Scope
The peer-reviewed & Open Access journal publishing primary research and reviews in biology, life sciences, environmental sciences, and medicine.
Publisher
Impact factor
2.70
Open access
Yes
Open peer review
Yes
ARRIVE guidelines
Not required
Welcome to negative results
Yes
Notes
Pre-publication operates as a traditional "single-blind" process to start. It is "Open" in the sense that reviewers can sign their reviews, and all reviews of published articles are made public. This includes manuscript files, peer review comments, author rebuttals and revised materials.