Journal profile
Bulletin of the National Research Centre
ISSN 2522-8307 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Bulletin of the National Research Centre: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 114 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); 89 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin of the National Research Centre is published by SpringerOpen. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Insect Pest Control Strategies and Dental materials and restorations, together about 22.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bulletin of the National Research Centre is an open-access, international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in the fields of health and medical sciences, life sciences, chemistry, physics and engineering. The journal publishes original research, review articles, meta-analysis and medical case studies aiming to communicate advances in each field, focusing on high-quality research, rigorous peer review and rapid dissemination. Bulletin of the National Research Centre is the official international journal of the National Research Centre (NRC) of Egypt. The NRC is the largest Research and Development multidisciplinary centre in Egypt and in the region. The journal covers the following subject areas: Health Medicine and Clinical Studies Dentistry Pharmaceutical Industries Veterinary Medicine Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Agriculture and Food Industries Chemistry Physics Earth Sciences Ecology, Environmental and Climate Change Engineering and Technology The journal does not consider the following subject areas: Nursing, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as publishing study protocols are not within the scope of the journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Yasser RefaatPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Egypt 19, United Kingdom 6, India 6, United States 3, Canada 3 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Dental materials and restorationsDentistry6%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Plant Growth Enhancement TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Endodontics and Root Canal TreatmentsDentistry5%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 597OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.86OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,600,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,502 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 129 | 129 | 3,652 |
| 2025 | 89 | 89 | 4,777 |
| 2024 | 136 | 136 | 4,602 |
| 2023 | 181 | 181 | 3,979 |
| 2022 | 286 | 286 | 2,894 |
| 2021 | 227 | 227 | 1,819 |
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
114 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 79 days – 156 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (243 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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 papers1, by deadline
- AI and Data Science for HealthDeadline
Article types accepted4
- case reportResearch Review Case Report Matters ArisingLength not stated
- matters arisingResearch Review Case Report Matters ArisingLength not stated
- researchResearch Review Case Report Matters ArisingLength not stated
- reviewResearch Review Case Report Matters ArisingLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
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
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. Bulletin of the National Research Centre articles are published open access under a CC BY licence (Creative …
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
Peer review policy 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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2522-8307
- Print ISSN
- 1110-0591
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the National Research Centre
How long does peer review take at Bulletin of the National Research Centre?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 114 days (interquartile range 79–156 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Bulletin of the National Research Centre based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Egypt (19), United Kingdom (6) and India (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Bulletin of the National Research Centre?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin of the National Research Centre is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Bulletin of the National Research Centre open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin of the National Research Centre is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .