Genome Biology is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research in genomics. It was established in 2000 and is published by BioMed Central. The chief editor is currently Andrew Cosgrove (BioMed Central, New York).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Biological Abstracts • BIOSIS Previews • CAB Abstracts • Current Contents/Life Sciences • Embase • EMBiology • Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed • Science Citation Index • Scopus • The Zoological Record According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 10.806.