How to Submit

Dear authors,

Thanks for your interest in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences (for short, BES). BES is willing to provide an effective and efficient platform for the communication among biomedical and environmental as well as preventive medicine experts from various countries and communities. Please check the following information for authors. If there are any questions when you submit a paper, our staff is glad to help you out.

Thanks for you contribution.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, an international journal with emphasis on scientific findings in China, publishes articles dealing with biologic and toxic effects of environmental pollutants on man and other forms of life. The effects may be measured with pharmacological, biochemical, pathological, and immunological techniques. The journal also publishes reports dealing with the entry, transport, and fate of natural and anthropogenic chemicals in the biosphere, and their impact on human health and well-being. Papers describing biochemical, pharmacological, pathological, toxicological and immunological studies of pharmaceuticals (biotechnological products) are also welcome. 

Original papers only will be considered. Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been published, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and its submission for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out; further, that any person cited as a source of personal communication has approved such citation. Written authorization may be required at the Editor’s discretion. Articles and any other material published in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences represent the opinions of the authors and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editor(s) or the Publisher. 

Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, copyright in the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the Publisher. The Publisher will not refuse any reasonable request by the author for permission to reproduce any of his or her contributions to the journal.  

Submission List:

1.               Author announcement signed with authors’ names to announce that the manuscript has not been published in part or whole or is under consideration for publication elsewhere by any language. All the authors have agreed to be so listed and have seen and approved the manuscript, its consent and its submission to the BES. Click here to download CONTRIBUTION ANNOUNCEMENTcontribution announcement.pdf, sign it and send it to BES Editorial Office.

2.               One original and one clear copy of manuscript including two sets of original figures of good-quality glossy prints. A PDF format of submission paper sampleExample.pdf is provided. Please note the highlighted parts in this sample paper to assist your paper writing.

All the materials should be submitted t Prof. Aiyun MA, BES Editorial Office, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 27 Nanwei Road, Beijing 100050, China. Telephone: 86-10-63026230. Fax: 86-10-63026230. E-mail: bescdc@hotmail.com and besj@263.net 

All copies of halftone artwork must be glossy prints or originals; photocopies of halftones do not show sufficient detail to be used for the review process. 

Form. Articles should be concise and in English. Manuscripts should be typewritten and doublespaced throughout ( including tables, footnotes, references and figure captions); the original typescript should be prepared on one side of a good grade of 8.5×11 in. (21.6×27.9 cm) white paper, with 1 in. (2.5 cm) margins on all sides. Mimeographed or duplicated manuscripts will be accepted only if they are indistinguishable from good typed copies. All pages should be numbered consecutively, including references, tables, and figure legends. 

Page 1 should contain the article title, author(s), affiliation(s), a short form of the title (less than 55 characters including letters and spaces), and the name and complete mailing address of the author to whom correspondence should be sent. 

 Page 2 should contain a structured abstract (about 200 words) which include four parts entitled: Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion. The structured abstract should describe concisely the substantive content and the conclusions reached. Since the abstract will also be used by abstracting services, it must be self-contained, having no references to formulas, equations, or bibliographic citations that appear in the body of the manuscript.

Standards. Use generic names of chemicals whenever possible. Proprietary names and trademarks should appear only to identify the source of the chemical and subsequently only the generic name should be used. All abbreviations and chemical names should follow the style of Chemical Abstracts.

All abbreviations, other than those for standard units, should be defined in the text or in a footnote. Abbreviations should be unpunctuated.

A useful writing guide is the CBE Style Manual, 5th ed. published by the Council of Biology Editors, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500 Northbrook, IL 60062, U.S.A. 

Footnotes. Use footnotes only when absolutely necessary, in which case the footnotes should be typed consecutively, double-spaced, on a separate sheet of paper in order of their appearance, beginning with the article title, and identified by superscript Arabic number^1,2, etc., in the list and in the text. 

Tables and Figures. Tables and figures should be completely understandable even without reading the text. Photographs are desirable wherever necessary to substantiate and illuminate the text. 

Tables. Number tables consecutively with Arabic numerals in order of their appearance in the text. Type each table, double-spaced throughout, on a separate sheet; avoid vertical lines. Supply a short descriptive title (typed above the table). Type table footnotes, lettered^a,b, etc., directly below the appropriate table, not on a separate sheet. 

Figures. Figures should be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. The author’s name and the number of each figure should be written on the back of each figure in soft pencil. Wherever it may be ambiguous, the “top” should also be indicated (on the back of the figure). Type legends (double-spaced) together on a separate sheet.

It is essential that all illustrations be drawn with a lettering set or by an equivalent method in finished form ready for photoreproduction. Lettering on original drawings should be large enough to be legible after a reduction of 50 to 60 percent. Graphs should be plotted with black India ink on light blue coordinate paper, no larger than 8.5×11 in., with coordinates properly labeled; or they may be submitted as glossy prints. Grid lines that are to show in the final figure should be inked in black. Photographs and photomicrographs may be submitted as glossy prints (5×7 or 8×10 in.) and should not be marred by staples, paperclips, or pencil marks. Original drawings no larger than 8.5×11 in. are preferred.

Color illustrations will be acceptable only if the author is prepared to cover the cost of reproduction. 

References. The references should be numbered in order of citation in the text, the number being placed in square brackets. All references should be listed in numerical order at the end of the text. Abbreviations of journal names should follow the style of Chemical abstracts Service Source Index, 1985. Examples of the proper format are:

1.  Kolbye A. C. , Carr C. J. (1984). The evaluation of the carcinogenicity of environmental substances. Regul Toxiclo Pharmacol 4, 350-354.

2.  SCHULTE-FROHLINDE D. (1983). Kinetics and mechanism of polynucleotide and DNA strand break formation. In Radioprotectors and Anticarcinogens (O. F. Nygaard and M. G. Simic, Eds.), pp. 53-71. Academic Press, New York.

3. SHEPARD T. H. (1980). Catalog of Teratogenic Agents, 3rd ed. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore/London.        

       Proofs. Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author, with a reprint price list and order form. Authors will be charged for excessive alterations. 

Peer Review

When BES receives a manuscript, the editor will first decide whether the manuscript meets the formal criteria specified in the Instructions for Authors and whether it fits within the scope of the BES journal. When in doubt and before rejecting a manuscript on the basis of initial review, the editor will consult other members of the Editorial Board.

Manuscripts are then sent to an external expert for peer review*. All the manuscripts should be peer reviewed by science and technology experts as well as English -polished experts. The whole reviewing process will be one month. Please note that actual times to review and edit papers vary and primarily depend on the quality of the paper upon first submission.

* Peer review is a process that articles in many journals go through before they are published. Once an article is submitted for publication, it is sent to an editorial board comprised of experts in the field to be evaluated. The submitted article must receive the approval of the editorial board before it is published. The editorial board is usually identified at the beginning of each issue of a journal.

Paper Modification

In order to accelerate the edit of your paper, please strictly followed the information for authors and the format for original papers. (A PDF VERSION OF BES PAPER EXAMPLE IS AVAILABLE TO BE DOWNLOADED AND CONSULTEDExample.pdf).

Printing

Reprints. Fifty reprints of each article will be supplied free to the corresponding author. Additional reprints may be ordered using the form accompanying the proofs.