Instruction for authors

Downloads instruction for authors in  Russian; or in  Ukranian. 

 

“Biopolymers and cell” covers a wide scope of problems related to molecular biology and genetics including structural and functional genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, biomedicine, molecular enzymology, molecular virology and immunology, theoretical bases of biotechnology, physics and physical chemistry of proteins and nucleic acids and bioorganic chemistry. Unpublished previously and completed experimental works drawn up as articles, reviews, short communications, materials from congresses and conferences, book reviews and creative portraits of scientists are published.

 

The papers are published in the Ukrainian, Russian and English languages in a printed version and in English language in a electronic version (www.biopolymers.org.ua).

 

In order to register an article the following set of documents is required:

1. Documents are provided in written form:

- Two copies of a manuscript numbered from the first to the last page and signed by all authors (including tables and figures);

- Copyright contract signed by all authors in duplicate (see the agreement). No part of journal publications may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form without the prior permission of the publisher;

 

2. The following documents are provided via e-mail (biopolym.cell@gmail.com) or on CD/DVD:

- Manuscript identical to that provided in a written form (family_name.doc);

- Files with color and black-and-white illustrations in one of the standard graphic formats (family_name_1.ppt, family_name_2.opg or family_name_3.psd etc) (600 dpi resolutions).

- Family names, first names and patronymics of all authors and full postal addresses of their institution should be given, including post codes, in English and Russian languages (family_name_auth.doc). The corresponding author/s should be indicated, including their e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.

 

We follow the rules approved by International Committee of medical journal Editors (ICMJE). (Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals)
When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study. When reporting experiments on animals, authors should indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed. All prosedure must be included in the Materials and Methods section.

Manuscript preparation 


The editors reserve the right to return manuscripts that are not in accordance with the following instructions.


Length

The total character count for the entire paper, including the title page, abstracts in three languages (English, Russian and Ukrainian), tables, figure legends, and references) of an experimental article should not exceed 13 pages (27000 characters including spaces). The size of a review should not exceed 24 pages (50000 characters). For a short communication the maximum size is 6 pages (12000 characters).


Typing

The materials should be submitted in the Microsoft Word-supported format, page size of A4, book-oriented, font Times New Roman, at 14 point size, double line spacing.


Subdivision and formatting of the manuscript

Manuscripts should be subdivided into: Title page, Structured Abstract, “Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results and Discussion”, “Conclusions”, Acknowledgements, References, Legends to Figures, Tables, Figures. All pages should be numbered.


Title page:


Structured abstract:

(Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusions) (1500 characters including spaces, the title of an article, initials and family names of all authors and the keywords (no more than 6).


Figures

There must be not more than 6 figures in review or experimental artilce and not more 4 in short communication. Electronic images (figures and schemes) must be at a minimum resolution of 600 dpi for line drawings and 300 dpi for color or grayscale. Only ppt, psd, opj, xls, jnt and tiff file formats are acceptable. All the voluminous inscriptions on the figures must be replaced by numbers or lettering and their descriptions must be put into the captions. Authors are responsible for providing digital art that has been properly sized and cropped. Figures could be with the following size a single column width (8,5 cm) 1,5 column width (12 cm) and a full two-column width 17,5 cm The abscissa and ordinate should be clearly labeled with appropriately sized type, and units of measurement must be given. Failure to comply with these specifications will require new figures and delay publication.

Figure legends. Provide these separately from figures.


The tables must have the heading and the serial number. The notes on the table are placed straight under the table.

 

References.

Authors are responsible for accuracy of the references. Only published papers, book and published material of the conferences may be cites in the reference list. References should be cited by sequential number only in square brackets, in order of appearance and listed numerically in the references list. Hyperlink pasting is inadmissible.

The example of references:

Reference to an article from journal:

1. Tukalo M., Yaremchuk A., Fukunaga R., Yokoyama S., Cusack  S. The crystal structure of leucyl-tRNA synthetase complexes with tRNALeu in the post-transfer-editing conformation // Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol.–2005.–12, N 10.–P. 923–930.

Reference to a book:

2. Dziadevich S. V., Soldatkin O. P. The scientific and technological principles of midget electrochemical biosensors creation.−Kyiv: “Naukova dumka”, 2006.− 256p.

 

Biopolym.cell requires all authors to disclose any financial conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. Authors must declare any such conflict in the cover letter accompanying the manuscript and in the Acknowledgments section of the manuscript itself. The corresponding author will be asked to sign a form on behalf of all the authors regarding potential conflicts of interest at the time of acceptance. This policy applies to all submitted research manuscripts and review material. Examples of statement language include: AUTHOR is an employee and shareholder of COMPANY; AUTHOR is a founder of COMPANY and a member of its scientific advisory board; This work was supported in part by a grant from COMPANY.
The articles are reviewed by two independent experts who are appointed by the editorial board. After that the corresponding author receives a copy of an article manuscript with reviewers remarks. Reprint version revised by the author and agreed with reviewers is considered the final one and must be signed by the reviewers and authors. After that the text, figures and tables replacements or modifications are prohibited. When publishing an article the editorial board follows the last version delivery date.
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable independent reviewers when they submit their manuscripts, but these suggestions may not be followed by the journal. Authors may also request the journal to exclude not more than two individuals or laboratories. The journal sympathetically considers such exclusion requests and usually honors them, but the editor's decision on the choice of peer-reviewers is final.

Our journal editors treat the submitted manuscript and all communication with authors and referees as confidential. Authors must also treat communication with the journal as confidential: correspondence with the journal, reviewers' reports and other confidential material must not be posted on any website or otherwise publicized without prior permission from the editors, whether or not the submission is eventually published.

We point out your attention to the fact that the copyright contract enters into force after article has been accepted. If the editorial board rejects your article the contract automatically becomes invalid. Signing the contract by author/authors means that they are acquainted and agree with the terms of agreement.