期刊选题

1、投稿方式：在线投稿。

2、官网网址：http://www.jmcb.info/

https://academic.oup.com/jmcb

3、投稿系统：https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmcb

4、主办单位官网：

http://www.cscb.org.cn/journal.html

（中国细胞生物学学会）

5、出刊日期：月刊，每月月末出版。

2023年9月13星期三

《分子细胞生物学报（英文版）》投稿须知

【官网信息】

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts

should be written in concise and correct English, at a level that is

accessible to the broad readership of JMCB. JMCB publishes various types

of manuscripts. Please prepare the electronic files including the main

text, figures, supplementary material, graphical abstract, etc.

according to the formatting guidelines for each type listed as below.

Article

Articles

are original research papers that represent a substantial advance in

understanding of an important research question and have immediate,

far-reaching implications.

Main text

For

an original article, the total words for the main text (including

references, figure legends, and tables) are expected to be no more than

8000. Please use a common word-processing package (such as Microsoft

Word) for the main text. The main text should be organized in the

following order:

Title page

The

title should occupy no more than 100 characters. Serial titles are not

allowed. The title should be short and informative, and should not

contain unconventional abbreviations. A running title of less than 50

characters is necessary to convey the significance of the paper. The key

words (less than 7) should also be listed. Authors’ full names and

affiliations must be provided in an informative format. It is important

to indicate a corresponding author, together with the email address, and

telephone/fax numbers (if applicable).

Abstract

This

part consists of a single paragraph not exceeding 200 words. In

particular, the Abstract should summarize the background of the

research, novel finding of the study, and the importance of the results

as briefly as possible. It should convey clearly and completely the

significance and advance of the work to the readership before they have

read the full text. Abbreviations and reference citation should

generally be avoided.

Introduction

The

Introduction should provide the necessary background information with

succinct words to give a proper perspective for the study. Only the

necessary background information should be provided, instead of a

detailed review of the field. Previous publications that provided the

groundwork for the submitted manuscript must be mentioned. All symbols

and abbreviations used must be defined, unless they are common

abbreviations, symbols of chemical elements, or standard units of

measurements. Subheadings are not used in this section.

Results

This

section could be subdivided with subheadings to give the manuscript

more clarity. Concise and precise description should be used to present

to a wide readership. Footnotes and sidenotes are not allowed in this

section.

Discussion

The

Discussion may be subdivided or combined as appropriate. The Discussion

should not repeat the results; instead, more implications of the

results and relevant information should be explored to bring the results

into a broader context.

Materials and methods

This

section must be described with sufficient details so that others could

repeat the procedures, in conjunction with cited references. Procedures

such as appropriate experimental design and statistical methods should

be described. Methods for quantification of levels or differences in

levels of molecules in biological samples must be described fully and

shown to be quantitative and reproducible, using appropriate replicates

and statistical analyses. Additional information could be included in

Supplementary material if necessary. If there is any novel material, the

authors are required to make it available for non-commercial research

purposes.

Acknowledgements

These

may be used to list the contributions of non-authors and/or supporting

parties. Personal acknowledgements should precede their institutions or

agencies.

Funding

Details

of all funding sources and financial supports for the work in question

should be given in a separate section entitled 'Funding'. An example is

given here: 'This work was supported by the National Institutes of

Health (P50 CA098252 and CA118790 to R.B.S.R.) and the Alcohol &

Education Research Council (HFY GR667789).'

Conflict of interest

In

order to encourage transparency without impeding publication, authors

are required to include a statement that lists all potential conflicts

of interest or, if appropriate, clearly state ‘none declared’.

Author contributions

Contributions of all the authors to the work may be clarified.

References

References

should include only articles that are published or in press.

Unpublished data, submitted manuscripts, abstracts, and personal

communications should be cited within the text only. Personal

communication should be documented by a letter of permission. Submitted

articles should be cited as unpublished data, data not shown, or

personal communication. Note: "et al." should only be used after the

first three authors. Please use the following Author-Date style for

references:

Article in a periodical:

Chu,

Y., Yao, P.Y., Wang, W., et al. (2011). Aurora B kinase activation

requires survivin priming phosphorylation by PLK1. J. Mol. Cell Biol. 3,

260–267.

Article in a book:

Pyle,

A.M., and Lambowitz, A.M. (2006). Group II introns: ribozymes that

splice RNA and invade DNA. In: Gesteland, R.F., Cech, T.R., and Atkins,

J.F. (eds). The RNA World, 3rd edn. New York: Cold Spring Harbor

Laboratory Press, 469–506.

An entire book:

Gesteland, R.F., Cech, T.R., and Atkins, J.F. (2006). The RNA World, 3rd edn. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Tables

When

creating a table, please use the Microsoft Word table function in a

Word document. Word tables should not be tab or space delineated and

should not be in color. Tables should include a title, footnotes and/or

concise legend. Tables in the submitted manuscript should be a separate

section. Tables not created using the Microsoft Word table function will

need to be revised by the author.

Figure legends

This

is an independent section in the submitted manuscript. A brief title

describing the entire figure must be included in each figure legend.

Each panel should be described exactly in this section. The information

already described in the text, especially the experimental details,

should not be repeated here. Bars, sample sizes, and scales must be

indicated clearly. Figure numbers should be given in Arabic numerals and

figure parts in upper case letters (e.g. 1A, 1B…).

Figures

Up

to 8 figures and/or tables may be contained in an original article. All

the figures (line drawings, histograms, and photographs) should be

referred to in the main text (as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 1A, Figure

2B...) but should not be embedded within the text. Figures could be

submitted in one of the following formats: JPEG (.jpg), TIFF (.tif),

Photoshop Document (.psd), Portable Document File (.pdf), Powerpoint

(.ppt), Adobe Illustrator (.ai) or Encapsulated Postscript (.eps). The

minimum resolution for the figures is 300 dpi (dots per inch) for tone

or color and 1200 dpi for line art, at approximately the correct size

for publication. Standard figure widths are 90 mm (single column) and

180 mm (double column). The full depth of the page is 240 mm. Please use

Arial fonts for the creation of figures. Any lettering should be

approximately in proportion to the overall dimensions of the figure. We

can only accept one file per figure, and thus please do not submit

separate panels on several pages. Micrographs should be provided with a

scale bar.

Supplementary material

Data

that are integral to the manuscript but impractical to include in the

printed journal may be presented as Supplementary material. All

supplementary items, including figures, tables, videos, extended text

(Materials and methods, References, etc.) should have titles and legends

that briefly describe the data shown. Please cite each supplementary

item in the main text at least once. They will be linked to the online

article published on JMCB website. Supplementary figures and tables

could be embedded within the text in one file in order to reduce the

size and make it easy to download. Large datasets and videos should be

submitted separately. Authors are responsible for ensuring that all

provided materials are correct and complete, as these files will not

undergo further editing and proof before published online.

Featured image

In

addition to the above electronic files, authors are also encouraged to

prepare a featured image that summarizes the focus and main findings of

the article and enables the viewer to understand what the work is about.

It could be the key ‘results’ image from the article itself or a

specially designed figure that captures the key takeaway message. The

featured image is displayed online only (see example). JMCB also uses

the featured image to promote articles via email content, social media,

newsletters, and online search results. For articles submitted without a

featured image, the editors may contact the authors for this content

after acceptance. Featured image follow the similar formatting

guidelines as Figures.

Review

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 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 readers with an idea of how the field may develop or future

problems to overcome, but should not summarize articles. Usually a

Review does not include sections like ‘Results’, ‘Materials and

methods’, ‘Discussion’, etc.

Reviews

should include an abstract of less than 200 words and cite no more than

150 references. The total words for the main text (including

references, figure legends, and tables) are expected to be no more than

10000, and figures/tables more than 5 can be set as the Supplementary

material.

Letter to the Editor

Letters

to the Editor are short experimental papers that may present as little

as a single experiment or observation and should constitute interesting

data, combined with a discussion of what the data might mean or an

explanation of why the data contradicts current paradigms. There is no

abstract and no subsections on introduction, results, or discussion.

Nevertheless, the beginning paragraphs should present concise but

sufficient background information that would allow the readers to

appreciate the rationale of the work and put the study in a proper

perspective.

Generally,

the information on routine materials and methods is not included in the

main text or even needed. When such information is unique and important

to the study, it could be included in supplementary material. The total

words for the main text (including references, figure legend, and

table) are expected to be no more than 1500, with less than 10

references, and figures/tables more than 1 can be set as the

Supplementary material.

Application Note

Application

Notes are short experimental papers focusing on novel techniques,

approaches, disease models, or analytical methods with application

potential. Application Notes follow the similar formatting guidelines as

Letters to the Editor, without 'Dear Editor' at the beginning of the

main text.

Perspective

Perspectives

provide views from scientists with high reputation in the field on the

developments and implications of key findings in the proper context of

the field. Each Perspective is expected to be contributed by no more

than 3 authors. The Perspective has an abstract of fewer than 200 words

to outline the main message. Subheadings can be included where necessary

to break up the main text. But there is no strict hierarchical

organization as required in a Review. Similarly, there are no

subsections on introduction, results, or discussion.

Generally,

the total words for the main text (including references, figure

legends, and tables) are expected to be no more than 3000, with less

than 30 references and 3 figures/tables. Additional detailed description

on the topic, references, figures, and tables should be submitted as

the Supplementary material.

Highlight  

Highlights

comment on recent advances, which were reported by JMCB (and other

breaking papers) in a certain field. A Highlight piece is intended for

general readership, and thus it should be readily accessible to the

non-expert audience without a need to look into additional literatures. ‘

Each

Highlight should be contributed by no more than 3 authors. There is no

abstract or subsection. Generally, the total words for the main text

(including references and figure legend) are expected to be no more than

1000, with less than 10 references and 1 figure.

Research Advance

Research

Advances are to discuss more about the authors' own findings in one or

several papers recently published by top-impact journals in the field.

Intended for expert audience who would like to explore the whole story, a

Research Advance is expected to raise several possibilities to lead

future research directions, e.g. some unproven hypothesis and the future

work prospect. Research Advances follow the similar formatting

guidelines as Highlights.

Retrospect

Retrospect

essays are authored by respected and recognized researchers in a

certain field to share with general audience the personal experiences,

major events of the field, and stories behind those achievements.

Retrospect follow the similar formatting guidelines as Highlights, but may include up to 3 figures.

Meeting Report

Meeting

reports are short descriptions of key scientific progress presented and

discussed at a conference that author(s) have attended. A meeting

report is written by one or several attendees who aim to record the

major talks during the conference. It is a summary of the latest

advances in the field, but does not contain any detailed original data.

Meeting Reports follow the similar formatting guidelines as Highlights.

Manuscript Submission

Online Submission

Before

submission, please prepare all the electronic files including the main

text, figures, supplementary material and featured image. Please read

online instructions for manuscript preparation carefully and follow them

closely to ensure the following processes (e.g. editorial evaluation,

peer review, publication) as efficient and quick as possible. The

editors reserve the right to return manuscripts that are not in

accordance with the instructions.

For

initial submission, please enclose a cover letter signed by the

corresponding author(s) to briefly introduce the main findings and

significance of the work. For revised manuscript submission, please

enclose a rebuttal letter to answer the comments from reviewers and

editors. After all the required files are ready, submit your manuscript

electronically via the online submission website.

Fast & Green Track

Fast

Track allows urgent and competitive research to start the peer review

immediately after submission. Peer review and decision of manuscripts

accorded a Fast Track submission can be completed within 2 weeks.

JMCB

recognizes that excellent manuscripts may have been erroneously

rejected by other journals after peer review and/or revision. Authors

are encouraged to submit such work in the original format, together with

the reviewer and/or editorial comments from previous peer review and

the rebuttal or revised manuscript, for consideration as a Green Track

submission by JMCB, which allows direct decision making based on the

previous review.

If

authors would like to submit their manuscripts to JMCB through 'Fast

& Green Track', please contact the Editorial Office

(jmcb@sibs.ac.cn) with essential materials for an editorial assessment.

For assistance with online submission, E-mail: jmcb@sibcb.ac.cn

For pre-submission inquiries, E-mail: jmcb@sibs.ac.cn