期刊名称：BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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The journal publishes original letters and papers, mini-reviews, reports from meetings and special issues describing research on biological phenomena in terms of the principles and methods of physics and chemistry. It is receptive to articles which deal with biological molecules and systems and to papers which treat systems serving as models for these. Treatments, phenomenological as well as molecular, of the interactions, structure and biological functions of individual biological macromolecules, and of supramolecular structures, are also within the journal's remit.
A feature of the journal is Letters - short articles, no longer than 10 double-spaced manuscript pages (text and figures/tables included). For Biophysical Chemistry Letters no proofs will be sent to authors. Authors can now submit supplementary material (e.g. colour pictures) for publication on the WWW. Please contact the Editors for more information.
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Instructions to Authors
An International Journal Devoted to the Physics and Chemistry of Biological Phenomena
Aims and Scope
The journal publishes original letters and papers, mini-reviews, reports from meetings and special issues describing research on biological phenomena in terms of the principles and methods of physics and chemistry.
It is receptive to articles which deal with biological molecules and systems and to papers which treat systems serving as models for these.
Treatments, phenomenological as well as molecular, of the interactions,
structure and biological functions of individual biological macromolecules, and of supramolecular structures, are also within the journal's remit.
A feature of the journal is Letters - short articles, no longer than 10 double-spaced manuscript pages (text and figures/tables included).
For Biophysical Chemistry Letters no proofs will be sent to authors.
Submission information
It is now possible to submit your paper online and benefit from the considerably shorter time required to reach an editorial decision about publication. Click "submit online" on the left panel or go to http://www.elsubmit.com/submit/bioche/
Biophysical Chemistry publishes original research papers covering the subjects outlined in the Aims and Scope. Critical reviews are published by invitation of the Editors, but unsolicited submissions are welcome. A modest fee will be paid to the senior author upon publication of an invited review. For more details please contact one of the Editors. Papers should be sent in triplicate to one of the Editors:
Principal Editor:
A. Cooper
Department of Chemistry,
Joseph Black Building,
University of Glasgow,
G12 8QQ Scotland,
UK
Tel: +44 141 330 5278
Fax: +44 141 330 2910
E-mail:alanc@chem.gla.ac.uk
Editor:
E. Di Cera
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Physics
Box 8231
St Louis
MO 63110, USA
Tel.: (+1) 314 362 4185;
Fax: (+1) 314 747 5354;
E-mail: enrico@biochem.wustl.edu
Submission of a paper to Biophysical Chemistry is understood to imply that this is original and unpublished and has neither been published in part nor is being considered elsewhere, and that all authors agree to the submission. The names of at least three possible referees must be indicated in the submission letter. Wherever possible, a copy of the Abstract should also be submitted by e-mail.
Final versions of accepted manuscripts must be submitted to the handling Editor as hard copies in triplicate, together with a matching electronic file (Word or WP preferred) on disk.
All manuscripts will be evaluated according to the peer refereeing system. They must be in English, and typed with double or triple spacing, first copies (or clear photocopies thereof) with a wide margin. Authors should remember that the journal is international, and widely read by those whose first language is not English. Clarity and precision are usually best achieved by the use of short words and simple sentences.
Manuscript preparation
Authors should prepare papers in double-spaced typing on pages of uniform size, with a margin of 2.5 cm. Typescripts are to be preceded by a sheet of paper bearing the name, full postal address, fax and telephone numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author. Proofs will be sent to this address unless specified otherwise.
The number of pages in the typescript, and the number of tables and illustrations should also be indicated. Words or letters in the text, which are to be printed in italics, should be underlined. Any hand-written characters should be labelled in the margin the first time they appear.
All pages should be numbered.
Title
The title should be chosen for its information content such that it conveys to the reader the particular nature of the contents of the paper.This should be followed by the name(s) of the author(s) and the name and address where the work was carried out. If the address of an author at the time at which the paper will appear is not the laboratory in which the work was carrled out, this may be stated in a footnote. Acknowledgements of financial support should not be made by a footnote to the title or name of the author, but should be included in Acknowledgements at the end of the paper.
Papers should be divided into sections, using headings (e.g., Abstract, Introduction, Experimental, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, References).
Abstract
All scientific papers (including notes) should have an abstract in English, on a separate sheet. It should consist of a brief and factual account of the contents and conclusions of the paper, in addition to an indication of any new information which it may contain and of its relevance. No references should be given in the abstract. The abstract of 100-150 words should contain all the pertinent details of the methods and the results obtained, and be written in such a way so that it will address a wider audience.
Keywords
Authors are requested to select a maximum of six keywords (or short phrases) and include them below the abstract. These will be used in the compilation of the volume cumulative index and will be printed on the title page of the article. (Authors should note that American spelling is used and that plural terms are avoided where possible.) Important factors of the investigation as a whole should be selected as keywords and general terms like, membrane, transport, etc., should be avoided. In some cases, the general term can be used when qualified, e.g., membrane protein, K+ transport, etc. The key words should be chosen so that the combination of these (as they will appear in the published index) will give the reader sufficient direct information as to the relevance of a given article to his/her particular field. Example: Title: Computer simulation of T3/T7 phage infection using lag times Keywords: Infection mechanism; Protein synthesis; DNA replication; Lag time; Computer simulation; (Phage T3, Phage T7).
The submitted list may be amended by the editorial office to ensure that index entries are consistent throughout the cumulative index. If words appear in parentheses, this indicates that these words are appropriate to the article, but are not of sufficient indexing value; these words will not appear as individual index entries, but will be printed each time a keyword index entry appears.
Introduction
All scientific papers should have a short introduction. This should state clearly the reasons for the work and what is new in the paper, with brief reference to previous work on the subject.
Formulae
Displayed formulae should be numbered and typed or clearly written by hand, with extra spacing allowed above and below. Vectors will be printed in bold-face italics (heavy, slanting type), and should be indicated by a wavy underlining in the typescript. Special attention should be paid to characters that can easily be misread, such as i (lowercase), I (cap), l (el), 1 (one), ' (prime), o (lower case), O (cap.), 0 (zero), degree, u, v, (vee), Greek nu, V (cap), x, multiplication sign, X, z, Z, p, P, Greek rho, etc., and definition of such characters should be given in the margin.
Tables
Considerable thought should be given to the layout ofthe tables, so that the significance of the results can be grasped readily and quickly.
It should also be remembered that the length of a printed page is always greater than its width. Vertical lines are not used to separate the columns of tables.
Tables should be typed using double spacing on a separate sheet. Each table should have an arabic number and a title, which makes its general meaning understandable without reference to the text. When tabulating data, units and symbols should be used in column headings only, and not within the columns themselves. The appropriate places for the insertion of the tables should be indicated in the margin. Table legends should be typed with double or triple spacing.
Illustrations
Line drawings must be submitted on separate sheets, drawn in black Indian ink in large size on drawing or tracing paper or good quality laser output, not stuck down or folded. One original and two copies are required. The lettering as well as the details should have proportionate dimensions so as not to become illegible or unclear after the usual reduction by the printers; in general the figures should be designed for a reduction factor of two to three. Axes of graphs should be clearly labelled, along the axes, outside the graph itself.
Halftone photographs should be black-and-white glossy prints, and should be as rich in contrast as possible. Photocopies of photographs are not acceptable. If size needs to be indicated, please use scale bars on the illustrations rather than numerical scales in the caption.
Colour illustrations can be reproduced in colour at the author's expense, the cost being determined by the number of pages and the number of colours needed. A special reduced rate is applied for publishing two or more printed colour pages. These prices will be communicated upon individual request. At the author's request, colour illustrations will be included on the journal's HomePage at http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/bpc.
Each figure should have a number and a caption; the captions should be collected on a separate sheet and typed with double or triple spacing. The appropriate place of a figure should be indicated in the margin.
Written permission from the original author and publisher must be obtained for the use of figures already published. Its source must be indicated in the legend.
Abbreviations, symbols and terms
When it is advantageous to the reader, abbreviations or symbols may be used. Should there be any doubt about a particular symbol or abbreviation, the full expression followed by the abbreviation (in parentheses) should be given the first time it appears in the text. Abbreviations used in a figure should be explained ln the legend; those used in a table should be taken to use correct terminology.
Quantities, symbols and units
The International System of Units (SI) must be used. Symbols for physical quantities (SI, SI derived, used together with the SI) are recommended, for example, by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemsitry (IUPAC) or by the International Organization for Standardization.
References
I the text, reference to other parts of the paper should be made by section (or equation) number, not by page number.
References to the Literature:
References should be numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text. The list of references at the end of the manuscript should be given using double spacing on a separate sheet of the typescript. References should include the title of the work referred to. Footnotes should not include bibliographic material. Authors should check whether every reference in the text appears in the list of references and vice versa. Numerals for references should be given in square brackets [ ] in the text. Abbreviations for the titles of journals should be according to the Bibliographic Guide for Editors and Authors, American Chemical Society, 1974. Expressions such as et al., idem and ibid. should not be used in the list of references: details of each reference should be given in full.
The following system should be used:
Book: R. Zallen, The physics of amorphous solids (Wiley, New York, 1983).
Journal articles: T.P.Burghardt, J.E. Lyke and K. Ajtai, Fluorescence emission and anisotropy from rhodamine dimers, Biophys. Chem. 59 (1996) 119-131.
Paper in a contributed volume: E. Stelzer and H. Ruf, in: Physical chemistry of transmembrane motion, ed. G. Spach, Studies in physical and theoretical chemistry, vol. 24 (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1983) p. 37.
Unpublished paper: D. Schallreuther, Ph.D. thesis, Universität Konstanz (1982).
"Personal communication", "in preparation", "unpublished results", etc., should not be cited in the reference list but in the text.
Copyright transfer
Authors will be requested to transfer copyright of their original paper to the publisher by means of a form which is sent with the proof of the article. They should sign and return it by air mail using the enclosed return label.
Reprints
Fifty free reprints per contribution will be made available. Additional reprints may be ordered by filling in and returning to the publisher the order form sent with the proof of the article.
Electronic manuscripts
Electronic manuscripts have the advantage that there is no need for the rekeying of text, thereby avoiding the possibility of introducing errors and resulting in reliable and fast delivery of proofs. For the initial submission of manuscripts for consideration, hard copies are sufficient. For the processing of accepted papers, electronic versions are preferred. After final acceptance, a disk plus three final and exactly matching hard copies should be submitted together. Double density (DD) or high density (HD) diskettes (3.5 or 5.25 inch) are acceptable. It is important that the file saved is in the native format of the wordprocessor program used. Label the disk with the hardware and wordprocessing package used, the author's name and the name of the file on the disk.
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Editorial Board
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Principal Editor:
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A. Cooper, Department of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, UK
Fax: +44 141 330 2910
Email:alanc@chem.gla.ac.uk
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Editors:
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E. Di Cera, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Box 8231, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Fax: (+1) 314 747 5354
Email:enrico@biochem.wustl.edu
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Founding Honorary Editor:
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M. Mandel, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Advisory Editorial Board:
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C. Blomberg, Stockholm, Sweden
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O. Byron, Glasgow, UK
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D.J. Caruana, London, UK
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D.T.F Dryden, Edinburgh, UK
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M. Eftink, University, USA
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H. Eisenberg, Rehovot, Israel
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A. Goldbeter, Brussels, Belgium
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H.-J. Hinz, Münster, Germany
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A. Ikai, Yokohama, Japan
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E. Melo, Oeiras, Portugal
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O.G. Mouritsen, Lyngby, Denmark
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E. Neumann, Bielefeld, Germany
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D. Poland, Baltimore, USA
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F.W. Schneider, Würzburg, Germany
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A.J.W.G. Visser, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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G. Weill, Strasbourg, France
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P. de Santis, Roma, Italy
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