Types of Papers

Research Papers | Short Communications | Reviews | Addenda | Meeting Reports

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. Introduction
3. 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).
4. 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.
5. Materials and Methods
6. References. No more than 85.
7. Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and include descriptive titles and legends.
8. Figure legendsShort Communications are aimed at publishing short, but important, breakthrough data not embedded within a complex story. The abstract should not be longer than 120 words. The paper should be structured as a research paper (see above) but without the headings and subheadings. No more than 50 references and no more than 4500 words altogether. 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 shoud 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 (see below). Whether and how page charges will apply for solicited reviews will be made clear when each review is commissioned by the Editor. Reviews should include an abstract of 150 words and should cite no more than 150 references.

Addenda are essentially an auto-commentary. The Editorial Board will solicit authors of the most significant recent and forthcoming papers, published elsewhere, to provide a short summary with additional insights, new interpretations or speculation on the relevant topic. These manuscripts may include data or models, which due to space limitations were not included or discussed in the original paper. In other words, the authors may provide biased and uncensored points of views, complementing their article. Addenda will appear simultaneously, or very soon after, publication of the original paper.
Please include an abstract of 150-200 words and 5-10 key words for indexing purposes. The typical length of an addendum will be approximately 500-1,000 words and may include up to 30 references. There will be no page charges for addenda and you are encouraged to include figures; however, please note the journal policy regarding color charges below.

Meeting Reports. Authors are encouraged to contact the journal (email Dr. Baluska) with proposals for meeting reports. Please contact the meeting organizers to verify that reports will be permitted. There will be no page charges for addenda and you are encouraged to include figures; however, please note the journal policy regarding color charges below.