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Instructions for authors

Our online submission system makes the process of publishing your research in PhysMath Central's journals simple and efficient. To help you submit your manuscript we've created a quick instructions guide to outline the key aspects of our online submission process, including tips and advice, plus links out to additional pages for more information.

For full detailed instructions for authors for each journal, please choose the relevant journal

• PMC Biophysics
• PMC Physics A
• PMC Physics B

Quick instructions guide

1. Submission system
2. Manuscript preparation
3. Illustration/figure preparation
4. Submitting your article

Online submission

PhysMath Central journals use online submission. The submission process is compatible with version 3.0 or later of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, and with most other modern web browsers. It can be used from PC, Mac, or Unix platforms.

Files can be submitted as a batch, or one by one. The submission process can be interrupted at any time: when users return to the site, they can carry on where they left off.

Preparing main manuscript text

Word processing formats

The following word processor file formats are acceptable for the main manuscript document for all of PhysMath Central journals:

• TeX/LaTeX (use PhysMath Central's TeX template)
• Microsoft Word (version 2 and above)
• Rich text format (RTF)

In addition many of PhysMath Central journals accept a variety of other file formats. Please visit the "Instructions for authors" webpage of the journal of interest for further information on acceptable file formats.

More information on how to upload your manuscript files is available in the full "Instructions for authors".

Note that each individual figure must be submitted as a separate image file, not as part of the main manuscript text file.

Preparing illustrations and figures

Each figure should be submitted as a separate graphics file. If a figure consists of separate parts, it is important that a single composite illustration file is submitted that contains all parts of the figure.

Illustration file formats

All of PhysMath Central's journals accept the following formats for figure files:

• EPS (preferred format for diagrams)
• PDF (also especially suitable for diagrams)
• TIFF (for photographs and screen dumps, 300 dpi if possible)

In addition, many of PhysMath Central's journals also accept the following additional figure formats:

• PNG (for photos or images)
• Microsoft Word (version 5 and above; figures must be a single page)
• PowerPoint (figures must be a single page)
• JPEG
• BMP
• CDX (ChemDraw)
• TGF (Isis/Draw

Please visit the "Instructions for authors" webpage of the journal of interest for further information on acceptable file formats for figures.

Text within figures should usually be either Arial or Helvetica fonts; Courier may be used if a monospaced font is required. Text should be designed to be legible when the illustration is scaled to a width of 600 pixels.

Submitting your article

When you are ready to submit your article please go to our submission page and follow the step by step process to submit your article.

• Submit a manuscript
• PhysMath Central blog
• Start a new journal