Category of Articles
Regular Articles: No page limitations. Normal time for publication
of papers which do not undergo extensive revisions is between 3 to 5 months.
Express Communications: Timely discoveries need to be communicated
at an accelerated pace, that is, within 2 to 3 months. Authors wishing to
have their manuscripts published express should indicate so in the covering
letter along with the arguments for immediate communication. Express articles
normally should not exceed 12 pages including tables and figures. Editors
and referees may disagree with the author's request for express handling,
and in this case the article will be processed for normal publication.
Hypotheses: Publication as immediately as possible. Not to exceed
four printed pages, papers in this section must propose interesting models
and ideas satisfying the following criteria:
- New explanations, hypotheses of certain phenomenon, either recently
observed facts not accounted for or well known facts whose "text book"
explanations contradict new findings.
- The new hypothesis cannot be easily proven at present.
- There are specific ways to test the new hypothesis in the future, and
short descriptions of these ways have to be presented.
Opinions: Publication as immediately as possible. Not to exceed 4
journal pages, papers in this section present new vision/perspective of
recent developments; they may also critically address recent publications
in any journal. In the latter case the criticized authos will be given a
chance to write a prompt response. Articles in this section should primarily
address unsolved controversies arising in current research.
Authors interested in submitting to the sections "Hypotheses"
and Opinions" should express mail (or email to rhs07@cnsvax.albany.edu
as attached document in MS word/Wordperfect, figures as tiff files) their
manuscripts prepared according to the instructions in any current issue
of the journal directly to Dr. Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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