A second special issue of Standards In Genomic Sciences from the Genomic Standards Consortium

Dawn Field, Renzo Kottmann, Norman Morrison, Peter Sterk

Abstract


This issue includes a series of papers from the second special issue of the Standards in Genomic Sciences (SIGS) journal organized by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC). With this special issue, SIGS makes a significant advance towards its goal of providing a unique forum for publishing standards-compliant literature. With the publication of these articles SIGS is continuing to expand its scope and relevance to the wider scientific community working in the areas of genomes, metagenomes, metagenetics, 'omics and standard ways of describing, analyzing, distributing and publishing data.

doi:10.4056/sigs.2295087


Keywords


editorial, Genomic Standards Consortium, special issue

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Acknowledgements

We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of many members of the Genomic Standards Consortium, the broader genomic science community, and those who have indicated their willingness to serve as editors, reviewers and contributors.

Funding for SIGS is provided by a grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University, the Michigan State University Foundation, and the US Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research DE-FG02-08ER64707.

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