Biophysical reviews Special issue call: The 21st IUPAB Congress 2024 Kyoto Japan

Abstract

This commentary describes an open call for submissions to the upcoming Biophysical Reviews’ Special Issue: The 21st IUPAB Congress 2024 Kyoto Japan. The submission deadline is July 1st of 2024. Interested parties are requested to make contact with the Special Issue editors prior to submission.

Every 3 years, IUPAB, the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB 2024), holds an international congress event. In 2024, the 21st IUPAB Congress is to be held in conjunction with the 62nd Biophysical Society of Japan Meeting at the Kyoto International Conference Center (Kyoto IUPAB Congress 2024). Held between the 24th and the 28th of June, registration for the conference can be made at the following website, https://www.c-linkage.co.jp/iupab2024-bsj-kyoto/

A few months following the meeting, the IUPAB journal “Biophysical Reviews” will publish a Special Issue (SI) focusing on the topics presented at the 21st Congress. The SI will be based principally on articles commissioned from the Congress speakers. However, contributions will also be considered from those with close links to IUPAB and the Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) and also those making poster presentations, after suitable consultation with the Special Issue Editors.

Submission deadline

Review articles are requested to be submitted prior to July 1st in order to be considered for online publication in Issue 5 of that same year (publication date October 31, 2024). When submitting your article please make sure to choose the correct special issue assignment.

Special issue editors

Wilma Olson and Damien Hall.

Submission formats

Three general types of articles will be considered:

1. Short letters—300 to 600 words with one or two figures that provide a short description of a topical field in biophysics or an event of significance/relevance to the congress. These types of submissions are particularly encouraged from prominent members of the scientific community and relevant society members. It is requested that these letters be either of an educational, historical, or topical nature.

2. Session commentaries (written by congress session chairpersons)—300 to 600 words with one or two figures describing the theme of their session and the topics and backgrounds of the speakers appearing in their session.

3. Review articles—Two types of review article formats will be considered. A short review (1000–4000 words, three figures) or a long review (5000–10,000 words, ~ 10 figures).

About Biophysical Reviews

“Biophysical Reviews” was launched in 2009 and is the official journal of the “International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics.” Biophysical Reviews publishes both short- and long-review formats from key figures in the field. The majority of contributions are invited although interested authors are encouraged to discuss with the Editor the possibility of contributing a review article. Biophysical Reviews covers the entire field of biophysics, generally defined as the science of describing and defining biological phenomenon using the concepts and techniques of physics. This includes but is not limited by such areas as bioinformatics, biophysical methods and instrumentation, medical biophysics, biosystems, cell biophysics and cellular organization, macromolecule dynamics, structure and interactions, single-molecule biophysics, membrane biophysics, channels, and transportation.

Journal homepage

http://www.springer.com/journal/12551

Online submission

https://submission.springernature.com/new-submission/12551/3

Cost

Biophysical Reviews is a hybrid open access journal and therefore operates on a two-track payment structure. The first track known as the “subscription option” is completely free but requires that the article exist behind a paywall for approximately 6 months whilst the second track, known as “gold open access,” involves an open access charge of 2500 Euros. Both tracks give a highly desirable publishing outcome for the author. The choice of free subscription or paid open access is decided by the author following acceptance of their article. Please contact the Special Issue editors for further explanation of this point.

Declarations

Animals or with human participants

This article does not contain any studies associated with animals or with human participants.

Consent to publish

All authors have received consent to publish.

Competing interest

The authors declare no competing interests.