- Cancer informatics
Cancer Informatics [http://la-press.com/journal.php?journal_id=10] is a peer reviewed
open access academic journal focussing on the application ofcomputational biology to cancer research. The journal is published byLibertas Academica [http://la-press.com] .Aims and Scope
We live in a time when it is widely recognized that scientific collaborations across traditional disciplines can yield exponential gains through synergy. Cancer research is currently benefiting from advances in many fields, including biology (genomics and proteomics), physical chemistry (mass spectrometry and radio imaging), computer science and biostatistics (machine learning, artificial intelligence), and many others.
There exists a bewildering diversity of scientific journals in which new applications of these advances toward discovery in cancer research is reported. Leveraging these advances into new medicines and medical practices for the early detection, prevention and treatment of cancer is made difficult by the broad diffusion this literature. Bioinformatics and computational biology appear to play a central role at each nexus, in part because novel technologies lead to immense leaps in the amount and granularity of data from patients and patient samples.
A number of important journals exist that focus on a wide breadth of foci within bioinformatics. Medical informatics is a field nearly as wide that includes patient information systems and related critical components of information management in the information age.
Editor in Chief and Editorial Board
The journal's Editor in Chief is Dr Igor Jurisica [http://la-press.com/journal.php?pa=editor_in_chief&journal_id=10] and it has an international Honorary Editorial Board [http://la-press.com/journal.php?pa=editorial_board&journal_id=10] .
Editorial policies
The journal accepts various types of submission, although all manuscripts must comply with the journal's submission guidelines and style guide. Rigorous peer review is undertaken over a period of two to three weeks, although this can vary based on reviewers' responses.
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