Kelda is an Editor for the BMC Series, and has been the Editor of BMC Nursing since November 2020. Kelda has a PhD in Psychology from Birkbeck, University of London, investigating somatosensory representations of the body. Before that she got her MSc in Psychological Research Methods from University College London, and a BSc in Psychology from Bangor University. Kelda previously worked as a Manuscript Editor for the BMC Series. She became an advocate for open-access publishing during her academic career, leading her to the BMC Series.
Speed
102 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
56 days to first decision for all manuscripts
231 days from submission to acceptance
12 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
2.283 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.344 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.770 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.910 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
1,108,991 Downloads
363 Altmetric mentions