Intention to Submit:
Authors are encouraged to send an "intent to submit" email to bmc_special_issue@eol.org
by March 11th. Preliminary outlines may be also submitted at this time
for some initial editorial feedback; however, final acceptance of
manuscripts will require submission of a full-length mansucript that
has gained acceptance through a standard peer review process.
How to Prepare Manuscripts:
Submissions are expected to adhere to the BMC Bioinformatics Research Article format.
It is strongly suggested that authors use the BMC Microsoft Word template.
The template consists of a standard set of headings that make up a BMC
Bioinformatics Research article manuscript, along with dummy fragments
of body text. Follow these steps to create a manuscript in the
standard format:
- Replace the dummy text
for Title, Author details, Institutional affiliations, and the other
sections of the manuscript with your own text (either by entering the
text directly or by cutting and pasting from your own manuscript
document);
- If there are sections which are not
needed, delete them;
- If you need an additional copy of a heading (e.g., for additional figure legends) just copy and paste;
- For
the references, they may either be manually entered using the
BMC reference style, or automatically entered using bibliographic software (EndNote is strongly recommended).
Further detailed instructions for BMC Bioinformatics Manuscripts can be viewed here.
How to Submit:
All submissions are to be done via email to bmc_special_issue@eol.org. However, if the submission will exceed 5MB, please send an email to bmc_special_issue@eol.org for alternative submission instructions.- In
the email include, as an attachment, a single Word or PDF document that
contains the complete manuscript including any figures and tables.
- In a cover letter within the email, please include –
- The names and contact information of at least three individuals who may be suitable as peer-reviewers;
- Up
to four names that may have a conflict of interest or individuals to
explicitly exclude from peer-review of the submitted manuscript;
- A short justification for why the submitted manuscript should be considered for inclusion in the special issue; and,
- A
statement indicating that the submitted manuscript is not being
considered for publication in any other peer-review setting, has not
been previously published, and that all authors agree to the
submitted manuscript.
PLEASE NOTE: All submissions to be considered for this special issue MUST be submitted via email to bmc_special_issue@eol.org; articles submitted directly to the BMC Bioinformatics journal article submission system will not be considered.
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