Short Communications Example

GENERAL  A short communication is for a concise, but independent report representing a significant contribution to Biotechnology. Short communication is not intended to publish preliminary results. Only if these results are of exceptional interest and are particularly topical and relevant will be considered for publication. It should be no more than 2500 words, and could include two figures or tables. It should have at least 8 references. Short communications are also send to peer review. A galley proof is provided to author(s) before the article is available for all audiences.   TITLE PAGE It should contain the following information: a) The full title of the paper without abbreviations. The title should be as brief and informative as possible, specifying clearly the content of the article. b) If the title is long (more than 80 characters and spaces), a shortened running title having no more than 50 characters and spaces should be provided. c) Full names (clearly indicate name and surname) of all authors indicating the corresponding authors. d) Affiliation, telephone, fax, electronic addresses and URL's of personal and institutional WEB pages.   FINANCIAL SUPPORT Authors must include the financial support received for research.   KEYWORDS Authors must provide between three and six keywords, which must not be part of the title of the paper. Phrases and general or broad words such as "pH" or "growth" are not allowed.   PRESENT ADDRESS Authors should provide their present address in case it is different than the affiliation described at the Title page. It should include address, phone and fax.   ABBREVIATIONS They should be indicated as in example: Abbreviations: AFLP: polymerase chain reaction PCR: amplified fragment length polymorphism   ABSTRACT The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 350 words and must be structured into separate sections: Background, the context and purpose of the study; Results, the main findings;Conclusions, brief summary and potential implications. Please minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract. In case of review articles, the abstract should be submitted as one section.   INTRODUCTION It should be brief and limited to the definition of the problem, the aims and purposes of the research and its relation with other studies in the field. Also the working hypothesis must be clearly stated.   MATERIALS AND METHODS It should include relevant details on the experimental design and techniques so that the experiments can be repeated.   RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The aim of this section is the interpretation of the results and their relation to the existing knowledge. The contribution to Biotechnology must be clearly stated.   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The acknowledgments of the contributions of colleagues can be stated in this section. Acknowledgments for financial support must be cited on the corresponding section.   REFERENCES For original articles (research, short communications, technical notes, biotechnology issues for developing countries), at least 75% of the references must be from the Science Citation Index Expanded and at the same time from the last decade. Also the DOI number must be included at the end of each reference. Citations from thesis, personal communications, and unpublished data are not allowed. Reference  http://ejbiotechnology.ucv.cl/iaformato/short_communications.html