Fwd: Special issue

[Goksel Misirli]

Dear all

Please see the message from Falk (Falk Schreiber, falk.sc...@gmail.com) regarding a special issue in JIB (the normal deadline is 31 Jan 2026). The special issue will cover standards as well as  tools / databases / libraries using COMBINE standards.

Happy new year

Goksel

---------- Falk's announcement: ---------

It will be open access, and free of charge for authors (for the special issue 01/2026).

Feel free to contact me if there are any questions.
More information are below.

Also, if you plan an article about the last COMBINE meeting or the HARMONY meeting in February 2026 let me know, we will likely be able to include this too (for HARMONY it would need to be by mid February 2026, the normal deadline is 31 January 2026. I will also attend HARMONY in person)

---------- More details: ---------

There will be another special issue of the Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics covering COMBINE specifications, standards and tools!

The JIB journal is here: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jib.

Similar to our previous special issues:
- It will be free of charge for articles in the special issue
- All articles will be linked via PubMed.
- Additionally, it's worth noting that JIB now has an impact factor (not very high, but better than none).

There will be two paper types
a) new or updated standards
b) papers describing tools, databases, libraries or similar using COMBINE standards


Submission DEADLINE:
January 31st 2026.
Important: Articles - after completion of the proofing process - are published online in DOI-citable form. This can already happen any time in 2025, so if you have something much earlier than the deadline it would be also available earlier online (ahead of print)


How to submit:
a) new or updated standards
1. Prepare a PDF of the standard
1.1 The normal PDF you already have for your standard could be used
1.2 Prepare a cover page for your PDF which you attach as first page of your PDF
Important: Use the JIB template for this cover page ! The aim is to have the title page of each paper (standard) in the journal format, but the journal would be flexible enough to allow the remaining pages to be in the existing format.
2. Submit your standard paper at JIB (see important note below)
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dgjib
Please follow the process of submitting a paper to JIB, you do not need to suggest reviewers.

b) papers describing tools, databases, libraries or similar using COMBINE standards
1. Prepare your paper as normal, using the JIB style
2. Submit your standard paper at JIB (see important note below)
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dgjib
Please follow the process of submitting a paper to JIB, you do not need to suggest reviewers.


IMPORTANT:
Send an Email to Björn (bjorn....@rca.ac.uk) and me (falk.sc...@uni-konstanz.de) before you submit!
We will give you additional information to make sure that is goes into the special issue (and you do not have to pay the normal open access fee).


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