Guide for Authors
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces is an international journal devoted to fundamental and applied research on colloid and interfacial phenomena in relation to systems of biological origin, having particular relevance to the medical, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, food and cosmetic fields.
Submissions that: (1) deal solely with biological phenomena and do not describe the physico-chemical or colloid-chemical background and/or mechanism of the phenomena, and (2) deal solely with colloid/interfacial phenomena and do not have appropriate biological content or relevance, are outside the scope of the journal and will not be considered for publication.
The journal publishes regular research papers, reviews, invited perspective articles, called BioInterface Perspectives, and Protocols (see below). The BioInterface Perspective provide researchers the opportunity to review their own work, as well as provide insight into the work of others that inspired and influenced the author. Regular articles should have a maximum total length of 6,000 words. In addition, a (combined) maximum of 8 normal-sized figures and/or tables is allowed (so for instance 3 tables and 5 figures). Short communications should not exceed half of the above. It is required to give on the article cover page a short statistical summary of the article listing the total number of words and tables/figures. Short Communications submitted to this journal will be re-directed to the journal Colloid and Interface Science Communications, which is the dedicated letters journal in our family of colloid titles.
Cover Letter
A cover letter is mandatory and should give the justification of the submission, highlights of the article, and a general impact statement. A short statistical summary of the article listing the total number of words and tables/figures is also required.
Protocols
Protocols of methods are welcome to the journal, but these articles have special formatting requirements. Manuscripts should be formatted according to the Protocol Template. Protocols should deal with fundamental and applied research on colloid and interfacial phenomena in relation to systems of biological origin. Protocols should be relevant to the medical, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, food or cosmetic fields. Protocols will offer expert research guidelines on how to use an experimental set-up. The descriptions must be in great detail and troubleshooting tips to solve problems need to be included. These protocols contain a summary, introduction, materials, methods (with crucial steps highlighted), analyzing procedure (if necessary), expected results and conclusions. Figures and flow charts can be included where necessary. You are encouraged to use video material and animation sequences to support the procedure of your protocol.
Submission checklist
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
Supplemental files (where applicable)
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