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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 (NIH, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute) request immediate open access of agency-funded research. 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. 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. 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 For original research papers that occupy more than four pages of the journal, publication of the first four monochrome pages is free but papers are published on the understanding that the author will pay a charge of $80 U.S. dollars for each additional 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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