Journal profile · ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
BMC Endocrine Disorders
ISSN 1472-6823 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2001
BMC Endocrine Disorders: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.65; fully open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 104 days to acceptance (159 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 321 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMC Endocrine Disorders is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Thyroid Disorders and Treatments and Diabetes Management and Research, together about 26.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BMC Endocrine Disorders is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the characterization, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders. The journal welcomes submissions covering the following broad areas of research: Clinical, basic and translational science studies that provide insights into the pathophysiology Molecular and cell biology Genetics, pharmacology, or epidemiology of endocrine disorders. Surgical advancements and new technologies aiding in the diagnosis, monitoring and computational modelling of endocrine disorders As a BMC Series journal, BMC Endocrine Disorders does not make editorial decisions based on the perceived interest or potential impact of a study. Manuscripts are considered for publication if they are scientifically valid. For research articles, this includes having a clearly defined and sound research question, appropriate methodology and analysis, and adherence to community-agreed standards relevant to the field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine13.4%
- Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine7.6%
- Diabetes Management and ResearchMedicine5.8%
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.7%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine5.5%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine5.3%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine5.3%
- Diabetes and associated disordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.65LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,345OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 316LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,500,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,879 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 441 | 441 | 80 |
| 2025 | 321 | 321 | 1,016 |
| 2024 | 281 | 281 | 2,131 |
| 2023 | 277 | 277 | 3,452 |
| 2022 | 336 | 336 | 5,897 |
| 2021 | 247 | 247 | 4,753 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
104 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 76 days – 193 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (159 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 124 days
- Sample
- 159 articles with submission and acceptance dates (823 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,890 / USD 3,390 / GBP 2,590 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,590 / USD 3,390 / EUR 2,890 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- Do not include any individual participant details.; Color and shading may not be used.; Commas should not be used to indicate numerical values.
Article types accepted9
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Only authors may submit; third-party submission prohibited. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Competing interests must be declared in the cover letter. Model summary
A declaration of any potential competing interests
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Editorial policies are available on the BioMed Central website. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access licensing under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. BMC Endocrine Disorders articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Reviewer suggestions allowed with verifiable identity information. Model summary
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1472-6823
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMC Endocrine Disorders
What CAS zone is BMC Endocrine Disorders in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMC Endocrine Disorders is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMC Endocrine Disorders?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.65; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at BMC Endocrine Disorders?
Based on the dates recorded on 159 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 104 days (interquartile range 76–193 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index BMC Endocrine Disorders?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMC Endocrine Disorders is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BMC Endocrine Disorders open access, and what is the APC?
BMC Endocrine Disorders is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .