JMIRx Bio

An overlay journal for BioRxiv preprints with post-review manuscript marketplace (What is JMIRx?).

Editor-in-Chief:

Aydin Berenjian, PhD
Professor, School of Biomedical & Chemical Engineering, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, Colorado State University, USA

JMIRx Bio is an innovative overlay journal to BioRxiv and JMIR Preprints (other preprint servers are invited to join). JMIRx peer-reviews preprints and publishes their revised "version of record" with peer-review reports across a broad range of biological sciences. We also accept existing reviews from Plan P accredited peer-review services such as PeerRef or PREreview Preprint Journal Clubs.

Unlike the majority of JMIR journals, papers published in this journal do not require a digital health focus. We publish all research that qualifies for preprinting on BioRxiv

Conceived to address the urgent need to make highly relevant scientific information available as early as possible without losing the quality of the peer-reviewed process, this innovative new journal is the first in a new series of “superjournals”. Superjournals (a type of "overlay" journal) sit on top of preprint servers (JMIRx Bio serves BioRxiv and JMIR Preprints), offering peer-review and everything else a traditional scholarly journal does. Our goal is to rapidly peer review and publish a paper. All JMIRx Bio papers must have originated as a preprint. 

All preprints accepted for curation in JMIRx Bio as "Version-of-Record" are rigorously peer-reviewed, copyedited and XML-tagged. Accepted papers are published along with the related Peer Review Reports and Author Responses to Peer Review Reports, providing an additional layer of transparency to the scholarly publishing process. 

There is no Article Processing Fee directly paid by authors for this journal. JMIRx Bio is a diamond open access journal publishing under a PRC model and Plan-P compliant journal, which enables Plan P member universities/institutions and funders to support peer review of preprints and publishing in JMIRx Bio or partner journals. Under Plan P, the institution contributes $1000 towards peer-review (and publication of the peer-review reports), and the funder (if applicable) contributes $1000 for the publication/curation costs, in case the article is accepted. Individual PI-led labs, departments and universities can become institutional members, guaranteeing unlimited peer-review of preprints.

Introductory waivers. For a limited time only, authors who opt-in during submission to receive PREreview community peer review for their preprint or refer us to their department head/librarian/funder contact will receive a membership-waiver and may publish the preprint in JMIRx Bio at no cost to the author. To benefit from this simply refer us to your library, referral form provided here.

To "submit" (nominate a preprint for JMIRx), please use this form at https://bio.jmirx.org/landing.

For detailed instructions and other submission options see How to submit to a JMIRx journal

Recent Articles

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#xSystems Biology

Despite the success of immune checkpoint inhibitors in certain cancers, many late-stage solid tumors remain “immune cold,” characterized by low T-cell infiltration, dense extracellular matrix (ECM), stromal and vascular barriers, and poor responses to systemic immunotherapy. Overcoming these resistance mechanisms requires localized and controlled reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment to permit effective antitumor immunity.

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Authors' Responses to Peer-Reviews

This is the author(s)' response to peer review reports related to "Machine Learning Ensemble Investigates Age in the Transcriptomic Response to Spaceflight in Murine Mammary Tissue: An Observational Study"

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#Live Reviewed Article Collection

Spaceflight presents unique environmental stressors, such as microgravity and radiation, that significantly affect biological systems at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. Astronauts face an increased risk of developing cancer due to exposure to ionizing radiation and other spaceflight-related factors. Age plays a crucial role in the body’s response to the cellular stresses that lead to cancer, with younger organisms generally exhibiting more efficient response mechanisms than older ones. The vast majority of research investigating breast cancer risk from spaceflight uses cell lines exposed to simulated radiation and microgravity, but cell lines cannot capture the combinatorial response expressed across tissues, organs, and systems to real radiation and microgravity in space.

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Peer Reviews

This is a peer review report related to "Relationship Between Seed Coat Color and Cytokinin Concentration in Efficiently Regenerating Leaf Lettuce Shoots: In Vitro Experimental Study"

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Authors' Responses to Peer-Reviews

This is the author(s)' response to peer review reports related to "Relationship Between Seed Coat Color and Cytokinin Concentration in Efficiently Regenerating Leaf Lettuce Shoots: In Vitro Experimental Study"

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#xPlant Biology

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is an economically important leafy vegetable that is cultivated worldwide. Advances in plant biotechnology have enabled the development of transgenic and transplastomic lettuce lines with specific agronomic traits that produce pharmaceutical proteins and biological compounds. Plant regeneration efficiency is a critical and highly cultivar-dependent step in plant genetic transformation. No morphological markers have been identified that predict the regeneration ability or cytokinin requirement in lettuce cultivars, hindering the establishment of efficient regeneration systems.

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Peer Reviews

This is a peer review report related to "Relationship Between Seed Coat Color and Cytokinin Concentration in Efficiently Regenerating Leaf Lettuce Shoots: In Vitro Experimental Study"

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Peer Reviews

This is a peer review report related to "Population interaction in the Jōmon society via three-dimensional data of human crania: Geometric morphometric study"

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Authors' Responses to Peer-Reviews

This is the author(s)' response to peer review reports related to "Population interaction in the Jōmon society via three-dimensional data of human crania: Geometric morphometric study"

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