Learning from the success of Nucleic Acid Research (NAR) database and server editions, Oxford university press has recently launched a new open access journal, Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation under leadership of computational biologist David Landsmann who will serve as the journal’s editor-in-chief. Journal is targeting all aspect of database research surrounding biological information, and it will cover a broad spectrum of topics from database development to database analysis and application. Journal will also cover biological curation and curated databases. The journal will publish:

• Descriptions of databases, and database tools, in the broad arena of biology
• Significant updates to established databases
• Objective reviews of complementary and ancillary databases and database tools
• User tutorials, methodology and technical notes on database development

I am hoping to see some good quality publications those will be not only highly cited, but also improve our understanding about biological databases and their applications.