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Author Guidelines
Please
follow the ''instructions to authors" carefully. All submissions
should strictly be prepared per author Guidelines.
This will avoid delay in processing.
However, our office can help format your
manuscript before "formal submission" on a payment basis of US$ 100
when requested.
Preparing manuscript text
File
formats
The following file formats are acceptable:
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PDF
(Adobe Acrobat). The manuscript including tables and figures should
be prepared as a single file in PDF format. Please note that figures
and tables should be appended at the end of the file.
File
Name
The file should be named by the
"surname" of the corresponding author with the PDF file format
extension.
Article
types
When submitting your manuscript, you will be asked to assign one of the
following types to your article:
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Hypothesis (2500 words, 1
illustration and/or 1 table)
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Current trends (1500 words, 1 illustration
and/or 1 table)
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Prediction models (2000 words, 1 illustration and/or 1 table)
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Web database (1000 words and 1
illustration)
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Web dataset (1000 words and 1 illustration)
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Stand alone software (1000 words and 1
illustration)
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Web server/software (1000 words and 1
illustration)
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Bioinformatics programs (1000 words and 1
illustration)
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Views and challenges (1000 words
and 1
illustration)
Word count
We recommend authors to
comply with the word count. However, relaxation on word limit is
allowed when reasonably justified.
Descriptions
Please read the descriptions for each
of the article types, choose which is appropriate for your article and
structure it accordingly.
Manuscript
sections for articles types
Manuscripts for article types submitted to Bioinformation should
be divided as under:
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Hypothesis
(< 2500 words) An hypothesis article should describe a novel hypothesis/phenomenon (or)
an improvement to an existing hypothesis (or) a better understanding
of an existing phenomenon using data points derived from extensive analysis
(using prediction and simulation models) of biological data. [abstract < 250 words; background < 750 words;
methodology < 500 words; discussion < 750 words; conclusion < 250 words;
references - maximum 20]
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Current
trends (< 1500 words)
A short description of current trends in biological knowledge
discovery. [abstract < 250 words; background & description < 1250 words;
references - maximum 10]
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Prediction
models (< 2000 words)
A prediction article should describe a novel model (or) an improvement
to an existing model (or) a better understanding of an existing model
for biological processes. [abstract < 250 words; background < 750 words;
methodology < 500 words; discussion < 750 words; conclusion < 250 words;
references - maximum 15]
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Web
database (< 1000 words) A web database should describe an
online database (freely made available) containing a biologically
important dataset with a flexible search engine or front end. [abstract < 200 words;
description (background, methodology of development, utility to the
biological community, caveats, future developments) < 800 words; references -
maximum 10]
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Web
dataset (< 1000 words) A web dataset should describe an online
dataset (freely made available) containing a biologically important
dataset (s) without a flexible search engine or front end. [abstract < 200 words;
description (background, methodology of development, utility to the
biological community, caveats, future developments) < 800 words; references -
maximum 10]
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Stand-alone software (< 1000 words)
A stand-alone software (freely made available) can be developed in
UNIX or WINDOWS platform with a back end prediction model (an already
peer reviewed model). [abstract < 200 words; description (background,
software input/output, caveat & future
development) < 800 words ; References - Maximum 10]
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Web software/server (< 1000 words)
A web software/server (freely made available) should describe a web
server/software with a back end prediction model (an already peer
reviewed model) [abstract < 200 words; description (background, software
input, output, caveat & future
development) < 800 words ; References - Maximum 10]
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Bioinformatics programs (< 1000 words)
A bioinformatics program (freely made available) should
describe a
UNIX Shell script (or) a ANSI C++ script (or) a Perl script for the manipulation
of biological data and modeling and simulation of biological processes. [abstract < 200 words; description (background,
input, output, caveat & future
development) < 800 words ; references - maximum 10]
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Views and challenges (<
1000 words) A short description of new challenges in biological knowledge
discovery and bioinformatics technologies. [abstract < 200 words;
background & description < 800 words;
references - maximum 10]
Preparing
illustrations and figures for accepted articles
The following file formats are accepted:
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JPEG
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PNG
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TIFF
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High
resolution is required
Preparing tables for
accepted articles
All tables should be in Microsoft Word
Published data
Please note that it is the
responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright
holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been
published elsewhere.
Referencing
style
Referencing of most relevant journal
articles are welcomed (please be highly specific in citing references) and should be numbered as they occur in the
running text (ascending order). Referencing of unpublished data, book(s)
chapters and conference materials are not allowed.
Authors
list in references
The authors list should be strictly be limited
to the first author followed by et al., in case of multiple
authors (except for references with two authors, where authors name can
be separated by &). All active URL should be given in the reference
list.
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P. Kangueane et al., Hum Immunol.
(2001) 62: 539
[PMID:11334679]
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M.K. Sakharkar & P. Kangueane, BMC
Bioinformatics, (2004) 5: 67
[PMID:15175116]
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Strictly NO book(s) and book chapter(s) as
reference
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Strictly NO conference papers as reference
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All URL references should be active
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URL references are counted as
references and should comply with the reference limit
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Please provide PMID for indexed
abstracts in PUBMED as shown in 1 and 2
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Hyperlink
cited references in the running text and PMID reference list with
corresponding PubMed URL.
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Please
follow the
NLM journal abbreviations for references.
Suggest
Potential
Reviewers
To speed up the review
process please suggest the names (with contact details, email and fax
number are appreciated) for a minimum of 5 potential reviewers while submitting your
manuscript (please suggest reviewers who can provide a critical
review on the subject of your manuscript and have worked on related
subjects).
Select
Editor
The authors can select their
choice of editor from
editorial.
Submissions
Only submissions via email will be
accepted. All submissions are to be emailed to the editors at
editorial{at}bioinformation.net. All submissions should be accompanied
with a submission form. Please click
here for submission form.
Accepted
Articles
The manuscript should be
submitted to editorial{at}bioinformation.net in its
accepted form in Microsoft word format unless otherwise stated. Figures should be in any one of
the file formats described earlier.
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