Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology (JCSB)
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Instructions for Authors
Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology (JCSB) provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published approximately one month after acceptance.
Submit manuscripts as e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at gsbsystemsbiology@gmail.com, systemsbiology@omicsonline.com. A manuscript number will be mailed to the corresponding author same day or within 72 hours.
The cover letter should include the corresponding author's full address and telephone/fax numbers and should be in an e-mail message sent to the Editor, with the file, whose name should begin with the first author's surname, as an attachment. The authors may also suggest two to four reviewers for the manuscript (Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology may designate other reviewers).
OMICS Publishing Group Policy Regarding the
NIH Mandate
OMICS Publishing Group will
support our authors by posting the published version of articles by
NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central immediately after
publication. We encourage our authors, reviewers and editors
to participate the NIH announcement on Request For Information (RFI) process.
The cover letter should include the corresponding
author's full address and telephone/fax numbers and should be in an
e-mail message sent to the Editor, with the file, whose name should
begin with the first author's surname, as an attachment. The authors
may also suggest three to four reviewers for the manuscript
(Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics may designate other
reviewers).
Article Types
Research articles: These should describe new and carefully confirmed findings, and
experimental procedures should be given in sufficient detail for
others to verify the work. The length of a full paper should be the
minimum required to describe and interpret the work clearly.
Reviews: Submissions
of reviews and perspectives covering topics of current interest are
welcome and encouraged. Reviews should be concise and no longer than
10-16 printed pages. Reviews are also peer-reviewed.
JCSB also accepts abstract",
"addendum", "announcement", "article-commentary", "book-review",
"books-received", "brief-report", "calendar", "case-report",
"correction", "discussion", "editorial", "in-brief", "introduction
", "letter", "meeting-report", "news", "obituary", "oration ",
"other", "product-review", "reply"
Review Process
All manuscripts are reviewed by an editor and members of the
editorial board or qualified outside reviewers. Decisions will be
made as rapidly as possible, and the journal strives to return
reviewers’ comments to authors within a month. The
editorial board will re-review manuscripts that are accepted pending
revision. It is the goal of the Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology to publish manuscripts within two to three months
of initial submission.
Research articles
All portions of the manuscript must be typed
double-spaced and all pages numbered starting from the title page.
The Title should be a brief phrase describing
the contents of the paper. The Title Page should include the
authors' full names and affiliations, the name of the corresponding
author along with phone, fax and E-mail information. Present
addresses of authors should appear as a footnote.
The Abstract should be informative and
completely self-explanatory, briefly present the topic, state the
scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, and point out
major findings and conclusions. The Abstract should be 100 to 200
words in length.. Complete sentences, active verbs, and the third
person should be used, and the abstract should be written in the
past tense. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations
should be avoided. No literature should be cited.
Following
the abstract, about 3 to 10 key words that will
provide indexing references to should be listed.
A list of
non-standard Abbreviations should be added. In
general, non-standard abbreviations should be used only when the
full term is very long and used often. Each abbreviation should be
spelled out and introduced in parentheses the first time it is used
in the text. Only recommended SI units should be used. Authors
should use the solidus presentation (mg/ml). Standard abbreviations
(such as ATP and DNA) need not be defined.
The Introduction should provide a clear statement of
the problem, the relevant literature on the subject, and the
proposed approach or solution. It should be understandable to
colleagues from a broad range of scientific disciplines.
Materials and Methods should be complete
enough to allow experiments to be reproduced. However, only truly
new procedures should be described in detail; previously published
procedures should be cited, and important modifications of published
procedures should be mentioned briefly. Capitalize trade names and
include the manufacturer's name and address. Subheadings should be
used. Methods in general use need not be described in detail.
Results should be presented with clarity
and precision. The results should be written in the past tense when
describing findings in the authors' experiments. Previously
published findings should be written in the present tense. Results
should be explained, but largely without referring to the
literature. Discussion, speculation and detailed interpretation of
data should not be included in the Results but should be put into
the Discussion section.
The Discussion should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained in
this and in past studies on this topic. State the conclusions in a
few sentences at the end of the paper. The Results and Discussion
sections can include subheadings, and when appropriate, both
sections can be combined.
The Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc
should be brief.
Tables should be kept to a
minimum and be designed to be as simple as possible. Tables are to
be typed double-spaced throughout, including headings and footnotes.
Each table should be on a separate page, numbered consecutively in
Arabic numerals and supplied with a heading and a legend. Tables
should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. The
details of the methods used in the experiments should preferably be
described in the legend instead of in the text. The same data should
not be presented in both table and graph form or repeated in the
text.
Figure legends should be typed in
numerical order on a separate sheet. Graphics should be prepared
using applications capable of generating high resolution GIF, TIFF,
JPEG.
All images MUST be at or above intended display size, with the following image
resolutions: Line Art 800 dpi, Combination (Line Art + Halftone) 600
dpi, Halftone 300 dpi. See the Image quality specifications chart for details.
Image files also must be cropped as close to the actual image as
possible.
Use Arabic numerals to designate
figures and upper case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Begin
each legend with a title and include sufficient description so that
the figure is understandable without reading the text of the
manuscript. Information given in legends should not be repeated in
the text.
Tables and Equations as Graphics
If equations cannot be encoded in
MathML, submit them in TIFF or EPS format as discrete files (i.e., a
file containing only the data for one equation). Only when tables
cannot be encoded as XML/SGML can they be submitted as graphics. If
this method is used, it is critical that the font size in all
equations and tables is consistent and legible throughout all submissions.
References: In the text, a reference identified by means of an author‘s
name should be followed by the date of the reference in parentheses.
When there are more than two authors, only the first author‘s name
should be mentioned, followed by ’et al‘. In the event that an
author cited has had two or more works published during the same
year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list,
should be identified by a lower case letter like ’a‘ and ’b‘ after
the date to distinguish the works.
Examples:
Richard
(2000), Meyer et al. (2003), (Srivastav, 1983), (Baker and Nagy,
1992), (Srinubabu, 2006; Wang, 1987a,b; Smith, 1993,1995), (Beretta
et al., 2001)
References should be listed at the end of the paper
in alphabetical order. Articles in preparation or articles submitted
for publication, unpublished observations, personal communications,
etc. should not be included in the reference list but should only be
mentioned in the article text (e.g, Roman A. Zubarav, Uppsala
University, Sweden, personal communication). Journal names are
abbreviated according to the practice of PUBMED. Authors are fully
responsible for the accuracy of the references.
Examples:
Authors are requested to provide at
least one online link for each reference as following (preferably
pubmed).
Examples:
Simpson RJ (2003) Task imposed on
prisons is impossible BMJ. 327:969–971. Find this article online
Srinubabu G, Ratnam BV, Rao AA, Rao
MN (2008) Development and validation of LC-MS/MS method for the
quantification of oxcarbazepine in human plasma using an
experimental design. Chem Pharm Bull. 56:28-33. Find this article online
Charnley AK (1992) Mechanisms of
fungal pathogenesis in insects with particular reference to locusts.
In: Lomer CJ, Prior C (eds) Biological Controls of Locusts and
Grasshoppers: Proceedings of an international workshop held at
Cotonou, Benin. Oxford: CAB International, pp 181-190.
Mundree SG, Farrant JM (2000) Some
physiological and molecular insights into the mechanisms of
desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Xerophyta
viscasa Baker. In Cherry et al. (eds) Plant tolerance to
abiotic stresses in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Engineering, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp 201-222.
Rao AA (2002) Interactions between Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. and fluorescent
rhizosphere bacteria Of Zea mays, L. and Sorghum bicolor L.
Moench for Striga suicidal germination In Vigna
unguiculata . PhD dissertation, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, USA.
Proofs and Reprints: Electronic proofs will be sent (e-mail attachment) to the
corresponding author as a PDF file. Page proofs are considered
to be the final version of the manuscript. With the exception of
typographical or minor clerical errors, no changes will be made in
the manuscript at the proof stage. Authors will have free
electronic access to the full text (in both HTML and PDF) of the
article. Authors can freely download the PDF file from which they
can print unlimited copies of their articles
Copyright: Submission of a manuscript
implies: that the work described has not been published before
(except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published
lecture, or thesis) that it is not under consideration for
publication elsewhere; that if and when the manuscript is accepted
for publication.
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