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Current Genomics
ISSN: 1389-2029 - Volume 9, 8 Issues, 2008
Instructions for Authors
Manuscripts should be submitted openly to the Editor-in-Chief
without prior invitation at the following address:
Editor-in-Chief:
Christian Néri
INSERM Unit 'Neuronal Cell Biology and Pathology'
Centre Paul Broca, 2-ter rue d’Alésia
75014 Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 40 78 86 52
E-mail: neri@broca.inserm.fr
In addition to regular, full-review and mini-review articles,
Current Genomics publishes articles as it follows:
- Consortium reports (3 printed pages comprising
a maximum of 15 references) aimed at providing readers with
highly-documented updates on the activities of major consortiums
active in all fields of genomics. These reports should be
from the coordinator(s) of the consortium.
- Mini Hot Topics (Guest edited, 3-4 articles)
aimed at providing readers with in-depth expert views on
specific questions in all fields of genomics. Mini Hot Topics
are included in the regular issues of the journal.
- Hot Topics (Guest edited, full issue)
aimed at providing readers with an extensive and comprehensive
analysis of a specific field of activities in genomics.
The manuscript, written in English, should not exceed 60
pages in length and it should be typed in double spacing throughout
on A-4 or US Letter (8.5x11 inches) paper. Dot matrix print
or any print that is difficult to read is unacceptable. Two
copies of the manuscript must accompany the original (along
with a computer disk) and should be sent to the Editor at
his given address. All pages should be numbered. Abbreviations
should be defined the first time that they are used in the
manuscript and a list of abbreviations used should also be
provided.
Manuscript Organization: The manuscript should be
divided as: Title page, abstract and the main text. The text
may be subdivided further according to the areas to be discussed.
This should be followed by the Acknowledgement (if any) and
Reference sections. The first page should contain the title,
the authors’ names (initials and surname only), with
an asterisk to mark the name of the principal author.
Conflict of Interest: Financial contributions
to the work being reported should be clearly acknowledged,
as should any potential conflict of interest.
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 250 words
and it should condense the essential features of the review
article, with the focus on the major advances in the field.
Key Words: Authors must supply up to eight key
words along with their manuscript.
Text: The main text should begin on a separate
page and it may be subdivided into separate sections.
The review article should mention any previous important
reviews in the field and contain a comprehensive discussion
starting with the general background of the field. It
should then go on to discuss the salient features of recent
developments. The authors should avoid presenting material
which has already been published in any previous review.
The reference numbers should be given in square brackets
in the text. Acknowledgements should be kept to a minimum.
Tables:
- Data Tables should
be submitted in Microsoft Excel or in Microsoft Word
table format.
- Each table should
include a title/caption explaining what the table shows.
Detailed legends may then follow.
- Tables should be
given on separate pages with indications on the left
hand margin to the text, as to the appropriate placement
of the tables.
- Tables should not
contain vertical rules.
- Columns and rows
of data should be made visibly distinct by ensuring
the borders of each cell display as black lines.
- Tables should be
numbered consecutively in order of their citation in
the body of the text, with Arabic numerals.
- If a reference
is cited in both the table and text, insert a lettered
footnote in the table to refer to the numbered reference
in the text.
- Tabular data provided
as additional files can be submitted as an Excel spreadsheet.
Figures / Illustrations:
All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below for
preparing illustrations for publication in Current Genomics.
Editorial Requirements:
The quality of the illustrations printed in the journal
largely depends on the quality of the figures/illustration
provided by the author. In preparing artwork or graphics
for publication, keep in mind the following points.
- Submit the original artwork or a photographic
print of the original for publication.
- Do not submit photocopies. (Hardcopy submission
requirement).
- Illustrations should be provided as separate
files, not embedded in the text. (Hardcopy submission requirement).
- Remove all color from graphics except for
those illustrations (Greyscale), which are intended to be
printed in color.
- Good quality of hardcopy originals are a
requirement.
- Figures should be referred to as “Fig.
(1)”, “Fig. (2)” etc. in the
text with figure numbers in bold within round bracket.
- Revised manuscripts should contain a complete
set of artwork and photographs.
Technical Details:
- Figures should be provided on high quality,
white, smooth opaque paper. (Hardcopy requirement).
Format & Resolution:
- The following file formats can be accepted.
(Preference in order of appearance): PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF.
- Illustrations must fit a single or double
column format on the journal page, according to the
following guideline below:
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24 cm (max)
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24 cm (max)
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18 cm (max)
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- Whenever possible, submit graphics that
do not have to be reduced to fit the standard figure
size.
- Use the best resolution available (hardcopy
submission requirement). For online submission the maximum
resolution is 300 dpi.
- Avoid textures and shadings giving a
three-dimensional effect to the illustration.
- Symbols and lettering in the illustration
should be of similar size.
- Smaller lettering is used.
- Font: Times New Roman or Helvetica is preferable.
Font size: 10pt (maximum).
- Line drawings should have clear and sharp
lines and should be of uniform density. Moreover, lines
should be continuous without any breaks.
- Do not use lines thinner than 1 point.
Color Figures / Illustrations:
Photographs:
Submit high-contrast prints that are of single- or double-column
width so that they will not have to be reduced when printed.
Negatives are not acceptable. However, in case of hardcopy
submission, color illustrations and plates can be published
from 35 mm color slides.
Chemical Structures: The chemical
structures must be prepared in ChemDraw (any version) and
should be provided as separate file and submitted both on
disk and printed formats. The structures should fit into a
width of 8 cm (for structures to be inserted within single
column widths) or a width of 18 cm (for structures or schemes
to be inserted in double column widths).
References:
References in the annotated reference list should be numbered
consecutively in the order in which they are cited in the
text. They should be assigned Arabic numerals, which should
be given in brackets when they appear in the text, e.g., [10].
References should include the names of all authors, the full
title, journal name, year, volume, and page numbers. Journal
names should be abbreviated as indicated in Index Medicus.
If the author is unaware of the appropriate abbreviation,
the journal name should be given in full.
Mark references "of outstanding interest" with (**)
and label those "of special interest" (*). Please
place the asterisk to the left of the number. Annotations
should be written for each reference that includes a (*) or
(**) classification, providing a succinct description and
evaluation of that information which makes these papers noteworthy.
Please note that only references from the 1-year period being
reviewed should be annotated and bulleted. There should be
no more than five references marked outstanding interest (**).
The same applies to special interest (*).
Please be aware that unpublished data, abstracts, and personal
communications must not be given in the references section
but they may be mentioned in the text and details provided
as footnotes.
Manuscript Submission: Two copies of the manuscript
must accompany the original along with the soft copy of the
manuscript on a computer floppy disk(s) in MS Word file format
(or created in any other well-known word processing software)
should be submitted. To achieve rapid publication authors
are encouraged to e-mail or fax their submission to the appropriate
editorial office (see above) at the same time that they mail
the manuscript. For even faster publication, authors are encouraged
to submit their entire manuscript via Bentham’s online
submission service (see below). Authors must provide their
full address, telephone and fax numbers with E-Mail address
with all submissions.
For expedient and speedy reviewing of author's manuscripts,
authors are strongly advised to include the PDF file of
their manuscript on a floppy or zip disk, into the mailing
material. At the same time the package is mailed, please
also send by e-mail a copy of the PDF file of the manuscript
to the editorial office.
Online Manuscript Submission: (preferable)
To facilitate speedy and cost-effective submission of abstracts
and manuscripts, an online submission and tracking service
via Internet is being offered. Once the Editor of the journal
has accepted your abstract, we would prefer that you submit
your full manuscript online via our online submission service
available at www.bentham-mps.org
For online submission, please provide your complete manuscript
in the form of a single zipped folder containing all the
material (main text, figures/ illustrations, scanned photographs,
tables, chemical structures drawn in ChemDraw) as separate
files and a PDF version of the entire manuscript with
all the figures/ illustrations / tables / chemical structures
etc., embedded in the text exactly in the manner as they
should appear in printing.
Authors are required to proofread the PDF version of
their manuscript before submission. The article will be
published exactly as received and the Publishers will
not be responsible for any error occurring in the manuscript
in this regard.
For online submission of manuscripts, these should be submitted
via our online manuscript submission service available at
www.bentham-mps.org.
You may, however, still submit your abstracts and manuscripts
through conventional surface mail.
A successful electronic submission of a manuscript will be
followed by a system-generated acknowledgement to the principal/corresponding
author within 72 hours of the dispatch of the manuscript.
Any queries therein should be addressed to mahmood@bentham.org
and copied to Jalil@bentham.org
Page Charges: No page charges will be levied to authors.
Language Editing: Manuscripts submitted containing
many English typographical errors will not be published. Authors
from non-English language countries are advised to use the
services of our professional language editing department prior
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stating the total number of words of the article to be edited.
Proofs: Authors are sent page proofs. To
avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately
for typographical errors and returned within 48 hours. Authors
will be charged for excessive changes made at the page proof
stage.
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of the Editorial Advisory Board. Every effort will be made
to assess the papers quickly. The papers will be typeset and
the proofs dispatched to the authors normally within 4 weeks
of their acceptance.
Copyright: It is a condition of publication
that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published
and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.
Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article
for publication the authors agree that the publishers have
the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors,
if plagiarism is discovered. By submitting a manuscript the
authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred
to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for
publication.
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