Guest Editors
Current Issues in Molecular Biology (CIMB), a peer-reviewed open-access journal with a 2007 Impact Factor of 3.636, is seeking "guest editors" for special issues of the journal. Each special issue will contain reviews or mini-reviews on a specific topic or theme. If you would like to be considered as a "guest editor" please contact us.
Benefits of publishing in a special issue of CIMB:
- High impact, influence and circulation of the articles
- Free worldwide circulation via the internet
- Authors retain the copyright to their work (publication is under the Creative Commons License)
- All articles can be freely downloaded, re-used, reprinted and re-distributed without restriction, as long as CIMB is cited as the original source
- CIMB articles are included in PubMed and other international archives
- Authors can deposit the final version of their published article in any repository or archive (often a requirement of funding agencies)
- Many funding agencies (e.g. Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, US National Institutes for Health) encourage open access publication
- Low manuscript processing charge ()
- Unlimited colour figures at no additional charge
- The impact factor of the journal
Duties of a Guest Editor
- Identify potential authors and commission articles
- Receive the submitted manuscripts
- Edit the manuscripts
- Submit the final manuscripts to CIMB for publication
Contact Us
If you have an idea for a special issue of CIMB please contact us.