Special Issue on "Bioactive Compounds from Marine Bacteria" of the MARINE DRUGS journal: Call for Papers. Deadline for article submission: 30 June 2008 (New)

On behalf of the Editorial Board, we would like to invite you to contribute a full research paper or a review article for a special issue on "Bioactive Compounds from Marine Bacteria" of the MARINE DRUGS journal http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs. To be published continuously and listed at http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs/specialissues/bioactive-compounds-marine-bacteria.htm.

Because MARINE DRUGS is currently a free online journal (an Open Access journal), published articles will receive very high publicity. Papers published in MARINE DRUGS will be rapidly indexed by databases including Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Knowledge or ISI Web of Science).

Currently, MARINE DRUGS supports Open Access publishing, which results in reduced publication costs to scientists who are readers and authors of the journal. See http://www.mdpi.net/oaj-supports.htm for more details.

You are welcome to send your manuscript at any time prior to the 30 June 2008 deadline. MARINE DRUGS maintains a rigorous and fast peer-review process Supervised by the Editor-in-Chief and the Associate Editors, and we anticipate that well-written papers will be reviewed and published within one month or prior to the deadline. Therefore, you may wish to consider submitting your manuscript at this time. Finally, all articles accepted to this special "Marine Natural Products" issue will be gathered together in the homepage http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs/specialissues/bioactive-compounds-marine-bacteria.htm.

Manuscript submission: Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions for Authors (http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs/publguid.htm) and submitted by e-mail to [email protected], with copy to Dr. Ipek Kurtboke, e-mail: [email protected]. The subject title of the message should be "Bioactive Compounds from Marine Bacteria of MARINE DRUGS journal".

Review manuscripts: Before writing their manuscripts, potential authors of review articles should submit the title and a short abstract. We will then provide feedback on the suitability of the topic upon consultation with the editors and/or members of the Editorial Board, and give instructions on obtaining permissions for copyrighted materials to be published in the review papers.  

Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Best regards,
Shu-Kun Lin
Editorial Office, Marine Drugs (http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs)
E-mail: [email protected]

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Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
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