GSA journals are constantly evolving and growing to meet the needs of our genetics and genomics community. G3: Genes|Genomes These reports provide concise and organized templates for authors to submit their work efficiently, peer reviewers to review quickly, and readers and researchers to easily understand the science and access data and results. We hope you’ll consider G3 when looking for a home for your research!
Genetic screen reports
(Previous Mutant Screen Reports)
What are these article types?
Genetic screen reports provide a home for large-scale, unbiased screening studies that uncover the functions of genes and regulatory regions in the genome. These reports may include classical genetic screens, phenotypic screens, massively parallel reporter assays, QTL studies, GWAS, amplification screens, and other methods designed to identify genomic function.
Why are they important?
Large-scale screens often require years of work and produce significant discoveries on their own. Nevertheless, publication of these datasets is often delayed while follow-up mechanistic studies continue.
Genetic screen reports help address this problem by allowing timely publication of primary screening results, ensuring that high-value results reach the community quickly. They also provide peer review of screen design, controls, and procedures while creating standardized reports that support reuse and future collection.
These reports are more relevant to a single organism or system. A screen in which performed. DrosophilaFor example, it can be extremely valuable to researchers studying the same biological processes in other species.
Why submit?
In addition to quickly and efficiently communicating screen results to the community, publishing a genetic screen report gives due credit to the students, postdocs, and teams who performed the initial work the screen demanded. It also ensures that the wider research community can quickly build on these findings.
G3 is one of the few journals actively involved in this type of collaboration.
Software and workflow reports
(Formerly Software and Data Resources)
What are these article types?
Software and workflow reports highlight tools, pipelines, and reproducible workflows that help researchers analyze gene and genome-scale data.
It includes resources for population genomics, transcriptomics, metagenomics, genome assembly, variant calling, normalization, visualization, differential expression, phylogenetics and more.
Why are they important?
Many genomic analyzes are difficult—or impossible—to reproduce without a clearly documented workflow. Researchers often spend time reconstructing pipelines, fixing preventable errors, or reinventing methods that already exist elsewhere.
These reports address a critical need in the field by promoting reproducibility, transparency, and community standards for genomic analysis.
Why submit?
G3 offers a distinct advantage: These reports are designed for people who actually use Tools, not just developers. As G3 reaches a wider audience of geneticists and genomicists, the published tools gain visibility among the scientists who need them most.
These papers clearly state who should use the resource, when it should be used, and how it advances research.
Molecular Methods Reports
(new article type)
What are these article types?
Molecular Methods will publish new experimental tools, protocols, and technologies that enable advanced molecular research.
Examples include validated new techniques, adaptation of existing tools to new organisms, improved delivery systems, screening technologies, and practical protocols that make methods accessible to other laboratories.
Why are they important?
Developing a new tool often takes years of refinement and validation. Yet many journals prioritize the biological findings over the methods that made these discoveries possible.
This format recognizes that instrument development is itself a significant scientific contribution.
This type of report is particularly valuable for extending methods across the tree of life—for example, adapting a tool developed in a classic model organism for use in emerging systems or applied species.
Why submit?
Publishing a molecular method report gives researchers the credit they deserve for technical innovation and shares protocols that other scientists can immediately implement.
G3 provides expert peer review focused on rigor, validation, and real-world utility, so you can be confident your article will be impactful.
Genome Reports
What are these article types?
Genome Reports publishes high-quality genome assemblies and other genomic resources combined with biological context and analysis.
These reports serve researchers in the basic, agricultural, biomedical, and evolutionary sciences.
Why are they important?
As genome assembly becomes more accessible, quality assessment, annotation standards, and public availability are even more important.
Genome Reports ensure that new resources are carefully reviewed, shared openly, and scientifically contextualized. They allow researchers to publish important resources immediately, rather than waiting years for large comparative studies.
Why submit?
G3 has built a strong reputation for its genome reports, which are thoughtfully reviewed and reach an audience ready to use these resources.
We particularly welcome submissions spanning all branches of the Tree of Life.
Omics reports
What are these article types?
Omics reports highlight well-designed, interpretable large-scale data sets that explore biological questions through genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and other systems-level approaches.
Examples include RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, proteomics studies, metabolomics datasets, GWAS, and comparative multi-omics analysis.
Why are they important?
Many valuable omics studies generate robust datasets but do not fit traditional hypothesis-based publication models or include extensive mechanistic follow-up.
This format provides a home for rigorous datasets that promotes and supports reuse, comparative studies, meta-analyses, and future discovery.
Why submit?
G3 is already trusted for publishing high-quality genomic resources and data-rich studies. Omics reports build on this legacy with clear author guidelines, streamlined submission, and alignment with the FAIR Data Principles.
