Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group and Fudan University, Shanghai, will partner to publish npj Molecular Phenomics, a new open access journal. The partners signed an agreement during a ceremony at the campus of Fudan University. The journal will open for submissions in October 2015.
The journal provides a forum for the most important scientific advances in the emerging field of phenomics, the study of the physical and chemical expression of gene-environment interactions, their relationships with the underlying genomes, and the relationship of molecular phenotypes with disease risk and response to therapy.
npj Molecular Phenomics emphasises studies and applications with impact on human health. Interdisciplinary like the fields it serves, the journal will encourage and facilitate academic exchanges between basic and clinical researchers and pave the way for comprehensive solutions for precision medicine.
npj Molecular Phenomics is the second Nature Partner Journal to be launched in collaboration with an institution in China. There are three Editors-in-Chief for the new journal - Professor Li Jin, Professor of Genetics, Vice President of Fudan University, Director of Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development (CICGD); Professor Jeremy Nicholson from Imperial College; and Professor Arthur Moseley, Director of Proteomics for the Duke University School of Medicine.
