期刊名称：BIOENERGY RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
BioEnergy Research fills a void in the rapidly growing area of feedstock biology research related to biomass, biofuels, and bioenergy. The journal publishes a wide range of articles, including peer-reviewed scientific research, reviews, perspectives and commentary, industry news, and government policy updates. Its coverage brings together a uniquely broad combination of disciplines with a common focus on feedstock biology and science, related to biomass, biofeedstock, and bioenergy production.
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ABI/INFORM, Academic OneFile, AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB International, CSA/Proquest, Current Contents/ Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, EI-Compendex, Expanded Academic, Google Scholar, Health Reference Center Academic, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), SCOPUS, Summon by Serial Solutions
Instructions to Authors
Manuscript Submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts online. Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times and shortens overall publication times. Please connect directly to the site: http://bere.edmgr.com and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
Springer is pleased to offer to authors, editors and reviewers of BioEnergy Research the option to use the fully web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system. Our online manuscript submission and review system offers authors the option to track in real time the progress of the review process of their manuscripts.
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Authors should follow the regular instructions for authors when preparing their manuscripts (see below).
The journal only accepts manuscripts written in English. British or American English spelling and terminology may be used, but either should be followed consistently throughout the article. Please double-space all materials, including notes and references.
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Manuscript Presentation
The characteristics and requirements of research papers, reviews, and other submissions published in BioEnergy Research are listed below.
Government Policy Updates. New procedures or changes to current procedures and policies governing bioenergy science.
Industry News. Updates and notable news in bioenergy-related industries.
Perspectives and Commentary. Observations or comments on important developments in the field of bioenergy
Research Briefs. Most current and late-breaking original research findings that are noteworthy.
Research Papers. Reports of new research results that significantly advanced our knowledge in a particular area. There is no fixed limit on the length of full-length research articles but a concise presentation is expected.
Reviews. New concepts or methods that may be applied to new developments in bioenergy research. Reviews may identify areas of research that appear to be appropriate for molecular analyses. Please consult the editor or a member of the editorial board in advance of submission.
Number the pages consecutively with the first page containing:
Running head (shortened title)
Article type
Title
Author(s)
Affiliation(s)
Full address for correspondence, including telephone and fax number and e-mail address
Abstract and Key Words
Please provide a short abstract of 100 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Please provide 5 key words or short phrases in alphabetical order.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations and their explanations should be collected in a list. Abbreviations should be explained at first occurrence.
Symbols and Units
Metric units and Celsius (Centigrade) temperatures should be used for all measurements. SI units should be used throughout.
Nomenclature
Chemical and biochemical
Names of chemical compounds follow the Chemical Abstracts (Chemical Abstract Service, Ohio State University, Columbus) and its indexes.
Biochemical terminology, including abbreviations and symbols, follows the recommendations of the IUPAC−IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature.
Enzyme activity in units follows the Enzyme Nomenclature (Academic Press, 1979).
Taxonomical
Binary nomenclature: names of genera and higher categories may be used alone.
Genetic
Application of the term phenotype and genotype should be in accordance with Demerec et al. (Genetics 54: 61−74, 1966).
For summaries of the abbreviations, consult Journal of Bacteriology, Instructions to Authors.
TEXT, arranged in the order:
1) INTRODUCTION - Give background information strictly on the subject. Summarize the rationale for the study or observation. Clearly state the purpose of the article.
2) METHODS - Describe your selection of the observational or experimental subjects clearly. Identify the methods, apparatus (manufacturer’s name and address in parenthesis), and procedures in sufficient detail to allow others to reproduce the results. Give references to established methods, including statistical methods; provide references and brief descriptions of methods that have been published but are not well-known, describe substantially modified methods, including statistical methods, give reasons for using them, and evaluate their limitations.
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4) DISCUSSION - Discuss the implications of the findings and their limitations and relate the observations to other relevant studies. The first or final paragraph of the discussion should clearly describe the main conclusions of the work, their importance and potential for further studies. Avoid repeating Introduction or Results
Figures and Tables
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EACH TABLE should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by lower-case superscript letters. If you use data from another published or unpublished source, obtain permission and acknowledge fully.
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GENERAL
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MULTIMEDIA ARTICLE AND DYNAMIC MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (I.E. STREAMING VIDEOS)
Multimedia articles are papers where the heart of the article is the video and, generally, only an abstract and references are included. Dynamic articles are regular articles with video(s) included as electronic supplementary material.
Upon submission of multimedia or dynamic articles, the author(s) will be required to submit the video in the following format:
For multimedia articles, video clips should not exceed 9 minutes. For dynamic articles, video clips should not exceed 3 minutes and each manuscript should not contain more than 3 video clips.
Multimedia file for review and submission: MPEG-1 file with the largest frame size (usually 320 x 240 pixels) that will fit on a CD and will be playable on a Windows-based computer.
The content of these files must be identical to that reviewed and accepted by the editors of the In Vitro Plant and Animal Journals.
All narration should be in English.
There should be a “manuscript” submitted with the video that includes a title page, abstract and key words, as well as references if needed.
DYNAMIC MANUSCRIPT:
A dynamic manuscript is a print article with imbedded video material. Up to 3 (one minute maximum each) videos per manuscript submission will be accepted. Make sure to note in your manuscript the placement of the video clips. All stan
Section Headings
First-, second-, third-, and fourth-order headings should be clearly distinguishable but not numbered.
Appendices and Supplementary Material
Authors who wish to publish electronic supplementary material to their article (Excel files, images, audio/video files) are requested to submit these with their manuscript via our online submission system.
Notes
Please use footnotes rather than endnotes. Notes should be indicated by consecutive superscript numbers in the text. A source reference note should be indicated by means of an asterisk after the title. This note should be placed at the bottom of the first page.
Cross-Referencing
In the text, a reference identified by means of an author's name should be followed by the date of the reference in parentheses and page number(s) where appropriate. When there are more than two authors, only the first author's name should be mentioned, followed by ‘et al.'. In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by a lower case letter like `a' and `b' after the date to distinguish the works.
Examples:
Winograd (1986, p. 204)
(Winograd, 1986a,b)
(Winograd, 1986; Flores et al., 1988)
(Bullen and Bennett, 1990
Acknowledgements
References
References should be numbered, with up to six authors listed per citation.
1. Journal article:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
2. Inclusion of issue number (optional):
Saunders DS (1976) The biological clock of insects. Sci Am 234(2):114–121
3. Journal issue with issue editor:
Smith J (ed) (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126–233
4. Journal issue with no issue editor:
Mod Genomics J (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126–233
5. Book chapter:
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York
6. Book, authored:
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
7. Book, edited:
Smith J, Brown B (eds) (2001) The demise of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
8. Chapter in a book in a series without volume titles:
Schmidt H (1989) Testing results. In: Hutzinger O (ed) Handbook of environmental chemistry, vol 2E. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, p 111
9. Chapter in a book in a series with volume title:
Smith SE (1976) Neuromuscular blocking drugs in man. In: Zaimis E (ed) Neuromuscular junction. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, vol 42. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp593–660
10. Proceedings as a book (in a series and subseries):
Zowghi D et al (1996) A framework for reasoning about requirements in evolution. In: Foo N, Goebel R (eds) PRICAI'96: topics in artificial intelligence. 4th Pacific Rim conference on artificial intelligence, Cairns, August 1996. Lecture notes in computer science (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence), vol 1114. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, p 157
11. Proceedings with an editor (without a publisher):
Aaron M (1999) The future of genomics. In: Williams H (ed) Proceedings of the genomic researchers, Boston, 1999
12. Proceedings without an editor (without a publisher):
Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. In: Abstracts of the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4–9 June 1978
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Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. Paper presented at the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4–9 June 1978
14. Patent:
Name and date of patent are optional
Norman LO (1998) Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998
15. Dissertation:
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California
16. Institutional author (book):
International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee (1966) Nomina anatomica. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam
17. Non-English publication cited in an English publication:
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18. Non-Latin alphabet publication:
The English translation is optional.
Marikhin VY, Myasnikova LP (1977) Nadmolekulyarnaya struktura polimerov (The supramolecular structure of polymers). Khimiya, Leningrad
19. Published and In press articles with or without DOI:
19.1 In press
Wilson M et al (2006) References. In: Wilson M (ed) Style manual. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York (in press)
19.2. Article by DOI (with page numbers)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med 78:74–80. DOI 10.1007/s001090000086
19.3. Article by DOI (before issue publication with page numbers)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med (in press). DOI 10.1007/s001090000086
19.4. Article in electronic journal by DOI (no paginated version)
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. Dig J Mol Med. DOI 10.1007/s801090000086
20. Internet publication/Online document
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Supplementary material/private homepage
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Doe J (1999) Title of preprint. http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/mydata.html. Cited 25 Dec 1999
FTP site
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Organization site
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Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Dr. Michael D. Casler
USDA-ARS
U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center
1925 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Email: mdcasler@wisc.edu
Dr. Wilfred Vermerris
University of Florida
Genetics Institute
Cancer & Genetics Research Complex
1376 Mowry Road
Gainesville, FL 32610
Email: wev@ufl.edu
Dr. Richard A. Dixon
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Plant Biology Division
Ardmore, OK USA
Email: RADIXON@noble.org
Advisory Board:
George M. Church
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Peter Gresshoff
Centre For Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Kenneth Keegstra
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Lee Rybeck Lynd
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Editorial Board
Heiko Becker
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
Wout Boerjan
Plant Systems Biology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Proteomics, Metabolomics, Poplar genomics
E. Charles Brummer
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Ardmore, OK, USA
Grasses, breeding and genetics
Marcos Buckeridge
Department of Botany, University of Sao Paulo
Cell wall biochemistry, sugarcane biochemistry and ecophysiology, global change biology
Brigitte Chabbert
INRA - Centre de Recherches en Environnement et Agronomie, Reims, France
Biomass composition
Lew P. Christopher
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, USA
Biodegradation, Bioconversion, Fermentation biotechnology, Enzymology
Katrien Devos
Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Genomics
Edivaldo Ximenes Ferreira Filho
Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Enzymatic degradation of lignocellulose
Maria Gallo
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Sugar cane transformation
Ian A. Graham
Biology Dept., University of York, York, UK
Oil biosynthesis
Antje Herrmann
Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany
Biomass production, modeling
Angela Karp
Rothamsted Research, Swindon, UK
Willow genomics, breeding
Guiying Li
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Sorghum bioprocessing
Shawn D. Mansfield
Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Wood chemistry, tree genetics
Robert Mitchell
USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, USA
Feedstock management
Nathan Mosier
Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Bioprocess engineering
Donald Ort
Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Arthur J. Ragauskas
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Green chemistry of biopolymers: cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin
John Ralph
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Lignin chemistry
Belum VS Reddy
ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sorghum Genetics
Peer Schenk
Integrative Biology School, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Biofuels from algae
Sharon Shoemaker
UC Davis Energy Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Lawrence B. Smart
Cornell University, Dept. of Horticultural Studies, Geneva, NY, USA
Genetics of willows, drought tolerance, stomatal physiology
Steven R. Thomas
DOE- Golden Field Office, Golden, CO, USA
Jon van Gerpen
Dept. of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Biodiesel
Peter van Walsum
University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Martin Weih
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Willow energy crops, ecophysiology
Clifford F. Weil
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Starch biosynthesis in maize
Ronald Zalesny
U.S. Forest Service, Rhinelander, WI, USA
Poplar breeding, genetics, production
Fengfeng Zhou
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Bioinformatics and genomics characterization of cellulolytic enzymes
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