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Editor Profiles
Ana Masis-Vargas MSc, PhD - Journal Editor
Back to topAna has a BSc in Nutrition from the University of Costa Rica, she also took a year of ERASMUS exchange studies in Public Health Epidemiology at Karolinska Institute. After returning to the University of Costa Rica she obtained a MSc in Biomedical Sciences with emphasis in Physiology while also teaching physiology to undergrad students. She obtained a double degree PhD in Neurosciences / Medical Sciences from the University of Strasbourg and the University of Amsterdam, respectively. She is interested in strengthening the use of the 3Rs in animal experimentation, increasing awareness of the ARRIVE guidelines among editors and promoting open access. Ana joined BMC in 2022 and is the editor of BMC Nephrology.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
52 days to first decision for all manuscripts
81 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
191 days from submission to acceptance
15 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
2.388 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.879 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.074 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.847 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
2,554,740 downloads (2021)
1,776 Altmetric mentions
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