Bioinformatics (journal)

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{{Infobox journal

| title = Bioinformatics

| cover = File:Bioinformatics journal cover.gif

| discipline = Computational biology

| abbreviation = Bioinformatics

| formernames = Computer Applications in the Biosciences

| editors = Alfonso Valencia, Janet Kelso

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| frequency = Biweekly

| history = 1998—present

| impact = 6.937

| impact-year = 2020

| openaccess = Hybrid

| website = https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/

| link1 = https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/issue

| link1-name = Online access

| ISSN = 1367-4803

| eISSN = 1367-4811

| OCLC = 848277860

| LCCN = 98641767

| CODEN = BOINFP

}}

Bioinformatics is a biweekly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research and software in bioinformatics and computational biology. It is the official journal of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), together with PLOS Computational Biology.

The journal was established as Computer Applications in the Biosciences (CABIOS) in 1985. The founding editor-in-chief was Robert J. Beynon.{{cite journal |last1=Beynon |first1=R.J. |title=Cabios Editorial |journal=Bioinformatics |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/1.1.1|year=1985 |doi-access=free }} In 1998, the journal obtained its current name and established an online version of the journal.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/8511758 |title=Computer Applications in the Biosciences |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2014-01-31}}{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Barbara|title=The Bioinformer nr. 3, 1998 — Namechange for CABIOS|url=http://www.riethoven.org/bioinformer/newsletter/archives/3/bioinformatics.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819024929/http://www.riethoven.org/BioInformer/newsletter/archives/3/bioinformatics.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2006|website=riethoven.org|access-date=5 September 2014}} It is published by Oxford University Press and, as of 2014, the editors-in-chief are Alfonso Valencia and Janet Kelso.{{cite web|title=Oxford Journals – Life Sciences & Mathematics & Physical Sciences – Bioinformatics – Editorial Board|url=http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/bioinformatics/editorial_board.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218072732/http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/bioinformatics/editorial_board.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2005 |work=Bioinformatics |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=14 November 2013}} Previous editors include Chris Sander, Gary Stormo, Christos Ouzounis, Martin Bishop, and Alex Bateman. In 2014, these five editors were appointed the first Honorary Editors of Bioinformatics.{{cite journal |title=15 years of "Bioinformatics" |journal=Bioinformatics |volume=30 |issue=6 |page=747 |doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/btu076 |pmid=24642573|year=2014 |doi-access= }} According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 5.610{{cite book |year=2020 |chapter=Bioinformatics |title=2019 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science }}

From 1998 to 2004, Bioinformatics was the official journal of the ISCB. In 2004, as many ISCB members had institutional subscriptions to Bioinformatics, ISCB decided not to renew its contract with the journal.{{cite journal|last1=Hunter|first1=Lawrence|last2=Altman|first2=Russ B.|last3=Bourne|first3=Philip E.|title=The International Society for Computational Biology 10th Anniversary|journal=PLOS Computational Biology|year=2007|volume=3|issue=6|pages=e135|doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030135|bibcode = 2007PLSCB...3..135H |pmc=1904389 |doi-access=free }}{{cite web|title=History of ISCB|url=http://www.iscb.org/iscb-history|website=iscb.org|access-date=8 September 2014}} {{As of|2005|post=,}} PLOS Computational Biology became the official ISCB journal. In January 2009 Bioinformatics again became an official journal of the ISCB, alongside PLOS Computational Biology.{{cite web|title=Bioinformatics|url=http://www.iscb.org/iscb-publications/35-ISCB%20Publications/ISCB%20Publications/179-bioinformatics|website=iscb.org|access-date=8 September 2014}}

The proceedings of the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference and the European Conference on Computational Biology have been published in special issues of Bioinformatics since 2001 and 2002, respectively.{{cite web|title=ISMB Proceedings|url=http://www.iscb.org/ismb-proceedings|work=iscb.org|publisher=ISCB|access-date=3 October 2013}}{{cite journal|last=Brunak|first=S.|author2=Krogh, A.|title=ISMB 2001|journal=Bioinformatics|date=1 June 2001|volume=17|issue=Suppl 1|pages=S1–S4|doi=10.1093/bioinformatics/17.suppl_1.S1|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|title=Proceedings of the European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB 2002)|journal=Bioinformatics|date=April 2002|volume=18|issue=Suppl 2|pages=S1–S259|url=http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/suppl_2.toc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228082130/http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/suppl_2.toc|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-28|access-date=12 February 2014}}

Following budget problems, Greek universities dropped their subscriptions to Bioinformatics in 2013.{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/496271a |title=Austerity-led brain drain is killing Greek science |year=2013 |last1=Trachana |first1=Varvara |journal=Nature |volume=496 |issue=7445 |pages=271 |pmid=23598305|bibcode=2013Natur.496..271T |doi-access=free }}