It is with great pride that today I announce the first publications in Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (BB Reports).
With BB Reports we introduce a new open access, on-line only Life Sciences journal that aims at efficiently sharing data and experimental results within the scientific community. In this way we want to stimulate discussion and exchange of ideas and further the progression of science in the field of Biochemistry, Biophysics and related areas like Molecular and Cell Biology. The primary criteria for acceptance are that the work is original, scientifically and technically sound and provides valuable knowledge to life sciences research.
We welcome cutting edge science and in-depth studies as well as promising though more preliminary, descriptive and small scale results if they contribute to the aim of the journal. We also encourage research reports covering negative findings, and re-analyses of previous datasets and studies leading to new insights or hypothesis.
BB Reports considers direct submissions but it is also a great platform for manuscripts transferred from other related Elsevier journals through the Elsevier׳s Article Transfer Service. Authors from manuscripts submitted to well-established traditional Elsevier journals in the field, but not fully matching their focus or editorial policy, might be offered an evaluation for publication in BB Reports. If the author agrees to this offer, the manuscript will be transferred with no need to reformat or resubmit. This is a service designed to save authors valuable time and effort.
The first issue of BB Reports reflects a broad range of biochemical and biophysical topics, among others protein structure analyses, enzyme kinetics, functional genomic studies, protein chemistry and thermostability investigated in bacteria, human cells, experimental animal models and cattle. We hope that this range of topics and experimental models will broaden in the future and that thereby BB Reports will play an important role facilitating cross-fertilization between scientific fields and innovation.
Motivated by the success of this first volume the Editorial Board is currently working on novel concepts for scientists to share their results with their peers and thereby to ease the distribution and exchange of scientific information. Thus, keep a close look at BB Reports!
Finally, I would like to sincerely thank the authors, reviewers and the members of the Editorial Board for their support. Without them this effort would not have been possible. We hope that you will also share their enthusiasm and that you will submit your research to BB Reports and when requested participate in the peer review process. Should you be interested to join the editorial team to further develop BB Reports, we invite you to contact us with your C.V., information about your expertise and motivation.
We count on your continuous support to build together an optimal publication of scientific data in the Life Sciences!.