CIMB Submission Form

Format and Style of Articles

General Format:
Manuscripts should be supplied as a Word file (or similar) with figures in separate files (tiff, PDF, jpeg, Photoshop, or Powerpoint format are acceptable for figures)

Headings: Headings should be at the left margin, lower case and in bold type. Sub-headings should be at the left margin, lower case and in italics. Sub-sub-headings should be at the left margin, lower case and in plain text (no bold or italics).

English: All manuscripts must be written in perfect English. Before you submit, please ensure that your manuscript is corrected by someone who speaks English as their first language.

Abstract: Each paper must include an abstract. Abstracts should be 100-200 words.

Reviews: Review articles should be sub-divided into the following sections: Abstract * Introduction * The main text of the paper * Acknowledgements * References

Mini-reviews: Mini-reviews should be 2-5 pages in length and should include an abstract and reference section. Sub-sections specifying topic are permissible.

References: References should be cited in the text in parentheses in order of date, as follows (Logan et al., 2009; Goncalvez et al., 2010). The reference list should be in alphabetical order. Follow the style indicated:

Article in a journal:
Chambers, J.P., Arulanandam, B.P., Matta, L.L., Weis, A., and Valdes, J.J. (2008). Biosensor recognition elements. Curr. Issues Mol. Biol. 10, 1-12.
Chapter in a book:
Goncalvez, A.P., Purcell, R.H., and Lai, C.-J. (2010). Progress in passive immunotherapy. In Frontiers in Dengue Virus Research, K.A. Hanley and S.C. Weaver, eds. (Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press), pp. 265-297.
An entire book:
Logan, J., Edwards, K., and Saunders, N. (2009). Real-Time PCR: Current Technology and Applications (Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press).

Users of EndNote or Reference Manager should adopt the reference style of the journal "Cell" which is identical to ours.
It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain permission for personal communications and a letter of permission should be enclosed with the manuscript.

Submission

Current Issues in Molecular Biology (CIMB) is a peer-reviewed, full open access journal. This means that all articles are freely available online throughout the world, to read, download, copy, distribute, and use, without charge.

To provide open access, the cost of producing CIMB is met by charging an Article Processing Charge to the authors or research sponsors for each article published.

Articles in CIMB are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Under this license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles as long as the original authors and source are credited.

CIMB is committed to maintaining high standards and manuscripts are subjected to peer review.

Submission Form

Title of paper:
Authors:
Corresponding Author:
Email for Correspondence:
Address for Correspondence:
Commissioning Editor (if any):
Suggested referees: List at least three acknowledged experts that could act as reviewers of your paper. Include email addresses.
File Attachment:

(files should be named with the appropriate extension, for example: .pdf, .doc, etc. Any problems submitting files please contact us)

I warrant that:

I am authorized by my co-authors to enter into these arrangements

I warrant, on behalf of myself and my co-authors, that:

all material is my/our own original work and has not been published previously in any form or language, is not under consideration by any other journal and does not infringe any existing copyright or any other third party rights

all figures and tables are my/our own original work and copyright of these has not been assigned to any other party

no figure or table has been published previously

I/we are the sole author(s) of the article and have full authority to enter into this agreement and in granting rights to Horizon Scientific Press are not in breach of any other obligation

the article contains nothing that is unlawful, libellous, or which would, if published, constitute a breach of contract or of confidence or of commitment given to secrecy

the article contains nothing that is a violation or infringement of any civil right of any party

I agree to act as "Corresponding Author" of the article

I understand that there is an Article Processing Charge payable by the authors or research sponsors if this article is accepted for publication.

I make the article freely available under the Open Access Agreement as described in the Creative Commons Attribution License

I indemnify Horizon Scientific Press and will keep indemnified against all claims demands legal proceedings and legal costs occasioned by any breach of these warranties

Author's Declaration:
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