MS Word, LaTeX templates and author guidelines
This post is of a series of blogs with links to Word, LaTeX templates and author instructions of top journals around the world in more than 25 core subjects in academia.
Getting started with your research paper formatting
Writing a successful research paper is more than just communicating your knowledge. Most of the journals prescribe detailed set of authoring guidelines to apply on your content before you submit. Many research papers even get rejected for not following the guidelines of the journal (a reason why we built SciSpace (Formerly Typeset) — a platform to automatically apply 100% journal guidelines on your content).
To get you quickly started with your research paper formatting, this blog article lists journal formats and authoring guidelines of top international journals in Biology. You can find the links to MS Word template as well as LaTeX template of each of the journal here. You can also find the access link to the detailed author guidelines set by the journal. Feel free to check it out, share with friends and comment on the article.
Top International Biology Journals
We have used Impact factor and various other parameters to rank the journals(Source).
1. The American Naturalist
The American Naturalist is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1867. It is published by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Society of Naturalists. The journal covers research in ecology, evolutionary biology, population, and integrative biology.
Impact Factor — 4.725 (2011)
Journal Abbreviation — Am. Nat.
Download LaTeX Template here
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
**The journal doesn’t provide you a MS Word template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click.
2. BioEssays
BioEssays is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal covering molecular and cellular biology. Areas covered include genetics, genomics, epigenetics, evolution, developmental biology, neuroscience, human biology, physiology, systems biology, and plant biology.
Impact Factor — 4.725(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — BioEssays
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
3. Biological Reviews
Biological Reviews is an international, peer- reviewed scientific journal in the field of biology . The magazine was founded in 1923 and is published by John Wiley & Sons .
Impact Factor — 10.725(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Biol. Rev.
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
4. Biophysical Journal
The Biophysical Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Cell Press on behalf of the Biophysical Society. It covers all aspects of biophysics.
Impact Factor — 3.632 (2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Biophys. J.
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
5. Cell
Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences.Areas covered include molecular biology, cell biology, systems biology, stem cells, developmental biology, genetics and genomics, proteomics, cancer research, immunology, neuroscience, structural biology, microbiology, virology, physiology, biophysics, and computational biology.
Impact Factor — 28.71(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Cell
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
6. International Journal of Biological Sciences
The International Journal of Biological Sciences is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by Ivyspring International Publisher. It publishes original articles, reviews, and short research communications in all areas of biological sciences.
Impact Factor — 2.699 (2011)
Journal Abbreviation — Int. J. Biol. Sci.
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Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
7. The Journal of Cell Biology
The Journal of Cell Biology is an international, peer-reviewed journal owned by The Rockefeller University and published by The Rockefeller University Press.
Impact Factor — 9.786 (2013)
Journal Abbreviation — J. Cell Biol.
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
8. Journal of Molecular Biology
The Journal of Molecular Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published weekly by Elsevier. It covers original scientific research concerning studies of organisms or their components at the molecular level.
Impact Factor — 4.333 (2014)
Journal Abbreviation — J. Mol. Biol.
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
9. Journal of Theoretical Biology
The Journal of Theoretical Biology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical biology, as well as mathematical and computational aspects of biology. Some research areas covered by the journal include cell biology, evolutionary biology, population genetics, morphogenesis, and immunology.
Impact Factor — 2.049 (2015)
Journal Abbreviation — J. Theor. Biol.
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Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
10. Journal of Virology
The Journal of Virology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research concerning all aspects of virology. It was established in 1967 and is published by the American Society for Microbiology.
Impact Factor — 4.606 (2015)
Journal Abbreviation — J. Virol.
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
11. PLOS Biology
PLOS Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of Biology. Publication began on October 13, 2003. It was the first journal of the Public Library of Science.
Impact Factor — 8.668(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — PLoS Biol.
Find MS Word instructions here
Download LaTeX Template here
Check out the detailed Author Guidelines here
**Few journals do not provide you a LaTeX template or a MS Word template. You have to follow the author guidelines to manually format your document or build a LaTeX project. Alternatively, you can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click and download the LaTeX version.
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