Instructions for Authors
How to prepare a manuscript for the Journal of Proteomics and Genomics Research, what to declare with it, and how to send it.
- ISSN 2326-0793
- Crossref DOI prefix 10.14302
- Open access · CC BY 4.0
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Preparing the manuscript
The journal publishes the following article types.
| Article type | What it is |
|---|---|
| Original research article | New experimental or computational results. |
| Review article | Narrative reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Systematic reviews report their search and selection methods. |
| Method and technology report | A workflow, assay, algorithm or platform, with documented performance. |
| Short communication | A focused result that stands on its own. |
| Data resource | A dataset or reference resource, published with guidance for reuse. |
| Perspective or commentary | By invitation. |
Structure
A manuscript carries a title page with author names, affiliations and the corresponding author’s contact details; a structured abstract giving objectives, methods, results and conclusions; and then introduction, methods, results and discussion. Data-availability, ethics and funding statements follow the discussion, and references come last.
Provide three to six keywords, using the terminology a reader of proteomics or genomics would search for. A running title helps the production team.
Files and formatting
Use clear section headings and consistent numbering, define every abbreviation at first use, and follow SI conventions for units and symbols. Name files for what they are — MainManuscript, Figure1, Table2.
Supply tables as editable text rather than images, and supply figures as separate files at a resolution that stays legible at print size. Cite every figure and table in the text.
Figures and image integrity
A figure must represent the original data. Where an adjustment has been applied to an image or a spectrum, describe it in the legend; where a composite is used, label the boundaries and explain the composition. Legends should let a figure be read on its own.
References
References follow Vancouver style, numbered in the order they first appear in the text. Give the DOI wherever one exists, so the reference resolves.
Preparing for double-blind review
For double-blind review, remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding details, institution names, and other identifying information from the reviewer manuscript. Provide identifying information separately in the title-page file or submission form.
Double-blind review is available on request; the default is single-blind. The Editorial Policies set out how editors and reviewers handle a double-blind manuscript.
Word, abstract, reference, figure and table limits are agreed with the editorial office for the article type concerned. Where a manuscript is unusually long or figure-heavy, say so in the cover letter and the editor will advise before review.
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Data, code and reporting
Every empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement.
The statement says where the data are held, how they are reached, and what restricts access if anything does. Give accession numbers and DOIs wherever they exist. Where access is controlled, explain why and describe how a qualified researcher may apply.
| Data type | Repositories |
|---|---|
| Proteomics | PRIDE, ProteomeXchange, MassIVE |
| Genomics and transcriptomics | GEO, SRA, ENA |
| General data, code and workflows | Zenodo, Figshare, Dryad |
Reporting the method
Report the method in enough detail for the work to be repeated: instrument and platform configuration, software names with versions and parameters, quality-control criteria, and how replicates and controls were handled. For proteomics that includes search parameters and the false-discovery-rate threshold; for sequencing it includes the reference genome and the filtering applied.
Where analysis code, scripts, containers or notebooks support the result, deposit them and cite them alongside the data.
Statistics
Describe how sample size was arrived at where that applies, report effect estimates with their confidence intervals rather than p values alone, explain how missing data and outliers were handled, and name the statistical software and version.
Reporting guidelines
Where a study design has an established reporting guideline, follow it and submit the completed checklist: CONSORT for randomized trials, STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews, CARE for case reports. These apply to the designs they were written for; a laboratory proteomics or genomics study follows the method-reporting requirements above.
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Ethics and declarations
Human and animal research
Research involving human participants, human material or identifiable human data requires the approval of the relevant ethics committee or institutional review board and the informed consent of participants. Name the approving body and the approval reference, and confirm consent. Where an individual could be identified from the material shown, obtain consent to publish.
Research involving animals requires the applicable institutional and national approvals; report the approving body, the reference and the welfare standards followed. Work with pathogens, genetic resources or field-collected specimens is conducted under the permits and biosafety approvals that apply, and those are recorded in the manuscript.
Clinical trials
Interventional clinical trials must be registered in an accepted public trial registry at or before the first participant provides consent for enrollment. The registry name, registration number, and registration date must be reported in the manuscript.
Authorship and contributions
Authorship is reserved for those who contributed substantively to the conception or design, to the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of the data, or to drafting and revising the manuscript, and who approve the submitted version. Describe what each author did. Other contributors, including medical writers and editorial assistance, are named in the acknowledgments.
Any change to the author list after submission is made with the written agreement of all authors, including anyone added or removed.
Competing interests and funding
Declare financial and non-financial competing interests, and give funding sources with grant identifiers. These declarations are published with the article.
Use of AI tools
Authors are responsible for every part of a submitted manuscript, including any passage prepared with the assistance of a generative AI tool, and disclose that assistance in the manuscript. Authorship is reserved for people.
Preprints and prior presentation
A preprint is welcome; disclose it in the cover letter and cite it in the manuscript. Note any prior conference presentation in the same way.
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Submitting
Three routes reach the journal.
- ManuscriptZone The publisher submission portal. oap.manuscriptzone.net
- Simple manuscript submission form A short web form, with this journal already selected. openaccesspub.org/manuscript-submission-form
- Editorial office Write to the editorial office and a member of staff will open the submission with you. [email protected]
Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
The cover letter
Say what the manuscript contributes and why it fits this journal, disclose any related submission or preprint, and confirm funding and competing interests. Suggested reviewers with their affiliations and contact details are welcome; the editor decides whom to invite.
Before you send
- Manuscript with title page, structured abstract and three to six keywords
- Figures as separate files; tables as editable text
- Data-availability statement, with accessions or DOIs
- Ethics approvals and consent, where the work involves human participants or animals
- Trial registration details, where the work reports an interventional trial
- Competing interests, funding and author contributions
- Reporting checklist, where one applies to the study design
- Cover letter
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Review, revision and proofs
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal’s scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. Reviewers advise; the decision stays with the editor.
Revision
Answer the reviewers point by point in a response letter and mark the changes in the manuscript. Update the data-availability statement, figures, tables and supplementary files where the revision affects them.
Proofs and publication
Accepted manuscripts go to copyediting, proofing and Crossref DOI registration. Check author names, affiliations, funding statements, tables, figures, captions and references at proof, and confirm the supplementary files are final.
The article processing charge of USD 2,100 is charged after acceptance only, and is described on the Article Processing Charges page. Billing and fee-relief inquiries are handled by the editorial office and take no part in the editorial decision.
After publication
If an error comes to light after publication, tell the editorial office. Corrections, retractions and expressions of concern are described in the Editorial Policies.
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Before and after submission
Check the Aims and Scope before preparing a manuscript, and the Editorial Policies for the standards applied to it. Questions go to the editorial office.