Announcement of Distinguished GPB Articles 2012-2015

We would like to announce the second batch of distinguished Genomics,Proteomics and Bioinformatics(GPB)selected from articles published in GPB in 2012-2015.The first batch of distinguished GPB articles were selected from the articles published in GPB in 2003-2011 and announced in 2014.

In total 16 articles have been selected for the second batch of the award program(Table 1).The editorial award committee recognized these notable and distinguished articles based on the citation statistics from the Web of Science by taking into account the length of post-publication time.

The distinguished GPB article award program is supported by the Project for Enhancing International Impact of China STM Journals(PIIJ)of China.PIIJ was launched jointly by six national organizations and ministries including Chinese Academy of Sciences to foster quick development of China’s quality international STM journals for better dissemination.GPB has been selectively supported by the PIIJ to improve journal impact in the global scientific community.

Beside the distinguished article award program,GPB also supports Open Access publication by covering the majority of the article processing charge(APC).

The third batch of distinguished GPB articles will be selected from the articles published in 2016-2018 and announced tentatively in 2019.

Congratulations to all authors of the awarded distinguished articles!