iMeta progress and acknowledgment of reviewers in 2022

Abstract

iMeta" is an open-access Wiley partner journal launched by iMeta Science Society consisting of worldwide scientists in bioinformatics and metagenomics. iMeta aims to promote microbiome and bioinformatics research by publishing original research, methods/protocols, and reviews. The goal is to publish high-quality papers (top 10%) targeting a broad audience. Unique features include video submission, reproducible analysis, figure polishing, APC waiver, and promotion by social media with 500,000 followers [1]. In 2022, iMeta released four issues (Figure 1), including 60 publications with a total of 340 citations (https://app.dimensions.ai/ by December 31, 2022). The top three highly cited papers were ImageGP [2], Majorbio Cloud [3], and Sangerbox [4], with more than 50 citations, respectively. Since the first paper was published in February and the first issue was released on March 2022, publications This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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