期刊名称：MOLECULAR MEMBRANE 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
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MOLECULAR MEMBRANE BIOLOGY
Recent advances in molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics have led to a spectacular increase in the understanding of biological membranes at the molecular level. Molecular Membrane Biology provides a forum for membrane researchers from diverse disciplines who have a primary interest in the study of biomembranes at the molecular level. Molecular Membrane Biology publishes high quality original papers and reviews that serve to advance knowledge and research in all molecular aspects of membrane structure and function including: receptors and signalling; transporters, pores and channels; synthesis and structure of membrane proteins; translocation and targeting; lipid Organization and asymmetry; fusion, endocytosis, exocytosis and recycling; and cytoskeletal and extracellular interactions of membranes. |
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Instructions to Authors
Molecular Membrane Biology is currently ranked by the ISI at 66/266 in the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology category, and at 47/153 in the Cell Biology category. The impact factor of Molecular Membrane Biology is 3.623.
There are no page charges for papers published in the journal. Authors receive fifty free offprints, or may print up to 50 copies free of charge of their paper from a PDF file which they will receive by E-mail.
Submitting a paper to Molecular Membrane Biology
Please read these Guidelines with care and attention: failure to follow them may result in your paper being delayed. Note especially the referencing conventions used by Molecular Membrane Biology
Molecular Membrane Biology considers all manuscripts on condition they are the property (copyright) of the submitting author(s) and that copyright will be transferred to Molecular Membrane Biology and Taylor & Francis Ltd if the paper is accepted.
Molecular Membrane Biology considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Molecular Membrane Biology, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication, nor in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged all costs which Molecular Membrane Biology incurs, and their papers will not be published.
Writing your paper
The manuscript should be printed on one side of good quality A4 (21x29.6cm) paper with double line spacing and wide margins throughout. An original and two copies are required, each accompanied by a set of illustrations.
Please also provide a copy of the text of paper on disk (preferably in Word/PC format) and disk copies of the figures (in PowerPoint, TIFF, or Word formats), or of the complete paper in PDF format (for further details, see Electronic Processing below).
The title page should contain the complete title of the manuscript, names and affiliations of all authors, name, address, email address, telephone and fax numbers for correspondence, and a short title (running head) of not more than 45 characters.
The summary (up to 250 words) should summarize the major findings and conclusions. Do not cite references in the summary.
Keywords; up to five words or phrases that encapsulate the significant content of the paper should be provided.
Original Papers
The typescript should be arranged in the following order: title; author(s); addresses; short title (running head); summary; keywords; abbreviations; introduction; results; discussion (or results and discussion combined); experimental procedures; acknowledgements; references; appendices (if any); tables with legends, each table on a separate page; legends for illustrations; illustrations. Please note that experimental procedures should follow the discussion section.
Introduction, results, discussion and experimental procedures should conform to standard scientific reporting style. Sufficient data must be given so that the study can be duplicated.
In writing your paper, you are encouraged to review articles in the area you are addressing which have been previously published in the journal, and where you feel appropriate, to reference them. This will enhance context, coherence, and continuity for our readers.
Review Papers
Review Papers should not exceed 12 printed pages in the Journal. This is equivalent to 9,000 words of text, but the length of the text must be reduced to allow for the inclusion of Figures and/or Tables within the 12-printed page limit. Review papers should be general in character rather than being focussed strongly on work done in the author's laboratory. All review papers are sent to referees in the same way as original papers.
To ensure that the subject matter is suitable and that it will not duplicate reviews already in hand, please contact the Managing Editor in advance if you are planning to prepare a review paper.
Colour Reproduction
Colour figures are routinely reproduced in colour in the on-line version of MMB, and in black and white (grey-scale) in the printed journal. However. the Journal has a limited number of free colour pages within its annual page allowance and, by advance arrangement with the Managing Editor, a page of colour images may be reproduced in the printed journal without charge if colour reproduction is essential. Authors should consult the Managing Editor with respect to colour reproduction in the printed journal at submission stage. Colour reproduction in the printed journal in excess of MMB's budget will only be considered on condition that authors contribute to the associated costs.
Nomenclature and units
All abbreviations and units should conform to SI practice. Drugs should be referred to by generic names; trade names of substances, their sources, and details of manufacturers of scientific instruments should be given only if the information is important to the evaluation of the experimental data.
Electronic Processing
This Guide sets out the procedures which will assure we can process your paper efficiently. It is divided into two sections:
a guide for authors using standard word-processing software packages
a guide for authors using graphics software packages
There are some general rules which apply to both options.
print out your hard copy from the disk you are sending; it is essential that the hard-copy printout is identical to the material on the disk; where versions differ, the hard copy will take precedence. We advise that you maintain back-ups of your files.
save and send your files on a virus-free, standard disk (in Word/PC if possible); please do not attempt to send the article via file transfer protocol or email
when saving your paper onto a disk, please make sure that the files do not exceed a manageable size. Please ensure that figures are saved on a separate disk
ensure that the files are not saved as read only
virus-check your disk before sending it to the Editor
label your disk
package disks in such a way as to avoid damage in the post
disks are not returnable after publication
If you are not sure about the usability of your disk, check with the Managing Editor, E-mail: MMB@jacklucy.clara.net
1. A guide for authors using standard word-processing software packages
For the main text of your article, most standard PC or Mac word-processing software packages are acceptable, although we prefer Microsoft Word in a PC format.
Word-processed files should be prepared according to the journal style.
Avoid the use of embedded footnotes. For numbered tables, use the table function provided with the word-processing package.
All text should be saved in one file with the complete text (including the title page, abstract, all sections of the body of the paper, references), followed by numbered tables and the figure captions.
Disks should be clearly labelled with the following information:
1. Journal title
2. Name of author
3. File names contained on disk
4. Hardware used (PC or Mac)
5. Software used (name and version)
Sample disk label: text
Journal title
A.N. Author
article.doc
IBM PC
MS Word for Windows 7.0
2. A guide for authors using graphics software packages
Care and attention to these guidelines is essential, as importing graphics packages can often be problematic.
Figures must be saved on a separate disk from the text.
Avoid the use of colour and tints for aesthetic reasons. Figures should be produced as near to the finished size as possible.
High quality reproducible hard copy for all line figures (printed out from your electronic files at a minimum of 600 dpi) must be supplied in case the disks are unusable; photographs and transparencies can be accepted as hard copy only. Photocopies will not be accepted.
All figures must be numbered in the order in which they occur (e.g. figure 1, figure 2 etc.). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1 (a), figure 1 (b) etc.)The figure captions must be saved as a separate file with the text and numbered correspondingly.The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic e.g. Figure1, Figure 2a.Files should be saved as Word, TIFF (tagged image file format), Powerpoint, or PDF format, containing all the necessary font information and the source file of the application.
All figures must be numbered in the order in which they occur (e.g. figure 1, figure 2 etc.). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. figure 1 (a), figure 1 (b) etc.)
The figure captions must be saved as a separate file with the text and numbered correspondingly.
The filename for the graphic should be descriptive of the graphic e.g. Figure1, Figure 2a.
Files should be saved as Word, TIFF (tagged image file format), Powerpoint, or PDF format, containing all the necessary font information and the source file of the application.
Disks should be clearly labelled with the following information:
1. Journal title
2. Name of author
3. Figures contained on disk
4. Hardware used (PC or Mac)
5. Software used (name and version)
Sample disk label: figures
Journal title
A.N. Author
Figures 1-10
Macintosh
Adobe Illustrator 5.5
Taylor & Francis welcome the submission of supplementary multimedia data files, for example, full motion video, to support and enhance journal articles published online. In order to maximise access for our readers, Taylor & Francis require that multimedia data files are displayed in a single, consistent, and commonly accessible format, viz., RealAudio TM/ RealVideo TM. Players for RealVideo TM are available as free downloads for all major platforms from http://www.real.com
We can accept multimedia data file and convert them to RealAudio TM /RealVIdeo TM.
We accept the following video formats
We accept the following audio formats
If you wish to submit multimedia data files for consideration, please contact Production Director, Taylor & Francis Ltd; matt.howells@tandf.co.uk
Copyright permission
Contributors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table, or extensive (more than fifty word) extract from the text, from a source which is copyrighted - or owned - by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor.
This applies both to direct reproduction or 'derivative reproduction' - when the contributor has created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source.
The following form of words can be used in seeking permission:
Dear [COPYRIGHT HOLDER]
I/we are preparing for publication an article entitled
[STATE TITLE]
to be published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Molecular Membrane Biology.
I/we should be grateful if you would grant us permission to include the following materials:
[STATE FIGURE NUMBER AND ORIGINAL SOURCE]
We are requesting non-exclusive rights in this edition and in all forms. It is understood, of course, that full acknowledgement will be given to the source.
Please note that Taylor & Francis are signatories of and respect the spirit of the STM Agreement regarding the free sharing and dissemination of scholarly information.
Your prompt consideration of this request would be greatly appreciated.
Yours faithfully
Code of experimental ethics and practice
Contributors are required to follow the procedures in force in their countries which govern the ethics of work done with human or animal subjects. The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) represents a minimal requirement.
When experimental animals are used, state the species, strain, number used, and other pertinent descriptive characteristics.
For human subjects or patients, describe their characteristics.
When describing surgical procedures on animals, identify the pre anaesthetic and anaesthetic agents used and state the amount of concentration and the route and frequency of administration for each. The use of paralytic agents, such as curare or succinylcholine, is not an acceptable substitute for anaesthetics. For other invasive procedures on animals, report the analgesic or tranquilizing drugs used; if none were used, provide justification for such exclusion.
When reporting studies on unanaesthetized animals or on humans, indicate that the procedures followed were in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Summaries
Structured summaries are required for all papers, and should be submitted as detailed below, following the title and author's name and address, preceding the main text.
For papers reporting original research, state the primary objective and any hypothesis tested; describe the research design and your reasons for adopting that methodology; state the methods and procedures employed, state the main outcomes and results, and state the conclusions that might be drawn from these data and results, including their implications for further research or application/practice.
For review papers, state the primary objective of the review; the reasoning behind your literature selection; and the way you critically analyse the literature; state the main outcomes and results of your review; and state the conclusions that might be drawn, including their implications for further research or application/practice.
Summaries should not exceed 250 words.
Notes on style
Some specific points of style for the text of research papers, and reviews follow:
1. We prefer US to 'American', USA to 'United States', and UK to 'United Kingdom'.
2. We use conservative British, not US, spelling, i.e. colour not color; behaviour (behavioural) not behavior; [school] programme not program; [he] practises not practices; centre not center; organization not organisation; analyse not analyze, etc.
3. Single 'quotes' are used for quotations rather than double "quotes", unless the 'quote is "within" another quote'.
4. Punctuation should follow the British style, e.g. 'quotes precede punctuation'.
5. Punctuation of common abbreviations should follow the following conventions: e.g. i.e. cf. Note that such abbreviations are not followed by a comma or a (double) point/period.
6. Dashes (M-dash) should be clearly indicated in manuscripts by way of either a clear dash ( - ) or a double hyphen (- -).
7. We are sparing in our use of the upper case in headings and references, e.g. only the first word in paper titles and all subheads is in upper case; titles of papers from journals in the references and other places are not in upper case.
8. Apostrophes should be used sparingly. Thus, decades should be referred to as follows: 'The 1980s [not the 1980's] saw ...'. Possessives associated with acronyms (e.g. PA), should be written as follows: 'The APU's findings that ...', but, NB, the plural is APUs.
9. All acronyms for national agencies, examinations, etc., should be spelled out the first time they are introduced in text or references. Thereafter the acronym can be used if appropriate, e.g. 'The work of the Assessment of Performance Unit (APU) in the early 1980s ...'. Subsequently, 'The APU studies of achievement ...', in a reference ... (Department of Education and Science [DES] 1989a).
Mathematics
Special care should be taken with mathematical scripts, especially subscripts and superscripts and differentiation between the letter 'ell' and the figure one, and the letter 'oh 'and the figure zero. If your keyboard does not have the characters you need, it is preferable to use longhand, in which case it is important to differentiate between capital and small letters, K, k and x and other similar groups of letters. Special symbols should be highlighted in the text and explained in the margin. In some cases it is helpful to supply annotated lists of symbols for the guidance of the sub-editor and the typesetter, and/or a 'Nomenclature' section preceding the 'Introduction'.
For simple fractions in the text, the solidus / should be used instead of a horizontal line, care being taken to insert parentheses where necessary to avoid ambiguity, for example, I /(n-1). Exceptions are the proper fractions available as single type on a keyboard.
Full formulae or equations should be displayed, that is, written on a separate line. Horizontal lines are preferable to solidi, for example:
61+ 5h +q
3n + 3yz2
But: a/b + c/d + a/d
P = (a2 = b2)(c2 + d2)
The solidus is not generally used for units: ms - 1 not m/s, but note electrons/s, counts/channel, etc.
Displayed equations referred to in the text should be numbered serially (1, 2, etc.) on the right hand side of the page. Short expressions not referred to by any number will usually be incorporated in the text.
Symbols should not be underlined to indicate fonts except for tensors, vectors and matrices, which are indicated with a wavy line in the manuscript (not with a straight arrow or arrow above) and rendered in heavy type in print: upright sans serif r (tensor), sloping serif r (vector) upright serif r (matrix).
Typographical requirements must be clearly indicated at their first occurrence, e.g. Greek, Roman, script, sans serif, bold, italic. Authors will be charged for corrections at proof stage resulting from a failure to do so.
Braces, brackets and parentheses are used in the order {[( )]}, except where mathematical convention dictates otherwise (i.e. square brackets for commutators and anticommutators)
Notes on tables and figures
Artwork submitted for publication will not be returned and will be destroyed after publication, unless you request otherwise. Whilst every care is taken of artwork, neither the Editor nor Taylor & Francis shall bear any responsibility or liability for non-return, loss, or damage of artwork, nor for any associated costs or compensation. You are strongly advised to insure appropriately.
1. Tables and figures should be valuable, relevant, and visually attractive. Tables and figures must be referred to in the text and numbered in order of their appearance. Each table and figure should have a complete, descriptive title; and each table column an appropriate heading.
Tables and figures should be referred to in text as follows: figure 1, table 1, i.e. lower case. 'As seen in table [or figure] 1 ...' (not Tab., fig. or Fig).
2. The place at which a table or figure is to be inserted in the printed text should be indicated clearly on a manuscript:
[Insert table 2 about here ]
3. Each table and/or figure must have a title that explains its purpose without reference to the text.
4. All figures and tables must be on separate sheets and not embedded in the text. Original copies of figures should be supplied. All figures should allow for reduction to column width (130 mm) or page width (160mm). Please avoid figures that would require landscape reproduction, i.e., reading from bottom to top of the page. Photographs may be sent as glossy prints or negatives.
Please number each figure on the reverse in pencil.
Do not type the caption to a figure on that figure; the legends to any illustrations must be typed separately following the main text and should be grouped together.
Acknowledgements
Any acknowledgements authors wish to make should be included in a separate headed section at the end of the manuscript.
References and citations in text
References and citations in text may be given in either numerical or alphabetical (Harvard) style according to the preference of the author(s).
If the numerical reference style is chosen then references to published literature should be cited in the text consecutively by numbers in square brackets, eg "These results agree with those described previously by Cantor and Schimmel [17]."
If the alphabetical reference style is chosen then references should be cited in the text in chronological order in the following form: '(Smith et al. 1988, Jones and Brown 1990)' and '........the experiments of Brown, 1991, show that......'
Where there are more than two authors use et al. in the text, but the names of all authors, with the initials should be given in full in the list of references.
The names of book titles should be given in full in the reference list, and not abbreviated. However, standard abbreviations of journal titles will be accepted.
References to personal communications, work that has not been edited and refereed, and unpublished work must be minimal and appear only in the text and not in the reference list. The names and initials of all contributors should be given.
When citing conference proceedings please include details of the publisher and/or organizing body.When citing an Internet source, give the universal resource locator (URL) in full.
Harvard Style
For a reference to a paper in a journal:
Ervasti, J.M., Kahl, S.D. and Campbell, K.P., 1991, Purification of dystrophin from skeletal muscle. J. Biol. Chem., 266, 9161-9165.
For a reference to a chapter in a book:
Reithmeier, R.A.F., Chan, S.L., and Popov, M., 1996, Structure of the erythrocyte Band 3 anion exchanger. In Transport Processes in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Organisms. W.N. Konings, H.R. Kaback and J.S. Lolkema, eds. (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V.) pp. 281-309.
For a reference to a book:
Chaplin, M.F. and Kennedy, J.F., 1986, Carbohydrate Analysis: A Practical Approach (IRL Press, Oxford).
Editorial Board
Manuscripts (three printed copies and an electronic copy, as indicated below) should be submitted either to the Managing Editor, or to one of the Associate Editors.
Managing Editor
Professor J A Lucy
Managing Editor Molecular Membrane Biology
PO Box 49, Royston,
SG8 0UD, UK
Email: MMB@jacklucy.clara.net
Fax +44 (0) 1763 852284
Associate Editor for UK and Europe:
Professor Stephen A. Baldwin
School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Leeds, Leeds,
LS2 9JT, UK
E-mail: s.a.Baldwin@leeds.ac.uk
Associate Editor North America:
Dr Robert Blumenthal
National Cancer Institute
PO Box Bldg 469, Rm 213 ,
Miller Drive Frederick MD
21703-1201, USA
E-mail: blumen@helix.nih.gov
Associate Editor for Australasia:
Professor D. E. James
Centre for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
University of Queensland Brisbane,
Queensland, 4072 Australia
E-mail: D.James@imb.uq.edu.au
Editor for Japan:
Professor A. Asano Tsukita
Cell Axis Project Japan
Science & Technology Corporation
Kyoto Research Park
17 Chudoji Minami-machi, Shomogyo-ku,
Kyoto 600, Japan
E-Mail: aasano@mfour.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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