Publishing and society partnerships
Whether you are looking to launch a new journal or to transfer your society title, we encourage you to choose BioMed Central as your publishing partner.
The Open Access Publisher
Since 2000, BioMed Central has been a pioneer of the open access publishing model. With a portfolio of 265 journals, a substantial and growing number of BioMed Central journals are now published in collaboration with learned societies and government agencies located around the world.
Financial benefits
BioMed Central offers flexible financial models that suit the needs of our publishing partners, whether providing income for the society or providing benefit for your members. Our competitive Article Processing Charges fully cover the expert publishing services and support that we provide to your journal’s authors and editors.
Maximize your journal's global impact
Your journal and the research published in it will receive unlimited global visibility with open access publication. Articles are immediately deposited in PubMed and indexed by Google to ensure maximum discoverability and to build citations fast. BioMed Central journals are indexed in the major indexing services, and the majority of our journals have an impact factor or are indexed in the Journal Citation Reports, many at the top of their category.
First class publishing services
Our unrivalled knowledge and experience of successfully launching and developing open access biomedical journals means that we have developed an unparalleled publishing service. You will work with a dedicated Journal Development Editor and receive full in house marketing support to help your journal reach its full potential. BioMed Central’s publishing platform has been purpose built for open access journals. Over 90% of authors tell us they have an excellent experience publishing with us.
If you wish to propose a new open access journal or discuss the transfer of an already existing title.
