For Authors & Referees

This section offers the following resources for prospective authors and referees:

Please see "Preparation of Articles" for: 
Information on accepted article types, publishing original research, general manuscript publication, disclosures/conflicts of interest, style guidelines, acknowledgments, author contributions, references, figures, tables, and supplementary material. 

Please see "How to Submit" for: 
Information on corresponding with the journal, online submission guidelines, and submissions of revisions. 

Please see "Open Access & Self-Archiving" for: 
Information on licensing, self-archiving, digital preservation, and DOIs.

Please see "Costs" for:
Information on color figure and page charges, as well membership discounts. 

Please see "Editorial Policies" for:
Information on authorship, disclosures, communication of media/scientists, preprints, permissions, gene nomenclature, biosecurity, plagiarism, etc.  

Please see "English Language Support & Useful Tutorials" for:
English language editing services and author/reviewer tutorials. 

Please see "For Referees" for: 
Information about publication criteria, selection of referees, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, the review process, and how to write a report.