1985-Present

Semi-monthly

Janet Kelso; Alfonso Valencia

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Barcelona Supercomputing Center

English

1367-4803

https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics

No

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American Mathematical Society; Animal Breeding Abstracts; Biological Abstracts; Agbiotech News and Information; Agricultural Engineering Abstracts; Biological and Agricultural Index; BIOSIS Previews;

The leading journal in its field, Bioinformatics publishes the highest quality scientific papers and review articles of interest to academic and industrial researchers. Its main focus is on new developments in genome bioinformatics and computational biology. Two distinct sections within the journal - Discovery Notes and Application Notes - focus on shorter papers; the former reporting biologically interesting discoveries using computational methods, the latter exploring the applications used for experiments.

Biology

Yes

Zenodo; Figshare; Software Heritage; CRAN; Bioconductor

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The following types of paper may be submitted for publication. Please note the page limits for each type of paper formatted in the journal template, as well as the word and figure limitations for papers submitted Format-Free. Original Papers (up to 7 pages; this is approx. 5,000 words. excluding figures): Original papers that describe new research developments in computational molecular biology, for example: models, algorithms, software involving new methods, biological databases and network information services, and their impact on molecular biology or computer science. Actual biological data, as opposed to purely simulated data, must be used. Application Notes (up to 2 pages; this is approx. 1,300 words or 1,000 words plus one figure): Applications Notes are short descriptions of novel software or new algorithm implementations, databases and network services (web servers, and interfaces). Software or data must be freely available to non-commercial users. Availability and Implementation must be clearly stated in the article. Authors must also ensure that the software is available for a full two years following publication. Web services must not require mandatory registration by the user. Additional supplementary data can be published online-only by the journal. This supplementary material should be referred to in the abstract of the Application Note. If describing software, the software should run under nearly all conditions on a wide range of machines. Web servers should not be browser specific. Application Notes must not describe trivial utilities, nor involve significant investment of time for the user to install. The name of the application should be included in the title. Reviews (3-8 pages; this is approx.3000-6000 words excluding figures): Most review papers are commissioned, although the editors welcome suggestions from prospective authors who should in the first instance submit a draft or abstract/summary no longer than a page. Letters to the Editor: Bioinformatics publishes ""letters to the editors"" on the broad range of topics covered by the journal, including political, technical and scientific analyses of issues related to bioinformatics and computational biology. The letters can also include the discussion of papers published by the journal. Conference Papers: Bioinformatics considers proposals for publishing conference proceeding papers, as supplementary issues or as special sections of the journal. Please be sure to include the following information in your proposal: What is the theme of the conference and submitted papers? What numbers of papers are expected to be submitted and published? What peer review process will be put in place by the conference organisers to recommend papers for publication in the journal? How many delegates are expected to attend the conference? Assurance that the papers proposed for publication have not and will not be published elsewhere prior to publication in Bioinformatics, or afterwards without the permission of the journal’s publisher.