GigaScience is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the publication of large-scale biological and biomedical research. The journal aims to revolutionize data dissemination, organization, and reusability in the life sciences by promoting data transparency and accessibility. By publishing research that includes extensive datasets, software tools, and methodologies, GigaScience facilitates reproducibility and fosters innovation in the field.
Content Types:
Research Articles: Detailed reports of original research that include comprehensive datasets, methods, and analyses.
Data Notes: Descriptions of valuable datasets that may not include extensive analysis but provide a significant resource to the scientific community.
Technical Notes: Reports on new software tools, computational methods, and technological advancements that facilitate the handling and analysis of big data.
High Standards and Impact:
Peer-Reviewed: GigaScience employs a rigorous peer-review process to ensure the publication of high-quality, accurate, and relevant research.
Citation Impact: Articles published in the journal are widely cited, reflecting its significant influence and impact in the field of big data in life sciences.
Reputation: Recognized as a leading publication, GigaScience is known for its commitment to data transparency and the promotion of open science.
Global Reach:
International Contributions: The journal attracts contributions from researchers and practitioners worldwide, providing diverse perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in big data research.
Broad Accessibility: As an open-access journal, GigaScience ensures that all research articles, datasets, and tools are freely available to the global scientific community.
Significance: GigaScience is a pioneering journal dedicated to the advancement of big data research in the life sciences. Its focus on data transparency, open access, and methodological rigor makes it an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers aiming to leverage big data for scientific and societal advancements.
Journal Home:  Journal Homepage
Editor-in-Chief:  Scott Edmunds
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GigaScience is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal that focuses on large-scale data and research in the life and biomedical sciences. The journal aims to revolutionize data dissemination, organization, understanding, and use by publishing research articles that generate extensive datasets, methods, and tools for handling big data.
The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:
Big Data in Life Sciences: GigaScience is dedicated to the publication of research involving large datasets from various biological and biomedical fields, including genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and systems biology.
Data Sharing and Reusability: The journal emphasizes the importance of data sharing, making datasets available to the research community to enhance transparency, reproducibility, and further analysis.
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics: It covers advancements in computational methods, algorithms, and software tools that facilitate the analysis and interpretation of large biological datasets.
High-Throughput Technologies: Research involving high-throughput experimental techniques such as next-generation sequencing, mass spectrometry, and high-throughput screening.
Data Standards and Integration: Studies promoting the development and adoption of data standards, as well as methods for integrating and managing diverse types of biological data.
Open Science: GigaScience supports the principles of open science, encouraging the publication of open access research, data, and tools to promote widespread dissemination and collaborative efforts.
Biomedical and Health Informatics: Research that applies big data approaches to understand complex biomedical and health-related issues, including personalized medicine and epidemiology.
Environmental and Ecological Data: Studies that use large-scale data to address questions in environmental science and ecology, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the journal.
Print ISSN:  2047217X
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Abstracting and Indexing:  Scopus, SCIE
Imapct Factor 2023:  9.2
Subject Area and Category:  Computer Science,Computer Science Applications,Medicine,Health Informatics
Publication Frequency:  
H Index:  88
Q1:  Computer Science Applications
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Cite Score:  15.5
SNIP:  2.643
Journal Rank(SJR):  4.621
Latest Articles:   Latest Articles in GigaScience
Guidelines for Authors: GigaScience Author Guidelines
Paper Submissions: Paper Submissions in GigaScience
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Country:  United Kingdom