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Instructions for Authors

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  • Manuscript Submission Overview
  • Manuscript Preparation
  • Preparing Figures, Schemes and Tables
  • Original Images for Blots and Gels Requirements
  • Supplementary Materials, Data Deposit and Software Source Code
  • Research and Publication Ethics
  • Reviewer Suggestions
  • English Corrections
  • Preprints and Conference Papers
  • Authorship
  • Editorial Independence
  • Conflict of Interests
  • Editorial Procedures and Peer-Review
  • Promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness Within MDPI Journals
  • Resource Identification Initiative

Submission Checklist

Please:

  1. read the Aims & Scope to gain an overview and assess if your manuscript is suitable for this journal;
  2. use the Microsoft Word template or LaTeX template to prepare your manuscript;
  3. make sure that issues about publication ethics, research ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, data and references format have been appropriately considered;
  4. Ensure that all authors have approved the content of the submitted manuscript.
  5. Authors are encouraged to add a biography (optional) to the submission and publish it.

Manuscript Submission Overview

Types of Publications

IJMS has no restrictions on the length of manuscripts, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive. Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. IJMS requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible (see the guidelines on Supplementary Materials and references to unpublished data).

Manuscripts submitted to IJMS should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. The main article types are as follows:

  • Articles: Original research manuscripts. The journal considers all original research manuscripts provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments and provides a substantial amount of new information. Authors should not unnecessarily divide their work into several related manuscripts, although Short Communications of preliminary, but significant, results will be considered. Quality and impact of the study will be considered during peer review.
  • Reviews: The journal has no obligatory length restriction. Both long comprehensive reviews and short reviews on some hot and specific topics are all welcome. Reviews should provide a complete and balanced overview on the latest progress in a given area of research