Bentham Science Publishers is a publishing company of scientific, technical, and medical literature based at Sharjah. Bentham publishes more than 106 subscription-based academic journal

Academic journal

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s and over 230 open access journals and e-book

E-book

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Subscription based journals

Bentham publishes 106 print and online and over 200 Open Access scholarly journals. Major fields covered by the journals include science, technology, medicine, engineering, chemistry, life sciences pharmaceutical science and social sciences.

Some high impact factor journals are:

• Current Molecular Medicine
  Current Molecular Medicine
  Current Molecular Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Bentham Science Publishers.The editor-in-chief is David W. Li . The journal covers research on molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis, the development of molecular diagnosis, and/or novel approaches to rational treatment...
  
  
• Current Alzheimer Research
  Current Alzheimer Research
  Current Alzheimer Research is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the neurobiology, genetics, pathogenesis, and treatment strategies of Alzheimer's disease.- Abstracting and indexing :The journal is indexed in:...
  
  
• Current Gene Therapy
  Current Gene Therapy
  Current Gene Therapy is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Bentham Science Publishers. The editor-in-chief is Ignacio Anegon. The focus of this journal is pre-clinical or clinical research on gene therapy...
  
  
• Current Pharmaceutical Design
  Current Pharmaceutical Design
  Current Pharmaceutical Design is a peer-reviewed medical journal which covers issues related to pharmacology and medicinal chemistry. Each issue is devoted to a single major therapeutic area...
  
  
• Current Cancer Drug Targets
  Current Cancer Drug Targets
  Current Cancer Drug Targets is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Bentham Science Publishers. The editor-in-chief is John K. Buolamwini . The journal covers research on contemporary molecular drug targets involved in cancer, including medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology,...
  
  
• Current Medicinal Chemistry
  Current Medicinal Chemistry
  Current Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Bentham Science Publishers. The editor-in-chief is Atta-ur-Rahman...
  
  
• Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
  Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
  According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2010 impact factor is 4.112, ranking it 6th of 54 journals in the category "Medicinal Chemistry"....
  
  

Bentham Open

Bentham Open publishes over 230 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all major disciplines of science, technology, medicine, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, life sciences, pharmaceutical science, earth sciences, social sciences, and environmental science. Examples are:

• The Open Clinical Chemistry Journal
  The Open Clinical Chemistry Journal
  The Open Clinical Chemistry Journal is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, and letters in all areas of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.- Abstracting and indexing :The journal is indexed in:...
  
  
• The Open Ecology Journal
  The Open Ecology Journal
  The Open Ecology Journal is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal covering ecology. It publishes original research articles and reviews.- Abstracting and indexing :The journal is indexed in:* Chemical Abstracts* EMBASE* Scopus...
  
  
• Open Hematology Journal
  Open Hematology Journal
  The Open Hematology Journal is an open-access peer-reviewed medical journal covering ecology. It publishes reviews and letters in all areas of clinical, laboratory, and experimental hematology including stem cells and blood disorders....
  
  

Bentham eBooks

Bentham eBooks publishes online and open access eBooks and eLectures in all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities.

Controversy

Bentham Open journals claim to employ peer review

Peer review

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; however, some reports have cast doubt on this. Furthermore, the publisher got a reputation of spamming

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 scientists with invitations to become a member of the editorial board

Editorial board

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 of one of their scholarly journals.

See also

Journals published by Bentham Science Publishers