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Bioinformatics
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Online Journal of Bioinformatics©
ISSN 1443-2250
OVERVIEW
Updated
January 4, 2009
The Online Journal of Bioinformatics (OJB) abbreviated as
Online J Bioinformatics founded in 1996, currently has 36 editorial members
qualified in computational biology, genetics, biology, informatics and/or
computer science. The purpose of this journal is to provide original high
quality peer-reviewed bioinformatics in a timely manner. Submissions are
reviewed by 2 editors or persons commissioned from another institution. If an
outcome is uncertain, a third reviewer's decision will be final. The site
consists of a contents page with links to full-text articles (subscribers).
Published articles are permanently available, archived and occasionaly
updated. OJB
articles are posted with relevant meta tags. The journal publishes mainly
original research work in bioinformatics, but reviews of recent
relevant findings may be considered. Submissions that do not meet the basic
requirements (see below), will not be reviewed. Submissions will be subjected to
an automatic plagiarism and author (only if relevant), check before
review. As of the 16th August, 2007 published articles will be linked to
the reviewers reports. As of February 2008, all
accepted review reports will be posted without author's names or institution.
Submissions must be of middle to high significance to be considered for review.
A list of specific areas for publication is shown below:
Functional interfaces for genome and gene analysis.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Updated
4th January 2009
How to submit: The Online J Bioinformatics (OJB) is an electronic journal. (Basic requirements):Submissions must be emailed
here and
when received will be acknowledged by OJB by return email. Authors submitting on behalf of an
institution must provide evidence (email or otherwise) of acceptance of
submission by the institution. Authors must identify or nominate the
organization where the work was done, acknowledge collaboration, and nominate
their qualifications. To avoid confusion, file names should be distinctive
and include date of submission. For example "Influenza virus: biochemical
perspectives, mutational variants and bird flu" should be named
"birdfluMay3rd08.doc", "influenzaMay3rd08.doc" or
mutationalMay3rd08.pdf" ect.
Review and publication: Submissions are reviewed by two or
more editors, or persons commissioned from another institution. The criteria
for publication are outlined in the Referee Form. If accepted with or without
modifications, reports are usually emailed to authors within 60 working
days. After author notification by email, submissions not published by OJB are erased and copyright is
returned to authors. If the work is deemed to not be an original contribution
and requires major changes, the manuscript will not be considered for
publication (but a report will be issued). From February 2008, review
reports for all submissions are posted without author's names, origin or title. Reports
are not provided to authors for submissions found to be not suitable for
publication in OJB and no further correspondence concerning the submission will
be entered into. Once authors have signed and returned the copyright form, and
have been notified by the OJB that a submission has been accepted, the board
may at its own discretion not allow the work to be withdrawn from publication.
Emails or attachments with viruses are not read and are deleted. Upon
acceptance of a submission, the TITLE and KEYWORDS will be posted on the internet and usually, published within 48 days.
Submissions remain posted indefinitely and archived.
Copyright and conflict of interest: . The OJB is unable to process accepted
submissions further until the OJB Copyright Form is received (Basic requirement). The form must be sent here by email. Receipt of the completed form
constitutes transfer of copyright (please read the form for further
information). OJB encourages the dissemination of scientific work and
supports the SPARC
initiative which allows authors to disseminate their work without financial
gain. Authors are encouraged to complete the SPARC form here when submitting work to the OJB. OJB subscribes to the conflict of
interest charter as described by the Council of Science Editors and authors must complete this form
Formatting (Basic requirements): Submissions should be submitted
in text, MSWORD, Latex, PDF other suitable word processing programs or
formatted HTML or XML. Additional formatting, if required, will be done by the OJB. Submissions must be written
in a high standard of English. Authors should be acquainted with
browser programs for re-editing. Graphs and movies may be attached in any
format. Please note that large images may have to be linked to another page. As
a guide, authors should view a recent OJB
article (full-text PDF)
or full-text
WORD. Submissions must start with the respective TITLE and AUTHOR(S) NAMES names
with qualifications (PhD), affiliations, address for correspondence and email address. The ABSTRACT must be a concise compilation
of the work done (avoid lengthy descriptions of current knowledge), results and
conclusions. The abstract must have KEY-WORDS. The INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS and METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION
and REFERENCES follow the ABSTRACT and must contain information directly
related to the work. Results must be supported by valid statistical and/or
programming tests. Statements should be made in the third person. For example
"I/we found that.. is
not acceptable", whereas "it was found that using the proposed method",
is acceptable.
References
in text may be set out as Jones GH (1996) or Jones and Smith JK (2000) or for more than two, Jones et al (2001). REFERENCES should be listed as author names
(Jones GH), title, journal name in full, volume and pages. References may also be listed in
order of appearance and represented by a number [1] in text. A full text article should not
exceed 5000 words with a maximum of 50 references. Authors are encouraged
to emulate the format mainly used in the OJB.
Upon
acceptance of a submission, the TITLE and KEYWORDS will be posted on the internet, and published within 90 days.
Submissions remain posted indefinitely and archived. If images are too
large (eg >2 MG), only relevant sections of the
image may appear in the article. The full image may be linked to a separate
page.
Short communications: Contributors may report significant new research
results. The work should be presented in the form of a short abstract with
supporting condensed data. Short reports should not exceed 1000 words and 25
references.
Review articles: Authors may submit a compendium of their own research
work or a review of the current and future status of areas of interest (see list above). Solicited or unsolicited articles will be
reviewed by the Editorial Board. Reviews should include an abstract, an
introduction and brief headings. The article should not exceed 3000 words and
60 references.
Materials and Data Availability :Authors must allow other qualified researchers to replicate and
improve on submissions to OJB and must allow access to data and programs. However, authors may
inform the OJB upon submission of any restrictions on the availability of data.
Authors must make cloned DNAs, antibodies, bacterial,
animal, or plant cells; viruses; and computer programs promptly available on
request by qualified researchers for their own use. Failure to comply will
preclude future publication in the journal. Authors may request a modest sum to
cover costs.
Reprints: Upon request, authors will be emailed a copy of the
full-text published article for printing. Parts may have to be reformatted (eg: large images).
Disclaimer :No responsibility is assumed by the
Publisher for any damage and/or injury to any persons, animals or property due
to any of the products, ideas, methods or instructions published in Online
Journal of Bioinformatics (OJB). Inclusion of any of the products in material
published in OJB does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of the quality
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