Algorithms Instructions for Authors

Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893) aims to maintain a rapid editorial procedure and a rigorous peer-review system. This open access journal is funded by publication charges paid by authors or their insititutes. This allows us to provide unlimited free access to the online edition for readers. Authors can distribute an unlimited number of e-reprints via e-mail free of charge. Accepted papers will be published immediately. Authors are kindly asked to prepare and submit manuscripts according to the following instructions.

[Submission] [Manuscript Preparation] [Review / Referees] [English Corrections] [Copyright Transfer] [Reprints] [Supplementary Material]

Please use a template file to prepare your paper.

Submission of Manuscripts

Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail to algorithms @mdpi.org (add "Manuscript Submission for Algorithms" as the subject).
Coverletter: Check in your cover letter whether you supplied at least 5 referees. Check if the English corrections are done before submission.

Acceptable file formats: Microsoft Word (.doc) and LaTeX files.

MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the Algorithms MS Word template file must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
LaTeX: Be sure to send a copy of your manuscript as a PDF file also, if you decided to use LaTeX. When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX, please use the Algorithms LaTeX template files.

Copyright: Following note will be added at the end of the text: " © 2008 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)".
Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 24.7 cm. The margins should be 1.5 cm on top, 3.5 cm at the bottom and 1.75 cm on both left and right sides of the paper.
Formatting / Style: The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
Reference Formatting:
- Journal references must cite the title of the paper and its starting and ending pages:
- References to books should cite the author(s), title, publisher, publication date, and page:
- In referring to a book written by various contributors, cite author(s) first:

References should preferably be prepared with EndNote^®, ReferenceManager^™or a similar bibliography software package. If references are prepared manually they must be checked for integrity and correctness (you may use ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed/MEDLINE or Google Scholar). The Editorial Office will charge additional CHF 10 per citation for which extensive corrections must be made.

Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added.
Abstract and Keywords: The abstract should be one paragraph and count less than 100 words. A list of three to ten keywords must be given, and placed after the Abstract.
Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table and after a figure or a scheme.
Electronic Supplementary Information (ESI): Conference slides, video sequences, software, etc., can be included with the submission and published as supplementary material. Please read the information about Supplementary Material Deposit beneath.

Review / Referees

Authors should suggest at least 5 potential referees with the appropriate technical expertise, although the Editor will not necessarily approach them. Their addresses, homepage addresses, phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses should be provided in the cover letter as fully as possible during the submission.
At least two of the suggested referees must be from a different country than the author's one. At least two of the suggested referees must be from a western country (USA, Canada, Japan, Australia or western European country). You may also choose appropriate ones from the Algorithms Editorial Board.

English corrections

This journal is published in English, so it is essential that for proper refereeing and quick publication all manuscripts be submitted in grammatically correct English. For this purpose we ask that non-native English speakers ensure their manuscripts are checked before submitting them for consideration. We suggest that for this purpose your manuscript be revised by an English speaking colleague before submission. Additional fees of CHF 250 will be charged to authors if extensive English corrections must be done by the production editors.

Reprints

Reprints may be ordered. Please visit http://www.mdpi.org/reprints/ for more information or to order reprints.

Supplementary Material Deposit

We wish to encourage the submission of supplementary data in electronic formats, so that important chemical, structural or scientific information is retained in full. Spectral data (NMR, IR, Raman, ESR, etc) can be submitted in JCAMP (.jdx) format.
3D coordinate structures (in pdb, mol, xyz or other common formats), if available, should also be submitted.

Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893)
Last change: 1 August 2008
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