Guidelines for Authors

Landes Bioscience recognizes that some authors prefer that their research be freely available to all potential readers upon publication, and that certain funding agencies (NIH, Wellcome Trust) request immediate open access of agency-funded research.

To address these requests, we provide the following options for our authors and readers:

1. One year after publication. ALL papers will become open access to ALL users throughout the world after having been published online for one year.
2. Immediately upon publication. Papers can be open access immediately upon publication. Authors may purchase open access of their paper at the proof stage and the paper will be made freely available at our website. If the paper is funded by a NIH or Wellcome Trust grant, authors may deposit a PDF of the final manuscript with the NIH for download at PubMed Central. The fee for open access is $750. If the author's institution subscribes to the journal the fee is discounted to $500.

Manuscript Submission

Pre-Submission Inquiries

Pre-submission inquiries are encouraged. These may include either an abstract or a full length manuscript as an email attachment (Microsoft Word). Pre-submission inquiries should be emailed to the Editor-in-Chief, Kenneth Maiese.

General Submission

Copyright

Corresponding authors of accepted manuscripts must complete a copyright transfer form. Email or fax to Managing Editor, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Fax: 512.637.6079.

Non-Native Speakers of English

Authors who are not native speakers of English and submit manuscripts to international journals often receive negative comments from referees or editors about English-language usage. These problems can contribute to a decision to reject a paper. To help reduce the possibility of such problems, we strongly encourage such authors to take at least one or both of the following steps.

Have your manuscript reviewed for clarity by a colleague whose native language is English.
Use a service such as one of those listed below. An editor will improve the English to ensure that your meaning is clear and identify problems that require your review. Note that the use of such a service is at the author's own expense and risk and does not guarantee that the article will be accepted. Landes Bioscience accepts no responsibility for the interaction between the author and the service provider or for the quality of the work performed.

American Journal Experts

Inter-Biotec

Inter-Biotec also provides a free online writing course to help biomedical scientists whose first language is not English to write and publish their papers in English-language journals.

SPI Professional Editing Services

Write Science Right

Manuscript Preparation

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Text should be prepared in MS Word, double-spaced, with page numbers throughout. Papers should be written as concisely as possible in clear, grammatical English and organized in the following manner:

1. Title page, including titles, author's names, degrees and affilitations
2. Keywords: 5-10 for indexing purposes
3. Abbreviations and Acronyms: List those used throughout the text
4. Abstract: 150-250 words, depending on paper type
5. Running title: Maximum of 50 characters in length
6. Text (length depends upon type of paper, see below)
7. References: Click here to view our reference format.
8. Tables (with descriptive titles and legends)
9. Figure legends

Types of Papers

Research Papers

Research Papers should include the following sections:

1. Abstract: A single paragraph of fewer than 250 words. The primary goal of the abstract should be to make the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. References should not be cited in the abstract.
2. Keywords: Include 5-10 for indexing purposes.
3. Introduction
4. Results: Present results in logical sequence in tables and illustrations. In the text, explain, emphasize or summarize the most important observations. Units of measurement should be expressed in accordance with Systeme International d'Unites (SI Units).
5. Discussion: Do not repeat in detail data given in the Results section. Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study. Relate observations to other relevant studies. On the basis of your findings (and others'), discuss possible implications/conclusions. When stating a new hypothesis, clearly label it as such.
6. Patients and Methods/Materials and Methods: Describe selection of patients or experimental animals, including controls. Do not use patient names or hospital numbers. Identify methods, apparatus (manufacturer's name and address), and procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. Provide references and brief descriptions of methods that have been published. When using new methods. Evaluate their advantages and limitations. Identify drugs and chemicals, including generic name, dosage, and route(s) of administration.
   Indicate whether the procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of Human Experimentation in your country, or are in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975.
7. References: Maximum 85.
8. Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and include descriptive titles and legends
9. Figure legends

Reviews

Reviews should be recognized as scholarly by specialists in the field being covered, but should also be written with a view to informing readers who are not specialized in that particular field, and should therefore be presented using simple prose. Please avoid excessive jargon and technical detail. Reviews should capture the broad developments and implications of recent work. The opening paragraph should make clear the general thrust of the review and provide a clear sense of why the review is now particularly appropriate. The concluding paragraph should provide the reader with an idea of how the field may develop or future problems to be overcome, but should not summarize the article.

To ensure that a review is likely to be accessible to as many readers as possible, it may be useful to ask a colleague from another discipline to read the review before submitting it. Submitted reviews are subject to the same page charges as full-length reports -- whether and how page charges will apply for commissioned reviews will be made clear when each review is commissioned.

Reviews should include the following sections:

1. Abstract: Maximum 150 words
2. Keywords: Include 5-10 for indexing purposes
3. References: Maximum 150

Addenda

Addenda are brief articles that build and expand on recently published exceptionally interesting, high profile articles in other high profile journals. Typically these are intended to be submitted by invitation from the Editor-in-Chief (with suggestions from Editorial Board members), but solicitation by authors will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Meeting Reports

Meeting Reports are summaries of presentations from recent meetings in the field. Authors are encouraged to contact the Editor with proposals for meeting reports. Also, please contact the meeting organizers to verify that reports will be permitted.

Meeting Reports should include the following sections:

1. Abstract: 150-200 words
2. Keywords: Include 5-10 for indexing purposes