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Mikhail Sinelnikov, Editor

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New Content ItemMikhail joined BMC Series in 2023. He is a Doctor of Medicine with clinical experience centered in oncology and reconstructive surgery, as well as academic experience in anatomy and histology. After completing residency in 2018, he obtained a double PhD in Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Oncology. In line with his clinical and academic work, he led several research projects in the field of regenerative medicine, including a postdoctoral position at Mayo Clinic. Mikhail is passionate about accessibility and transparency in research, both principles upheld by BMC Series journals. His goal as an editor is to promote these principles of open access to help authors maximize the impact of their research and reach a rapidly growing audience.  


Associate Editor
Mikhail Sinelnikov, MD, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

Assistant Editors
Charisma Kevaley, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Omkar Shirke, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Manuscript Editors
Harshal Dhondge, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Nikhil Ghate, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Vaishnavi Nimbalkar, MSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Senior Editorial Board Members
Sachit Anand, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Michael O'Callaghan, Flinders Medical Centre, Australia
Zhamshid Okhunov, University of California, Irvine, USA
Cosimo de Nunzio, Sapienza University, Italy
Vitaly Margulis, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Kim Moretti, University of Adelaide, Australia
Alberto Perez-Lanzac, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Spain  

Editorial Board Members
Faris Abushamma, MD, Bristol Urological Institute and An-najah National University Hospital, UK
Maynak Agarwal, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, India
Ardalan Ahmad, University of Toronto, Canada
Murat Akand, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Yigit Akin, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey
Salvatore Arena, University of Messina, Italy
Anastasios Asimakopoulos, Policlinico Casilino, Italy
Arun Azad, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
Pierfrancesco Bassi, Catholic University, School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, IRCSS, Italy
Bimal Bhindi, Southern Alberta Institute of Urology / University of Calgary, Canada
Saleh Binsaleh, King Saud University, Faculty of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Gianluigi Califano, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy
Davide Campobasso, University Hospital of Parma, Italy
Rossella Cannarella, University of Catania, Italy
Francesco Cantiello, University of Catanzaro, Italy
Daniele Castellani, Polytechnic university of Le Marche, Ancona, Italy
Jyoti Chouhan, Oregon Health and Science University, USA
Antonio Cicione, Uiniversità di Roma, Italy
Giovanni Cochetti, University of Perugia, Dept. Medicine and Surgery, Division of Urology, Italy
Thomas Cundy, University of Adelaide, Australia
Snir Dekalo, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
Susanne Deininger, University Clinic of Urology and Andrology, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
Michele Di Dio, Annunziata Hospital Cosenza, Italy
Hooman Djaladat, University of Southern California, USA
Stefan Du Plessis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Sanaa Eissa, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Albert El Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Ahmed R. EL-Nahas, Mansoura University, Egypt
Cristian Fiori, University of Turin, Italy
Riccardo Galli, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Bogdan Geavlete, Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital, Romania
Apul Goel, King George's Medical University, India
Liangyou Gu, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
Shilpa Gupta, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, USA
Riccardo Giuseppe Bertolo, MD, PhD, AOUI Verona, University of Verona, Italy
Matthias D Hofer, Northwestern University, USA
Shigeo Horie, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Sumit Isharwal, University of Virginia, USA
Sudhir Isharwar, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Ravi Jayadevappa, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Mustafa Kadihasanoglu, Ä°stanbul Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Hubert Kamecki, PhD, MD, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Poland
Sorena Keihani, University of Utah, USA
Muhieddine Labban, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Giuseppe Lucarelli, University of Bari, Italy
Lukas Lusuardi, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
Susan MacDonald, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Celeste Manfredi, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
Sean Martin, University of Adelaide, Australia
Ranjiv Mathews, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, USA
Ketan Mehra, IKDRC-ITS Ahmedabad, India
Xianghu Meng, Ph.D., Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, China
Badar M Mian, Albany Medical College, USA
Anirban Mitra, University of Southern California, USA
David-Dan Nguyen, University of Toronto, Canada
Antonio Nouvenne, University of Parma, Italy
Chike John Okeke, MBBS, FWACS(Urol), FMCS(Urol), Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Mehmet Serkan Özkent, Konya City Hospital, Turkey
Alessio Paladini, Urology Clinic, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Italy
Athanasios Papatsoris, University of Athens, Greece
Giacomo Maria Pirola, Usl Toscana Sud Est, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
Fabrizio Presicce, Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Italy
Yajun Ruan, Tongji hospital Huahozng university of science and technology, China
Emanuele Rubilotta, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata University of Verona, Italy
Osama Sarhan, Mansoura Urology and Nephrology Center, Egypt
Mehmet Sarier, MD, Istinye University, Türkiye
Tarik Emre Sener, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Turkey
Shomik Sengupta, Monash University, Australia
Gopal Sharma, Medanta, India
Ahmed Shoma, MD, Mansoura university, Egypt
Sanjay Sinha, Apollo Hospital, India
Federico Soria, Jesus Uson Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre Foundation, Spain
Evangelos N. Symeonidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Thomas Tailly, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
Tufan Tarcan, Marmara University School Medicine, Dept. of Urology, Turkey
Tzevat Tefik, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Jeremy Y.C. Teoh, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Senol Tonyali, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Igor Tsaur, University Medicine Mainz, Germany
Pradeep Tyagi, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Ezekiel Young, University at Buffalo, USA
Homayoun Zargar, Cleveland Clinic, USA

Editorial Advisors
Paul Abel, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, UK
Peter Black, University of British Columbia, Canada
Christopher R Chapple, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, UK
John Gearhart, John Hopkins University, USA
Kenneth Iczkowski, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Caleb Kovell, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Costantino Leonardo, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Charles Rosser, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, USA

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.0 - 2-year Impact Factor
    2.2 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.177 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.616 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    39 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    170 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
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