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    About the Genome Biology refereed research depository

    Access

    All refereed research published in Genome Biology is available free to individuals from the refereed research depository.

    Criteria

    Genome Biology publishes primary research articles from the full spectrum of biology. Subjects covered include any aspect of molecular, cellular, organismal or population biology studied from a genomic or post-genomic perspective, as well as genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, genomic methods (including structure prediction), computational biology, sequence analysis (including large-scale and cross-genome analyses), comparative biology and evolution.

    In response to changes in the types of datasets and analyses that are generated from genomic resources, publication of research articles by Genome Biology is dependent primarily on scientific validity, coherence, as well as general interest, as judged by our referees. Examples of the types of research that we believe it is increasingly important to make available to the community but which have been difficult to include in traditional print journals include descriptions of the analysis or re-analysis of existing primary data, articles that contain considerable primary data not easily represented in print.

    Although the general interest level and perceived importance of articles are not the sole criteria for publication, we believe that, as a service to our readers and contributors, it is important to focus on articles of broad or outstanding interest; this is assessed by the editors and referees in the course of peer review. In the case of software and method articles, a key criterion is that an advance is evident relative to published software/methods.

    Genome Biology will work actively with the scientific community to establish standards for the annotation, validation, nomenclature, distribution and analysis of genomic and related information.

    Speed

    Genome Biology offers a very fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer-review; the use of recommended electronic formats for article delivery will expedite processing. Contributors who are in doubt about the suitability of their paper are welcome to send a presubmission enquiry. The editors will provide an initial response to all presubmission enquiries and submitted articles within two working days and will make every effort to give authors a decision, following peer review, within four weeks of an article's submission. Accepted articles are published electronically as promptly as possible, within one month of acceptance.

    Publishing on the web

    Subject to reviewers' recommendation, scientifically valid contributions will be published on the web without restrictions on length. Articles of particular interest may be marked by the publication of accompanying commentary.

    The electronic version of each article will exploit all the possibilities of this medium, including the opportunity to publish large datasets or large numbers of illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to Medline, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

    For further information about submission, see detailed instructions for authors for refereed research, software or method articles, or please contact the editors.


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