期刊名称：JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal of Theoretical Biology is the leading forum for theoretical papers that give insight into biological processes. It covers a very wide range of topics and is of interest to biologists in many areas of research. Many of the papers make use of mathematics, and an effort is made to make the papers intelligible to biologists as a whole. Experimental material bearing on theory is acceptable. Comment on theoretical issues or on papers published in the journal is welcomed in the form of Letters to the Editors. The Journal of Theoretical Biology now operates receiving offices in San Diego and London ensuring faster publication times for papers.
Research Areas Include:
- Animal behaviour
- Biorhythms
- Cell biology
- Complexity of biological systems
- Ecology
- Enzyme kinetics
- Evolutionary biology
- Gene networks
- Genetics
- Membrane transport
- Molecular structures
- Morphogenesis
- Neurobiology
- Origin of life
- Pattern formation
- Physiological mechanisms
- Population biology
Instructions to Authors
Brief notes may be submitted in the form of Letters to the Editor. Comment on current theoretical issues or papers published in the Journal is also welcome.
Submission of Manuscripts
Authors are encouraged to submit to Journal of Theoretical Biology by email. For first submissions, please send a single file containing the entire manuscript in either PDF, Word or PostScript format. For revised submissions, please send a single file containing the entire manuscript in either PDF, Word or PostScript format, in addition to separate text, table and figure files in their original file format.
Manuscripts from Europe and Africa should emailed to: jtb@harcourt.com or sent by mail in quadruplicate to:
Journal of Theoretical Biology
c/o Professor L. Wolpert
Academic Press Editorial Office
Block A2, Westbrook Centre
Milton Road
Cambridge CB4 1YG
U.K.
Manuscripts from North and South America and the Far East should be emailed to: jtb@elsevier.com or sent by mail in quadruplicate to:
Journal of Theoretical Biology
c/o Dr J. Tyson
Academic Press Inc.
525 B Street, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101-4495
U.S.A.
Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.
Papers will be published in English. The American or the British forms of spelling may be used, but this usage must be consistent throughout the manuscript.
Great importance is attached to conciseness of presentation, so far as is consistent with clarity.
Supplementary Data: Deposition of large quantities of data is inappropriate in the context of printed journal articles. Such data may be held and made available by (one of) the authors or can be submitted to a specific database. For details please contact the Editor. It should then be clearly stated in the article, at an appropriate point in the text or in a separate section before Acknowledgements, which data are available and exactly how they can be obtained. Although it is unnecessary to supply full sets of such data along with the manuscript for refereeing, you may wish to submit or mention any material considered to aid the refereeing process. Such material should be clearly marked as not for publication.
Referees: Authors are invited to submit the names of five individuals who may, if necessary, be used as referees for their paper.
Presentation of Manuscript
General Presentation: Print the entire manuscript on one side of the paper only, using double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins. (Avoid full justification, i.e., do not use a constant right-hand margin.) Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated. Present tables and figure legends on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. If possible, consult a recent issue of the journal to become familiar with layout and conventions. Number all pages consecutively.
Title Page: provide the following data:
Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Abstract. A concise and factual abstract (not exceeding 300 words) is required for all manuscripts except letters. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand-alone. References should therefore be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Acknowledgements: Collate acknowledgements including information on grants received, in a separate section at the end of the article before the references. Do not, include them on the title page at all.
References: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication. . Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown.
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
References should be listed as follows:
Cabanc, M., LeBlanc, J., 1983. Physiological conflict in humans: fatigue vs. cold discomfort. Am. J. Physiol. 224, R621-R628.
Collier, G. H., Rovee-Collier, C. K., 1981. A comparative analysis of optimal foraging behavior: laboratory stimulations, in: Kamil, A. C., Sargent, T. D. (Eds.), Foraging Behavior, Gerland, New York, pp. 39-76.
When citing an Elsevier journal, include the digital object identifier (DOI - see following paragraph for further information), if noted, from the article's title page. Please note the follwing examples:
Asquith, B., Bangham, C.R.M., 2003. The dynamics of T-cell fratricide: applicatin of a robust approach to mathematical modelling in immunology. J. Theor. Biol. 222 (1), 53-69., doi:10-1016/S0022-5193(03)00013-4.
Kesmir, C., De Boer, R., 2003. A spatial model of germinal center reactions: cellular adhesion based sorting of B cells results in efficient affinity maturation. J. Theor. Biol., doi:101016/S0022-5193(03)00010-9.
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):This is a persistent identifier which may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alphanumeric character string, which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The DOI will never change therefore it is an ideal medium for citing Articles in Press which have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The References section, above, shows samples of DOIs included in references.
Figure legends, figures, tables, and schemes: Present these, in this order, at the end of the article. High-resolution graphics files must always be provided separate from the main text file. See Preparation of Illustrations
Tables: Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Appendices: If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: (Eq. A.1), (Eq. A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, (Eq. B.1) and so forth.
Footnotes: Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many word processors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves on a separate sheet at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list. Table footnotes. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: All measurements should be expressed in accordance with the Systeme International d'Unites (S.I. units, International Metric System) With the exception of those used for units of measurement no abbreviation should be used without being spelt out when first introduced. Abbreviations consisting of groups of initials (such as CNS, IVP) should be written in capitals without full stops. Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at their first occurrence in the article: in the abstract but also in the main text after it. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
Mathematical formulae. Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line,
eg. Xp/Ym
Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separate from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).
Preparation of Illustrations
Preparation of electronic illustrations: Submitting your artwork in an electronic format helps us to produce your work to the best possible standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high level of detail.
General points
- Always supply high-quality printouts of your artwork, in case conversion of the electronic artwork is problematic.
- Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
- Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
- Only use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
- Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
- Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files, and supply a separate listing of the files and the software used.
- Provide all illustrations as separate files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets.
- Provide captions to illustrations separately.
Files can be stored on 3? inch diskette, ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh). This journal offers electronic submission services and graphic files can be uploaded via the Author Gateway page of this journal via http://authors.elsevier.com .
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Formats: Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi. For colour images always use CMYK.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".
Please do not:
- Supply embedded graphics in your word processor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
- Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
- Supply files that are too low in resolution;
- Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Non-electronic illustrations
Provide all illustrations as high-quality printouts, suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction) without retouching. Number illustrations consecutively in the order in which they are referred to in the text. They should accompany the manuscript, but should not be included within the text. Clearly mark all illustrations on the back (or - in case of line drawings - on the lower front side) with the figure number and the author's name and, in cases of ambiguity, the correct orientation.
Mark the appropriate position of a figure in the article
Captions: Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions on a separate sheet, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Line drawings: Supply high-quality printouts on white paper produced with black ink. The lettering and symbols, as well as other details, should have proportionate dimensions, so as not to become illegible or unclear after possible reduction; in general, the figures should be designed for a reduction factor of two to three. The Publisher will determine the degree of reduction. Illustrations will not be enlarged. Consider the page format of the journal when designing the illustrations.
Photocopies are not suitable for reproduction. Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations.
Photographs (halftones): Please supply original photographs for reproduction, printed on glossy paper, very sharp and with good contrast. Remove non-essential areas of a photograph. Do not mount photographs unless they form part of a composite figure. Where necessary, insert a scale bar in the illustration (not below it), as opposed to giving a magnification factor in the legend.
Note that photocopies of photographs are not acceptable.
Colour illustrations: Submit colour illustrations as original photographs, high-quality computer prints or transparencies, close to the size expected in publication, or as 35 mm slides. Polaroid colour prints are not suitable. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork .
Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to 'grey scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white prints corresponding to all the colour illustrations.
The publisher will allow one page of free colour per article for colour figures, where its use is integral to useful illustration of the data.
Revisions Should authors be requested by the editor to revise the text on a manuscript, the revised version should be submitted within ten weeks. After this period, the manuscript will be regarded as a new submission.
Electronic format requirements for accepted articles
General Points: Most word-processing formats are accepted, but Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is preferred. An electronic version of the text should be submitted together with the final hardcopy of the manuscript. The electronic version must match the hardcopy exactly. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Label storage media with your name, journal title, and software used. Save your files using the default extension of the program used. No changes to the accepted version are permissible without the explicit approval of the Editor. Electronic files can be stored on 3?-inch diskette, ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh).
Word processor documents: It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the word processor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the word processor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed 'graphically designed' equations or tables, but prepare these using the word processor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Author Gateway's Quickguide: http://authors.elsevier.com ). Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section on Preparation of electronic illustrations. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spellchecker' function of your word processor.
Proofs
- When your accepted manuscript is received by Elsevier it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to be regarded as 'drafts'.
- One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
- A form with queries from the copyeditor may accompany your proofs. Please answer all queries and make any corrections or additions required.
- The Publisher reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated
- Return corrections within two days of receipt of the proofs. Should there be no corrections, please confirm this.
- Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive the (PDF) proof of your article for correction, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any less time to make your corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see http://authors.elsevier.com ). This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided.
If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has pre-printed forms for use by authors in these cases: contact Global Rights Department, P.O. Box 800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com
Journal title is covered in Current Contents, ASCA, Index Medicus, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica and the Science Citation Index.
Editorial Board
- Co-Chief Editors:
- J. Tyson, Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA
L. Wolpert, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, United Kingdom
- Editorial Board:
- N. Barton, ICAPB, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
C. Blomberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
C. Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University, USA
A. Cornish-Bowden, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona Tucson, USA
T. Daniel, University of Washington, USA
R. J. de Boer, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
S. Ellner, New York State College Agriculture and Life Sciences, New York, USA
K. Forsten Williams, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA
A. Goldbeter, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
L.J. Gross, University of Tennessee, USA
D. Haig, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
P. Hammerstein, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
M. Hassell, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Berkshire, United Kingdom
L. Hurst, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Y. Iwasa, Kyushu University, Fukuoka-Shi, Japan
M. Kerszberg, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
M. Kimmel, Rice University, Texas, USA
T.B.L. Kirkwood, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom
D. Kirschner, University of Michigan, USA
D. Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute, USA
J.H. Lewis, ICRF, London, United Kingdom
M. Mackey, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
G. McVean, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
H. Meinhardt, MPI fuer Entwicklungsbiologie, Tuebingen, Germany
A. Mogilner, University of California at Davis, California, USA
M. Morgan, Institute of Ophthmology, London, United Kingdom
M. Nowak, Program in Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
A.S. Perelson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA
T. Schlick, New York University, New York, USA
J.A. Sherratt, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
K. Sigmund, Universität Wien, Austria
S. Spengler, National Science Foundation, Virginia, USA
E. Szathmary, Institute for Advanced Study, Budapest, Hungary
- Advisory Board:
- S.M. Baer, USA
B. Charlesworth, United Kingdom
L. Edelstein-Keshet, Canada
B. Grenfell, United Kingdom
P. Hogeweg, The Netherlands
M.S. Johnson, Finland
S.A. Levin, USA
R.B. Luftig, USA
E. Pate, USA
R. Root-Bernstein, USA
M. Savageau, USA
P. Schuster, Austria
J.M. Smith, United Kingdom
R.J.P. Williams, United Kingdom
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