Guidelines for Authors
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 Submission
Conditions
Arrangement
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Author's ChoiceTM, NIH-Funded Research, Self-Archiving
Page Charges
Proofs
Reprints
 Electronic Submission
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted online:
Names, postal and e-mail addresses of four experts in the appropriate area of research should accompany each manuscript. Selected scientist(s) will be invited to act as referee(s).
Referees suggested should not be from the same institution as the author and should have expert
knowledge of the subject.
Should you experience problems with your submission, please contact:
mmb@karger.ch
S. Karger AG
Editorial Office 'Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology'
P.O. Box
CH-4009 Basel (Switzerland)
Tel. +41 61 306 1356
Fax +41 61 306 1434
Conditions
All manuscripts are subject to editorial review. Manuscripts are received with the explicit understanding that they are not under simultaneous consideration by any other publication. A covering letter should be included with both the first and final version of the manuscript with the signature of all authors to confirm that they have seen and approved the submission. Submission of an article for publication implies the transfer of the copyright from the author to the publisher upon acceptance. Accepted papers become the permanent property of ‘Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology’ and may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the written consent of the publisher. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce illustrations, tables, etc. from other publications. It is a policy of the journal that nucleotide sequence data should be deposited with the
EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ libraries prior to publication, and the accession number should be quoted in the manuscript.
Arrangement
English: All manuscripts must be written in perfect English. Before you submit, please ensure that your manuscript is corrected by someone who speaks English as his or her first language.
Title page: The first page of each paper should indicate the title, the authors’ names, the institute where the work was conducted, and a short title for use as running head.
NB: Authors wishing to preserve the phonetic meaning of diacritics (PubMed reduces diacritics to their root characters) must spell their names accordingly when submitting manuscripts (e.g. Müller should be Mueller).
Full address: The exact postal address of the corresponding author complete with postal code must be given at the bottom of the title page. Please also supply phone and fax numbers, as well as e-mail address.
Key words: For indexing purposes, a list of 3–10 key words in English is essential (except for letters to the editor).
Abstract: Each paper must include an abstract. Abstracts should be 100–200 words.
Running Title: Each paper must include a running title of no more than 80 characters.
Research Articles:
Original research articles should be sub-divided into the following sections:
• Abstract
• Introduction (concise with no sub-headings)
• Results (may be sub-divided)
• Discussion (results and discussion may be combined and
may include sub-headings)
• Experimental Procedures (should be sufficiently detailed to
permit the experiments to be reproduced)
• Acknowledgements
• References
Reviews:
Review articles should be sub-divided into the following sections:
• Abstract
• Introduction (concise with no sub-headings)
• The main text of the paper (should be divided under various
headings as appropriate to the article)
• Acknowledgements
• References
Communications: Short Communications should be 2–5 journal pages in length, should include an abstract and running title, but should not be divided into introduction, results, discussion, and experimental procedures sections. Sub-sections specifying topic are permissible.
Units: Concentration to be given in g/l, etc., or molarity, M. Use the format microgram (greek letter mu + g)/ml not microgram (greek letter mu + g) ml-1. Note ml not mL.
Footnotes: Avoid footnotes. When essential, they are numbered consecutively and typed at the foot of the appropriate page.
Tables and Illustrations: Tables and illustrations (both numbered in Arabic numerals) should be prepared on separate sheets. Tables require a heading and figures a legend, also prepared on a separate sheet. For the reproduction of illustrations, only good drawings and original photographs can be accepted; negatives or photocopies cannot be used. Due to technical reasons, figures with a screen background should not be submitted. When possible, group several illustrations on one block for reproduction (max. size 180 × 223 mm) or provide crop marks. B/w half-tone and color illustrations must have a final resolution of 300 dpi after scaling, line drawings one of 800–1200 dpi.
Color Illustrations:
Online edition: Color illustrations are reproduced free of charge. In the print version, the illustrations are reproduced in black and white. Please avoid referring to the colors in the text and figure legends.
Print edition: Up to 6 color illustrations per page can be integrated within the text at CHF 760.00 per page.
References: Identify references [in square brackets] in the text by naming the authors and the year. 1 author: [Saier, 1994]; 2 authors: [Altschul and Karlin, 1990]; 3 and more authors: [Yen et al., 2002]. Several references listed within square brackets should be cited in an alphabetical order. Material submitted for publication but not yet accepted should be noted as ‘unpublished data’ and may not be included in the reference list. The list of references should include only those publications cited in the text. Arrange the reference list in strict alphabetical order according to the examples given below. The authors’ surnames followed by their initials should be given, and each name should be separated by a comma. Preferably, please cite all authors. For papers by the same authors, listing should be according to the year; for papers by the same authors published in the same year, use the letters a, b, c, etc. directly (no space) connected to the year. For journal abbreviations, please use the Index Medicus system.
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Examples
(a) Papers published in periodicals: Andrade MA, Ponting C, Gibson T, Bork P: Homology-based method for identification of protein repeats using statistical significance estimates. J Mol Biol 2000; 298:521–537.
(b) Papers published only with DOI numbers: Theoharides TC, Boucher W, Spear K: Serum interleukin-6 reflects disease severity and osteoporosis in mastocytosis patients. Int Arch Allergy Immunol DOI: 10.1159/000063858.
(c) Monographs: Matthews DE, Farewell VT: Using and Understanding Medical Statistics. Basel, Karger, 1985.
(d) Edited books: Russell RRB: Genetic analysis and genetic probes for oral bacteria; in Ferguson DB (ed): Aspects of Oral Molecular Biology. Front Oral Physiol. Basel, Karger, 1991, vol 8, pp 57–76
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
S. Karger Publishers supports DOIs as unique identifiers for articles. A DOI number will be printed on the title page of each article. DOIs can be useful in the future for identifying and citing articles published online without volume or issue information. More information can be found at www.doi.org
Author's ChoiceTM
Karger's Author's ChoiceTM service broadens the reach of your article and gives all users worldwide free and full access for reading, downloading and printing at www.Karger.com. The option is available for a one-time fee of CHF 2,750.00, which is a permissible cost in grant allocation. More information can be found at www.karger.com/authors_choice.
NIH-Funded Research
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandates under the NIH Public Access Policy that final, peer-reviewed manuscripts appear in its digital database within 12 months of the official publication date. As a service to authors, Karger submits the final version of your article on your behalf to PubMed Central. For those selecting our premium Author's ChoiceTM service, we will send your article immediately upon publishing, accelerating the accessibility of your work without the usual embargo. More details on NIH's Public Access Policy is available here.
Self-Archiving
Karger permits authors to archive their pre-prints (i.e. pre-refereeing) or post-prints (i.e. final draft post-refereeing) on their personal or institution's servers, provided the following conditions are met: Articles may not be used for commercial purposes, must be linked to the publisher's version, and must acknowledge the publisher's copyright. Authors selecting Karger's Author's ChoiceTM feature, however, are also permitted to archive the final, published version of their article, which includes copyediting and design improvements as well as citation links.
Page Charges
There are no page charges for papers of 6 or fewer printed pages (including tables, illustrations and references). A charge of CHF 310.00 will be levied for all pages in excess of the allotted 6 printed pages. The allotted size of a paper is equal to approx. 18 manuscript pages (including tables, illustrations and references).
Proofs
Unless indicated otherwise, proofs are sent to the first-named author and should be returned with the least possible delay. Alterations made in proofs, other than the correction of printer’s errors, are charged to the author. No page proofs are supplied.
Reprints
The corresponding authors of all papers will receive a one-year online subscription to 'JMMB' free of charge. Order forms and a price list for additional reprints are sent with the galley proof. Orders submitted after the issue is printed are subject to considerably higher prices.
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