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Journal Editors

Jagoda Mackowiak, Editor

New Content ItemJagoda’s background is interdisciplinary and revolves around molecular biology and neuropsychopharmacology. She graduated from Maastricht Science Program at Maastricht University in the Netherlands where her focus was on cognitive neuroscience. Following the move to Germany, she completed her master’s degree at Humboldt University of Berlin. At the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, she delved into CRISPR Cas9 methods. She gained publishing and medical education experience at MIND Foundation, where her focus was on psychedelic research and therapy. In that role she contributed to several projects; most recently coordinating the development of MOLECULES program, which is a part of the Augmented Psychotherapy Training. With the desire to advocate for open access, she joined the BMC Series as an Associate Editor and is the Editor for BMC Nursing and BMC Medical Education in 2023.


Senior Editorial Board Members
Bridget Johnston, University of Glasgow, UK
Adelais Markaki, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Pammla Petruka, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Virginia Plummer, Federation University Australia, Australia
Francisco Sampaio, Nursing School of Porto, Portugal

Editorial Board Members
Agani Afaya, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana
Obrey Alexis, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
Omar Al Omari, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Mohammad Al Qadire, Al Al-Bayt University, Jordan
Rasmieh Al-amer, Isra University, Jordan, and Western Sydney University, Australia
Majed Alamri, University of Hafr Albatin, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Albelbeisi, AL-Israa University, Palestine
Elisa Ambrosi, University of Bologna, Italy
Konstantinos Antypas, SINTEF Digital, Norway
Márcio Flávio Araújo, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Muhammad Arsyad Subu, University of Sharjah, U.A.E.
Foroozan Atashzadeh-Shoorideh, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Hassan Babamohamadi, Semnan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Iran
Cara Bailey, University of Birmingham, UK
Jonathan Bayuo, Presbyterian University College, Ghana
Iwona Bodys-Cupak, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Leona Cilar Budler, University of Maribor Faculty of Health Sciences, Slovenia
Myriam Cadet, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA
Kaara Ray Calma, Deakin University, Australia
Federica Canzan, University of Verona, Italy
Cristina Casals, University of Cadiz, Spain
Jane Currie, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Alberto Dal Molin, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Angelo Dante, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Lila de Tantillo, Jacksonville University, USA
Beata Dobrowolska, Medical University of Lublin, Poland 
Jayne Donaldson, University of Stirling, UK
Sameh Eltaybani, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Steve Frost, Western Sydney University, Australia
Tove Godskesen, Uppsala University, Sweden
Sagrario Gómez Cantarino, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Rebeca Gómez-Ibáñez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Juan Gómez-Salgado, University of Huelva, Spain
Emina Hadziabdic, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Mu-Hsing Ho, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Lillian Hung, University of British Columbia, Canada
Sangchoon Jeon, Yale School of Nursing, USA
Younhee Jeong, Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Abigail Kusi Amponsah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Richard Kyle, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Carmen La Cerra, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Samuel Lapkin, Southern Cross University, Australia
Carlos Laranjeira, School of Health Sciences - Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Juan M. Leyva-Moral, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Sok Ying Liaw, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Xian-Liang Liu, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
Cedric Mabire, University Of Lausanne, Switzerland
Lufuno Makhado, University of Venda, South Africa
Phil Maude, La Trobe University, Australia
Daniela Mecugni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Abera Mersha, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
Dragana Milutinović, University of Novi Sad; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Serbia
Gary Mitchell, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
Anthony Montgomery, University of Macedonia, Greece
Lynne Nemeth, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Nokuthula Nkosi-Mafutha, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Vistolina Nuuyoma, University of Namibia, Namibia
Domingo Palacios-Ceña, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Patrick Palmieri, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Peru
Hossein Rafiei, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Azad Rahmani, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Ashley Shepherd, University of Stirling, UK
Shefaly Shorey, National Univeristy of Singapore, Singapore
Sandra Siedlecki, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Alessandro Stievano, Opi Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, Italy
Annelie Sundler, University of Borås, Sweden
Naomi Takemura, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Michele Talley, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Hon Lon Tam, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Marion Tower, University of Queensland, Australia
Peter Van Bogaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Wayne Varndell, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Wenru Wang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Graham Williamson, University of Plymouth, UK
Zeng Jie Ye, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China
Kourosh Zarea, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Jun Zhang, Wuhan University School of Nursing, China

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact
    3.189 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
    3.622 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
    1.559 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.631 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    Speed
    54 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    72 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)

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