General information

Online submission and peer review

Manuscripts should be submitted online via our website using eJManager (https://www.ejmanager.com/my/cs/). If you encounter any issues during the online submission process, please do not hesitate to contact: Thomas.Liehr@med.uni-jena.de.
Authors are advised to ensure that their papers adhere to the scientific and style guidelines provided below. Please note that ChrSomics follows a single-blind peer review process. All manuscripts are evaluated for their scientific content and significance by the Editor-in-Chief and/or the Managing Editor, as well as at least two independent reviewers. All submitted manuscripts should contain original research that has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. To avoid unnecessary delays to publication, authors are requested to comply with the guidelines below. If these are not followed, your submission will be returned for additional revision.

Article publication charges (APCs)

The corresponding author will pay a €100 Article Processing Charge (APC) (excluding international remittance/bank transfer fees) once the manuscript has been accepted for publication by ChrSomics following peer review. APCs will only be paid after acceptance has been issued.
In special cases, and if authors can demonstrate genuine reasons for being unable to pay the full fee, discounts may be granted at the Editor-in-Chief's discretion.

Guidelines for submission

To be considered

• The article is previously unpublished and has not been submitted to any other journal.
• The file is in Microsoft Word format.
• Abbreviations should be kept to a minimum and defined in the text after their first use.
• Figures and Tables are numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. Each Figure and Table shown need to be mentioned in the text.

Types of manuscripts

The following are welcome: (i) original research articles, (ii) review articles, and (iii) shorter communications limited to approximately 1,500 words, such as case reports, commentaries, hypotheses, technical notes, opinions, or letters to the editor.
Comprehensive reviews and book reviews are by invitation only.
Other article types, such as editorials, obituaries, corrigenda and errata, are intended primarily for use by editors.

Structure of article and text

All manuscripts should be written in English using Arial with the default settings in Microsoft Word. Articles should not exceed 12 pages in length, excluding tables, references and one to three figures. Original research articles should have no more than 30 references, and review articles should have no more than 80. Shorter communications should not contain more than one figure and/or table. The text should be double-spaced and in 12-point font. Italics should be used where appropriate, and underlining should be avoided except for URL addresses. All illustrations, graphs, and tables (with legends) should be inserted into the text at the appropriate places, rather than being placed at the end. 

Title page

The title should be an informative summary of the contribution.
The names of all authors should be listed below the title. The corresponding author should be highlighted, and numbers should be provided that correspond to the address list of affiliations.
The list of affiliations should then follow in numerical order below the author line.
Finally, provide the corresponding author's details: name, email address, full institutional address (including institution name, street address, city, postal code and country) and telephone number.

Abstract and keywords

A structured abstract of a maximum of ~300 words should include the following sections: ~300 words, should include the following sections: Background, Methods, Results and Conclusion.
Three to seven keywords should be listed below the abstract.

For certain types of submission (editorials, obituaries, etc.), the structured abstract and keywords may be omitted.

Main text

The main text should be structured as follows:

• Background
• Material and Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• If necessary, a Conclusion section may be added.

For certain types of submission (editorials, obituaries, etc.), the structured abstract and keywords may be omitted.

Additional required information

• Acknowledgements (optional): Here authors may recognize individuals and institutions who supported their research presented in the actual paper, but did not qualify for co-authorship.
• Authors statement: If an article has more than one author, the authors' contributions should be mentioned as: Idea for the study / Supervisors; Lab work; Lab and/ or IT resources; Manuscript drafting; Manuscript finalization and approval; Funding received.
• Conflict of interest (COI) statement: COIs relate to situations in which the personal interests of an individual researcher, organization or funding agency might affect the results of a study, and in which those results might be used to make decisions that benefit a third party, funding agency or researcher. If there is no COI, please write 'None'.
• Disclaimer statement: A disclaimer is a statement that waives liability in order to avoid civil liability for certain acts or omissions. If there is no disclaimer, please enter 'None'.
• Ethical approval / Informed consent statement: In the case of studies and specific protocols involving humans and/or animals (for which ethical approval is required), the authors must clearly state here that they have obtained approval from the relevant ethics committee, including the name of the committee and the approval notification number; in case of data being obtained during routione diagnostics it may be stated instead: The subjects studied were accessed as part of routine diagnostics. Accordingly, specific study approval by an Ethics Committee was not necessary. Ethical approval was not required for this study in accordance with local/national guidelines.
  Studies involving human participants must have been conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki; it must be declared that informed conscent was obatained. For research involving animals, authors must confirm that they have followed institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals. The manuscript must state that the study was approved by an institutional ethics committee.
• Generative AI statement: If the authors used generative AI in any way when preparing their manuscript, they must declare this and explain how and why they used it. If they did not use Generative AI, please write 'Not applicable'. Please note: ChrSomics does not prohibit the use of generative AI (GenAI) when preparing manuscripts. However, authors must provide a declaration in the article text explaining which GenAI tools were used and to what extent; see also WAME guidelines.
• No plagiarism statement: ChrSomics is committed to publishing original material only. The journal uses the plagiarism detection software Turnitin to screen all submissions. Any significant instance of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism or text recycling, will be dealt with in accordance with COPE guidelines and may result in the submission being rejected or retracted. This also includes misconduct such as duplicate submissions, redundant publications, citation manipulation, data fabrication and falsification, and improper author contribution or attribution. Here should be written: We declare there was no intentional plagiarism.
• Source of funding statement: The authors should clearly state the source of funding for their study. If no funding was received, then write 'None'.

 

References

List the references according to their order of appearance in the text. The first reference in the article is designated with number 1, etc.
The style and punctuation of the references should be as follows:

Journal articles
Author 1 last name Author 1 first name(s) abbreviated, Author 2 last name Author 2 first name(s) abbreviated, etc. Title. Journal name abbreviation. year of publication; Volume(Issue):page number(s). doi: DOI number.

Books
Author 1 last name Author 1 first name(s) abbreviated, Author 2 last name Author 2 first name(s) abbreviated, etc. Title. year of publication; Publisher, page number(s).

Book chapter
Author 1 last name Author 1 first name(s) abbreviated, Author 2 last name Author 2 first name(s) abbreviated, etc. Title. In: Author 1 last name Author 1 first name(s) abbreviated, Author 2 last name Author 2 first name(s) abbreviated, etc., Title; year of publication; Publisher, page number(s).

https citations
Author 1 last name Author 1 first name(s) abbreviated, Author 2 last name Author 2 first name(s) abbreviated, etc. Title. year of publication; URL address; accessed on day/month/year

 

ChromoSomics Basics 

Open access

ChrSomics is committed to advancing the global exchange of information by providing its readers with free access to research studies via open access (OA). The full text of articles is made available as a PDF on the ChrSomics website, ready to be read, downloaded and shared.

Copyright

The copyright for all articles published in ChrSomics is retained by the authors. These articles are published under an open-access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This license permits the use, distribution and reproduction of articles in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Digital archiving

All articles published in ChrSomics are archived by the Editor-in-Chief on independent, secure hard drives to ensure data security in the event of digital blackouts for emergency backup and data restoration purposes.

Conflicts of interest

A conflict of interest (COI) may arise if one has a financial, legal or professional relationship with organizations or individuals that could influence your research. Full disclosure is required for authors when submitting research to ChrSomics. The Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor may take this information into account when making editorial decisions, and COIs should be published with the paper. In addition, all funding sources that supported the work must be acknowledged.
Reviewers must decline to take over the task of a review if they have a potential COI, such as having collaborated with the authors recently or working at the same institution. If a potential COI arises during the review process, the reviewer must notify the editor immediately.
Editors with a COI to a submitted manuscript (e.g. if they work at the same institution as an author) must remove themselves from the editorial process and request that another editor handle the submission.

Tasks of editors

All manuscripts submitted to the ChrSomics undergo an extensive peer review process. The manuscripts circulate between the author, the editor/associate editor, and the reviewers before final publication.
All manuscripts submitted to the eJManager system are initially quality controlled by the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor to ensure correct formatting, referencing and completeness of all files. If all quality criteria are met, the review process is initiated. Otherwise, the paper may be sent back to the authors for pre-review revision or rejected immediately.
The review process involves inviting at least two experts in the field. Based on their comments, suggestions and overall assessment, the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor will recommend acceptance, minor or major revision, or rejection of the paper. Accepted papers are processed and published on https://chromosomics.org/. Revised papers can be resubmitted, after which the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor will decide whether to send them for re-review, accept them, or reject them. Rejected submissions are closed.
The Editor-in-Chief has the final and decisive authority to make recommendations regarding submitted manuscripts.

Tasks of reviewers

ChrSomics uses a single-blind peer review process, whereby reviewers are aware of the authors' identities, but the authors are not informed about who has reviewed their manuscripts. In most cases, submissions are reviewed by at least two independent experts. These experts assess whether the article is novel, well-written, thorough and worthy of publication in ChrSomics. If the peer reviewers recommend publication in their assessment reports, the Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision and communicates it to the corresponding author via email.

Article handling

• Shipping: The published articles are available online and can be accessed via the website. They can also be downloaded by authors and other researchers free of charge. As they are digital commodities and, ChrSomics is an online-only journal, articles are not shipped to authors by surface mail.
• Withdrawal: Articles in press (= they have been accepted for publication or published as Online First) that include errors or violate the publishing ethics guidelines, such as multiple submissions, fake claims of authorship, plagiarism or fraudulent use of data, may be withdrawn from the journal. Withdrawal means that the article files are removed and replaced with a PDF stating that the article has been withdrawn from the journal in accordance with ChrSomics editorial policies.
• When publishing an article in ChrSomics, the authors have the following cancellation rights: They can withdraw an article and cancel their intention to conclude the contract at any time during the article's evaluation (including peer review). Once an article has been accepted for publication, it cannot be withdrawn. Any benefits or interests received by the author up to the point of cancellation must be refunded to ChrSomics.
• When providing services to the author, ChrSomics has the following cancellation rights: ChrSomics may reject the article at any time without specifying a reason, thus cancelling the submission contract. Following cancellation by ChrSomics, both parties are released from any previous commitments under these Terms and Conditions. If any service fees have been paid before the contract is cancelled, the author will be fully refunded.
• If an author pays more than is invoiced by ChrSomics, any bank or transaction charges will be deducted from a partial refund of the overpaid amount.
• Once an article has been accepted for publication or published online, ChrSomics will not refund authors the charges they have paid as APCs.

Privacy

Authors, reviewers, editors and editorial board members provide information such as their names, email addresses, affiliations and contact details on the ChrSomics website. Any information provided to the website is protected from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. No information is ever used for any purpose other than that which has already been mentioned, nor is it shared with any other party.