Editor-in-Chief
Ronald W. Ellis
Senior Vice President
Chief Technology Officer
NasVax Ltd.
Ness Ziona, Israel
Print ISSN: 1554-8600
Online ISSN: 1554-8619
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Editorial Policy Click here for more information. Peer Review Click here for more information. Landes Bioscience recognizes that some authors prefer that their research be freely available to all potential readers upon publication, and that certain funding agencies including, but not limited to, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MRC, NIH, and The Wellcome Trust, require open access of agency-funded research within six months to one year of publication. Pre-submission inquiries are encoruaged. These may include either an abstract or a full length manuscript as an email attachment (Microsoft Word). Pre-submission inquiries should be emailed the Editor-in-Chief, Ronald W. Ellis |
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General Submission Human Vaccines utilizes an online submission and tracking system which is designed to provide a better, more efficient service to authors.
Click here to submit a manuscript to Human Vaccines: http://hv.msubmit.net/ The citation of your article will be sent to PubMed within one week of acceptance so please ensure all information is correct. All submissions must be accompanied by a completed copyright transfer form. |
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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. 1. Have your manuscript reviewed for clarity by a colleague whose native language is English. 2. 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 (AJE) provides professional language editing services to authors around the globe who wish to publish in scientific, technical, medical and humanities journals. AJE employs expert editors with post-graduate training in a wide variety of fields who will check your manuscripts not only for terminology and language specific to your field but also for proper English usage, grammar, punctuation, spelling, verb tense, and phrasing. In addition, AJE's professional editors will make sure the text sounds natural and the sentences are well constructed. Receive a 10% discount: enter code 'Landes' into your account to receive your discount. Bioedit English Language Editing Bioedit Ltd, an online English editing company, offers unprecedented, high-quality English editing of biomedical texts destined for submission to peer-reviewed journals in the life sciences. The texts are edited by a large, expert team of native English-speaking editors with PhDs and years of experience in a broad range of disciplines in medicine and biology.
First-time clients will receive a special 20% rebate if they are submitting their work to a Landes Bioscience journal. Global BioEditing is a specialist service for the editing of English in biological documents. Our editing will not only make your manuscripts appear as though written by a native speaker of English but will also clarify your writing. Editage, a leading international English editing, writing, and publication service provider, offers multiple-level editing services that check for meaning, punctuation, grammar, sentence construction, logic, structure, and journal formatting. Editage is a preferred brand for nonnative English speakers in East Asia. • Subject-matter expertise—editors from bioscience disciplines To submit a manuscript, please visit the website in your choice of language: Japanese | English |Traditional Chinese | Korean Mention “Landes Bioscience” as “Reference” while submitting manuscript and receive a flat 10% discount. 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. Click here for information on how to organize your paper. Types of 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. Short Papers should include an abstract accompanied by text that contains introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion in one continuous section (materials and methods may be part of the text, figure legend or table footnotes). Figures and Tables together should not total more than four. The length of the paper should not exceed 15 double-spaced printed manuscript pages of text inclusive of references and exclusive of Figures and Tables. 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. Product Reviews A type of Review article on a selected vaccine or immunotherapeutic product in the market or in clinical development. These Reviews are typically invited by the Editors and will be written by leading vaccinologists, scientists or clinicians who are familiar with the product and able to provide an unbiased thorough overview. A Product Review includes published data and information on one specific product and would cover the following aspects: (1) Nature of the disease being prevented and the basis in human biology / pathology for the vaccine or immunotherapeutic, (2) Origin and research basis for the design of the product, (3) Preclinical studies, (4) Production, (5) Assays for releasing and characterizing the final product, (6) Clinical studies, (7) Regulatory issues, (8) Public-health implications, (9) Commerical issues, and (10) Advantages and disadvantages relative to other products for the same disease. General guidelines are the same as for Reviews. Commentaries. Either short and focused opinion-articles or commentaries on papers recently published in Human Vaccines and elsewhere in the field of human vaccines. May include figures and up to 30 references. Letter to the Editor. A short focused text, with references, addressing a specific publication in Human Vaccines. Before such a Letter is published, the author of the original published article will be given the opportunity to reply to the Letter. If the author wishes to reply, the Letter and Reply Letter would be published together in the same issue of the journal. Book Review. If you would like to write a review on, or are the author of, a book recently published in the field of human vaccines, please email the Editor to determine if it is appropriate for the journal. |
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Page and Color Charges Original research papers are published on the understanding that the author will pay a charge of $100 U.S. dollars for each page or part-page used. Publication of color images is free for the online version of the journal, but carries a page charge of $340 US dollars for the initial page and $150 for each additional page in the print edition. If you prefer that color figures appear online only and in black and white for the print version, please make sure that the figure legends for each version of the figure are provided. For guidance, a four page article with 3 figures (approx 9cmx9cm, =3.5" x 3.5") and 100 references would consist of approximately 3200 words of text including figure legends. Under exceptional circumstances, where there are no funds to cover page charges and articles cannot be reduced in size, authors may appeal directly to the Editor for page charges to be waived. This appeal must be supported by a letter signed by finance official at the author’s institution, confirming that no funds are available to cover page charges. Page Proofs Page proofs should be returned within two working days, preferably by email or fax. Corrections should be marked on the actual proof and provided in a numbered list. Lengthy additions should be avoided, but where necessary should be provided in a MS Word file with explicit instructions regarding placement. Reprints A reprint order form will be sent to the author prior to the issue going to press or you may download it here. Human Vaccines publishes cover illustrations that are taken from articles in each issue, or that are designed to accompany an accepted article. The cover illustration should be scientifically interesting and visually attractive. The illustration need not be a figure from the paper but should be closely related to the subject of the paper. If you are interested in submitting a figure for use as the cover of Human Vaccines please email a high-resolution version of your image, conforming to the specifications below, and an explanatory caption of 50-60 words to Kathryn Sauceda. HV Cover Image Specifications: All potential cover images should be sized to fill the entire cover. 12'' high and 9'' wide should be the minimum size. Larger files are even better. Please remove all text, captions, etc. from the image. If you have variations of the image you may send additional files. Please send no more than 2 alternate versions. Accepted formats and resolution:
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