Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will publish The Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening (JIEMS), a new open access, online-only journal in 2013, with manuscripts being accepted in mid-April. JIEMS will be the official journal of the Latin American Society of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Neonatal Screening (SLEIMPN).
Published continuously, JIEMS will disseminate peer-reviewed original research articles, short reports, clinical cases, and reviews that will advance clinical and experimental research on inherited genetic disorders and on screening activities. Topics will include basic and applied research findings that have implications for the understanding of disease pathogenesis, development of diagnostic strategies and of innovative therapies, as well as screening of diseases in populations and in selected groups.
The journal will be edited by Dr. Roberto Giugliani, Chief of the Medical Genetics Service of Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre and Professor of the Department of Genetics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Dr. Giugliani, who is a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, is also Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for the Development of Medical Genetics Services in Latin America, is the Coordinator of the Brazilian National Institute of Population Medical Genetics (INAGEMP) and Chair of the Administrative Council of SLEIMPN.
JIEMS will publish papers from a variety of different health, life, and biomedical science researchers including geneticists, genetic counsellors, dieticians, biochemists, molecular biologists, reproductive medicine researchers, obstetricians/gynecologists, neonatologists, pediatricians, and pathologists.
