Guidelines for Authors
International Review of Cell & Molecular Biology (IRCMB)
After preparing your manuscript according to the instructions given below, please send an electronic file of your manuscript (without large figure files) by e-mail to the Editor, Kwang W. Jeon (jeon@utk.edu), for an editorial review. After the review, we will ask you to send us your final manuscript electronically or one (1) hard-copy set of the final manuscript. Please see “Section V. Details of File Formats” for further specifics on files and figures.
· A running title (Fewer than 45 characters)
· Title of the article (No abbreviations in the title)
· Authors' names and affiliations
· Corresponding author’s name and address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address
2. “Table of Contents” on page 2
3. “Abstract” (about 150 words) & “Key words” (5 – 8 items) on page 3
4. “1. Introduction” section at the beginning of text (page 4)
5. Summarizing section (e.g., “Concluding Remarks”) at the end of text
1. Introduction
2. ....
2.1. ....
2.1.1. ...
2.1.1.1. ...
2.1.1.2 ...
2.1.2 ...
2.2. ....
All headings except the fourth level, i.e., those designated by 2.1.1.1., should be typed on separate lines and not run into the paragraph. Please capitalize the first letters of major words in the first-level headings.
7. Footnotes: It is preferable not to include footnotes, and such material should be incorporated in the text. In cases where the use of footnotes is unavoidable, please
a. number footnotes with Arabic superscripts in order of appearance in the text, and
b. type all footnotes for your chapter double-spaced in one separate list (keyed to the manuscript pages where
the footnotes are cited) and attach it to the manuscript at the end of the text following figure legends.
8. Abbreviations of Units: When internationally accepted units of measurement are used in conjunction with their numerical values, they should be abbreviated. The following forms are preferred: %, cm, mm (not m), nm (not angstroms), in (or write out inch), h (or hr), min, s (or sec), kg, g (or gm), mg, mg, ml (but write out liter), ml, --˚ C, cal, kcal, g (for gravity), and Mr as -- kDa.
9. Double spacing throughout, including References and Tables
10. Typed on only one side of the page with minimum margins of 1 inch (2.5 cm) on all sides, with flush left and ragged right (unjustified) format. Text lines should not be hyphenated at the end. Please use the automatic wrap-around feature and not hard returns for line breaks within a paragraph. Use hard returns at the end of each paragraph and after new headings.
Note: The above and additional information on IRCMB may be found on our Web page at
http://web.bio.utk.edu/Jeon/.
B. References
If you use “Reference Manager” for formatting the Reference list (and for text citations), the existing output style for the “Journal of Biomechanics” may be used. If you use “EndNote,” please use the style for “Quatenary Res.” Reference Manager and EndNote do not have the output style for IRCMB yet (We have requested its inclusion). Meanwhile, if you would prefer to use the IRCMB’s own output style, we will be happy to send you one by e-mail. Please let us know if you need a style and specify whether it is for “Reference Manager” or for “EndNote.”
Text citations may be given in either of two ways:
· With date only in parentheses: “as demonstrated by Jones (1986)”
· With name and date in parentheses: “according to these authors (Jones et al., 1985)”
· Please do not use “(reviewed by …), (see …), (… for review …)” since they are not necessary.
Titles of articles should be given in full, followed by the journal name and references. For abbreviations of journal titles, please follow the forms used in Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (the most recent volume and Supplements).
a. Single authors: If more than one reference is given for a single author, the publications should be listed chronologically.
b. Two authors: References for which there are two authors should be arranged first alphabetically, then chronologically within each alphabetical group. For text citations, use both authors’ names and the year.
c. Three or more authors: Disregard alphabetization within this group (except for the first surname, which determines the position in the list) and arrange the references chronologically. This is done because all text citations use the surname of the first author only, followed by “et al.,” or “and associates,” for such references.
Please pattern
the styling, punctuation, and capitalization after the following examples:
1) Journals
Mandel, J. L. (1989). Dystrophin - The gene and its product. Nature(Italics)
339(Bold), 584-586.
Yoshida, M., and Ozawa, E. (1990). Glycoprotein complex anchoring dystrophin
to sarcolemma. J. Biochem.
(Tokyo)(Italics)
108(Bold), 748-752.
2) Whole books
Becker, J. M., Caldwell, G. A., and Zachgo, E. A. (1996).
“Biotechnology:
A Laboratory Course,”
2nd ed.
Academic Press, San Diego.
Birren, B., and Lai, E. (1993).
“Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis: A
Practical Guide.” Academic Press,
San
Diego.
3) Book chapters
Zhou, S., and Admon, A. (1995). Enzymatic digestion of proteins in zinc chloride and Ponceau S-stained gels. In
(Italics) “Techniques in Protein Chemistry” (J. W. Crabb, Ed.), Vol. VI, pp. 161-168. Academic Press, San
Diego.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals in order of appearance in the text. Type each table double-spaced on a separate page with a short descriptive title typed directly above and with essential footnotes at the bottom. Footnotes to tables should be placed at the bottom of the table and linked to the body of the table with corresponding lowercase italic superscript letters.
If references to the literature appear only in a table, they should not be included in the main reference list. The complete reference should be given as a letter footnote to the table.
D. Figures
Figures should be submitted in a finished form suitable for reproduction. Please number figures consecutively with Arabic numerals and clearly indicate orientation. Also, list authors’ names on the back of each figure. Each figure should have a descriptive legend which should be typed together on a separate sheet, double-spaced. Lettering on drawings should be large enough to withstand appropriate reduction for publication. Please indicate in the text where each table or figure should be placed.
Halftones will be reduced to fit within the printed page, 4 1/2 × 7 inch (11.4 × 17.7 cm). Upon publication of the Work, artwork is destroyed unless its return is requested by the author(s) in advance.
In submitting your electronic artwork, please check that:
· All files are in the correct format - TIFF, EPS or MS Office files. See Section V for more details.
· Figures can be resized to fit in IRCMB pages without losing legibility.
· Each figure or table is saved as a separate file (not embedded in the text).
· Figure legends are provided in a separate file, not on figures.
E. Color Figures
Please keep the number of color figures to the minimum because the cost of reproduction is high. Color art deemed cosmetic will be reproduced in a gray scale. Electronic files in RGB color mode of at least 300 dpi resolution are desired.
Names of chemical or organic substances should follow the recommendations of the IUPAC-IUBMB Joint Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN). In reports involving recombinant DNA molecules, constructed in vitro and subsequently inserted into cells, reference must be made to the appropriate NIH guidelines and/or other pertinent regulations or, if comparable documents exist in the country where the work was done, these may be referenced.
Authors who plan to use illustrations, charts, tables, or other material from previously published sources must obtain written permission from the copyright owner (usually the publisher) and send the letter granting this permission to Academic Press (Elsevier), Inc.
If an author uses material from his/her own published work, permission must still be obtained from the publisher.
The source of the data must always be credited, e.g., in a footnote to a table or in the figure legend.
Your manuscript will be set directly into pages and proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. Page proofs for your contribution will be the only proofs you will see before the volume is published. To avoid delay in publication, only necessary changes should be made, and proofs should be returned promptly. Authors will be charged for alterations that exceed 10% of the total cost of composition, except for changes occasioned by typesetter's or publisher's errors.
V. Details of File formats
A.
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
Virtually all common artwork creation software
can be
saved
as EPS,
and
this “option”
is
normally found under the
“Save As...” or
“Export...” commands in the
“File” menu.
For vector graphics EPS files are the preferred format as
long as they are provided in accordance with some common rules:
· When they contain bitmap images, the bitmaps are of a good resolution.
· When color is involved, it should be encoded as RGB.
· They should always include an 8-bit preview/header at a resolution of 72 dpi.
· Only the following fonts should be used in your artwork: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, or Symbol.
· Vertical space between parts of an illustration should be limited to what is necessary for visual clarity.
· No data should be present outside the actual illustration area.
· Line weights should range from 0.35 pt to 1.5 pt.
B.
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
Virtually all common artwork creation software
can be
saved
as TIFF,
and
this 'option'
is
normally found under the
“Save
As...” or
“Export...” commands in
the
“File” menu.
TIFF is the recommended file format for bitmap, greyscale and
color images. TIFF supports several good compression schemes ensuring file
sizes kept to a minimum to aid easy
file transfer.
Please ensure
that files are supplied at the correct resolution:
· line artwork – minimum of 1000 dpi
· halftone artwork – minimum of 300 dpi
· combination artwork (line/tone) – minimum of 500 dpi
C.
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint figures)
Microsoft® Office is essentially a family of
applications that can be used to produce a variety of document types including
written documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases. Many authors already (for convenience) submit their artwork in common MS formats and we will continue to support these submission types.
For more information on MS Office visit the Office homepage
at
http://www.microsoft.com/office.
