Piero joined BMC in late 2021. His background is in molecular and cell biology. He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa for three years and completed his bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa. He moved to France for his master degree in Life Sciences at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, where he attended courses on developmental biology, epigenetics, system biology. He pursued a PhD in cancer biology at the Cancer Research Center of Lyon, focusing on ribosome biogenesis and proposing it as a new target for anti-cancer treatment.
After his PhD, he went on with a short post-doc, investigating cell responses to ribosome biogenesis inhibitors in breast cancer. Finally, he gained some experience as a freelance scientific editor before joining BMC. He is now based in the Berlin office and upholds the values of open access.
Editor Profiles
Piero Lo Monaco, Editor
Kate Gaines, Assistant Editor
Back to topKate joined the BMC Series as an Assistant Editor in 2019 and has been the Assistant Editor for BMC Medical Imaging since April 2020. She is excited to help grow the journal’s profile.
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 2.9
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.8
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.157
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.701
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 13
Submission to acceptance (median days): 177
Usage 2023
Downloads: 951,496
Altmetric mentions: 161
Peer-review Terminology
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication