期刊名称：MOLECULAR 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
SCOPE
Molecular Biology covers a wide scope of problems related to molecular, cell, and computational biology including structural and functional genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, biomedicine, molecular enzymology, molecular virology, and molecular immunology, molecular development biology, and molecular evolution, theoretical bases of biotechnology, physics and physical chemistry of proteins and nucleic acids. At variance from the majority of other journals dealing with the same subjects, Molecular Biology exercises a multidisciplinary approach and presents the complete pattern of relevant basic research in Eastern Europe. The time of publication is about 6 months. Molecular Biology publishes reviews, mini-reviews, experimental and theoretical works and computational analyses in molecular and cell biology. Reviews and mini-reviews are devoted to problems of general interest. Short communications are also published expeditiously. The volume of the manuscripts is not limited.
Molecular Biology is abstracted and/or indexed in:
Academic OneFile, Academic Search, AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, Biological and Agricultural Index, BIOSIS Previews, Biotechnology Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, CAB International, Cengage, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), CSA/Proquest, Current Abstracts, EMBiology, Expanded Academic, Global Health, Google Scholar, Highbeam, INIS Atomindex, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), Science Select, SCOPUS, Summon by Serial Solutions, TOC Premier, Zoological Record.
Instructions to Authors
GENERAL
The journal Molecular Biology publishes experimental and theoretical studies and reviews concerning the structure, function, synthesis, and degradation of biological macromolecules in cell and model systems; their interactions with each other and with low-molecular- weight ligands; and molecular organization of the cell and molecular mechanisms regulating vital processes.
Conceptual papers, minireviews, methods, short communications, and chronicles are also published. Special issues of the journal are devoted to certain topical problems in molecular biology.
The Russian and English versions of the journal are published simultaneously. The English version is published by Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing (http://www.maik.ru) and distributed by Springer (http://www.springer.com).
Publications are grouped under the following rubrics:
REVIEWS
GENOMICS. TRANSCRIPTOMICS
CELL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
STRUCTURAL–FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BIOPOLYMERS AND THEIR COMPLEXES
BIOINFORMATICSY
PROTEOMICS
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
CHRONICLES
The authors may indicate the preferable rubric when submitting their manuscript for publication. If not indicated, the rubric is identified by the editorial board.
Submission of a manuscript for publication in Molecular Biology implies that the authors have not submitted analogous material to other journal(s), that this material has not been published previously, and will not be submitted or accepted for publication in any other journal.
If the editorial board becomes aware that analogous material has been submitted to another journal (possibly under a different title or with the authors listed in a different order), the manuscript will be immediately returned to the authors and the editorial office of the other journal is notified of the incident and advised to reject the manuscript because of infringement of the copyright transfer agreement (see below).
The volume of the manuscript should not exceed 20 typewritten pages (including text, tables, list of references, and figure captions), with no more than six figures and tables. Larger papers may be accepted only after approval by the editorial board. Short communications should not exceed five pages, including no more than two figures or tables, figure captions, and the list of references.
Molecular Biology publishes reviews written at the editor’s request. Authors willing to contribute a review article should submit an application containing an abstract of the prospective review and the list of author’s publications over the past five years, which will be considered by the editorial board. The volume of the review is negotiable but usually should not exceed 30 typewritten pages, including tables, figures, and the list of references (for minireviews, 12 pages).
The manuscript should be signed by all authors. A separate page should contain necessary information about the authors (full name, address, ZIP code, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address), with the corresponding author indicated separately. An electronic version of the manuscript should be submitted through the internet site of Molecular Biology at http://www.molecbio.com or emailed to jrmolbio@ eimb.ru or usinna@mail.ru. Note that the authors may interact with the editorial board through the internet after registration and password generation (instructions are available on the page For Authors). The password allows the authors to monitor the manuscript processing.
FORMAT
Authors should submit two double-spaced, singlesided copies of the manuscript typed, in a standard font, pointsize 12, on A4 paper (29–30 lines per page, with a 30-mm left margin). The headings should be triple spaced at the top and bottom.
Page numbering should be continuous throughout the manuscript, including the list of references, tables, and figure captions.
The manuscript should be carefully edited, marked, and formatted as follows.
UDC (Universal Decimal Classification code) (italic, pointsize 9)
Title of the Paper (boldface). The title should be neither too long nor too short and uninformative and should reflect the main findings rather than the field and subject of the work. The words study, comparison, analysis, etc. should be avoided.
The list of authors (by initials and surname, boldface). The corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk and his/her e-mail address should be provided.
The list of affiliations and addresses (italic, boldface), e.g., Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064. If there is more than one affiliation and address, use superscript lowercase letters to indicate the institute with which each author is affiliated.
The Abstract (boldface, pointsize 12) is an important part of a manuscript, representing the study in various databases. No abstract is necessary for a short communication. The Abstract should clearly describe the problem; object(s); method(s) and strategy; results, their novelty as compared with known data being emphasized; and conclusions (a new hypothesis, rejection of a known hypothesis, possible applications, or emerging problems). The Abstract should be neither too short nor too long (20 lines on average). The Abstract size depends on the novelty of the findings rather than on the manuscript size. Abbreviations should not be used, even if appearing in the text body.
Key words (boldface) must reflect the research field (molecules, primary structure, 3D structure in solution, etc.), method(s), object (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, species/genus, cells, etc.), and specificity of the study.
The body of text typically has the following sections (in theoretical papers and reviews, sections are named at author’s discretion):
INTRODUCTION
EXPERIMENTAL
This section should provide information on objects, methods, procedures, and conditions of experiments that is sufficient for reproducing them (methods described in previous publications should not be described again). The quality and manufacturers of the most important reagents must be indicated.
RESULTS
Depending on its size, the section should be divided into two to four subsections. The subsection headings should be informative rather than descriptive. Figures and tables should have headings. Each illustration should be referred to in the text at least once. The positions of figures and tables in the text should be indicated in the left margin. The same material should not be documented in both tables and figures. A figure is always preferable over a table to a reader, although tables are indispensable in some cases. Schemes should be used to clarify a procedure or a result and its interpretation.
DISCUSSION
The results of the study are explained and discussed in the context of data published previously. The positions of figures and tables in the text are indicated in the left margin.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The names of supporting foundations (with grant numbers in parentheses) are indicated in this section.
REFERENCES
This section should be on a separate page and contain the numbered list of references in the same order as they appear in the text (references in the text are cited as numbers in brackets). The citation of different papers under the same number or of the same paper under different numbers and references to unpublished studies is not allowed.
The format of references in the list should be as follows (please pay attention to punctuation and spacing):
REFERENCES
Journals:
Studitsky V.M. 2000. Chromatin transcription. Mol. Biol. 35, 235–247.
Hanahan D., Weinberg R.A. 2000. The hallmarks of cancer. Cell. 100, 57–70.
Collected works:
Orlean P. 1997. Biogenesis of yeast cell wall and surface components. In: The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces. Cell Cycle and Cell Biology, vol. 3. Eds. Pringle J.R., Broach J.R., Jones E.W. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Press, pp. 229–362.
Meeting papers:
Zhirnov O.P., Konakova T.E., Krichevets S.G., Iordansky S.N., Klenk H.D. Abstr. 11th Int. Conf. “Negative Strand Viruses,” Quebec, Canada, 2000, p. 91.
Books:
Sambrook J., Fritsch E.E., Maniatis T. 1989. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 2nd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Press.
FORMAT SPECIFICATIONS
In all materials, including the text, tables, figures, and figure captions,
only “×” should be used as the multiplication sign: 5 × 103 mol/l; the symbol “·” is used in scalar products, chemical formulas (CuSO4 · 7H2O), and noncovalent complexes (DNA · RNA, etc.);
numerical material should be presented as tables;
the signs like ~ (wave), ° (small circle), and ∨ (caret) should be used only when absolutely necessary.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Pictures are presented in two copies and should be no smaller than 5 × 6 and no larger than 18 × 24 cm (for one or two columns, respectively). Each picture should be printed or drawn in black on white paper. The pictures should have high contrast, and be clear and marked out according to the text. On the front side, the top and bottom of the picture and its ordinal number should be indicated, along with the names of the first author and the journal.
Photographs are presented in two copies, both printed on glossy white paper. Neither damaged photographs nor Xerox copies are acceptable.
Latin names of species and genera are written in italics, whereas the names of higher taxa and the names of phages and viruses are in roman. The names of genes are written in lowercase italics (rec A), whereas the names of proteins are in roman type (RecA) (except for designations used in yeast genetics).
The symbols of nucleotides (A, C, G, U), amino acid residues (Ala, Arg, Asn, etc.), and phosphates (ATP, ADP) are written in roman type.
The numbers of nucleotides and amino acid residues are written without hyphens (U25, Ala32). As a rule, long protein and nucleic acid sequences are not published, and only their accession numbers (e.g., in the EMBL Data Bank) are given. When short sequences (no longer than 400 amino acid residues or base pairs) are analyzed and actively discussed in the text, they can be published.
Molecular weight is expressed in Daltons (Da, kDa, MDa).
The use of biochemical and chemical terms, as well as the names of enzymes, should comply with the international rules of the IUPAC-IUB Committee on Biochemical Nomenclature. For reference, see http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iubmb and Enzyme Nomenclature, San Diego: Academic Press, 1992. Additional information was published in Eur. J. Biochem., 1994, vol. 223, pp. 1–5; 1995, vol. 232, pp. 1– 6; 1996, vol. 237, pp. 1–5; 1997, vol. 250, pp. 1–6; 1999, vol. 264, pp. 610–650.
As a text abounding in abbreviations is difficult to understand, the use of unconventional abbreviations should be reduced to a minimum. Before introducing an abbreviation, the corresponding term should be spelled out, e.g., electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA).
Along with the printed copies of the manuscript, the authors should supply its computer version in a standard program (preferably Microsoft Word for Windows 7.0 or a later version) on a standard diskette. The text should be printed without automatic hyphenation or justification, with italic and boldface types used as noted above.
The text of the paper, abstract, list of references, tables, and figure captions should be in one file. Figures and diagrams, each in an individual file (resolution 600 dpi or higher), may be in TIFF, JPEG, or EPS format; their sizes should be sufficient for direct reproduction in the journal. The texts of long nucleotide or amino acid sequences should also be presented as individual text files.
Manuscripts improperly prepared for publication will not be considered.
PEER REVIEWING AND COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENT
A manuscript received by the editorial board is submitted for review to a referee (an expert in the corresponding research field). The authors may propose two or three candidates for referees (indicating their full names, affiliations, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses), but the final choice is made by the editorial board. In controversial cases, additional referees may be invited. Reviewing must be completed within three weeks. Manuscripts disapproved by two independent referees are not accepted for publication. Manuscripts falling beyond the scope of the journal are rejected without review.
After reviewing, the manuscript is given to the editorial board member responsible for the corresponding rubric, who makes an ultimate decision as to the possibility of its publication.
A manuscript that is potentially acceptable but requires improvement is sent to the authors, along with the comments by the referees and the scientific editor. The authors should consider these comments and indicate positions in the manuscript where the corresponding corrections have been made or, in case of disagreement with the referees, substantiate their opinion. The corrected manuscript (in both printed and computer versions) should be returned to the editorial board within 30 days after being received by the authors (excluding the time for mailing). In this case, the date of its receipt by the editorial board remains unchanged. After 30 days, a new date will be indicated.
Manuscripts submitted through the web site of the journal and accepted for publication may be available through the internet before being printed.
The authors of papers approved for publication should conclude a copyright transfer agreement with Pleiades Publishing, Inc., the publisher of the English version of the journal. Two copies of the agreement should be properly filled out, signed by all the authors, and submitted together with the manuscript. Otherwise, the paper will not be published. The forms of the copyright transfer agreement are available from the editorial board or can be downloaded from the web sites of the journal and the publisher:
Editorial board:
e-mail: jrmolbio@eimb.ru; usinna@mail.ru
web site: http://www.molecbio.com, http://www.maik.ru
Telephone: 8 (499) 135-61-79, 8 (499) 135-98-18
Fax: 8 (499) 135-14-05
The editorial board supplies the first author with a pdf file of the English version of the paper.
Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Alexandr A. Makarov
aamakarov@eimb.ru (cell molecular biology, molecular biophysics, bioengineering)
DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF:
Vadim L. Karpov
karpov@eimb.ru (cell molecular biology, molecular mechanisms of biological processes)
Sergey Kochetkov
kochet@eimb.ru (genetic enzymology)
EXECUTIVE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
T.A. Pronina
tpronina@inbox.ru, tapro@yandex.ru (molecular virology)
EDITORIAL BOARD
P.M. Chumakov, V.G. Debabov, O.A. Dontsova, O.O. Favorova, A.V. Finkelstein, M.S. Gel’fand, S.G. Georgieva, M.B. Gottikh, V.A. Gvozdev, O.I. Lavrik, D.A. Los’, S.A. Lukyanov, S.A. Nedospasov, V.S. Prasolov, I.N. Shatsky, V.I. Vorob’ev
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Ruslan Aphasizhev (Irvine), Grigori Enikolopov (Cold Spring Harbor), Alexey Kondrashov (Bethesda), Eugene Koonin (Bethesda), Eugene Lukanidin (Copenhagen), Alexander Mankin (Chicago), Ruslan Medzhitov (New Haven), Sergei Mirkin (Chicago), Marina Rodnina (Witten), Eugene Rogaev (Worcester/Moscow), Mart Saarma (Helsinki), Sergey Steinberg (Montreal), Vasily Studitsky (Piscataway), Richard Villems (Tartu/Tallinn), Alexey Wolfson (Boulder), Marat Yusupov (Strasbourg), Eugene Zabarovsky (Stockholm/Moscow)
STAFF EDITOR
Inna A. Usanova
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