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AIMS AND SCOPE
World Journal of Medical Genetics (World J Med Genet, WJMG, online ISSN 2220-3184, DOI: 10.5496) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed, online, open-access (OA), journal supported by an editorial board consisting of 103 experts in medical genetics from 28 countries.
The biggest advantage of the OA model is that it provides free, full-text articles in PDF and other formats for experts and the public without registration, which eliminates the obstacle that traditional journals possess and usually delays the speed of the propagation and communication of scientific research results. The open access model has been proven to be a true approach that may achieve the ultimate goal of the journals, i.e. the maximization of the value to the readers, authors and society.
The role of academic journals is to exhibit the scientific levels of a country, a university, a center, a department, and even a scientist, and build an important bridge for communication between scientists and the public. As we all know, the significance of the publication of scientific articles lies not only in disseminating and communicating innovative scientific achievements and academic views, as well as promoting the application of scientific achievements, but also in formally recognizing the "priority" and "copyright" of innovative achievements published, as well as evaluating research performance and academic levels. So, to realize these desired attributes of WJMG and create a well-recognized journal, the following four types of personal benefits should be maximized. The maximization of personal benefits refers to the pursuit of the maximum personal benefits in a well-considered optimal manner without violation of the laws, ethical rules and the benefits of others. (1) Maximization of the benefits of editorial board members: The primary task of editorial board members is to give a peer review of an unpublished scientific article via online office system to evaluate its innovativeness, scientific and practical values and determine whether it should be published or not. During peer review, editorial board members can also obtain cutting-edge information in that field at first hand. As leaders in their field, they have priority to be invited to write articles and publish commentary articles. We will put peer reviewers’ names and affiliations along with the article they reviewed in the journal to acknowledge their contribution; (2) Maximization of the benefits of authors: Since WJMG is an open-access journal, readers around the world can immediately download and read, free of charge, high-quality, peer-reviewed articles from WJMG official website, thereby realizing the goals and significance of the communication between authors and peers as well as public reading; (3) Maximization of the benefits of readers: Readers can read or use, free of charge, high-quality peer-reviewed articles without any limits, and cite the arguments, viewpoints, concepts, theories, methods, results, conclusion or facts and data of pertinent literature so as to validate the innovativeness, scientific and practical values of their own research achievements, thus ensuring that their articles have novel arguments or viewpoints, solid evidence and correct conclusion; and (4) Maximization of the benefits of employees: It is an iron law that a first-class journal is unable to exist without first-class editors, and only first-class editors can create a first-class academic journal. We insist on strengthening our team cultivation and construction so that every employee, in an open, fair and transparent environment, could contribute their wisdom to edit and publish high-quality articles, thereby realizing the maximization of the personal benefits of editorial board members, authors and readers, and yielding the greatest social and economic benefits.
The aim of WJMG is to report rapidly new theories, methods and techniques for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and nursing in the field of medical genetics. WJMG covers topics concerning genes and the pathology of human disease, molecular analysis of simple and complex genetic traits, cancer genetics, epigenetics, gene therapy, developmental genetics, regulation of gene expression, strategies and technologies for extracting function from genomic data, pharmacological genomics, genome evolution, and medical genetics-related traditional medicine, and integrated Chinese and Western medicine. The journal also publishes original articles and reviews that report the results of medical genetics-related applied and basic research in fields such as immunology, physiopathology, cell biology, pharmacology, medical genetics, and pharmacology of Chinese herbs.
The columns in the issues of WJMG will include: (1) Editorial: To introduce and comment on the substantial advance and its importance in the fast-developing areas; (2) Frontier: To review the most representative achievements and comment on the current research status in the important fields, and propose directions for the future research; (3) Topic Highlight: This column consists of three formats, including (A) 10 invited review articles on a hot topic, (B) a commentary on common issues of this hot topic, and (C) a commentary on the 10 individual articles; (4) Observation: To update the development of old and new questions, highlight unsolved problems, and provide strategies on how to solve the questions; (5) Guidelines for Clinical Practice: To provide guidelines for clinical diagnosis and treatment; (6) Review: To systemically review the most representative progress and unsolved problems in the major scientific disciplines, comment on the current research status, and make suggestions on the future work; (7) Original Articles: To originally report the innovative and valuable findings in medical genetics; (8) Brief Articles: To briefly report the novel and innovative findings in medical genetics; (9) Case Report: To report a rare or typical case; (10) Letters to the Editor: To discuss and make reply to the contributions published in WJMG, or to introduce and comment on a controversial issue of general interest; (11) Book Reviews: To introduce and comment on quality monographs of medical genetics; and (12) Guidelines: To introduce consensuses and guidelines reached by international and national academic authorities worldwide on the research in medical genetics.
NAME OF JOURNAL
World Journal of Medical Genetics
ISSN
ISSN 2220-3184 (online)
FREQUENCY
Bimonthly
LANGUAGE
English
LAUNCH DATE
December 27, 2011
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Hans van Bokhoven, Professor, PhD, Department of human Genetics and Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboud university Nijmegen Medical centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. h.vanbokhoven@antrg.umcn.nl
EDITING
Editorial Board of World Journal of Medical Genetics
Room 903, Building D,
Ocean International Center,
No. 62 Dongsihuan Zhonglu,
Chaoyang District,
Beijing 100025, China
Telephone: +86-10-85381892
Fax: +86-10-85381893
E-mail: wjmg@wjgnet.com
http://www.wjgnet.com
PUBLISHING
Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited
Room 1701, 17/F, Henan Bulding,
No.90 Jaffe Road, Wanchai,
Hong Kong, China
Fax: +852-31158812
Telephone: +852-58042046
E-mail: bpg@baishideng.com
http://www.wjgnet.com
PUBLICATION FEE
WJMG is an international, peer-reviewed, OA, online journal. Articles published by this journal are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. Authors of accepted case report must pay a publication fee. The related standards are as follows. Publication fee: 1300 USD per article; Reprints fee: 350 USD per 100 reprints, including postage cost. Editorial, topic highlights, original articles, book reviews and letters to the editor are published free of charge.
SPECIAL STATEMENT
All articles published in this journal represent the viewpoints of the authors except where indicated otherwise.
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