Submit Your Revised Manuscript to micropublication Biology
Adapted from Dahlberg et al. 2023.
Article submission:
- Go to https://portal.micropublication.org and create an account if you don’t already have one.
- Follow the prompts to submit the various parts of the manuscript.
After submission:
- After submission, a managing editor and Science Officer will do a quick evaluation of the article before sending it off for peer review.
- At any point during the submission and review process, editorial staff and Science Officers may ask for revisions or for the authors to address questions and comments.
Peer review:
- Each manuscript undergoes two rounds of peer review. An article needs to pass both rounds of peer review in order to be accepted for publication.
- Academic Peer Review:
- The article is sent to one or two reviewer experts depending on the complexity of the article.
- Curatorial Peer Review:
- Community knowledge bases need to validate and vet reported data and reagents to ensure nomenclature and data reporting are meeting community standards.
- Academic Peer Review:
Following acceptance:
- Articles go through an author-editable proof stage.
- Edits to the proof can be made at this stage. Note that if any changes alter data, results, or experimental conclusions, the manuscript will be subject to further review.
- There is a charge of $250 per article for processing fees, however a waiver can be requested here.
Following publication:
- Articles will be available on microPublication Biology (authors will be informed when the article has been posted).
- 2 weeks after the article is posted on the microPublication website, it will be uploaded to PubMed Central.
Integration Articles:
- Should be used if data does not fit within one microPublication.
- Instead, prepare multiple microPublications, each focused on an independent result, and tie these together with an Integrations Article (summary narrative article).
- Examples: analysis of related mutant alleles or complementary experiments on a single system.