancer’ cross journal collection. Guest edited by Prof. Christopher Staley, Dr. Jacques Ravel and Dr. Sean Devlin.
Open for submissions until 30th September 2021.
BMC Series Focus Issues
October: Focus on Stem Cells
With Stem Cell Awareness day on the 13th October this year we have compiled an article collection from across different BMC Series journals covering aspects of basic stem cell biology; in vitro differentiation studies; stem-cell based therapy studies for various conditions in animal models; technical advancements and ethical issues.
September: Patient and public involvement in research
In recognition of World Patient Safety Awareness day on 17th September, the BMC Series presents a focus issue on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research. We have collated free-to-read content from across our journals - showcasing patient perspectives, research into the study of PPI, and engaging public partners as co-authors in research.
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BMC Series Blog
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Can Kidney Disease Affect Your Thinking?
14 October 2021
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Highlights of the BMC Series – September 2021
11 October 2021
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Editorial: Nobel Prize Cancer Immunotherapy!
Follow Nobel Prize laureates James P. Allison's and Tasuku Honjo's footsteps and experience the genesis of a new field of cancer therapy. BMC Cancer Editorial Board Member Dr. Sheng Guo from Pittsburgh University takes us on an exciting journey of discovery...
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
79 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
55 days to first decision for all manuscripts
170 days from submission to acceptance
16 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
4.430 - 2-year Impact Factor
4.372 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.218 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.358 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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2,117 Altmetric Mentions