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Genomic research and clinical interventions for rare diseases

Guest Editors
Anna Lindstrand, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Claudia M. B. Carvalho Fonseca, PhD, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, USA


Submission Status: Open until 16 April 2025

Tumor immune contexture in cancer progression and treatment

Guest Editors:
Noel De Miranda: Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands

Submission status: Open until 31 December 2024

Advances in healthy aging and age-related diseases

Guest Editors:
Joris Deleen, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Germany
Henne Holstege, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands


Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2024

Genome instability in cancer: from mechanisms to the clinic

Guest Editors:
Christopher Lord, PhD, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
Timothy Yap, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, US

Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2024

Cardiovascular disease: omics approaches and clinical applications

Guest Editors:
James Ware, PhD, Imperial College London, UK
Connie Bezzina, PhD, Amsterdam UMC, NL

Submission Status: Open until 1 December 2023

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 10.4
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 12.6
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 2.375
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 4.975

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 9
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 185

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 2,331,772
    Altmetric mentions: 4,916

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