Instructions for authors
Please read the general information below, and if you are interested in submitting a manuscript to Biology Direct and have understood how the peer-review process is carried out, please see the instructions on how to proceed.
Biology Direct serves the life science research community as an open access, peer-reviewed online journal, providing authors and readers with an alternative to the traditional model of peer review. Biology Direct considers original research articles, hypotheses, comments, discovery notes and reviews in selected subject areas, and will eventually cover the full spectrum of biology.
Subject areas already launched include:
- Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology - Edited by Eugene Koonin, Laura Landweber, & David Lipman.
- Immunology - Edited by Neil S Greenspan & David R Kaplan.
- Mathematical Biology - Edited by Marek Kimmel.
Each article type published by Biology Direct follows a specific format, as detailed in the corresponding instructions for authors; please choose an article type from the list on the left to view the instructions for authors.
The instructions for authors includes information about preparing a manuscript for submission to Biology Direct, criteria for publication and the online submission process. Other relevant information about the journal's policies, the refereeing process and so on can be found in 'About Biology Direct'.
Presubmission enquiries
We strongly encourage you to contact the editors with a presubmission enquiry about the suitability of your manuscript. Please email the editors who will respond to your enquiry as soon as possible.
Biology Direct publishes the following article types:
Authors and referees are asked to declare any competing interests.
Copyright rests with the authors. For more information on copyright of articles, see our publisher's copyright and license policy.