A new innovative open-access academic journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics (MBMG) has been launched to welcome novel papers from both basic and applied aspects.
Focusing on genetic approaches to study biodiversity across all ecosystems, MBMG covers a considerably large scope of research including environmental, microbial and applied metabarcoding and metagenomics (especially DNA-based bioassessment and -monitoring, quarantine, nature conservation, species invasions, eDNA surveillance), as well as associated topics, such as molecular ecology, DNA-based species delimitation and identification, and other emerging related fields. Submissions of bioinformatic approaches to MBMG (algorithms, software) are also encouraged.
Featuring novel article formats and data publishing workflows, MBMG is to reflect the rapid growth in the use of metabarcoding and metagenomics in life and environmental sciences.
Issued via ARPHA - the first ever publishing platform to support manuscripts all the way from authoring to peer review to publication and dissemination, designed by the academic publisher and technology provider Pensoft, the new journal is to host a wide range of outcomes from across the research cycle, including data, models, methods, workflows, software, perspectives, opinions, implementation strategies, as well as conventional research articles.
While the above-mentioned publication types are already available in other journals published on the ARPHA platform, such as Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO), Biodiversity Data Journal and One Ecosystem, MBMG provides five extra domain-specific article types, namely: Emerging Technique, Applied Study, DNA Barcode Release, Primer Validation and Probe Validation.
Having opted for the ARPHA-XML publishing workflow, MBMG provides its authors with access to the signature ARPHA service – the ARPHA Writing Tool that allows for collaborative authoring, easy search and import of literature and data references, cross-referencing of in-text citations, pre-submission peer review, automated technical check for consistency and the opportunity to update any publication anytime. Furthermore, all of this happens within a single online system.
The high-tech backbone of MBMG benefits the readers as well. The articles are to be available in three formats (PDF, XML, HTML) and full of semantic enhancements for better human- and machine-readability and discoverability. The XML-based workflow also ensures that content and data are available for extraction, indexing and re-use immediately after publication.
The first batch of research papers published in MBMG are now available on their new website.
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