Bioinformatics (journal)

Bioinformatics
DisciplineComputational biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byAlfonso Valencia, Janet Kelso
Publication details
Former name
Computer Applications in the Biosciences
History1998–present
Publisher
FrequencyBiweekly
Hybrid
6.937 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Bioinformatics
Indexing
CODENBOINFP
ISSN1367-4803 (print)
1367-4811 (web)
LCCN98641767
OCLC no.848277860
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Bioinformatics is a biweekly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research and software in bioinformatics and computational biology. It is an official journal of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), together with Bioinformatics Advances.[1]

The journal was established as Computer Applications in the Biosciences (CABIOS) in 1985. The founding editor-in-chief was Robert J. Beynon.[2] In 1998, the journal obtained its current name and established an online version.[3][4]

It is published by Oxford University Press and, As of 2014, the editors-in-chief are Alfonso Valencia and Janet Kelso.[5]

Previous editors include Chris Sander, Gary Stormo, Christos Ouzounis, Martin Bishop, and Alex Bateman. In 2014, these five editors were appointed the first Honorary Editors.[6]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 5.4.

From 1998 to 2004, Bioinformatics was the official journal of the ISCB. In 2004, as many ISCB members had institutional subscriptions, the society did not renew its contract.[7][8]

As of 2005, PLOS Computational Biology became an official ISCB journal.[7] In January 2009, Bioinformatics again became an official journal of the ISCB, alongside PLOS Computational Biology.[9] The ISCB currently designates Bioinformatics Advances and Bioinformatics as its official journals.[1]

The proceedings of the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and the European Conference on Computational Biology have been published in special issues of Bioinformatics since 2001 and 2002, respectively.[10][11]

Following budget problems, Greek universities dropped their subscriptions in 2013.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Official journals". International Society for Computational Biology. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. ^ Beynon, R. J. (1985). "Cabios Editorial". Bioinformatics. 1 (1): 1. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/1.1.1.
  3. ^ "Computer Applications in the Biosciences". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  4. ^ Cox, Barbara. "The Bioinformer nr. 3, 1998 — Namechange for CABIOS". riethoven.org. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  5. ^ "Bioinformatics – Editorial Board". Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  6. ^ "15 years of Bioinformatics". Bioinformatics. 30 (6): 747. 2014. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btu076. PMID 24642573.
  7. ^ a b Hunter, Lawrence; Altman, Russ B.; Bourne, Philip E. (2007). "The International Society for Computational Biology 10th Anniversary". PLOS Computational Biology. 3 (6): e135. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030135. PMC 1904389.
  8. ^ "History of ISCB". iscb.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  9. ^ "Bioinformatics". iscb.org. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  10. ^ Brunak, S. (2001). "ISMB 2001". Bioinformatics. 17 (Suppl 1): S1–S4. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/17.suppl_1.S1.
  11. ^ "Proceedings of the European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB 2002)". Bioinformatics. 18 (Suppl 2): S1–S259. 2002. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013.
  12. ^ Trachana, Varvara (2013). "Austerity-led brain drain is killing Greek science". Nature. 496 (7445): 271. doi:10.1038/496271a. PMID 23598305.
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