期刊名称：JOURNAL OF 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
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Description
The Journal of Molecular Biology publishes original scientific research concerning studies of organisms or their components at the molecular level. Published weekly, the journal provides up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of molecular biology.
Research Areas Include:
- Gene structure, expression, replication, and recombination in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms
- Structure, function, chemistry, and in vivo modification and processing of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biologically important macromolecules
- Cellular and developmental biology
- Genetics, structure, and growth cycles of viruses and bacteriophages
Audience
Molecular biologists, biochemists, structural biochemists, geneticists, virologists and cell biologists
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Instructions to Authors
If submitting by email or ftp please see How to Submit to JMB
Aims and Scope
Category and Length of Papers
Speed of Publication
Editorial Policy
Sequence Data
Structural Data
NMR Data
Cell Lines
Manucript Style
Illustrations
Cover
Alterations Made in Proof
Copyright/Offprints
Supplementary Material
Representation of Figures
Permissions
1. Aims and scope
The Journal of Molecular Biology will publish studies of living organisms or their components at the molecular level. Suitable subject areas include:
(a) Genes: Expression, replication and recombination, sequence organization and structure, genetics of eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
(b) Viruses and Bacteriophages: Genetics, structure, growth cycle.
(c) Cells and Development: Developmental biology, organelle structure and function, motility, transport and sorting of macromolecules, energy transfer, growth control.
(d) Proteins, Nucleic Acids and other Biologically Important Macromolecules: Molecular structure, physical chemistry, molecular engineering, macromolecular assembly and enzymology.
The Journal will not as a rule publish papers which fall outside the areas defined above.
2. Category and length of papers
The Journal of Molecular Biology will publish Reviews, Communications, and full Articles. Communications are brief papers that make a specific well-documented point. In general, a Communication should include no more than four Figures and Tables. The text will be continuous, with technical and methodological detail printed in the legend to the Tables and Figures. Articles should normally be no longer than 15 printed pages with no more than 10 Figures and four Tables. Reviews should be sharply focused and balanced accounts of progress in fields of interest to the general reader. Reviews should be no longer than 12 printed pages and with no more than 12 Figures and Tables. Authorship is normally by invitation: an Editor should be consulted in advance by anyone wishing to submit an unsolicited Review.
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3. Speed of Publication
Decisions on manuscripts will be taken as rapidly as possible. Authors should expect to have reviewers' comments within approximately 6 weeks. Authors should expect to receive page proofs and comments from the copy editors within 3 weeks of acceptance. Publication in print ordinarily follows within 4 weeks from receipt of authors corrected proofs. Please note that early publication online may occur in as little as 5-10 days following acceptance.
4. Editorial Policy
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.
Acceptance of papers for publication in the Journal is at the discretion of the Editors. All manuscripts are reviewed initially by the editorial board and only those papers that meet the scientific and editorial standards of the Journal will be sent for outside review. Authors should indicate a suitable Editor to whom the paper could be allocated. However, the Journal reserves the right to reallocate manuscripts to the most appropriate Editor. In general, Editors will seek advice from two or more expert reviewers about the scientific content and clarity of presentation of papers. Authors are encouraged to suggest the names of up to six individuals who could serve as referees and supply their addresses (plus email addresses, telephone and fax numbers). If a revision of the manuscript is required, authors will be provided with the comments of the reviewers and specific instructions from the Editor handling the manuscript. Manuscripts requiring minor revision should be returned to the Editor within 60 days. Revised manuscripts received by the Editor after more than 60 days may be treated as new submissions. The following specific points are brought to the attention of authors:
(a) Originality. The Board will reject those papers that it considers reveal no more than minor differences from previously published material.
(b) Techniques. Papers that deal only with new techniques and do not contain important new results discovered by means of these techniques will be accepted only when the general applicability and interest of the technique is immediately obvious.
(c) Sequences. Papers describing new members of a gene family will not ordinarily be accepted unless they contain results of particular importance for studies of evolution or of the function of the gene. In general, papers describing the cloning and sequencing of new genes will be acceptable only if there is experimental evidence for the function of the gene.
(d) Structural Studies. Communications describing preliminary crystallographic data (crystallization conditions and diffraction pattern and space group) will, in general, no longer be accepted. Papers of this type will be considered only if, in the judgement of the Editorial Board, they contain results of exceptional interest and importance. Low resolution structural studies will be acceptable only if they have clear biological implications, and exhibit features of special interest. Papers describing structures of mutant proteins are appropriate if the mutations have been successfully designed to provide new insights into structural principles or biological function. Similar criteria apply to structures of proteins from variant species. In the particular case of unliganded antibody Fab fragments, papers would not normally be acceptable unless they provide novel structural or biological insight.
(e) Modelled Structures. Papers describing model structures will in general be considered only if they report novel methods or provide new and significant biological insights. In addition, the reliability of the model should be clearly documented on the basis of, for example, the known success rates of various modelling procedures at specified levels of sequence identity, or the model must be validated through adequate experimental tests.
(f) Theory and Computer Simulation. Papers reporting theoretical studies should have direct applicability to experimental work in a field normally represented in papers published in JMB or should address issues of current interest to the broader biological community. As a general rule, all theory papers should deal directly with experimental data; the papers should provide predictions that are testable experimentally or provide an interpretation of experimental observations. Papers describing computer simulations are generally acceptable only if they provide new insights of biological significance or lead to novel interpretations of experimental data.
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5. Sequence Data
Papers dealing with amino acid sequences of proteins or with nucleotide sequences must carry a statement that the data have been deposited with an appropriate data bank, e.g. the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) or GenBank Data Libraries. The data base accession number must be given in the Materials and Methods section of the manuscript. Lengthy nucleotide sequences will be published only if, in the judgement of the Editorial Board, these results are of general interest and importance.
6. Structural Data
Manuscripts must carry a statement that structural data, including both X-ray amplitudes and phases or NMR constraints as well as the derived atomic coordinates, have been deposited with an appropriate data bank (Protein Data Bank or Nucleic Acid Database). The data bank accession number must be cited in the paper or added in proof. Authors are urged to deposit data for immediate release. The maximum delay for release of data is that specified by the data banks, currently one year for coordinates. If release of coordinates by the PDB or NDB is to be delayed, the specified release date should be cited in the paper.
7. NMR Data
Tables listing resonance assignments will no longer be published in the Journal but should be supplied as Supplementary Material for posting on the Internet in JMB Online. Supplementary Material must be included with each copy of the manuscript submitted for review (see below for full instructions). Authors are strongly encouraged to deposit assignment data in an appropriate data bank.
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8. Cell Lines
Authors are expected to check that cell lines used in their experiments are free from mycoplasma infections. They are also strongly encouraged to confirm cell line identity by DNA fingerprinting.
9. Manuscript Style
Manuscripts should be written in English and typed in double spacing throughout (including Tables, legends and footnotes) on one side of the page only. All pages should be numbered serially. The following points should be noted:
(a) Title. Titles should be brief and informative and should not include non-standard abbreviations. A short running title of not more than 50 characters (including spaces), suitable for page headings should be included on the title page if the full title is longer than this. (b) Keywords. Authors should supply five keywords after the Summary. (c) Affiliations. The name of the laboratory where the work has been done should be indicated on the title page. The current address of all authors (if different from the laboratory of origin) should be indicated. The corresponding author must be identified. (d) Summary. The Summary should not exceed 300 words and should be intelligible without reference to the main text. The Summary should not include literature references. (e) Organisation of text. The conventions used in current issues of the Journal for headings, references etc. should be used in preparing manuscripts. Articles are divided into sections in the following order: Introduction; Results; Discussion; Materials and Methods. Other section headings (e.g. Theory, Results and Discussion) may be used if this improves the clarity of presentation. Communications should not be divided into sections but should include topic headings where appropriate. (f) References. References should be listed at the end of the manuscript. They should be listed in the order in which they appear in the text, Tables, and Figure legends and numbered sequentially. When cited in the text, reference numbers should be superscripted. Only papers that have been published or submitted should be cited in the reference list. The title of the article, the volume number and first and last pages should be cited. Journal titles should be abbreviated, e.g.
1. Sanger, F. & Coulson, A. R. (1975). A rapid method for determining sequences in DNA by the primed synthesis with DNA polymerase. J. Mol. Biol. 94, 441-448.
2. Goto, Y., Calciano, L. J. & Fink, A. F. (1990). Acid-induced folding of proteins. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 87, 573-577.
Articles in books should include the title of the article, the name of the book, editor(s), edition number, first and last page numbers, the name and the location of the publisher; e.g.
3. Hanks, S. K. & Hunter, T. (1995). The eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily. In The Protein Kinase FactsBook: Protein-Serine Kinases (Hardie, G. & Hanks, S., eds), pp. 747, Academic Press, London.
Digital Object Identifier. JMB assigns a unique digital object identifier (DOI) to every article it publishes. The DOI appears on the title page of the article. It is assigned after the article has been accepted for publication and persists throughout the lifetime of the article. Due to its persistence, it can be used to query the publisher for information on the article during the production process, to find the article on the Internet through various Web sites, and to cite the article in academic references. When using an Academic Press or Elsevier article in a reference section, it is important to include the article's DOI in the reference as volume and page information is not always available for articles published online. When citing a journal article include the digital object identifier (DOI), if noted, from the article's title page.
4. Patzel, V. & Sczakiel, G. (1999). Length dependence of RNA-RNA annealing. J. Mol. Biol. 294, 1127-1134, doi:10.1006/jmbi.1999.3330
5. Vardar, D., Buckley, D. A., Frank, B. S. & Mcknight, C. J. (1999). NMR structure of an F-actin-binding "headpiece" motif from villin. J. Mol. Biol., doi:10.1006/jmbi.1999.3321
(g) Internet. Reference to material which is available on the internet but has not been published elsewhere should be made in the text only and should not be included in the reference list.
(h) Abbreviations and Symbols. SI units and the system of abbreviations and symbols formulated by the IUPAC-IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature should be followed. When non-SI units are used, their equivalent SI units should be given. Genetic names should be described according to the appropriate conventions. Genus and species names should be written in full at first use and in italics (e.g. Escherichia coli, Caenorhabditis elegans).
(i) Roman Numerals. Manuscript titles should not contain roman numerals as a method of distinguishing between parts, or a sequence of manuscripts.
(j) DNA sequences and GenBank Accession numbers
Many Elsevier journals cite "gene accession numbers" in their running text and footnotes. Gene accession numbers refer to genes or DNA sequences about which further information can be found in the databases at the National Center for Biotechnical Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine. Elsevier authors wishing to enable other scientists to use the accession numbers cited in their papers via links to these sources, should type this information in the following manner:
For each and every accession number cited in an article, authors should type the accession number in bold, underlined text. Letters in the accession number should always be capitalised. (See Example 1 below). This combination of letters and format will enable Elsevier's typesetters to recognize the relevant texts as accession numbers and add the required link to GenBank's sequences.
Example 1: "GenBank accession nos. AI631510, AI631511, AI632198, and BF223228), a B-cell tumor from a chronic lymphatic leukemia (GenBank accession no. BE675048), and a T-cell lymphoma (GenBank accession no. AA361117)".
Authors are encouraged to check accession numbers used very carefully. An error in a letter or number can result in a dead link.
In the final version of the printed article, the accession number text will not appear bold or underlined (see Example 2 below).
Example 2: "GenBank accession nos. AI631510, AI631511, AI632198, and BF223228), a B-cell tumor from a chronic lymphatic leukemia (GenBank accession no. BE675048), and a T-cell lymphoma (GenBank accession no. AA361117)".
In the final version of the electronic copy, the accession number text will be linked to the appropriate source in the NCBI databases enabling readers to go directly to that source from the article (see Example 3 below).
Example 3: "GenBank accession nos. AI631510, AI631511, AI632198, and BF223228), a B-cell tumor from a chronic lymphatic leukemia (GenBank accession no. BE675048), and a T-cell lymphoma (GenBank accession no. AA361117)".
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10. Illustrations
Two sets of photographs, high-quality computer graphics or original drawings should be provided. Clear illustrations greatly improve the impact and readability of papers. The Journal will reproduce Figures accurately, but cannot correct poorly designed or incorrect illustrations. Please note the following points:
(a) Size. Figures will normally be reduced to single column (80mm width). When essential for clarity, Figures may be published at double column (165mm width). The maximum page depth is 240mm. Please ensure that the Figure is legible after reduction to these sizes. It is a good practice to test the reduction on a photocopier. The Journal will accept Figures supplied at actual size for reproduction. This is particularly helpful for electronmicrographs, stereo diagrams and complex half tone Figures. However, the Journal reserves the right to change Figure sizes as necessary.
(b) Lettering and design of Figures. A consistent font style should be used in all Figures. Lettering after reduction should be no smaller than 9pt (approx 2mm) and no larger than 10pt (approx 4mm).Wide variations in type sizes in lettering is undesirable.
(c) Composite Figures. In general, no more than four sections should appear in a single Figure. If more than four sections are required, it is better to create several separate Figures. Label individual sections in composite Figures clearly with lower case letters, using (a), (b), (c).
(d) Colour. Colour illustrations will be published without charge if both the Editor and the Publisher decide that colour is essential for the clarity of the Figure.
(e) Stereo pairs. Stereo pairs should be in divergent (wall-eye) view and should be supplied at the same size as they are to appear in the Journal. Before submitting Figures, authors should check carefully that stereo Figures are correct and give the proper stereo image.
(f) Electronic submission of Figures. When artwork is scanned for publication, a resolution of 1000 dpi is required for line artwork, 300 dpi for halftones (photographs) and 500 dpi for line/tone combinations. Colour artwork should be transmitted as RGB colour. Authors must supply JMB with a colour-correct CMYK printout of all digital colour art. Elsevier accept only the following file formats for author artwork: TIFF, EPS, MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Additional details are available from http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork. If supplying Figure files on disk, please ensure that these are on a separate disk to the text and Tables.
If submitting by email or ftp please see How to Submit to JMB
11. Cover
Suggestions for cover illustrations should accompany submitted manuscripts. Cover illustrations may be either in colour or in black and white, and the illustration need not correspond to a Figure in the paper. Cover illustrations should illustrate a key point raised by the paper and be immediately recognizable. For structural studies this can be an aspect of the structure, but stereo diagrams should be avoided. For biological studies a diagram illustrating a mechanism is often effective, but other types of illustrations, including gels and other types of experimental data, can be used in the context of the cover. The cover illustration will appear in a landscape format, 103mm X 162mm. A short descriptive legend should be supplied along with the Figure. The legend should be no longer than one sentence and supply information about the general topic rather than detailed information about the Figure.
12. Alterations Made in Proof
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. Proofreading is the authors responsibility.
Manuscripts are technically edited to comply with the Journal style. You may therefore observe some changes whose intention is to ensure consistent representation and sytle for JMB articles. Whilst you may request proof corrections, these may not be made if they contradict these style guidelines.
The Publisher reserves the right to charge authors the cost of changes made to the text or Figures at the proof stage when such changes are extensive.
Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive the (PDF) proof of your article for correction, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any less time to make your corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted.
13. Copyright/Offprints
Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, exclusive copyright of the paper shall be assigned to the Publisher. Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see http://authors.elsevier.com/). This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact ES Global Rights Department, P.O. Box 800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, email: permissions@elsevier.com.
In consideration for the assignment of copyright, the Publisher will supply 50 offprints of each paper. Further offprints may be ordered at extra cost at the proof stage. The Publisher will not put any limitation on the personal freedom of the author to use material contained in the paper in other works.
Correspondence regarding offprints should be directed to: Global Author Support, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland; email: authorsupport@elsevier.com
14. Supplementary Material
The acceptance of Supplementary Material is at the Editor's discretion. Reference to its availability will be made in the printed paper. Please strictly follow the guidelines below to ensure that this material is useable:
(a) Manuscripts must not refer to Supplementary Material throughout the text.
(b) Supplementary Material must be submitted electronically in final form and must be supplied as a separate file or disk to the text and Figures. PC discs are preferred, but Mac discs are acceptable (preferably save files in PC format).
(c) Discs must be labelled with the file names and must not contain extraneous material. Please submit the discs with your final manuscript, accompanied on a separate sheet with a list of the contents and type (eg. 4 Tables, 2 Figures), and the application used to generate the files.
ACCEPTABLE DATA
Full details are available from http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork. Please refer to the section on Multimedia files. Please note that permission to reproduce material previously made available electronically is required in the same way that permission is necessary to reproduce illustrations or other material from previously published sources.
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15. Representation of Figures
In the interest of quality and accuracy, JMB prefers to use author-supplied electronic art for all Figures and complex Tables.
- Each individual Figure or graphic must be supplied as a separate, stand-alone file.
- Artwork should not be embedded within the manuscript. It must be supplied in an electronic file separate from the file that contains the manuscript. A hard-copy printout that exactly matches the electronic version must also be supplied. TIFF or EPS format files are acceptable, although TIFF files are preferred.
- Figure and Table files must be named with their respective numbers and graphic type such as Fig1.tif, Fig2a.tif, Table1.eps, etc. Long file names are acceptable.
- When creating Figures, use font sizes and line weights that will reproduce clearly and accurately when Figures are sized to the appropriate column width.
- Do not include Figure legends in a graphic file. Figure legends should be placed after the Reference section as text in the main manuscript file.
- Any Figures and complex Tables that are not submitted in electronic form must be submitted as high-quality, camera-ready hard copies.
- If it is necessary to export graphics from vector-based drawing programs (e.g. Illustrator) to raster-based programs (e.g. Photoshop), a resolution of at least 600 dpi is required for quality reproduction.
- When art is scanned for publication, a resolution of 1000 dpi is required for line art, 300 dpi for halftones (photographs) and 500 dpi for line/tone combinations.
- A consistent font style and size should be used in all Figures.
Colour artwork, if acceptable, should be transmitted as RGB colour. Authors must supply JMB with a printout of all digital colour art.
16. Permissions
Authors seeking permission to reproduce Tables or Figures from articles published in JMB should send details of the material they wish to reproduce to:
Elsevier Global Rights Department
P.O. Box 800
Oxford
OX5 1DX
UK
Tel: (+44) 1865 843830
Fax: (+44) 1865 853333
e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com
You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier's homepage (http://www.elsevier.com) by selecting 'Obtaining Permissions'
NOTE: Authors do not need to obtain permission to reproduce a Figure that they have previously published in JMB if it is for a paper that is to be submitted to JMB.
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HOW TO SUBMIT TO JMB
JMB encourages authors to submit electronically, which will help expedite the review and publication process.
NEW SUBMISSIONS
Manuscripts on all subjects may be submitted to either but not both:
Dr Peter Wright, Editor-in-Chief
Department of Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Rd
La Jolla, CA 92037
USA
Tel: +1 858 784 9797
Fax: +1 858 784 9851
Email: jmb@scripps.edu
Or
Dr Jonathan Karn, Executive Editor
c/o Journal of Molecular Biology
Elsevier Editorial Services Office
Block 2
Westbrook Centre
Milton Road
Cambridge CB4 1YG
UK
Tel: +44(0) 1223 446001
Fax: +44(0) 1223 460236
Email: jmb@harcourt.com
- Please email your manuscript as a single file to the appropriate Editorial Office.
- To follow, please post one copy of your manuscript to the same Editorial Office that you emailed your manuscript to, together with 2 sets of Figures.
- Include a covering letter with both your emailed and your posted manuscript, suggesting an Editor and 6 possible referees for your manuscript.
- All new manuscripts should be accompanied by an electronic version, saved as a single file in PDF format. Word and PostScript formats are also acceptable (please see the relevant section below for further details on file formats).<PDF Files
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves all of the fonts, formatting, colours, and graphics of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as intended by anyone with a free Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can convert any document to Adobe PDF using proprietary software including Adobe Acrobat.
PostScript Files
Adobe PostScript files (PS) can be created from any application capable of printing files, provided a PostScript printer driver is used. Authors are encouraged to use PostScript Level 2, use ADSC structuring, include all fonts in the file and save it in ASCII rather than binary format.
We request PDF and PS submissions for review purposes only; they cannot be edited effectively and are unusable during the post-acceptance production stage.
E-mail
Manuscript files can be transmitted via e-mail to either of the addresses above if the total file size of the attached file does not exceed 5 megabytes. If the file size is over 5 megabytes, please submit the file via disk or ftp (please see below for information on submitting files via ftp). Address the e-mail to JMB and supply the information requested for ftp submission.
FTP
Manuscript files can be submitted via ftp. Please see below for further information.
Disk
- Label the disc with the journal reference number, author(s), machine used and program to generate the disk file.
- Please ensure after electronic submission that you send the required hard copies to the same Editorial Office.
- The electronic version must exactly match the hard copy, including the abstract, key-words, footnotes, references, tables, and figures. Please note that the electronic version is the definitive version.
- The submission of a manuscript is taken to imply that the material is original, and that no similar paper has been or will be submitted for publication elsewhere. Submission of a manuscript will also be taken to imply that all the named authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version of the paper, that all those listed as providers of personal communications have agreed to their inclusion and that all requisite permissions for the use of material from previously published sources or made available electronically, are supplied with the final submission. Manuscripts and figures will not automatically be returned to authors.
- Manuscripts are technically edited to comply with the Journal style. You may therefore observe some changes whose intention is to ensure consistent representation and style for JMB articles. Whilst you may request proof corrections, these may not be made if they contradict the style guidelines.
REVISED / ACCEPTED PAPERS
YOU MUST include an electronic version of your paper at this stage. Please bear in mind that this electronic version must exactly match the final hard copy. Acceptable formats for this final transmission stage are described below.
Word-Processing Files: Do's and Don'ts
- Do use a recent version of Microsoft Word.
- Don't submit PostScript and PDF files at this stage or files created in layout programs such as FrameMaker, Quark Xpress, PageMaker, and Ventura.
- Do save manuscripts with formatting intact and as rich-text format (.rtf extension) files. Straight text (.txt extension) files are not acceptable.
- Do supply Tables and Figures in a file separate from the manuscript.
- Do use the automatic word-processing wraparound feature and not hard returns (
 ) for line breaks within a paragraph.
- Do use hard returns at the end of each paragraph and after headings.
- Do use only one space between words and sentences.
- Do use the software's built-in features when setting superscript and subscript characters, rather than adjusting character spacing and font size.
- Do set symbols and foreign characters with word-processing software by altering typefaces to a corresponding font that displays the appropriate character. Use the Symbol font for Greek letters whenever possible. When such characters are unavailable, please note them on the hard-copy printout as not appearing properly in the electronic file. Do so by circling or making notes in the left margin.
- Do use appropriate characters: don't use a lower-case 'ell' for a 'one' or an 'oh' for a 'zero' and don't use double-byte characters for special symbols.
- Don't use automated numbering or bulleting.
- Don't use the footnote function of the software.
- Don't use linked references; if they are, break them before final save.
- Do use the software's spell-checking and page-numbering capabilities before final submission.
The elements of the electronic file should be ordered so that all non-text elements, e.g. running title, figure legends, and footnotes, are out of the text stream. The running title should be placed above the article or chapter title, and the footnotes should be placed after the Figure legends at the end of the manuscript. Thus, the order should be running title, title, author(s), affiliation(s) including e-mail addresses, abstract, key words, text elements, references, figure legends, footnotes. Incorporate the above-listed components into one file.
Electronic Artwork
- In the interest of quality and accuracy, JMB prefers to use author-supplied electronic art for all Figures and complex Tables.
- Each individual Figure or graphic must be supplied as a separate, stand-alone file. Artwork should not be embedded within the manuscript. It must be supplied in an electronic file separate from the file that contains the manuscript. A hard-copy printout that exactly matches the electronic version must also be supplied. TIFF or EPS format files are acceptable.
- Figure and Table files must be named with their respective numbers and graphic type such as Fig1.tif, Fig2a.tif, Table1.eps, etc. Long file names are acceptable.
- When creating Figures, use font sizes and line weights that will reproduce clearly and accurately when Figures are sized to the appropriate column width.
- Do not include Figure legends in a graphic file. Figure legends should be placed after the Reference section as text in the main manuscript file.
- Any Figures and complex Tables that are not submitted in electronic form must be submitted as high-quality, camera-ready hard copies.
- If it is necessary to export graphics from vector-based drawing programs (e.g. Illustrator) to raster-based programs (e.g. Photoshop), a resolution of at least 600 dpi is required for quality reproduction.
- When art is scanned for publication, a resolution of 1000 dpi is required for line art, 500 dpi for line/tone combinations and 300 dpi for halftones (photographs) or colour Figures.
- Colour artwork, if acceptable, should be transmitted as RGB colour. Authors must supply JMB with a printout of all digital colour art.
Electronic Submission of Materials
FTP
The file transfer protocol (FTP) is used to transfer files from your computer to JMB Directories for our two submission offices in Cambridge, UK and La Jolla, USA. Authors can access the JMB FTP site at the following address:
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| FTP site: |
ftp-jmb.academicpress.com |
| Username: |
jmbanon |
| Password: |
[your own email address] |
| Directory name: |
Go to 'Incoming' to find JMBUK (Cambridge) or JMBUS (La Jolla). (Please use the 'Revision/Resubmission' folder to deposit resubmissions and revised manuscripts.) |
Important: Please follow these instructions.
At revised / accepted manuscript stage, please include your manuscript reference number in the filename:
Authors submitting via FTP must send an e-mail message to the journal notifying us that the files have been posted. The message should be sent to JMB@harcourt.com for UK submissions and jmb@scripps.edu for US submissions. In the body of the e-mail, please include the name of the journal to which the manuscript has been transmitted, the title of the manuscript, the names of all the authors, the type of computer used to create the files, the type of software and version number used to create the files, and a list of all file names.
Electronic files may be compressed or concatenated. JMB can accept BinHex, tar files; or files processed using PK-Zip (WinZip, etc.), StuffIt!, Z (Unix compress), and GZ (GnuZip). All other compression schemes are unacceptable.
The FTP method depends on what software you have.
- If you are using an FTP client (e.g. CuteFTP), just enter the following host information in the connection menu and drag-and-drop your files to transfer them.
| Host Name: |
ftp-jmb.academicpress.com |
| Login: |
jmbanon |
| Password: |
[enter your e-mail address] |
| Path: |
/incoming/JMBUK or JMBUS |
- If you are transferring files via a web browser that supports uploading, just enter the URL (ftp://ftp-jmb.academicpress.com/incoming/JMBUK or JMBUS) and upload your files.
E-mail
Manuscript files can be transmitted via e-mail to either of the addresses above if the total file size of the attached file does not exceed 5 megabytes. If the file size is over 5 megabytes, please submit the file via disk or ftp (please see above for information on submitting files via ftp). Address the e-mail to the JMB and supply the information requested for FTP submission.
Storage Media
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Manuscripts transmitted on disk may also be compressed or concatenated as described above. Disks etc. will not be returned to the author.
Editorial Board
- Editor-in-Chief:
- Peter Wright, Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, California, USA
- Executive Editor:
- Jonathan Karn, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA
- Founding Editor:
- Sir John Kendrew
- Consulting Editor:
- Sydney Brenner
- Advisory Editors:
- Fred Cohen
Alan Fersht
Max Gottesman
Robert Huber
Aaron Klug
Moshe Yaniv
- Board of Editors:
- W. Baumeister, Max Planck Institut f¨¹r Biochemie, Germany
M. Belfort, Wadsworth Center, New York, USA
N.-H. Chua, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
F. Cohen, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, USA
J. Doudna, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, USA
D.E. Draper, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA
R.H. Ebright, Rutgers, Waksman Institute, State University of New Jersey, USA
A.R. Fersht, University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
M. Gottesman, Institute of Cancer Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, USA
P. Hagerman, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Davis, USA
B. Holland, Institut de Genetique et Microbiologie, Centre Universitaire D'Orsay, Universitaire de Paris XI, France
B. Honig, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, College of Physicans and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, USA
R. Huber, Max Planck Institute fur Biochemie, Germany
A. Klug, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
P.T. Lansbury, Center for Neurological Diseases, Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA
M. Levitt, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
C.R. Matthews, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
J.H. Miller, Department of Microbiology, University of California, USA
M.F. Moody, Herts, United Kingdom
K. Morikawa, Department of Structural Biology, Biomolecualr Engineering Research Institute, Suita, Japan
K. Nagai, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
A.G. Palmer III, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, USA
S. Reed, Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, California, USA
D. Rees, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, California, USA
F. Schmid, Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany
M.F. Summers, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Balitmore County, Baltimore, USA
J.O. Thomas, Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge Center for Molecular Recognition, United Kingdom
J.M. Thornton, European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
G. von Heijne, Department of Biochemistry, University of Stockholm, Sweden
I. Wilson, Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Scripps Research Institute, California, USA
M. Yanagida, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
M. Yaniv, Department of Biotechnology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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