Why subscribe and read

• premier source of high quality research from Central and Eastern Europe
• medium for the publication of manuscripts that report novel findings of broad biological significance that are likely to advance the direction and thinking of the field
• international forum for the dissemination of research data from the full spectrum of biology; designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas between researchers from different countries
• accommodates different styles and formats to help scientists from various backgrounds interact effortlessly
• browse the journal’s content at Springer

Why submit

• transparent, comprehensive and fast peer review; promotion of each published article
• journal included in the ISI Master Journal List (Thomson Scientific)
• language-correction services for authors from non-English speaking regions More

Description

• one of fastest growing peer-reviewed journals published in Central and Eastern Europe, devoted to scholarly research in all areas of biology
• international forum for the dissemination of ideas across a wide range of biological sciences, sub-divided into several independently edited sections for ease of viewing
• aims at enhancing communication of high quality research from Central and Eastern Europe to the global scientific community and facilitating the collaboration of scientists from different countries

Editors

• Editor-in-Chief, Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, University of Louisville, USA
• Managing Editor, Ewa Golonka, Jagiellonian University, Poland
• Associate Editors:
  
Marta Gibała, University of Wrocław, Poland
Kamila Kowalczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Marta Olszewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jolanta Sowińska, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Katarzyna Ulanowska, University of Gdansk, Poland
Dorota Włoga, University of Georgia, USA

• Editors

Abstracting

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Impact Factor

The journal is included in the ISI Master Journal List and Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Scientific); impact factor pending.

Current rejection rate: 61% of submitted articles.

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