期刊名称：GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
First to know the nature of bioenergy
GCB Bioenergy exists to promote understanding of the interface between biological sciences and the production of fuels directly from plants, algae and waste. All aspects of current and potential biofuel production, from forestry, crop production, enzymatic deconstruction and microbial fuel synthesis to implications for biodiversity, ecosystem services, economics, policy and global change will be included.
Articles from outside this area of interest to a biology readership are policy forum (covering legislative developments affecting biofuels), socioeconomic analyses (examining the economic viability or social acceptability of crops, crops systems and their processing, including genetically modified organisms [GMOs]), and systems analysis (examining biological developments in a whole systems context). Comparative studies of biomass projects and their mitigating effects will be important to the journal, as will plant/microbe interactions (i.e. maximizing yield while reducing/limiting nitrogen input) and genome research.
The journal will focus on topics in the context of biological implications:
Bioenergy feedstock production, genetics and genomics
Pests, diseases and weeds of feedstock
Land-use change, including biodiversity and ecosystem services
Oils from algae and crops
Microbial deconstruction of lignocellulose
Fermentation to fuels
Systems biology of feedstock production, microbial deconstruction and fuel synthesis
Carbon mitigation
Studies may be at all levels of organisation from gene discovery and enzyme design to crop feedstock genetics and systems analysis of biofuel production operations. They may be experimental, observational or theoretical, and may concern higher plant and algal systems, biological mimicry, enzymes, biotechnology, fuel synthesis, ecosystem services, environmental impacts and / or whole production system analysis. GCB Bioenergy will concentrate on primary research articles, but operate a flexible policy regarding other article types, including Platforms, Technical Papers, Mini-Reviews and Opinion Papers.
Full papers reporting primary research, including model articles, should not exceed 8,000 words.
Platforms are structured authoritative reviews of a specific feedstock, e.g. switchgrass, Jatropha, Dunaliella, or fermentative organism, e.g. Zymomonas, Clostridium. These will describe the organism being used or potentially used by the biofuels industry, its origin, culture, issues, sources of genomic information, genetic resources, transformation systems, environmental risk assessment and environmental benefits, and in the case of crops where they may be grown and what yields may be expected. There is an urgent demand for information on a range of organisms (e.g. Miscanthus, Closridium, etc) that have been little used in the past, but appear to have large potential. Authoritative information is at a premium. These articles will be updated at regular intervals, as knowledge about the new platforms is likely to grow rapidly.
Legislative issues and policy developments. These will be authoritative reviews that deal with existing, proposed legislation or voluntary compliance with agreed codes of conduction (e.g. Green Certificates) affecting the development of biological R&D and deployment of biofuel systems. For example: How does the Biodiversity Convention affect use of novel organisms and genes in making better biofuels? How will proposed EU or US Farm Bills
affect the development of new crops? What are the implications of widespread deployment of different biofuels systems for the IPCC?
Technical advances. GCB Bioenergy will accept shorter articles concerning key recent and novel technical developments, including new modelling approaches. These should comprise no more than three displayed items (i.e. figures or tables) and should follow the primary research articles format except that the Results and Discussion sections may be combined if desired. Papers should not exceed 4,000 words.
Opinion papers and review articles. GCB Bioenergy will consider articles that contain comment and review. Authors are advised to contact the Editorial Office outlining their proposed articles before preparing a Review or Opinion Paper. Reviews examine a defined specialist subject that is of topical interest (not to exceed 8,000 words). Opinion Papers are speculative and provocative viewpoints, although they must be conditioned by the normal standards of scientific objectivity and will be subject to peer review (not to exceed 4,000 words).
Instructions to Authors
Editorial Office contact details
Global Change Biology Bioenergy
University of Illinois
1135 Institute for Genomic Biology
1206 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801-3838
USA
Tel. +1-217-333-9651
Fax +1-217-244-3637
E-mail: GCBB-editorial-office@wiley.com
Online manuscript submission - now open!
Submit your manuscript electronically to Global Change Biology Bioenergy through ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Categories of papers
Global Change Biology Bioenergy will consider manuscripts in the following categories: Original Research, Platforms, Legislative Issues and Policy Developments, Technical Advances, Opinion, and Review. Word limits apply to the main body of the text (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Acknowledgements).
Original Research
Articles reporting original research, including model articles, should not exceed 8,000 words.
Platforms
Structured authoritative reviews of a specific feedstock, e.g. switchgrass, Jatropha, Dunaliella, or fermentative organism, e.g. Zymomonas, Clostridium. These will describe the organism being used or potentially used by the biofuels industry, its origin, culture, issues, sources of genomic information, genetic resources, transformation systems, environmental risk assessment and environmental benefits, and in the case of crops where they may be grown and what yields may be expected. There is an urgent demand for information on a range of organisms (e.g. Miscanthus, Closridium, etc) that have been little used in the past, but appear to have large potential. Authoritative information is at a premium. These articles will be updated at regular intervals, as knowledge about the new platforms is likely to grow rapidly. Papers should not exceed 8,000 words.
Legislative issues and policy developments
These will be authoritative reviews that deal with existing, proposed legislation or voluntary compliance with agreed codes of conduction (e.g. Green Certificates) affecting the development of biological R&D and deployment of biofuel systems. For example: How does the Biodiversity Convention affect use of novel organisms and genes in making better biofuels? How will proposed EU or US Farm Bills affect the development of new crops? What are the implications of widespread deployment of different biofuels systems for the IPCC? Papers should not exceed 8,000 words.
Technical Advances
GCB Bioenergy will accept shorter articles concerning key recent and novel technical developments, including new modelling approaches. These should comprise no more than three displayed items (i.e. figures or tables) and should follow the primary research articles format except that the Results and Discussion sections may be combined if desired. Papers should not exceed 4,000 words.
Opinion papers and review articles
GCB Bioenergy will consider articles that contain comments and reviews. Authors are advised to contact the Editorial Office outlining their proposed articles before preparing a Review or Opinion Paper. Reviews examine a defined specialist subject that is of topical interest (not to exceed 8,000 words). Opinion Papers are speculative and provocative viewpoints, although they must be conditioned by the normal standards of scientific objectivity and will be subject to peer review (not to exceed 4,000 words).
Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve its grammar, spelling, punctuation and clarity. See Blackwell Publishing's list of suppliers of editing services. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.
Instructions for Authors
1. Compile the electronic version of your manuscript according to the instructions below.
2. Complete the submission check list at the end of this document.
3. Submit your manuscript and cover letter electronically through the GCB Bioenergy ScholarOne Manuscripts site. Enter the Author Center and click 'Click here to submit a new manuscript'. The instructions at the top of the screens will guide you through the submission process.
Cover letter
Authors should include answers to the following questions (max. 50 words per question) in a cover letter, to help the Editors decide whether to send the manuscript for peer review:
1. What hypotheses or questions does this work address?
2. How does this work advance our current understanding of bioenergy?
3. Why is this work important and timely?
Authors must also provide names and email address of at least three reviewers which the Editor may consider. These suggestions must be without a conflict of interest with the authors including former or current coauthors (within the past 4 years), students, mentors and members of the same academic institution. Authors may also indicate up to three non-preferred referees. Please indicate the nature of the potential conflict of interest in your cover letter. While these selections may be taken into account, the final selection is subject to the Editor's discretion.
Format
Manuscripts may be submitted in the following file formats: Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect, Rich Text Format or Post Script (NOT a pdf).
All pages should be numbered consecutively, starting with 1 for the title page and including those containing acknowledgements, references, tables and figure legends. Manuscripts must be page size letter (8.5 x 11 inch) or A4 (210 x 297 mm) with margins of at least 2.5 cm. Lines must be double-spaced and text must be in Times New Roman font, 12 point. English spelling should conform to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English. Both American and British English are acceptable, but must be consistent.
Sections
Primary Research Articles should be arranged as follows, with each section beginning on a separate page. Manuscripts in other categories should be modified appropriately.
1. Title page
i. Title: this should be concise and informative
ii. Running title: no more than 45 characters, including spaces
iii. List of authors
iv. Institute or laboratory of origin: Where authors have different addresses, use numbered superscripts to refer to each address provided
v. Corresponding author: include their telephone, fax and email details
vi. Keywords: 5 - 10 key words or short phrases to enable retrieval and indexing by searching techniques
2. Abstract
This should provide a concise statement of the motivation for the work done, the scope of the work and the principal findings. The abstract should be less than 300 words for Primary Research Articles and Reviews, and 150 words for Technical Advances and Opinion.
3. Introduction
This should argue the case for your study, outlining only essential background, but should not include either the findings or the conclusions. It should not be a review of the subject area, but should finish with a clear statement of the question being addressed.
4. Materials and methods
This should allow replication of all experiments described and demonstrate the validity of those experiments for the research being conducted.
5. Results
This should not include material appropriate to the Discussion section.
6. Discussion
This should highlight the significance of the results and place them in the context of other work. It should not introduce new material, be over-speculative, reiterate the results, or exceed 20% of the total length. The Results and Discussion sections may be combined for Technical Advances papers (maximum 4000 words).
7. Acknowledgements
8. References
The reference list should be in alphabetical order and include the full title with the name of the journal given in full. When there are eight or more authors only the first three should be listed, following the et al.
van Uitregt VO, Wilson RS, Franklin CE (2007) Cooler temperatures increase sensitivity to ultraviolet B radiation in embryos and larvae of the frog Limnodynastes peronii. Global Change Biology, 13, 1114-1121.
Alcamo J, Kreileman E, Krol M et al. (1998) Global modelling of environmental change: an overview of IMAGE 2.1. In: Global Change Scenarios of the 21st Century: Results from the IMAGE 2.1 Model (eds Alcamo J, Leemans R, Kreileman E), pp 3-71. Pergamon, Oxford.
Llorens L (2003) Plant ecophysiological responses to experimentally drier and warmer conditions in European shrublands. Unpublished PhD thesis, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, 266 pp.
Hill JK, Thomas CD, Huntley B (2001). Climate and recent range changes in butterfiles. In: 'Fingerprints' of Climate Change - Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species Ranges (eds Walther G-R, Burga CA, Edwards PJ) pp. 77-88. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York.
When there are more than two authors, use the first author followed by et al. Be sure to italicize et al. Use commas to separate publications in two different years by the same author. Semicolons separate citations of different authors. Cite two or more publications by different authors in chronological sequence, from the earliest to latest. For example:
(Cramer et al. 2001)
(Lindroth et al. 1997, 1998)
(Post & Kwon 2000; Cramer et al. 2001)
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting. EndNote output style for GCB Bioenergy available from the Editorial Office upon request. Reference Manager styles can be searched for at http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp.
9. Tables
Each table should be on a separate page, numbered, and accompanied by a title and explanatory caption at the top. Each table must be referred to in the text. Tables must be in editable Word or Excel format (NOT embedded in picture format). Data must not be presented in both tabular and graphical form.
10. Figure legends
Legends should be typed on a separate sheet. Any explanatory material should be placed in the legend and not in the figure; enough detail should be given so that the figure can be understood without reference to the text. In the full-text online edition of the journal. figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full screen version. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure.
11. Figures
All figures should be uploaded as separate files. Graphics/figures of accepted figures must be 300dpi or above and in tiff or eps format. Pdf format of the graphic is also acceptable if the embedded images are not reduced in quality. Figures created using Microsoft Excel can be exported at high resolution. Subdivisions of figures should be labeled with lower case, bold letters (e.g. (a), (b)) and referred to in the text in the form Fig. 1a, Fig. 1a,b.
Diagrams and graphs should appear on a white background, with lines approximately 0.5 mm thick. Symbols should be approximately 3 mm across. The preferred symbols are open and closed circles, squares, triangles. The same symbol should be used for the same entity in different figures. The scale marks on graphs should be inside the axes. Axes should be clearly marked with units in brackets after the axis title. Please consult Wiley-Blackwell's Illustration Guidelines for more information.
Colour prints are welcomed by Global Change Biology Bioenergy. The charges for inclusion of colour prints in any one article are shown on the Colour Work Agreement form, which should be completed and returned with your accepted paper to the Editor for any papers containing colour images.
12. Supporting information
Supporting online-only information integral to the manuscript is accepted by the journal. Please see Wiley-Blackwell's Supporting Information Guidelines for more information.
13. Cover image
Images suitable for the cover of the journal are particularly welcomed and should be accompanied by a suggested caption and photocredit (when appropriate). See Wiley-Blackwell's Graphics Resources for Authors for guidelines and tips.
Offprints
Corresponding authors will receive a PDF offprint file via email on publication of their manuscript. Printed copies can be obtained at additional cost to the author. Please contact the production editor (gcbb@wiley.com) for details.
Copyright Transfer Agreement
Authors will be required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the CTA is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. (US Federal Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various medium/circumstances (please see the form for further details). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form by following this link, http://www.wiley.com/go/ctaaglobal. Please return your completed form to: Global Change Biology Bioenergy, University of Illinois, 1135 Institute for Genomic Biology, 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801-3838, USA. Alternatively a scanned version of the form can be emailed to GCBB-editorial-office@wiley.com or faxed to +1-217-244-3637.
OnlineOpen
OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With OnlineOpen the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley Online Library, as well as deposited in the funding agency's preferred archive. For the full list of terms and conditions, see http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/onlineopen#OnlineOpen_Terms.
Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the payment form available from our website at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/onlineOpenOrder.
Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.
Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-Blackwell's Author Services at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/. Author services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their title automatically added to the system.
Editorial Board
Chief Editor
Steve Long, University of Illinois, USA
Assistant Editor
Rachel Shekar, University of Illinois, USA
Subject Editors
Michael Jones, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland
Jay D. Keasling, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), University of California, USA
Peter Smith, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
Gail Taylor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
Editorial Review Board
Anne Borland, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
Marcos Buckeridge, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Isaac KO Cann, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Michael D Casler, USDA-ARS, Madison, WI, USA
Eliane Ceccon, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Stefan Czernik, National Bioenergy Center, Golden, CO, USA
Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Benoît Gabrielle, Paris Institute of Technology, Thiverval-Grignon, France
Emily Heaton, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Rebecca Heaton, Innovation Biodomain, Shell Global Solutions, Chester, UK
Angela Karp, Rothamsted Centre for Bioenergy and Climate Change, Rothamsted, UK
Maurice Ku, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
Iris Lewandowski, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Maureen McCann, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Jeff Obbard, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Deborah O'Connell, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australia
Maria MLTM Polizeli, FFCLRP, USP - Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Gláucia Mendes Souza, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Katherine Smart, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Xinguang Zhu, CAS-MPG, Shanghai, China
Editorial Advisory Board
John B Ohlrogge, Michigan State University, East lansing, MI, USA
Chris Somerville, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Gregory Stephanopoulos, MIT, Cambridge MA, USA
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