Genome science covers a large number of scientific topics and methods. The editorial priority of the Journal will be on novelty in the fields of Evolution, Development, Aging, Epigenetics, Stem cell biology, Human disease research, Precision medicine and Plant biology. Original articles, reviews and opinion letters that deal with systems biology, systems modelling, functional genomics, computational biology, whole genome sequencing, databases and theoretical biology will be given particular consideration. Articles in the fields of pharmacology (including natural compounds), bio-therapies, human genetics (e.g. candidate gene approaches) and livestock (e.g. breeding stock) will fall outside the editorial priority of the Journal and should be best considered for submission to other journals.
References, figures, tables, structures etc. should be referred to in the text at the place where they have been first discussed. Figure legends/captions should also be provided.
The journal publishes peer-reviewed opinion, research and mini/full-length-review articles written in English. Single topic/thematic issues may also be considered for publication.
These special issues are peer-reviewed and may contain invited or uninvited review/mini-review articles or a mixture of research articles, reviews/mini-reviews and opinion articles. A Single Topic Issue Editor will offer a short perspective and co-ordinate the solicitation of manuscripts between 3-5 (for a mini-thematic issue) to 6-10 (for a full-length thematic issue) from leading scientists. Authors interested in editing a single topic issue in an emerging field of drug design may submit their proposal to the Editor-in-Chief at thematicissue@benthamscience.net for consideration.
There is no restriction on the number of tables or additional files e.g. video clips, animation and datasets, that can be included with each article online. Authors should include all relevant supporting data with each article (Refer to Supplementary Material section).
The main text should begin on a separate page and should be divided into Title page, Abstract and the main text. The text may be subdivided further according to the areas to be discussed, which should be followed by the List of Abbreviations, Conflict of Interest, Acknowledgement and Reference sections.For Research Articles, the manuscript should begin with the Title page and Abstract followed by the main text, which must be structured into separate sections as Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate, Human and Animal Rights, Conflict of Interest, Acknowledgements and References. The review article should mention any previous important reviews in the field and contain a comprehensive discussion starting with the general background of the field. It should then go on to discuss the salient features of recent developments. The authors should avoid presenting material which has already been published in a previous review. The authors are advised to present and discuss their observations in brief. The manuscript style must be uniform throughout the text and 10 pt Times New Roman fonts should be used. The full term for an abbreviation should precede its first appearance in the text unless it is a standard unit of measurement. The reference numbers should be given in square brackets in the text. Italics should be used for Binomial names of organisms (Genus and Species), for emphasis and for unfamiliar words or phrases. Non-assimilated words from Latin or other languages should also be italicized e.g. per se, et al. etc.
For all submitted original research articles, supporting data must be made available to editors and peer-reviewers at the time of submission for the purposes of evaluating the manuscript. The preferred way to share large data sets is via public repositories. Some of these repositories offer authors the option to host data associated with a manuscript confidentially, and provide anonymous access to peer-reviewers before public release. These repositories then coordinate public release of the data with the journal's publication date. This option should be used when possible but it is the author's responsibility to communicate with the repository to ensure that public release is made on time for online publication of the paper.
Unstructured repositories such as figshare and Dryad are suitable alternatives if no structured public repositories exist. As a less desirable alternative, data sets can be made available as Supplementary Information files, which will be accessible on the website of Current Genomics upon publication. In the rare cases where it is technically impossible for data files to be provided to the journal such as typically large amounts of data contained in new databases or knowledge databases disclosed in manuscripts, the authors must make the data available to editors and peer-reviewers at submission, and directly upon publication date, the author providing a URL hosted on a stable institutional server in the manuscript.
DNA and protein sequences: When publishing reference genomes, the assembly must be made available in addition to the sequence reads. Sequence must be deposited even for short stretches of novel sequence information such as epitopes, functional domains, genetic markers, or haplotypes. Short novel sequences must include surrounding sequence information to provide context. The sequences of all small RNA probes central to the conclusions of the paper must be provided.
Linked phenotype and genotype data for human subjects: should be submitted to a public repository with appropriate access control (see above). Any restrictions on data access for sensitive data (for example electronic medical records, forensic data, and personal data from vulnerable populations) require an explanation of the nature of and reasons for the restrictions, and details of the conditions under which the data can be accessed or reused.
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All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below for preparing illustrations for publication in Current Genomics. If the figures are found to be sub-standard, then the manuscripts will be rejected.
No page charges will be levied to authors for the publication of their article. However, the authors may decide for some paid-for editorial services such as open access publication.