Lisa’s scientific background is in developmental genetics and cell biology. She completed her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Molecular Biology at the Universities of Mainz and Potsdam, Germany, respectively, where she focused on plant biochemistry and genetics. She then relocated to the UK to pursue a PhD in Biological Sciences from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge. Her PhD explored Wnt signalling and developmental genetics in Drosophila and human (cancer) cell lines.
After continuing her PhD work in a short Post-Doc, Lisa joined the BMC Series as an Editor of BMC Ophthalmology, BMC Gastroenterology, and BMC Biomedical Engineering in 2021. She has a keen interest in promoting open access policies as well as science communication.
Editor Profiles
Lisa Heinke, Associate Editor
Kate Gaines, Assistant Editor
Kate joined the BMC Series as an Assistant Editor in 2019 and has been the Assistant Editor for BMC Medical Imaging since April 2020. She is excited to help grow the journal’s profile.
Affiliated with
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BMC Ophthalmology is associated with Cochrane Eyes and Vision
Annual Journal Metrics
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2022 Citation Impact
2.0 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.3 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.152 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.715 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)2023 Speed
31 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
176 days submission to accept (Median)2023 Usage
1,959,850 downloads
772 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