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:
  
Kamila Kowalczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Marta Olszewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Katarzyna Ulanowska, University of Gdansk, Poland
Dorota Włoga, University of Georgia, USA

• Editors

Abstracting

Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Chemical Abstracts Service, Elsevier BIOBASE/CABS, EMBiology, FISHLIT/Fisheries Reviews, Index Copernicus, ISI Alerting Services, ISI Master Journal List, ISI Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), SCOPUS, Zoological Record

Impact Factor

The journal is included in the ISI Master Journal List, Science Citation Index Expanded and Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters); impact factor pending. The first official impact factor will be given in June 2009 (as IF 2008).

Current rejection rate: 70% of submitted articles.

Most cited articles:

• 2006
• 2007
• 2008

Our articles have recently been cited in many renowned journals such as:

• Annual Review of Biochemistry
• Nature
• Science
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