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ISMB 2026: International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology

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Submission Date:
2026-04-09 Extended
Notification Date:
2026-05-05
Conference Date:
2026-07-12
Location:
Washington DC, USA
Years:
34
CCF: B   ICORE: A   QUALIS: A1   Viewed: 48773   Tracked: 14   Attend: 2

Conference Partner Index (CP-I)

87.8 / 100
Ranked #97 of 5,684 conferences · Top 2%

#1 of 183 in Bioinformatics & Health Informatics #13 of 741 in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Academic recognition (35%)
100
Submission selectivity (20%)
93
Editions held (20%)
96
Community attention (10%)
52
Public record completeness (15%)
65

Inputs used: Listed as CCF B, ICORE A, QUALIS A1 · Acceptance rate: 17.6% (mean of 5 editions on file) · Editions on record: 34 · Researchers following it here: 14 · Researchers who opened this page in the past 24 months: 31

Missing from the public record: Past editions (+3.0) · Best-paper records (+2.3)
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Call For Papers

ISMB 2026 (International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology) is a CCF B / ICORE A / QUALIS A1 conference held in Washington DC, USA on 2026-07-12. The paper submission deadline is 2026-04-09 (extended). Acceptance notifications are sent on 2026-05-05.

Topics Bioinformatics Education and Citizen Science (COSIs within this area include: Education) Systematic examination and analysis of learning models, outcomes, and educational programs. Serious gaming and game-ification. Bioinformatics of Microbes and Microbiomes (COSIs within this area include: BioVis, CAMDA, HiTSeq, MICROBIOME, MLCSB, NetBio, Text Mining) Computational methods and algorithms for studying microbial organisms, viruses, and their communities from omics and marker data. Biomedical Informatics (COSIs within this area include: Bio-Ontologies, BioVis, CAMDA, Function, HiTSeq, iRNA, MLCSB, NetBio, Text Mining, TransMed, VarI) Computational approaches to clinical and medical problems, including disease predisposition, diagnostic, progression, and treatment. Pharmacogenomics. Equity and Diversity in Computational Biology Research (Of interest to all COSIs) Research that examines issues of equity, representation, diversity, or other elements related to datasets, methods, or the field at large; health policy; fairness in ML; biases in GWAS studies; bias in literature; biology/genomics of traditionally understudied groups. Evolutionary, Comparative and Population Genomics (COSIs within this area include: BioVis, Evolution and Comparative Genomics, Function, HiTSeq, iRNA, MICROBIOME, MLCSB, VarI) Phylogeny estimation, and modelling variation and change under the influence of evolutionary processes. Selection and adaptation. Multi-species analyses. Genome Sequence Analysis (COSIs within this area include: BioVis, Evolution and Comparative Genomics, Function, HiTSeq, iRNA, MICROBIOME, MLCSB, NetBio, RegSys, TransMed, VarI) Assembly and mapping algorithms. Gene prediction and annotation. Detection, qualification, and annotation of genomic variants and their structural and functional effects. Macromolecular Sequence, Structure, and Function (COSIs within this area include: 3DSIG, Bio-Ontologies, BioVis, CompMS, Evolution and Comparative Genomics, Function, iRNA, MLCSB, RegSys, VarI) Analysis and annotation of DNA, RNA, and proteins to predict, characterize, and understand their structure, function, and evolution. Includes protein design and imaging techniques for macromolecules. Privacy and Security for Computational Biology (COSIs within this area include: HiTSeq, MLCSB, TransMed) Methods related to the protection of individualized molecular and medical information; privacy models; federated learning; GWAS on summary statistics; federated EHR data analysis; new approaches to federated data storage, access, and analysis. Regulatory and Functional Genomics (COSIs within this area include: Bio-Ontologies, BioVis, Evolution and Comparative Genomics, Function, HiTSeq, iRNA, MICROBIOME, MLCSB, NetBio, RegSys) Transcriptomics, single-cell RNA techniques, non-coding RNA, epigenetics, chromatin structure. Systems Biology and Networks (COSIs within this area include: Bio-Ontologies, BioVis, CompMS, Function, MICROBIOME, MLCSB, NetBio, RegSys, Text Mining, TransMed) Emergent properties and complex multi-component interactions within biological systems, considering genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and other -omic data; gene regulation and circuit design. General Computational Biology Novel techniques in emerging areas of computational biology not covered by the other areas listed above, including intersections with other fields. You are encouraged to submit to one of the other thematic areas. If you feel your contribution is at the intersection of many fields, please pick one. If you still want to submit to this area, you will be asked to explain why. Please note that the submissions in this area and others are likely to be moved, subject to the chairs’ considerations.
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Acceptance Ratio

Average acceptance rate: 17.6% over 5 years (2007–2015).

YearSubmittedAcceptedAccepted(%)
20152414217.4%
20132334017.2%
20112584818.6%
20092424619%
20074176615.8%

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