Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics (GPB) is the official journal of Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences / China National Center for Bioinformation and Genetics Society of China. The goals of GPB are to disseminate new frontiers in the field of omics and bioinformatics, to publish high-quality discoveries in a fast-pace, and to promote open access and online publication via Article-in-Press for efficient publishing. GPB is interested in submissions across all areas of life science, biology, and biomedicine, focusing on large data acquisition, analysis, and curation. Manuscripts with topics on omics and the related bioinformatics are all welcome to publish with us. GPB has been indexed/abstracted by SCIE, PubMed/MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Scopus, BIOSIS Previews, Chemical Abstracts, CSCD, etc. GPB's article types include: Original research articles presenting novel data and findings. Papers describing innovative method, application note, protocol, and database update as well as database review and resource review providing primary scientific information to a broad readership. Comprehensive reviews as full articles focus on the research history and developments; mini-reviews and life time achievement reviews, which are invited submissions, adopt limited size and focus on the author' research field and career. Essays, commentaries, opinions, research highlight, news and views, and perspectives about new discoveries, scientific policies, and research proposals. Other article types including meeting report, editorial, etc.