%0 Journal Article
%T Genome Integrity - a new open access journal
%A Razqallah Hakem
%A M Prakash Hande
%A John Petrini
%A Predrag Slijepcevic
%J Genome Integrity
%D 2010
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/2041-9414-1-1
%X By launching Genome Integrity, the first open access journal dedicated to the field of DNA damage response and associated processes, we aim to provide interested scientists with the journal that enables (i) immediate online access to articles as soon as they are accepted for publication and (ii) free and universal online access resulting in dissemination to the widest possible audience. We believe that the current lack of opportunities for immediate and free dissemination of articles focusing on the above area of research will make Genome Integrity a viable and competitive journal. We would like to note that Genome Integrity articles will be archived in PubMed [1] and all freely accessible full-text repositories. This complies with the policies of a number of funding bodies including the Wellcome Trust, NIH and Howard Hughes Medical Institute [2-5].The scope of Genome Integrity is wide and ambitious. We aim to attract articles focusing on all aspects of DNA damage response mechanisms, including mechanisms of DNA damage induction, sensing, signalling and repair, cell cycle check-point control, telomere maintenance and control of apoptosis. The journal also welcomes submissions which focus on mechanisms of chromosome stability maintenance and the effects of genotoxic stress on this stability. A growing area of research within the field is understanding DNA damage processing in the context of interphase nucleus chromatin and the journal certainly aims to attract authors interested in the mechanisms underlying these processes. Genome Integrity also intends to encourage publications from authors interested in exploring the effects of normal and pathological DNA damage responses on tissue homeostasis, cellular and organismal ageing and tumorigenesis in humans and in animal models. In brief, Genome Integrity will publish articles exploring fundamental, as well as translational, aspects of all processes behind DNA damage response, genome and chromosome stability maintenance
%U http://www.genomeintegrity.com/content/1/1/1