Journal Overview

Editor-in-Chief: Dr M. Chandrashekara
ISSN:  3049-2661 (Online)
Frequency: Half-yearly (two regular issues per year). Special issues or supplementary issues may be published in addition to the regular schedule when approved by the Editor-in-Chief.
Start Year: 2026
Language of Publication: English
Current Publisher: Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Coimbatore, India.
Journal History: The Journal of Genomics and Health Sciences (JOGHS) was established in 2026 and was published by the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Coimbatore, India.

The Journal of Genomics and Health Sciences (JOGHS) is a peer-reviewed, Gold Open Access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing understanding of genomics and its applications across medicine, public health, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The journal publishes original research, reviews and scholarly studies connecting genomic discoveries with clinical practice and improved health outcomes.

JOGHS welcomes interdisciplinary research in human and medical genomics, functional genomics, epigenetics, precision medicine, pharmacogenomics, gene therapy, genome editing, molecular diagnostics, rare genetic disorders, cancer genetics, microbiome research, computational genomics, bioinformatics and AI-enabled genomic analysis. Ethical, legal and social dimensions of genomic technologies are also within its scope.

Peer Review

All manuscripts submitted to JOGHS undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts considered suitable for further evaluation are reviewed under a double-blind peer-review process by at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise. Special issues, invited papers, and supplementary content are subject to the same editorial oversight, peer-review standards, and publication-ethics requirements as regular submissions.

Subject Areas

Health Sciences: Clinical and Translational Genomics, Precision Medicine, Molecular Diagnostics and Public Health Genomics

Genetics and Molecular Biology: Human Genomics, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Cancer Genetics and Rare Diseases

Computational Biology: Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics, Multi-Omics and AI-Driven Genomic Research

Clinical Research: Pharmacogenomics, Genetic Epidemiology and Genomic Applications in Disease Prevention and Management

Abstracting, Indexing and Discovery

JOGHS reports coverage or discoverability through J-Gate, Google Scholar, EBSCO Information Services, Engineering Source, Library and Information Science Source, One Belt One Road Reference Source, Scilit, Crossref, Library of Congress, WorldCat, and Scite.

Publication Ethics

JOGHS is committed to publication ethics and malpractice prevention in line with COPE-aligned editorial practice. Its ethics framework addresses authorship and contributorship, conflicts of interest, complaints and appeals, data sharing and reproducibility, ethical oversight, intellectual property, research misconduct, and post-publication corrections and retractions.

Open Access, Licensing and Repository Rights

JOGHS follows a Gold Open Access publishing model. Published articles are made immediately and permanently available on the journal website without subscription, registration, or pay-per-view barriers.

Articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). The licence permits copying and redistribution of the unchanged article for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Commercial use and distribution of modified, adapted, translated, or derivative versions require additional permission.

Authors may deposit the submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, and published Version of Record in institutional, subject, or other appropriate scholarly repositories in accordance with the journal's Repository Policy. The Version of Record must remain unmodified and retain the original citation, DOI, copyright notice, licence information, and acknowledgement of JOGHS as the original publication.

Upon acceptance and publication, the author(s) or other lawful copyright holder assign copyright in the published work to the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI) in accordance with the journal's Copyright Transfer Agreement. Following the copyright transfer, CRI holds the copyright for the published Version of Record.

JOGHS content is preserved through the PKP Preservation Network to support long-term digital preservation and continued access.

Ownership, Management and Editorial Independence

The Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, publishes JOGHS. CRI is a scholarly publishing unit of The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation. CRI provides editorial administration, production, hosting, archiving, preservation, and dissemination support.

Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief and appointed editors on the basis of scholarly merit, relevance to the journal's scope, originality, quality, and compliance with the journal's editorial and ethical policies.

Editorial Office

Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), 9/865, Maruthi Nagar, Rakkipalayam Post, Coimbatore - 641031, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: editorial@crijournals.org

Publication Schedule

JOGHS publishes two regular issues each year. Special issues or supplementary issues may be published in addition to the regular schedule when approved through the journal's editorial procedures; such content is subject to the same peer review, ethics, and editorial standards as regular submissions.

Revenue, Advertising and Direct Marketing

JOGHS publishes separate Revenue Sources, Advertising, and Direct Marketing policies. Revenue and promotional activities are kept independent of editorial decision-making.