Aims and Scope
The Journal of Proteomics and Genomics Research publishes work whose central scientific contribution is to proteomics, to genomics, or to a justified integration of the two. Both disciplines are held at full weight, and neither is treated as an adjunct of the other.
- ISSN 2326-0793
- Crossref DOI prefix 10.14302
- Open access · CC BY 4.0
The aim
What the journal sets out to publish
JPGR exists to advance knowledge of proteins at proteome scale and of genomes: how they are measured, how those measurements are analyzed, and what they establish about biological systems. That includes the experimental work, the computational and statistical work that interprets it, and the biological questions both are used to answer.
A manuscript is not required to address both disciplines. Work that reads protein evidence and sequence evidence together is welcomed on the same terms as single-discipline work, not preferred over it, and a proteomics or a genomics study is complete in itself.
Deciding fit
How to tell whether a manuscript is in scope
Do proteomic or genomic evidence, analysis, or methods carry the manuscript’s central scientific contribution?
JPGR welcomes research that develops or evaluates proteomic or genomic approaches, or uses them to generate substantive biological insight. Established methods and applied questions are eligible when the omics evidence and its interpretation are central to the findings. Scope depends on the scientific contribution and its connection to proteomics or genomics, rather than the assay platform or application field.
Areas covered
The research the journal publishes
The areas below include research in proteomics, genomics, and their integration. Protein structure, chemistry, interactions, gene regulation, and gene-function studies fit when they address a defined proteomic or genomic question or develop methods or resources for these fields. Focused and targeted studies are eligible when that connection is substantive; whole-proteome or whole-genome coverage is not required.
Proteomics
Protein and proteome characterization
Identification, sequence and structure characterization, proteome coverage, and the separation and enrichment strategies that make a proteome accessible.
Protein expression and abundance
Labeled and label-free quantification, differential abundance across conditions and time, and the statistical treatment of quantitative protein data.
Protein structure, function and interactions
Complexes, binding and affinity, interaction networks, enzyme activity and mechanism, and the experimental methods that resolve them.
Post-translational modification and protein chemistry
Modification mapping and site assignment, protein processing, folding and stability, and the chemistry that underlies protein behavior.
Genomics
Genome structure and organization
Sequencing strategies, assembly, annotation and reference construction in model and non-model organisms, and the organization of genomes and chromatin.
Genome function and regulation
Gene expression and its regulation, regulatory elements, epigenomic state, and transcriptome readout.
Genetic and genomic variation
Sequence and structural variation, polymorphism, population genomics, and the association of variation with phenotype.
Comparative and functional genomics
Assignment of gene function, and comparison across species, lineages, tissues and conditions.
Methods and applications
Research within either discipline and across them
Integrative proteomic and genomic studies
Studies in which protein evidence and sequence evidence are read against each other, including proteogenomic analyses. Integration is welcomed on the same terms as single-discipline work, never required of it.
Methods, computation and data resources
Experimental workflows, algorithms, pipelines, statistical models, reference databases, benchmarks and reproducibility for protein- and genome-scale data.
Applied, clinical and environmental contexts
Biological, microbial, plant, animal, agricultural, environmental and clinical systems in which the protein or genome evidence is central to the conclusion.
Contributions
The kinds of contribution that fit
Work that fits takes several forms: studies reporting new experimental or computational results; methodological contributions — a workflow, an algorithm, a pipeline, a benchmark or a reference resource — whose performance is documented; and synthesis that organizes an area of proteomics or genomics for the researchers working in it.
Article types, and the structure, formats and preparation requirements that go with each, are set out in the Instructions for Authors.
The boundary
Where the boundary falls
The boundary is set by the contribution, not by the organism, the system or the setting. The journal is not restricted to human material, to clinical questions, or to any single taxon. Microbial, plant, animal, environmental, agricultural and clinical systems are read on the same terms, and the scientific question decides.
Studies fit when they make a substantive contribution through proteomic or genomic characterization, interpretation, methods, or resources. Routine protein assays, genotyping, sequencing, or mass spectrometry used only for sample identification, quality control, or a supporting measurement are insufficient on their own. Authors who are uncertain where their manuscript sits are welcome to describe it to the editorial office before submitting.
Scope and assessment
What scope does and does not decide
Scope decides whether a manuscript belongs in this journal. It does not by itself decide whether the work is publishable. Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
Methodological, ethical, statistical and reporting requirements apply to every manuscript whatever its subject, and are set out in the Editorial Policies and the Instructions for Authors rather than here.
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Preparing and sending a manuscript
Read the preparation requirements first. Manuscripts reach the journal through the routes listed on the Submit Paper page, which include the publisher’s manuscript submission form with this journal already selected.