Genome Instability & Disease (GIAD) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed original research papers, short communications, and review articles on the molecular mechanisms underlying genome stability maintenance, genome instability-associated human diseases and therapeutic applications. In particular, GIAD publishes novel data regarding the regulatory mechanisms of genome stability, including epigenetic and post-translational modifications, and the DNA damage response and its association with the inheritance of mutations that contribute to genetic disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and ageing. GIAD publishes one volume per year, consisting of six regular issues. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process.

Since the journal’s launch in January 2020, GIAD has published 10 issues with the comprising articles attracting more than 30,000 downloads. Moreover, GIAD has been indexed by many databases including Google Scholar and the CNKI.

We are excited to announce that across 2022 and 2023, we will publish eight special issues. We are now seeking review articles, original research papers and opinion pieces on new advances in the following fields:

1.Environmental genotoxicity (Submission deadline: 30-April-2022)

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Environmental genotoxic responses and human disease susceptibility

Fine partile matters

Environmental agents and human diseases

Oxidative DNA damage

DNA damage signaling & responses

Guest editor

Pingkun Zhou

Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, AMMS, China

E-mail: zhoupk@bmi.ac.cn

2.The DNA Damage Response (DDR) (Submission deadline: 30-June-2022)

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Regulation of post-translational modifications for the DDR

The DDR signal transmission

The regulatory mechanism of DDR and its application in anti-tumor

Guest editor

Xiaochun Yu

Westlake University, China

E-mail: yuxiaochun@westlake.edu.cn

3.Chromatin biology (Submission deadline: 30-August -2022)

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Transcription-coupled DNA double-strand break repair

Transcription replication conflicts

The DNA damage response and synthetic lethality

Guest editor

Lei Shi

Tianjin Medical University, China

E-mail: shilei@tmu.edu.cn

4.non-coding RNAs (ncRNA) (Submission deadline: 30-August -2022)

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

The regulation of ncRNA on phase-separation

The interaction between ncRNA and tumor metabolism

The role of ncRNA in metabolic reprogramming

Guest editor 1 

Mian Wu

University of Science and Technology of China, China

E-mail: wumian@ustc.edu.cn

Guest editor 2 

Zhou Songyang

Sun Yat-sen University, China

E-mail: songyang@bcm.edu.

5.Tumorigenesis (Submission deadline: 30-October -2022)

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Tumor clonal evolution

Mutations and tumorigenesis

Genomic instability and treatment resistance

Guest editor 1 

Bin-Bing S. Zhou

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China

E-mail: binbing_s_zhou@yahoo.com

Guest editor 2

Guoliang Qing

Wuhan University, China

E-mail: qingguoliang@whu.edu.cn

Guest editor 3 

Daming Gao

Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, CAS, China

E-mail: dgao@sibcb.ac.cn

Guest editor 4

Ying Hu

Harbin Insitute of Technology, China

E-mail: huying@hit.edu.cn

6.Post-translational modifications (Submission deadline: 30-December -2022)

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Acetylation

Methylation

PARylation

Phosphorylation

Sumoylation

Ubiquitination

Guest editor 1 

Jianyuan Luo

Peking University, China

E-mail: luojianyuan@bjmu.edu.cn

Guest editor 2 

Jian yuan

Tongji University School of medicine, China

E-mail: yuanjian229@hotmail.com

Guest editor 3 

Jiadong Wang

Peking University, China

E-mail: wangjd@bjmu.edu.cn

7.DNA replication and stress responses (Submission deadline: 30-February -2023)

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Replication stress and chromosomal instability

The mechanisms underlying DNA replication and regulation

DNA replication and recombination

Guest editor 

Jun Huang

Zhejiang University, China  

E-mail: jhuang@zju.edu.cn

8.Immune checkpoints (Submission deadline: 30-April -2023)                                                                        

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

Epigenetic regulation of immune checkpoints

Check point inhibitors

Immune checkpoints in skin diseases and genome instability

Guest editor 

Rutao Cui

Zhejiang University, China  

E-mail: rutaocui@bu.edu  

Before submitting your manuscript for consideration for publication in one of these special issues, please contact the relevant guest editor(s) by email. Only submissions sent within the specified deadlines will be considered.

For more information about GIAD, please visit the journal’s websites:

https://www.springer.com/journal/42764

https://med.szu.edu.cn/Category_960/Index.aspx

To submit your article, please visit: https://www.editorialmanager.com/giad/default.aspx

All submissions are handled by a dedicated and professional editorial team. There are no fees for online publications, and all articles are published open access during 2020 and 2021.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!