The International Journal of Biological Sciences is an openaccess general biological journal which publishes peerreviewed scientific papers in all areas of the biological sciences. Types of articles include regular research papers, reviews, short research communications, viewpoints and commentaries. In addition to the mainstream areas of biology, the Journal encourages articles from emerging fields or cross-disciplinary with mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, and computer science. The Journal will publish special issues that focus on topics of common interest from time to time.
The Journal aims at rapid publication of high-quality research results while maintaining a rigorous peer-review process. The Journal is committed to open access to its online version in order to maximize the distribution of articles. Full texts of published articles appear in PubMed Central, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) digital archive of biomedical journal literature, and abstracts are indexed in PubMed.
Prospective authors should use the Journal's online submission system to facilitate rapid review and turnaround time. Only PDF or Word files will be accepted. The entire manuscript must be submitted as a single PDF or Word file. Figures and tables should be embedded in the PDF or Word file of the manuscript where they will appear, and not separated as individual files. Submission implies that the work is not previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere, that the manuscript has been approved by all co-authors, and that the authors agree to all terms of the copyright and publishing agreement of the Journal. The manuscript's first page should include the title of the article, the author's name(s), affiliation(s) with complete addresses, corresponding author's email address, phone/fax number, an abstract of not more than 250 words, and a set of up to 6 keywords after the abstract. The author may suggest two to three potential referees who work in a closely related area and who can make expert evaluation of the manuscript. Detailed information may be found at < http://www.biolsci.org>.
