Journal History
2013 | The journal releases the inaugural issue and is published as a quarterly journal under the direction of the founding Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Kenneth Cornetta. |
2015 | Biomedicines establishes the following section: Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy (later was renamed as Immunology and Immunotherapy). |
2016 | Biomedicines is covered by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) of the Web of Science. Biomedicines establishes the following section: Neurologic Disease (later was renamed as Neurobiology and Neurologic Disease). |
2017 | Biomedicines is covered by two important databases: PubMed and Scopus. Biomedicines starts the Travel Awards project. |
2018 | Biomedicines establishes the following section: Natural compounds in Biomedicine (later was renamed as Drug Discovery and Development). |
2019 | Biomedicines is covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). Biomedicines establishes the following 7 sections: Cancer Therapeutics (later was renamed as Cancer Biology and Therapeutics) Nanotechnology and Biotechnology (later was renamed as Biomedical Materials and Nanomedicine) Therapeutic Strategies in Different Diseases (later was renamed as Molecular and Translational Medicine) Gene and Cell Therapy Thrombosis and Hemostasis (discontinued later) Model Systems in Research and Development (discontinued later) Virology, Vaccines and Viral Vectors (discontinued later) Tumor Cell Biology (discontinued later). |
2020 | Biomedicines adopts a monthly publication schedule. Biomedicines receives its first impact factor: 4.717. The journal ranks 30th out of 138 (Q1) titles in the 'Medicine, Research & Experimental' category, as well as 36th out of 270 (Q1) titles in 'Pharmacology & Pharmacy'. Biomedicines publishes its 1,000th paper. Biomedicines rearranges the sections as following: Immunology and Immunotherapy Neurobiology and Neurologic Disease Drug Discovery and Development Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Gene and Cell Therapy Molecular and Translational Medicine Biomedical Materials and Nanomedicine. |
2021 |
Biomedicines starts the Young Investigator Award project. |
2022 | The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Biomedicines. Biomedicines announced 2022 Best Paper Award for Anniversary Special Issues, 2022 Early-Career Women Award and 2022 Young Investigator Award. |
Editor-in-Chief
2013–2016 | Founding Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kenneth Cornetta |
2016–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shaker A. Mousa |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2016–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vincenzo Cerullo for the Section on Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy |
2016–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Bruno Meloni for the Section on Neurologic Disease |
2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jun Lu for the Section on Drug Discovery and Development Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Veronique Baud for the Section on Cancer Therapeutics |
2022–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch for the Section on Cell Biology and Pathology |