tailieunhanh - Báo cáo sinh học: " Genetics Selection Evolution: news for the period "

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài: Genetics Selection Evolution: news for the period | Hayes and Boichard Genetics Selection Evolution 2010 42 15 http content 42 1 15 GSE Ge n et i cs Selection Evolution EDITORIAL Open Access Genetics Selection Evolution news for the period January 2009 - May 2010 and editorial announcements Helene Hayes Didier Boichard It is now nearly a year and a half since the journal Genetics Selection Evolution GSE is published as an open access journal and it is time for an update on its activity and to share some changes on the editorial board. Comparing statistics between 2008 and 2009 provides some initial indication on the consequences of the Open Access conversion. The total number of manuscripts submitted in 2008 2009 was similar . 98 93. Except for manuscripts originating from China 22 in 2008 12 in 2009 there was little variation between 2008 and 2009 origin and number of manuscripts were quite stable with a large range of origins concentrating over Norway 8 in 2008 10 in 2009 USA 8 9 the Netherlands 7 10 France 7 8 Spain 6 5 Australia 3 6 UK 3 4 Germany 2 4 and Italy 1 4 . Thus in 2009 introduction of an author pay charge APC had little effect. The total number of manuscripts published was higher in 2009 54 than in 2008 40 which is partly due to the success of the call for sponsored papers in spring 2008 to promote new Open Access GSE . eight sponsored papers were published. The increase in number of published papers is made possible by the fact that with the Open Access online model there is no restriction in page number as before with the paper version. Over 2008 and 2009 the number of submissions per field was as follows methodological and quantitative genetics 25 in 2008 37 in 2009 applied and experimental genetics 25 29 population genetics and genetic diversity 24 12 molecular genetics 16 7 and others 8 8 . Thus about three quarters of the submitted manuscripts concerned in equal proportions methodological applied and population genetics in 2008 while in 2009 we observed a clear increase