Comparative Cytogenetics is a peer-reviewed, open access, online journal, launched to accelerate research on all aspects of plant, fungal and animal cytogenetics, and genomics. It publishes articles of high scientific quality reporting comprehensive research on descriptions and photos of karyotypes, characteristics of mitosis and meiosis, mechanisms of sex determination, reproductive biology, gametogenesis, molecular systematics, comparative genomics, and taxonomic conclusions.

Comparative Cytogenetics considers the following categories of papers for publication:

The following categories of papers will be considered:

original research articles
reviews - longer articles, offering a comprehensive overview, historical analysis or/and future perspectives of a topic
monographs and collections of papers with no limit in size, published as 'special issues'
short communications
letters and discussion papers
book reviews