Online journal: Genetics and Molecular Research (GMR) What is GMR? GMR is a peer-reviewed, all-electronic journal available at no charge to readers via the Internet on the FUNPEC (Ribeirão Preto foundation for research) website (www.funpecrp.com.br ). What are GMR 's aims and scope? The overall aim of GMR is to publish original, outstanding research papers in the areas of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Evolution. Why a new journal? GMR has been launched to agilize the process of publication and to make these publications readily available to the scientific community. The editorial staff at GMR maintains the same structure and procedures as the print journals that it has worked with previously, but with reduced costs due to the elimination of printing and mailing. Further, the lead time to publication is considerably reduced. After extensive consultation with scientists, financing institutions and indexing agencies we decided that there was a need for a high-quality electronic journal accessible at no charge to anyone, anywhere, at anytime. Is GMR a 'real' journal? Absolutely, GMR publishes original research articles that have undergone rigorous peer review. Citations to GMR can be made as for any print journal. FUNPEC is committed to maintaining unrestricted access to the archive at no charge and in perpetuity. GMR is presently abstracted and indexed in the following secondary services: Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases, AgBiotechNet, Agricola, Agricultural Economics Database, Agroforestry Abstracts, Animal Breeding Abstracts, Animal Science Database, Apicultural Abstracts, BioDirectory, Biological Abstracts, Biological Sciences Abstracts, Biosis Previews, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, CABI Animal Production Database, CABI Crop Science Database, CABI Plant Genetics and Breeding Database, CABI Tropical Diseases Bulletin, CABI Veterinary Science Database, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Crop Physiology Abstracts, CSA Biological Sciences, Dairy Science Abstracts, Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO Publishing, EMBASE, EMBiology, Entomology Abstracts, Environmental Science Database, Excerpta Medica – Embase, Field Crop Abstracts, Forest Science Database, Forestry Abstracts, Genetics Abstracts, Horticultural Science Abstracts, Index Medicus, ISI (Science Citation Index-Expanded), Lilacs, Med Bio World, Medline, Nematological Abstracts, Neurotransmitter, Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series A, Nutrition and Food Sciences Database, Parasitology Database, Pherobase, Plant Breeding Abstracts, Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts, Plant Protection Database, Protozoological Abstracts, PubMed (LinkOut Journal), Review of Agricultural Entomology, Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, Review of Plant Pathology, Rice Abstracts, SCD UHP-NANCY, Scirus, Scopus, Virtual Health Library, Weed Abstracts and Wheat, Barley and Triticale Abstracts. How do I benefit as an GMR author and why should I submit my best papers? The Editors are dedicated to establish GMR as a prestigious place to publish and authors benefit from this commitment to scientific quality and visibility. The very nature of articles published in GMR means that the journal will have high impact and attract extensive citations. Funding agencies, tenure committees and promotion boards will recognize GMR in their thinking and decisions. Authors benefit from the high visibility of publishing their papers on the GMR web site. Speed of publication - referees will be asked to review papers within 10 days and papers will be published on the web as soon as accepted for publication; there will be little in the way of postal or printing delays. Authors can also include links to their articles in their own or departmental online websites and in messages to colleagues, informing them of publication. Thus, they will save postage costs and delays in the availability of their material to interested readers. How does GMR take advantage of the Internet? GMR takes advantage of web publishing in several ways. Articles are published as soon as they are accepted rather than waiting for an issue to be completed. Authors can present data and results which cannot readily be presented in print journals. This includes color figures, with no extra charge. In addition authors can supply hypertext links to other resources, such as supplementary material available elsewhere on the web. Is everything archived? Yes. We are aware of the need to provide secure data storage for future archiving of material. Our own web server is extensively backed up and we have a commitment to provide access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Can articles be printed out? Yes, they appear on the web as html documents, which are easily viewed on a computer screen, or as (Adobe Acrobat) pdf documents, which appear in a normal print journal format, and can be printed as such, with the corresponding journal page numbers. How much does it cost to publish in GMR? There is no charge to publish in GMR. However, if upon initial review, the editors deem that the (English) language needs to be improved, the authors must provide a corrected version of the manuscript. FUNPEC, the foundation that publishes GMR, can provide this service, at cost, through third party services. How are GMR articles cited? Citations are the same as for a print article, as GMR articles have page numbers. Example: Duarte, F.A.M. (2002). A new, online genetics journal. Genet. Mol. Res 1 (1): 2-5. |