Announcement of Distinguished GPB Articles 2003–2011

The Open Access journal Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics （GPB） would like to announce the award program for distinguished articles published in GPB.     

Corrigendum to ‘Nanopore-based Fourth-generation DNA Sequencing Technology' [GPB 144(2015)–GPB 13/1(4–16)]

<正>The authors regret that there were typos in the online version of Figure 4 published in Issue 1,2015.In the figure legend boxes of panels F and G,‘‘Ni’’should be corrected to‘‘N’’for the labeling of the green curves.The figure in the printed version has been corrected.The correct Figure 4 is shown below.The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused.     

Corrigendum to ‘Databases and Web Tools for Cancer Genomics Study' [GPB 137(2015)–GPB 13/1(46–50)]

<正>The authors regret that there was a typo in Figure 1 published in Issue 1,2015.In the figure,‘‘Integeration’’should be corrected to‘‘Integration’’.The correct Figure 1 is shown below.The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused.     

Density of the Fish Population in River Channel Parts of the Ivankovo Reservoir in 2012–2015

The density of some species and total density of fishes have been estimated in river channel parts of the Ivankovo Reservoir in 2012–2015. The significant differences in the total abundance of fishes in 2012–2013 and 2014–2015 have been revealed. The increase in the number of tyulka (Clupeonella cultriventris (Nordmann, 1840)) in the Black and Azov seas in 2014–2015 was determined by their periodic fluctuations typical for any species with a short life cycle. Changes in the abundance of bream and silver bream in the reservoir pelagial relate to their vertical redistribution under the effect of environment factors.     

Research on animal-assisted intervention and autism spectrum disorder, 2012–2015

Including animals in autism intervention is growing in both research and practice. A systematic literature review was conducted to collate and synthesize all empirical research on animal-assisted intervention (AAI) for autism published from 2012 to 2015. Findings from 28 included studies revealed that AAI programs generally include one animal per participant with a total contact time of approximately 10 hours over the course of 8 to 12 weeks. Research methodology is diverse and though limited in many cases, has improved over the last few years. The most commonly reported outcome was increased social interaction, which was unanimously significant across 22 studies. The need for further research is highlighted, calling for a focus on refining AAI techniques, identifying optimal circumstances for positive change as well as individuals who may not benefit, and independent replication of high quality studies to move AAI from an enrichment activity to an evidence-based practice for autism.     

Announcement of Distinguished GPB Special Issues 2003-2015

正We would like to announce the first batch of distinguished Genomics,Proteomics and Bioinformatics(GPB)special issues selected from all special issues published in GPB 2003-2015.Four special issues have been selected for the first batch of the award program(Table 1).The editorial award committee recognized these distinguished special issues based on the issue-wise average citations per article calculated from the Web of Science citations by taking