Editor Profiles
Lisa Heinke, Editor
Back to topLisa’s scientific background is in developmental genetics and cell biology. She completed her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Molecular Biology at the Universities of Mainz and Potsdam, Germany, respectively, where she focused on plant biochemistry and genetics. She then relocated to the UK to pursue a PhD in Biological Sciences from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge. Her PhD explored Wnt signalling and developmental genetics in Drosophila and human (cancer) cell lines.
After continuing her PhD work in a short Post-Doc, Lisa joined the BMC Series as an Editor of BMC Ophthalmology, BMC Gastroenterology, and BMC Zoology in 2021. She has a keen interest in promoting open access policies as well as science communication.
Dr Brock Fenton, Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Western Ontario
After finishing a Ph.D., he held academic jobs at Carleton University, Canada, York University, Canada and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Brock's research has focused mainly on bats across the spectrum from behaviour and ecology to echolocation and evolution, and conservation. Ongoing work on structure and function mainly relying on digital photography of bats in action. Brock joined the editorial board of BMC Zoology as Section Editor in 2016.
Annual Journal Metrics
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2022 Citation Impact
1.6 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.9 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.654 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.453 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)2023 Speed
42 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
179 days submission to accept (Median)2023 Usage
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