BioMed Central

British academic publisher
Organization open_access_publisher Q463494
BioMed Central
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BioMed Central

Summary

BioMed Central is an open-access publisher[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of open_access_publisher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BioMed Central is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BioMed Central's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[4].
  • BioMed Central's instance of is recorded as publishing house[5].
  • BioMed Central's instance of is recorded as academic publisher[6].
  • BioMed Central's instance of is recorded as organization[7].
  • BioMed Central's headquarters location is recorded as London[8].
  • BioMed Central's Commons category is recorded as BioMed Central[9].
  • 2000 marks the founding of BioMed Central[10].
  • BioMed Central's parent organization or unit is recorded as Springer Nature[11].
  • BioMed Central's official website is recorded as https://www.biomedcentral.com/[12].
  • BioMed Central's described by source is recorded as The varying openness of digital open science tools[13].
  • BioMed Central's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BMC'}[14].
  • BioMed Central's different from is recorded as Q229883[15].
  • BioMed Central's language used is recorded as English[16].
  • BioMed Central's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Open access[17].
  • BioMed Central's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher[18].
  • BioMed Central's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+68400'}[19].
  • BioMed Central's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+65914'}[20].
  • BioMed Central's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+73311'}[21].
  • BioMed Central's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+75687'}[22].

Body

Founding

2000 marks the founding of BioMed Central[10].

Identity

BioMed Central's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BMC'}[14].

Operations

BioMed Central's headquarters location is recorded as London[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Springer Nature[11].

Why It Matters

BioMed Central ranks in the top 7% of open_access_publisher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Open Access Tracking Project. tagteam.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . biomedcentral.com. biomedcentral.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). BioMed Central. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/biomed-central
MLA “BioMed Central.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/biomed-central.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_biomed-central_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{BioMed Central}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/biomed-central}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 11d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
    Country United Kingdom
    Parent organization or unit Springer Nature
    Different from Q229883
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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