期刊名称：GLYCOBIOLOGY
 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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Established as the leading journal in the field, Glycobiology provides a unique forum dedicated to research into the structure and function of glycoconjugates (including glycoproteins, glycolipids, proteoglycans or free complex saccharides) or on any aspect of proteins that specifically interact with glycoconjugates (e.g. lectins, glycotransferases, glycosidases).
Glycobiology is essential reading for researchers in biomedicine, basic science, and the biotechnology industries. By providing a single forum, the journal aims to improve communication between glycobiologists working in different disciplines and to increase the overall visibility of the field. |
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Instructions to Authors
Manuscripts for Glycobiology should be submitted online. Once you have prepared your manuscript according to the instructions below, please visit the online submission Web site, glyco.manuscriptcentral.com. Use the Web site to upload your files both as individual word-processing and graphics files, and as a single PDF with graphics included. Instructions on submitting your manuscript online can be viewed here.
Please read these instructions carefully and follow them strictly. In this way you will help ensure that the review and publication of your paper are as efficient and quick as possible. The editors reserve the right to return manuscripts that are not in accordance with these instructions. Papers must be clearly and concisely written in English. In the interests of speed, manuscripts are not extensively copyedited, and authors are requested to check their texts carefully before submitting them.
Scope and policy of Glycobiology
Glycobiology provides for the publication of full-length papers describing original research relating to the structure/function of glycoconjugates in the broadest sense. Any paper providing novel information about the biological significance of glycosylation is appropriate. This includes, but is not exclusive of, studies pertaining to glycoproteins, glycolipids, proteoglycans, free carbohydrates, lectins, glycosyltransferases, glycosidases or enzymes of complex saccharide metabolism. In addition, papers describing novel methods relevant to the field will be considered. The primary criterion for acceptance is scientific quality. Papers should avoid excessive use of abbreviations or jargon, and should be intelligible to as wide an audience as possible. Particular attention should be paid to the Abstract, Introduction, and Discussion sections, which should clearly draw attention to the novelty and significance of the data reported. Failure to do this may result in delays in publication or rejection of the paper.
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Ronald L. Schnaar, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe Street, 324 WBSB, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Phone: 410-955-8392; fax: 410-955-4900; e-mail:glycobio@jhmi.edu.
Executive Editors
Prof. Tony Bacic, Director, Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. Phone: 61 3 8344 5041; fax: 61 3 9347 1071; e-mail: abacic@unimelb.edu.au.
Dr. Anne Dell, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Phone: 44 171 594 5218; fax: 44 171 225 0458; e-mail: a.dell@ic.ac.uk.
Prof. Ulf Lindahl, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM), Uppsala University, The Biomedical Center, Box 582, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: 46-18-471-4196; fax: 46-18-471-4209; e-mail: ulf.lindahl@imbim.uu.se.
Dr. Takashi Muramatsu, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi 466, Japan. Phone: 81-52-744-2059 (direct); 81-52-744-2060 (office); fax: 81-52-744-2065; e-mail: tmurama@tsuru.med.nagoya-u.jp.
Prof. Sam Turco, Department of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, MN602, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Phone: 859-323-6693; fax: 859-323-1037; e-mail: turco@pop.uky.edu.
Associate Editor for Reviews
Dr. Jeffrey D. Esko, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, CMM-East 1055, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA. Phone: 858-822-1100; fax: 858-534-5611; e-mail: jesko@ucsd.edu.
Reviews
Reviews are published by invitation only. However, a proposal for a Review may be submitted in the form of a brief letter to the Associate Editor for Reviews at any time. The letter should state the topics and authors of the proposed review, and should state why the topic is of particular interest to the field.
Communications
Communications are brief articles published in a special section at the front of Glycobiology. They are a mechanism for rapid publication of timely findings having significant impact for investigators in the field, and they must represent complete works rather than preliminary findings. Communications should be submitted online by choosing "Communication" in the pull-down menu on the Manuscript Details page. Manuscripts submitted for consideration as Communications should conform to the format of printed articles but are limited to four printed pages or fewer in overall length, including figures. Submissions should be limited to 4,000 words, including Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion (or combined Results and discussion section), Materials and methods, References, and Legends to figures. Please indicate the word count on your title page. Authors may submit a maximum of 4 figures and/or tables. Communciations that do not conform to these guidelines will be returned for modification.
Glyco-Forum section
The journal will publish meeting announcements and news items relevant to the field. In addition, letters discussing controversial or newsworthy items of interest to glycobiologists will be considered for publication. Suggestions for material to be included in this section are welcomed from the readership. Suggestions or letters should be sent via e-mail directly to the Editor-in-Chief. Please include phone and fax numbers.
Preparation of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be in their final form when they are submitted, so that proofs require only correction of typographical errors. All parts of the manuscript should be double-spaced throughout.
Sections of the manuscript
Manuscripts should be subdivided into the following sequence of sections:
- Title page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Results
- Discussion
- Materials and methods
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- References
- Legends to figures
- Footnotes
- Tables
Length of manuscript
While papers may be of any length required for the concise presentation and discussion of the data, succinct and carefully prepared papers are favored both in terms of impact as well as in readability.
General format
An original and two copies of the manuscript must be submitted. They should be legibly typed on A4 or American quarto paper. Dot matrix print or any print that is difficult to read is generally unacceptable. All sections of the manuscript must be double-spaced (space between lines of type not less than 6 mm). Margins of 25 mm (1 inch) should be left at the sides, top, and bottom of each page. Number each page centered at the bottom (Title Page is 1). Please avoid extensive use of footnotes; use instead, and as sparingly as possible, parenthesis within brackets. Underline only words or letters to appear in italics. Clearly identify unusual or handwritten symbols and Greek letters. Differentiate between the letter O and zero, and the letters I and l and the number 1. Mark the position of each figure and table in the margin.
Title page
The title should be short, specific, and informative. The first name, initial(s), and surname of each author should be followed by his or her department, institution, city with postal code, and country. Fax number and phone number of the corresponding author should also be provided, as well as E-mail address if available. Any changes of address may be given in numbered footnotes. The author to whom proofs and reprints should be addressed should be indicated. Please provide a running title of not more than 60 characters.
Key words
Up to five key words, which may or may not appear in the title, should be given in alphabetical order, below the title, each separated by a slash (/). In addition to being printed with the article, these key words, together with the title, form the sole basis of the annual Subject Index. Thus, please give them careful consideration.
Abstract
The second page of every manuscript must contain only the Abstract, which should not exceed 250 words. The Abstract should be comprehensible to readers before they have read the paper, and abbreviations and reference citations should be avoided. It is essential that the Abstract clearly states the biological importance of the work described in the paper.
Acknowledgments
These should be included at the end of the text and not in footnotes. Personal acknowledgments should precede those of institutions or agencies.
References
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the References. Published articles and those in press (state the journal which has accepted them and enclose a copy of the manuscript) may be included. In the text a reference should be cited by author and date. Not more than two authors may be cited per reference; if there are more than two authors, use et al. At the end of the manuscript the citations should be typed in alphabetical order, with the authors' surnames preceding initials. References should include, in the following order: authors' names, year, complete title of the article, journal title, volume number, inclusive page numbers, and name and address of publisher (books only). The name of the journal should be abbreviated according to the World List of Scientific Periodicals and underlined to indicate italics. References will appear in type as below:
Dell, A. (1987) FAB-mass spectrometry of carbohydrates. Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. Biochem., 45, 19-72.
Kobata, A., Mizuochi, T., Endo, T., and Furukawa, K. (1989) Function and pathology of the sugar chains of human immunoglobulin G. In Bock, G. and Harnett, S. (eds), Carbohydrate Recognition in Cellular Function¡ªCiba Fdn. Symp. 145. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, pp. 224-240.
Lennarz, W.J. (1980) The Biochemistry of Glycoproteins and Proteoglycans. Plenum Press, New York.
Personal communications (J. Jones, personal communication) must be authorized in writing by those involved, and unpublished data should be cited as (unpublished data). Both should be used as sparingly as possible and only when the unpublished data referred to is peripheral rather than central to the topic under discussion. References to manuscripts in preparation or submitted, but not yet accepted, should be cited in the text as (B. Jones and L. Smith, in preparation) and should NOT be included in the list of references.
Tables
Tables should be typed on separate sheets and numbered consecutively with Roman numerals. Tables should be self-explanatory and include a brief descriptive title. Footnotes to tables indicated by lowercase letters are acceptable, but they should not include extensive experimental detail. Tables must be called out in the text.
Illustrations
Wherever possible figures should be submitted in their desired final size, to fit the width of a single column of text, i.e., 88 mm wide. Double-column figures should be avoided, but if used they should be 180 mm maximum width. Any lettering should be approximately 2 mm in height and should be in proportion to the overall dimensions of the drawing. The captions for figures should be typed on a separate sheet of paper, and figures must be called out in the text. Please consult glyco.manuscriptcentral.com for instructions on preparing illustrations for online submission and review. Final files must be submitted at or before acceptance according to the following guidelines. Save figure files in TIFF or EPS format, using CMYK colors, with fonts embedded. Upon acceptance, submission of figures as hard copy is also acceptable.
Halftone illustrations, photographs. These should be of sufficiently high quality with respect to detail, contrast, and fineness of grain to withstand the inevitable loss of contrast and detail inherent in the printing process. Please indicate the magnification by a bar on the photograph. These illustrations must have a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch at their final size.
Color plates. Authors will be charged $460 for reproduction of each color figure in their article. Color figures must have a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch at their final size.
Line drawings. These should have clear and sharp lines. No additional artwork, redrawing, or typesetting will be done. Therefore all labeling should be done on the original line drawing. Faint shading and stippling will be lost upon reproduction and should be avoided. Line drawings must have a resolution of at least 1200 dots per inch at their final size.
Figure legends. These should be on a separate, numbered manuscript sheet. Define all symbols and abbreviations used in the figure. Figures and legends should be intelligible without reading the text of the manuscript.
Conventions
In general, the journal follows the conventions of the CBE Style Manual (Council of Biology Editors, Bethesda, MD, 1994, 6th ed.). Follow Chemical Abstracts and its indexes for chemical names. For guidance in the case of biochemical terminology, follow the recommendations issued by the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature, as given in Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, published by the Biochemical Society, UK. For enzymes, use the recommended name and EC number assigned by the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature, 1978, as given in Enzyme Nomenclature, published by Academic Press, New York, 1980. Genotypes should be italicized (underlined in typed copy); phenotypes should not be italicized. For bacterial genetics nomenclature, follow Demerc et al. (1966) Genetics, 54, 61-76.
Abbreviations
Try to restrict the use of abbreviations to SI symbols and those recommended by the IUPAC. Abbreviations should be defined and listed on a separate page together with the Footnotes. Standard units of measurement and chemical symbols of elements may be used without definition in the body of the paper. Acronyms formed from phrases are unacceptable.
Submission of manuscripts
Authors should submit manuscripts electronically at http://glyco.manuscriptcentral.com.
Submission of a paper implies that it reports unpublished work and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. If previously published tables, illustrations, or more than 200 words of text are to be included, then the copyright holder's written permission must be obtained. Copies of any such permission letters should be faxed to Oxford University Press, Glycobiology, at 919-677-1714 immediately upon the paper's acceptance, referencing the manuscript number assigned by the online submission Web site.
Preparing the files
- Please present all sections of the paper in a single file, excluding illustrations. If necessary, tables may be placed in a separate file.
- When creating and/or editing your manuscript, use the document mode (or equivalent) in the word-processor program.
- Type the title, authors, and affiliations in the journal style, i.e., in upper- and lowercase, with bold font for the title and authors.
- The text should be typed unjustified, without hyphenation (except for compound words) and at double line spacing.
- Headings should be typed as follows: main (section) headings in bold upper and lowercase; subheadings in italic upper and lowercase letters with the text beginning on the next line; sub-subheadings in italic (or underlined) upper and lowercase letters with the text continued on the same line.
- Indexing flags should not be included in the text.
- Enter only one space at the end of a sentence and after commas, semicolons, and colons. No space should be inserted before these punctuation marks.
- Switch off automatic page-numbering. Label the hard copies by hand at the bottom of each page.
- Do not use lowercase l (ell) for 1 (one) or O for 0 (zero). These may look interchangeable but they are not since they have different electronic values.
- Check the final copy of your paper carefully because spelling mistakes, inconsistencies, and errors will be faithfully translated into the typeset copy.
Deposition of sequence or structural data
Publication in Glycobiology implies an obligation on the part of the authors to deposit any novel nucleic acid or protein sequence data referred to in their papers in a public domain data library.
Reprints
The journal will provide 30 free reprints to the authors. Reprint order forms are sent out with the proofs, and must be returned with the proofs to Oxford University Press. Late orders submitted after the journal is printed are subject to increased prices.
Copyright
It is a condition of publication in the journal that authors grant an exclusive license to Oxford University Press. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently, and will also allow the article to be disseminated as widely as possible. As part of the license agreement, authors may use their own material in other publications, provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication and Oxford University Press is acknowledged as the publisher. The copyright license form is available in the Instructions and forms section of the online submission Web site and should be signed and submitted immediately upon acceptance.
Policy concerning availability of materials
It is understood that by publishing a paper in Glycobiology the authors agree to make freely available to colleagues in academic (nonprofit) research any of the cells, nucleic acids, antibodies, etc., that are not available from commercial suppliers and are required to substantiate the scientific conclusions of the paper.
Review of manuscripts
Manuscripts submitted should be fully documented, high-quality, original research papers. If the Editors consider a manuscript unsuitable for the scope and content of the journal, the manuscript will be returned within a few days of submission. Otherwise, every paper is independently reviewed by at least two experts in the field. Decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports. On the average, decisions are reached within 4 weeks of the receipt of the paper.
Revision of manuscripts
When a manuscript is returned to authors for revision prior to final acceptance, the revised version must be submitted within 3 months of the author's receipt of the referees' reports. Revised manuscripts returned after 3 months will be considered as new submissions subject to re-review.
Speed of publication
Every effort will be made to publish papers within 4 months of their receipt. At all stages, in order to avoid delays, maximum use is made of telephone, fax, and e-mail.
Page charges
A page charge of $65 per published page will be levied for all papers, as of January 2002. Authors will receive a form with their page proofs showing the page charge and offprint prices. Page charges may be waived at the discretion of the editors in cases in which research funds are not available. At the time their paper is submitted, authors in this situation must provide written documentation specifying the reasons for their inability to pay and requesting a waiver of the page charges. No paper will be rejected due to a lack of funds, but publication may be delayed if page charges are not paid when a waiver is not requested. A two-page publication charge agreement form detailing publication costs is available in the Instructions and forms section of the online submission Web site; this form must be signed and submitted immediately upon acceptance.
Proofs
Authors are sent page proofs. To avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately for typographical errors and returned within 48 hours to the publishers by express (special delivery) post to Oxford University Press, Glycobiology, 2001 Evans Rd., Cary, NC 27513, USA. Alternatively, to save time, minor corrections may be sent by fax to 919-677-1714. Essential changes of an extensive nature may be made only by insertion of a Note added in proof. A charge will be made to authors who insist on amendment within the text at the page-proof stage. Excessive alterations may delay publication of the article to a subsequent issue.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
Ronald L Schnaar, USA
Founding Editor:
Gerald W Hart, USA
Associate Editor for Reviews:
Jeffrey D Esko, USA
Executive Editors:
Anthony Bacic, Australia
Anne Dell, UK
Ulf Lindahl, Sweden
Takashi Muramatsu, Japan
Sam Turco, USA Editorial Board:
Samuel H Barondes, USA
Eric G Berger, Switzerland
Fred Brewer, USA
Inka Brockhausen, Canada
Allen Bush, USA
Anthony P Corfield, UK
Catherine E Costello, USA
Paul R Crocker, UK
Richard D Cummings, USA
Alan Darvill, USA
James W Dennis, Canada
Kurt Drickamer, UK
Alan D Elbein, USA
Marilynn Etzler, USA
Ten Feizi, UK
Michael AJ Ferguson, UK
Mark Field, UK
Hudson Freeze, USA
Minoru Fukuda, USA
Koichi Furukawa, Japan
John T Gallagher, UK
Rudolf Geyer, Germany
Sen-itiroh Hakomori, USA
Robert S Haltiwanger, USA
Vincent Hascall, USA
Annette Herscovics, Canada
Robert L Hill, USA
Ole Hindsgaul, Canada
Carlos Hirschberg, USA
Steven Homans, UK
Anne Imberty, France
Yasuo Inoue, Taiwan
Kay-Hooi Khoo, Taiwan
Koji Kimata, Japan
Stephan Ladish, USA
Ludwig Lehle, Germany
Mark Lehrman, USA
William J Lennarz, USA
Bruce A Macher, USA
Jamey D Marth, USA
Malcom McConville, Australia
Yoshitaka Nagai, Japan
Thomas N Oeltmann, USA
Rafael Oriol, France
Monica Palcic, Canada
Armando J Parodi, Argentina
James C Paulson, USA
Vernon N Reinhold, USA
David D Roberts, USA
Melitta Schachner, Germany
Joel H Shaper, USA
Nathan Sharon, Israel
Pamela Stanley, USA
Akemi Suzuki, Japan
Tadashi Tai, Japan
Naoyuki Taniguchi, Japan
Maureen Taylor, UK
Robert B Trimble, USA
Frederic Troy, USA
Gerrit van Meer, Netherlands
Ajit Varki, USA
CJ Waechter, USA
Katsuko Yamashita, Japan
Masaki Yanagishita, Japan
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