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BMC Bioinformatics

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Overview

BMC Bioinformatics is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles describing novel computational algorithms and software, models and tools, including statistical methods, machine learning and artificial intelligence, for the modelling and analysis of all kinds of biological data, as well as systems biology.

  • Publishes on all aspects of bioinformatics and computational biology. 
  • Topics include novel computational algorithms and software, models and tools, and more. 
  • Indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science (SCIE), DOAJ and more.  
Lead Editor
  • Alison Cuff

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
4.4 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.0 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
5 days
Downloads
10.6M (2025)

Calls for papers

Collection

Computational methods in paleobiology

BMC Bioinformatics is welcoming submissions to our Collection on Computational methods in paleobiology.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
23 January 2027

Collection

Predictive toxicology

BMC Bioinformatics is welcoming submissions to our Collection on Predictive toxicology.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
14 August 2026
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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1471-2105
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ACM Digital Library
  2. ANVUR
  3. BFI List
  4. BIOSIS
  5. Baidu
  6. CLOCKSS
  7. CNKI
  8. CNPIEC
  9. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  10. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  11. DBLP
  12. DOAJ
  13. Dimensions
  14. EI Compendex
  15. EMBiology
  16. EMCare
  17. Gale
  18. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  19. Google Scholar
  20. INSPEC
  21. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  22. Medline
  23. Meta
  24. Naver
  25. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  26. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  27. Ovid Discovery
  28. Portico
  29. ProQuest
  30. PubMedCentral
  31. SCImago
  32. SCOPUS
  33. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  34. TD Net Discovery Service
  35. WTI AG
  36. Wanfang
  37. eLibrary.ru
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