Manuscripts containing original material relevant to the genetic, molecular or cellular basis of disease are considered for publication if neither the article nor any part of its essential substance, tables, or figures has been or will be published or submitted elsewhere before appearing in Molecular Medicine.
Contributors are encouraged to provide the names of at least two Editorial Board members who are knowledgeable in the manuscript’s scientific area and able to suggest potential reviewers. Closely related papers that are in press or that have been submitted elsewhere should also be provided. Upon receipt of an author’s submission, the manuscript deemed suitable for the journal will be assigned to a member of the Editorial Board who has agreed to undertake its rapid review, soliciting the opinions of independent referees. After review, the Editors will move to accept, reject or invite a revised submission depending on the novelty, scholarship and general appeal of the work to a broad audience.
Following acceptance of a manuscript, contributors will receive page proofs within a few weeks. Contributors will receive 50 free offprints; additional offprints must be ordered when the page proofs are returned to the production office. Offprint orders will be processed once the manuscript is published and payment received.
Contributors must submit their manuscripts online. Authors must create an account (or, for previous Molecular Medicine authors or reviewers, check for an existing account) at the Molecular Medicine online submission site:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/molmed
The submission system asks for information about the manuscript as noted below, after which contributors will need to upload files related to their submission. While online submission can accommodate a variety of file types, authors are urged to provide their manuscripts in a Microsoft Word file including tables and figure legends; figures should be provided as TIFF files). (Related manuscripts, figures, or other files should be uploaded separately.) Authors should note that the system allows authors to designate whether material is intended for review by referees. In any case, authors are responsible for providing PDFs and other files that are suitable for review.
A cover letter should identify the person (with address and telephone/fax number/email) responsible for administrative and scientific issues concerning the manuscript; the letter should make it clear that the submitted manuscript has been seen and approved by all authors, that they have taken due care to ensure the integrity of the work, and, where applicable, that the national and institutional policies of humane care and use of laboratory animals have been abided by conscientiously.
There are no page charges. Authors will be assessed $750 U.S. per color figure, following publication. (At their discretion, at proof stage, authors may choose to present color figures as grayscale images.)
FORMAT OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The entire manuscript should be double-spaced with the format following the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual. There is no limit on length or on the number of figures and tables, but the total word count for each article should not exceed 7000; this count includes the abstract, body, references, and tables/figures, with each table/figure counted as 250 words. Each page should be labeled with the first author’s name and a page number. The standardized format will be Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Figure Legends and Tables. Each section should be started on a new page.
Title and authors’ names
The title page should include: title of the paper (15 words or less); a shortened version of the title for use as a running head (maximum 45 letter spaces); the name(s) of the author(s), including the first name(s); the name of the department and institution in which the work was done; the institutional affiliation of each author; and the name, address, telephone, fax number and email address of the author responsible for correspondence. Five MeSH-Medline key words not included in the title should be listed.
Abstract
The Abstract (250 words) should include the rationale, objectives, results and conclusions of the study. The Abstract should read as a single, continuous piece and must not be broken into separate sections.
Acknowledgments
Sources of financial support should be included along with any acknowledgements relevant to scientific advice or assistance.
Footnotes
Footnotes should be restricted to the title page (affiliations, corresponding author) and within tables. Footnotes in the title page are assigned consecutive superscript numbers (i.e., 1, 2, 3, etc.). Footnotes in tables are assigned consecutive, superscript capital letters (i.e., A, B, C, etc.).
References
References should be numbered consecutively as they are cited in the text and listed in parentheses. References first cited in tables or figure legends must be numbered so that they will be in sequence with references in the text. References should include full titles of the papers with inclusive page numbers. All authors should be listed when there are seven or fewer; when there are eight or more, the first three should be listed followed by “et al.” Abbreviate the names of journals according to PubMed. Spell out names of unlisted journals. Do not number references to personal communications, unpublished data, and manuscripts either in preparation or submitted for publication. If essential, such material may be incorporated in the appropriate place in the text. Manuscripts listed as in press should be numbered, but a copy of the text should be submitted to the Editor. Personal communications or unpublished observations can be cited in the text, but must be accompanied with a written permission.
Journal articles
1. Calandra T, Bernhagen J, Mitchell RA, Bucala R. (1994) The macrophage is an important and unrecognized source of macrophage migration inhibitory factor. J. Exp. Med. 179:1895–1902.
Complete books
2. Myant, NB. (1981) The Biology of Cholesterol and Related Steroids. London: Heinemann Medical Books. 882 pp.
Articles in books
3. Forstner JF, Forstner GG. (1994) Gastrointestinal Mucus. In: Physiology of Gastrointestinal Tract. Johnson LR (ed.) Raven Press, New York, pp. 1255–1283.
Figures
Figures should be cited sequentially in the text using Arabic numerals. Figure legends should include a short title and a brief explanation with sufficient detail to interpret the data presented. Do not exceed 350 words for each legend and provide a key for any symbols.
Tables
All Tables should be double-spaced, each on its own page, with brief titles. Superscript capital letters should be used in consecutive order as footnotes as described above.
Policies
Publication in Molecular Medicine implies that readily replaceable material described in the paper will be freely distributed to qualified academic researchers. Nucleic acid and protein sequences should be deposited in an appropriate databank in time for the accession number to be included in the paper.