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For Editorial Board Members

Welcome to the For Editorial Board Members page. This page provides links to resources that will support you in your role for the journal. We recommend bookmarking these links in your browser for future reference. 

BMC Series Editorial Community Site

For training, guidance and resources


Accessing your Editorial Board Member account in our submission systems

To manage submissions you are handling through peer review


Editorial Responsibilities and FAQs

For information on your responsibilities, expectations and benefits


Springer Nature Code of Conduct for Editors

The code of conduct you have agreed to adhere to when handling manuscripts on behalf of the journal

Annual Journal Metrics

  • For BMC Evolutionary Biology (former title)

    Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.3
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.3
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.959
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.887

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 15
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 193

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 1,882,764
    Altmetric mentions: 3,013

  • Transparency and Openness
    TOP Factor score - 9

    Peer Community In
    BMC Ecology and Evolution welcomes submissions of pre-print manuscripts recommended by the Peer Community In (PCI) platform. The journal may use PCI reviews and recommendations for the review process if appropriate. For instructions to submit your PCI recommended article, please click here. To find out more, please read our blog

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