MDPI Affiliation

BNOS is pleased to announce its affiliation with a selection of four MDPI journals, detailed below.

Via this affiliation, BNOS members are offered a discount* on the article processing charges (APC) to publish in an affiliated journal, as well as the possibility to set up dedicated Special Issues related to the Society conferences or research areas, to include selected papers published in open access form, at a discounted fee.
* Cannot be combined with other MDPI discounts. Only the highest will apply. If several authors of the same paper are society members, the discount will only be applied once.

If you are a current BNOS member and would like to publish with one of the selected MDPI journals using the member discount, please contact administrator@bnos.org.uk to be issued with the discount code and further instructions/details.

The selected affiliated journals include:

Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal of neuroscience. The journal is indexed in the Sciences Citation Index Expanded (IF 3.394), Scopus (CiteScore 3.0), and many other important databases. Citations are available in PubMed, with full texts archived in PubMed Central. Publications enjoy high visibility and short processing times. A first decision is provided to authors approximately 18.3 days after submission, with acceptance to publication undertaken in 2.9 days (median values for papers published in the first half of 2021).

Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694, IF 4.4) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal on oncology. The journal publishes high-quality articles including basic, translational, and clinical studies on all tumour types.

Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418, Impact Factor: 3.706) is an international scholarly open access journal on medical diagnostics. It has been indexed by SCIE, Scopus and PubMed, and other important databases. The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, short communications, case reports and interesting images. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 15.9 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.7 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2021).

The International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS, ISSN 1422-0067, Impact Factor: 5.923) provides an advanced forum for molecular studies in biology, chemistry and biophysics. Our aim is to provide rigorous peer review and enable rapid publication of cutting-edge research to educate and inspire the scientific community worldwide. IJMS is indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), MEDLINE (PubMed) and other important databases. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 14.3 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.9 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2021).

Updated: December 2025