BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
7
JULY
2014
The Associate Editors of the seven
Journal
sections are:
Section 1, Protein & Nucleic Acids
Nathan Baker
Section II, Channels and Transporters
Michael Pusch
Section III, Cell Biophysics
Dave Piston
Section IV, Membranes
Claudia Steinem
Section V, Systems Biophysics
Stanislav Shvartsman
Section VI, Molecular Machines, Motors, and
Nanoscale Biophysics
E. Michael Ostap
Section VII, Biophysical Reviews
Brian Salzburg
For a complete list of Editorial Board members,
please visit
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editorial-board. Thank you to all past and cur-
rent Editorial Board Members who give countless
hours of their time and expertise to the
Journal
.
New
BJ
Features
Effective July 1
Sharing Tools for Data Analysis and
Interpretation
BJ
invites submissions of Computational Tools,
which are short articles describing software and da-
tabases. Papers are limited to five pages in length,
including references, and describe software for
analysis of experimental data, modeling/simulation
software, or database services.
These papers should describe a new tool or a sig-
nificant new feature in an existing computational
resource and what it does. Authors should describe
how the computational tool can be applied to a
biophysical problem, preferably with an example.
Any new algorithms implemented in the software
should also be described. All tools being described
in the article must be freely accessible to the
research community. User guides, together with
any requisite download instructions, should be
available on the authors’ website.
Questions? Contact the BJ Editorial Office at
Do You Have More to Say?
Biophysical Journal
will now accept papers longer
than the current 10-page limit, allowing authors
more space to tell their story when necessary.
Because the
Journal
will continue to encourage
papers that do not exceed 12 pages (10 of text and
2 of references), authors wanting more space in
the
Journal
must submit a justification for the ad-
ditional length, and will be assessed a higher page
charge for pages 13 and over. The
Journal
provides
a page estimation link and instructions at http://
Everything is Coming up ORCIDs
BJ
is now collecting ORCID identifiers through
the manuscript submission site. ORCID provides
a unique digital identifier that distinguishes each
researcher and, through integration in key research
workflows such as manuscript and grant submis-
sion, supports automated linkages between re-
searchers and their professional activities ensuring
that their work is recognized.
The
BJ
manuscript submission site now invites
authors to supply their ORCID, and also makes it
easy for authors to register for an ORCID identi-
fier if they do not already have one.
For more information, visit
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