Biological Procedures Online

Biological Procedures Online is an online-only, fully open-access journal published by BioMed Central that covers laboratory techniques and experimental procedures across biomedicine, founded in 1998, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9.《在线生物学程序》（Biological Procedures Online）由（BioMed Central）出版，1998 年创刊，纯在线、完全开放获取，刊载生物医学领域的实验室技术与实验程序，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9。

Scope

• The journal publishes work that widens access to techniques and deepens basic understanding of medicine and biology.刊物发表有助于推广技术、深化医学与生物学基础认识的研究。
• Reports on new research techniques and on fresh applications of established techniques are central to its remit.新研究技术的报告与既有技术的新应用是其主要收稿内容。
• The development and technical analysis of animal models of human disease form a further pillar.人类疾病动物模型的建立与技术分析构成另一支柱。
• Validation analyses of bioinformatics findings in medicine and biology are also considered.医学与生物学中生物信息学发现的验证分析同样在考虑之列。
• Reviews and practical applications of common research methods are welcome, including step-by-step protocols written for use at the bench.刊物欢迎对常用研究方法的综述与实际应用，包括可供实验台直接照做的分步操作方案。
• Mechanistic work on cancer biology is emphasised, particularly drug resistance, tumour metabolism and antitumour immunity.刊物重视癌症生物学的机制研究，尤其是耐药、肿瘤代谢与抗肿瘤免疫。
• New therapeutic approaches and drug repurposing for human cancers are covered, with a preference for multidisciplinary work that draws on medicine, biology, imaging, engineering, bioinformatics and systems analysis.刊物覆盖人类癌症的新治疗策略与药物再利用，并偏好融合医学、生物学、影像学、工程学、生物信息学与系统分析的多学科工作。

History

• The first issue appeared in May 1998 as volume 1, number 1, conceived as an electronic techniques journal for biochemists and biologists.首期于 1998 年 5 月以第 1 卷第 1 期面世，定位为面向生物化学家与生物学家的电子技术期刊。
• That opening number carried an introduction signed by Mark Reimer, Dean Sas and Irem Ali.创刊号载有（Mark Reimer）、（Dean Sas）与（Irem Ali）联合署名的导言。^[1]
• The earliest publisher recorded for the title is Springer in New York, and the journal was transferred to BioMed Central with effect from 1 January 2011.该刊最早的出版方记录为纽约的（Springer），2011 年 1 月 1 日起转由（BioMed Central）出版。
• The transfer was announced by the then Editor-in-Chief Shulin Li, who stressed continuity of open access, article processing charges and PubMed Central archiving.转刊消息由时任主编（Shulin Li）发布，并强调开放获取、文章处理费与（PubMed Central）存档均保持不变。^[2]
• Articles are published as they are accepted and then compiled into annual volumes, with volume 28 covering 2026.文章录用后即行发表，随后汇编为年度卷，2026 年为第 28 卷。
• The Journal Impact Factor was 3.244 in 2021, 7.717 in 2022, 4.3 in 2024 and 4.9 in 2025, with a five-year figure of 4.8.期刊影响因子 2021 年为 3.244，2022 年为 7.717，2024 年为 4.3，2025 年为 4.9，五年影响因子为 4.8。
• It ranks Q1 in biochemical research methods at 13 of 85 titles in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports and is indexed in SCIE, Scopus, PubMed and DOAJ.在 2025 年期刊引证报告中位列生化研究方法一区，排名 13/85，并被（SCIE）、（Scopus）、（PubMed）与（DOAJ）收录。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Bolin Liu, MD, of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.现任主编为（Bolin Liu），医学博士，任职于新奥尔良（Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center）。
• Four associate editors support him, namely Gangadhara R Sareddy at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Chunxia Su at Tongji University School of Medicine in Shanghai, Jia Xu at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Shaomian Yao at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.四位副编辑协助其工作，分别为得克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥医学中心的（Gangadhara R Sareddy）、上海同济大学医学院的（Chunxia Su）、阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校的（Jia Xu）与（LSU）兽医学院的（Shaomian Yao）。
• About two dozen board members are drawn from the United States, China, Italy, India, Iran, South Africa and South Korea.二十余位编委来自美国、中国、意大利、印度、伊朗、南非与韩国。
• Review is single-anonymous, meaning that reviewers know who wrote the paper but their reports reach authors without names attached.评审采用单匿名模式，评审人知晓作者身份，但作者收到的评审意见不署名。
• Typically two or more experts assess each manuscript, and the median time from submission to first decision is seven days.每篇稿件通常由两位或以上专家评审，从投稿到首次决定的中位时间为七天。
• The journal favours methods that can be reproduced at the bench and combinations of techniques from different fields, and it is funded by article processing charges of GBP 2690, USD 3590 or EUR 2990 under CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND licences.刊物偏好可在实验台重复的方法与跨领域技术组合，经费来自文章处理费，标准为 2690 英镑、3590 美元或 2990 欧元，授权方式为（CC BY）或（CC BY-NC-ND）。