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Gigascience

GigaScience is an open-access, online-only journal that focuses on publishing research at the intersection of biology and big data. It promotes reproducibility and transparency by requiring authors to share their data and code. With a unique emphasis on data-driven research, GigaScience aims to advance scientific discovery and innovation in the era of large-scale data analysis.

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Abbr. Gigascience
Start 2012
End Continuing
e-ISSN 2047-217X
Country United States
Language English
Specialties Biology
Genetics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 3798 88
SJR / Ranks: 302 4621
CiteScore / Ranks: 741 13.70
JIF / Ranks: 533 9.2
Recent Articles
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Starcevic A, Figueredo R, Naldoni J, Correa L, Okamura B, Adriano E, et al.
Gigascience . 2025 Mar; 14. PMID: 40080648
Oxford-Nanopore PromethION sequencing is a PCR-free method that retains epigenetic markers and provides direct quantitative information about DNA methylation. Using this long-read sequencing technology, we successfully assembled 5 myxozoan genomes...
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Bachmann T, Mueller K, Kusnezow S, Schroeter M, Piaggi P, Weise C
Gigascience . 2025 Mar; 14. PMID: 40072905
Background: The cerebellum is one of the major central nervous structures consistently altered in obesity. Its role in higher cognitive function, parts of which are affected by obesity, is mediated...
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Han H, Salinas N, Barbey C, Jang Y, Fan Z, Verma S, et al.
Gigascience . 2025 Mar; 14. PMID: 40072904
Background: Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria xananassa Duch.), an allo-octoploid species arising from at least 3 diploid progenitors, poses a challenge for genomic analysis due to its high levels of heterozygosity and...
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Dugre M, Chatelain Y, Glatard T
Gigascience . 2025 Mar; 14. PMID: 40072903
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) preprocessing is a critical step for neuroimaging analysis. However, the computational cost of MRI preprocessing pipelines is a major bottleneck for large cohort studies and some...
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Gao Y, Luo H, Lyu H, Yang H, Yousuf S, Huang S, et al.
Gigascience . 2025 Mar; 14. PMID: 40036691
Background: The rapid evolution of metagenomic sequencing technology offers remarkable opportunities to explore the intricate roles of microbiome in host health and disease, as well as to uncover the unknown...
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Lu T, Wang X, Nie W, Huo M, Li S
Gigascience . 2025 Mar; 14. PMID: 40036690
Background: Precise prediction of epitope presentation on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules is crucial for advancing vaccine development and immunotherapy. Conventional HLA-peptide binding affinity prediction tools often focus on specific...
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Wang T, Yang M, Shi X, Tian S, Li Y, Xie W, et al.
Gigascience . 2025 Mar; 14. PMID: 40036429
Background: Musk, secreted by the musk gland of adult male musk-secreting mammals, holds significant pharmaceutical and cosmetic potential. However, understanding the molecular mechanisms of musk secretion remains limited, largely due...
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Jiang D, Li Y, Zhuge F, Zhou Q, Zong W, Liu X, et al.
Gigascience . 2025 Feb; 14. PMID: 39982852
Background: Prunus campanulata, a species of ornamental cherry, holds significant genetic and horticultural value. Despite the availability of various cherry genomes, a fully resolved telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly for this species...
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Schuiveling M, Liu H, Eek D, Breimer G, Suijkerbuijk K, Blokx W, et al.
Gigascience . 2025 Feb; 14. PMID: 39970004
Background: Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer in which tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are a biomarker for recurrence and treatment response. Manual TIL assessment is prone to interobserver variability,...