Why does Genome Biology publish non-refereed and refereed research?
In addition to traditional peer-reviewed research articles, Genome Biology has a depository for research ‘preprints’ – non-refereed research, which are published immediately on the web. Authors have sole responsibility for the content of a preprint and research published as a preprint may have been submitted for peer review in Genome Biology or any other publication the author chooses. Publication of non-refereed research reports gives researchers a number of useful options, including the very rapid placement of research results in the public domain and the publication of information which may not require refereeing or which is too specific to find a place in a traditional journal (for example, detailed specific observations, techniques or improvements to techniques, addenda to published research, and so forth). Each preprint has a unique citation, by which it can be referred to on posters, grant applications or other papers.
