It is important to follow these instructions carefully.

Submission of Manuscripts

The journal’s Editorial Board is responsible for deciding whether the manuscript should be accepted, returned for revision, or rejected. During the review process, all communication will be between the Editorial Board and the corresponding author. Authors will receive a final decision e-mail message from the Editorial Board.

Submission of a manuscript implies that it reports unpublished work, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, either in English or in any other language.

The journal will consider publication of work that has previously been presented as either a short abstract or poster at a conference, but not as a full paper.

Please download and fill this form and submit along with your manuscript by e-mail to editor@biofrontiers.org

Who can submit?

Students who are pursuing their BS, BSc, B.Tech, MSc, MS, M.tech, Diploma and other integrated courses; Fresh graduates  can submit their final semester project works as articles.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Biofrontiers considers manuscripts of any length; we encourage the submission of both substantial full-length bodies of work and shorter manuscripts. There are no explicit words, figure, or supporting information restrictions, although we encourage a concise and accessible writing style. Although we encourage submissions from around the globe, we require that manuscripts be submitted in English.

File Formats

Main Manuscript document must be submitted as .doc or .rtf format only, Images in .jpg, .tiff, .png formats only for illustrations.

Abbreviations

Please keep abbreviations to a minimum and define them upon first use in the text. Non-standard abbreviations should not be used unless they appear at least three times in the text

Figure Preparation

• Individual figure files should not exceed 10 MB.
• Figures for publication must be submitted in high-resolution JPG, TIFF or PNG format only.
• Create your figures using a white background.
• Note that figures must be submitted as separate image files, not as part of the submitted Document.

Format Tables

Tables submitted for production should be included at the end of the article DOC or RTF file. Tables that will be Supporting Information files can be submitted in any allowed format: Word, Excel, PPT, JPG, PNG, or TIFF. Larger tables can be published as supporting information.

Organization of the Manuscript

All Manuscripts submitted to Biofrontiers must be in organized in the following manner.

Full Length Articles:

• Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, References, Figure Legends, and Tables

We advise that abstracts should not exceed 250–300 words. There are no specific length restrictions for the remaining sections of the manuscript; however, we urge authors to present and discuss their findings concisely.

Title

The title should be specific to the project, yet concise. It should be comprehensible to readers outside your field. Titles should be presented in title case, meaning that all words except for prepositions, articles, and conjunctions should be capitalized.

Authors and Affiliations

Provide the author name(s) followed by the guide name(s) then affiliations—department, university or organization, city, state/province (if applicable), and country—for all authors. One of the authors should be designated as the corresponding author and all the communication will be between the Editorial Board and the corresponding author.

Note: First author(s) should be Undergraduate or Graduate student and the author for correspondence.

Abstract

The abstract succinctly introduces the paper. We advise that it should not exceed 250 – 300 words. It should mention the techniques used without going into methodological detail and should summarize the most important results. Please do not include any citations in the abstract. Avoid specialist abbreviations if possible.

Introduction

The introduction should briefly outline the paper’s field, review previous relevant work, and establish the background for the work being reported. It must include a brief review of the key literature. If there are relevant controversies or disagreements in the field, they should be mentioned. The introduction should conclude with a brief statement of the overall aim of the experiments and a comment about whether that aim was achieved.

Materials and Methods

This section should provide enough detail to allow full replication of the study by suitably skilled investigators. Protocols for new methods should be included, but well-established protocols may simply be referenced. This should be divided into subsections if several methods are described. We encourage authors to submit, as separate supporting information files, for newer or less well-established methods.

Results

The results section should provide details of all of the experiments that are required to support the conclusions of the paper. There is no specific word limit for this section. The section may be divided into subsections, each with a concise subheading. Large datasets, including raw data, should be submitted as supporting information files. We advise that the results section be written in past tense.

Discussion

This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. The discussion should spell out the major conclusions of the work along with some explanation or speculation on the significance of these conclusions. How do the conclusions affect the existing assumptions and models in the field? How can future research build on these observations? What are the key experiments that must be done? The discussion should be concise and tightly argued. Conclusions firmly established by the presented data, hypotheses supported by the presented data, and speculations suggested by the presented data should be clearly identified as such. The results and discussion may be combined into one section, if desired.

Acknowledgments

Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the study by making substantial contributions to conception, design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, or who was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content, but who does not meet the criteria for authorship. Please also include their source(s) of funding.

References

Biofrontiers uses the numbered citation (citation–sequence) method. All references must be numbered consecutively, in square brackets, in the order in which they are cited in the text, followed by any in tables or legends. Multiple citations within a single set of brackets should be separated by commas. Where there are three or more sequential citations, they should be given as a range. Reference citations should not appear in titles or headings.

Please use the following style for the reference list:

Research article

• Bouhamdan, M., S. Benichou, F. Rey, J. M. Navarro, I. Agostini, B. Spire, J.Camonis, G. Slupphaug, R. Vigne, R. Benarous, and J. Sire. (1996). Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr protein binds to the uracil DNA glycosylase DNA repair enzyme. J. Virol. 70:697–704.

Books/ book chapter

• Margulis L: Origin of Eukaryotic Cells. New Haven: Yale University Press; 1970.
• Schnepf E: From prey via endosymbiont to plastids: comparative studies in dinoflagellates. In Origins of Plastids. Volume 2. 2nd edition. Edited by Lewin RA. New York: Chapman and Hall; (1993) pp:53-76

Figure Legends

The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file following the references. For each figure, the Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals – i.e. Figure 1, 2, 3 etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words) should be provided. The aim of the figure legend should be to describe the key messages of the figure, but the figure should also be discussed in the text. Avoid lengthy descriptions of methods.

Tables

Tables should be included in the text file, at the very end of the manuscript. All tables should have a concise title. Footnotes can be used to explain abbreviations. Citations should be indicated using the same style as outlined above. Larger tables can be published as online supporting information.

Reviews:

Biofrontiers accepts original review articles which should be in the following format.

• Title, Authors & Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Main text with subheadings (if required), conclusion, References, Figure Legends/Tables.

Software:

The manuscript describing new software tools or the implementation of novel algorithms the software must be freely available to non-commercial users at the time of submission. Availability must be clearly stated in the article. Authors must also ensure that the software is available for a full ONE YEAR following publication.

Publications Charges

To provide open access, Biofrontiers charges a publication fee from the authors or research sponsors to cover the expenses incurred in reviewing, online hosting and archiving for each article they publish.

• For Biofrontiers the fee is US$75 [processing fee 50$ and publication fee 25$], however the review articles are published free of cost.
• For software publications a one page sub-domain site hosting is offered for free of charge.
• We offer a complete or partial fee waiver to authors based in any of the countries, which are classified by the World Bank as Low-income or Lower-middle-income  Click here to view.
• Publication fee is waived for Indian authors,  a flat 50 $ processing fee is charged.