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COVID-19 and impact on peer review
Editor-in-Chief
Gerry Melino, Cambridge University, England
Journal Sections
Biology Direct publishes in the following sections:
Articles
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The ancient Virus World and evolution of cells
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A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: computational analysis of the predicted enzymatic machinery, functional analogies with eukaryotic RNAi, and hypothetical mechanisms of action
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A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses
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Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses
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On the origin of life in the Zinc world: 1. Photosynthesizing, porous edifices built of hydrothermally precipitated zinc sulfide as cradles of life on Earth
Proceedings of the CAMDA Satellite Meeting to ISMB 2018
Read our collection of this year's CAMDA proceedings, edited by David P Kreil, Paweł P Labaj and Joaquin Dopazo.
CAMDA Thematic Series
Every year, the scientific committee of CAMDA sets different data analysis contest challenges. Leading scientists present their best methods and analyses. They can then submit extended papers a few months after the conference for publication in the open access, fully indexed CAMDA conference proceedings at Biology Direct.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
111 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
80 days to first decision for all manuscripts
233 days from submission to acceptance
33 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
2.193 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.721 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.679 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.316 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
297,504 downloads
211 Altmetric mentions
