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The Society for General Microbiology recently announced the launch of Microbial Genomics, a fully open access and open data journal publishing research articles that use genomic approaches to further our understanding of microbiology, from clinically important pathogens to microbial life in diverse ecosystems.
Microbial Genomics is fully compliant with funding body mandates. The default licence will be CC-BY-NC, but where the funder requires it the author may select a CC-BY.
Authors are now able to submit their manuscript and during the journal’s launch years the article processing charges will be waived.
The first articles are due to be published in July 2015.
The announcement of Microbial Genomics reflects the Society’s continued commitment to open access publishing, following the launch of JMM Case Reports www.jmmcr.sgmjournals.org, its first fully gold open access journal, in 2014.
Further details are provided in the press release below or online at www.mgen.sgmjournals.org.
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Society for General Microbiology announces new open access and open data journal, Microbial Genomics
At their Annual Conference in Birmingham, the Society for General Microbiology announced the launch Microbial Genomics, a fully open access journal publishing research articles that use genomic approaches to further our understanding of microbiology, from clinically important pathogens to microbial life in diverse ecosystems.
Microbial Genomics is the first journal from the Society to publish with a mandatory open data policy, requiring authors to archive any data associated with their paper. The Society for General Microbiology has partnered with the online data repository Figshare to make all data deposited with them accessible to researchers across the globe, via the published article. Of this decision, the Society’s Product Manager, Parita Patel, said, “Data sharing encourages a collaborative approach through the visibility, transparency and reuse of research data to advance microbiology in the same way that the open access movement has.” Submissions to Microbial Genomics are open now, with all open access fees waived during the launch period. The journal’s first articles will be published in July 2015.
The journal’s joint Editors-in-Chief are Professor Nicholas Thomson and Professor Stephen Bentley, both based at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK.
Professor Thomson explains why the Society is launching the new publication: “Microbial Genomics fills an important niche as it offers an open approach to capture rapidly developing research in a field that often falls between the gaps in the scope of other journals.”
Professor Bentley added that, “Technological advances in the field of genomics have led to a vast amount of data being produced every day. Microbial Genomics will provide a forum for researchers to present these data, which will be vital for the development of future therapies and public health interventions.”
In addition to the Editors-in-Chief, Microbial Genomics has appointed an expert, international editorial board. Dr Jennifer Gardy, a genomic and molecular epidemiologist from the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada, will be one of the journal’s Senior Editors. She explained why the new journal is well placed: “The field of microbial genomics has never had its own flagship journal and we are well-positioned to fill that gap. In a field where data sharing is critical to research output, the journal’s open access, online model sets an excellent example – we have the opportunity to show other journals not just how to survive but to thrive in an era where scientific publishing is offering new opportunities to authors like the archiving of pre- and post-prints, and facilitating the publication of supplementary data, protocols and software.”
The announcement of Microbial Genomics reflects the Society for General Microbiology’s continued commitment to open access publishing, following the launch of JMM Case Reports, its first fully gold open access journal, in 2014.
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• For further information please contact Benjamin Thompson, Public Relations Manager at the Society for General Microbiology via email at [log in to unmask] or on Tel: +44 (0)20 7685 2684 Mobile: +44 (0)7584 689 611).
• Microbial Genomics will be published in a continuous rolling manner. Accepted articles will be published and citable in their unedited format within three working days. The final version of the article will follow within four weeks of acceptance. More information on the journal can be found at http://mgen.sgmjournals.org.
• The Society for General Microbiology is a membership organisation for scientists who work in all areas of microbiology. It is the largest learned microbiological society in Europe with a worldwide membership based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes and schools. The SGM publishes key academic journals in microbiology and virology, organizes international scientific conferences and provides an international forum for communication among microbiologists and supports their professional development. The Society promotes the understanding of microbiology to a diverse range of stakeholders, including policy-makers, students, teachers, journalists and the wider public, through a comprehensive framework of communication activities and resources. More information on the Society can be found at http://www.sgm.ac.uk.
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