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2025年12月3日星期三

Guide for authors

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Introduction

Types of article

The

Engineering Microbiology journal publishes full length original

research papers, review type articles, short communications, research

highlights as well as news and commentaries.

Research

Papers are not limited in size. However, we do strongly recommend to

authors to keep the main body of text (excluding abstract,

tables/figures, and references) not to exceed 6,000 words

Short

Communications have the following soft limits. This format may not

exceed 4 printed pages. The manuscript should ideally contain the title

page, all sections of the manuscript (including the references), and

Figure/Table legends. The abstract should be limited to 75 words.

Review Articles Length: a maximum word count of 12,000 and may contain no more than 15 Figures/Tables

Research

Highlights are short articles that describe, analyze and discuss the

latest cutting-edge research findings published either in Engineering

Microbiology or somewhere else. Article submission is, in most cases,

invited from the editorial board and are not peer-reviewed. These

articles usually have three sections: abstract, main text and cited

references. The length is typically 2-3 printed pages, although some may

be longer.

News

are short articles in news format. They report the latest research

progresses in the key areas of the contemporary microbiology, or any

commercial, ethical, legal, societal news related to the microbiology

research field.

Commentaries

are short focused essays reporting analysis of recently published

articles on hot topics of immediate importance to the microbiology

field. These articles are, in most cases, submitted by invitation. The

length may not exceed 3 printed pages, exclusive of references.

Submission checklist

You

can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before

you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section

in this Guide for Authors for more details.

Ensure that the following items are present:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

• E-mail address

• Full postal address

All necessary files have been uploaded:

Manuscript:

• Include keywords

• All figures (include relevant captions)

• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)

• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided

• Continuous line numbers should be included

• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print

Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)

Supplemental files (where applicable)

Further considerations

• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'

• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa

• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)

• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare

• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed

• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements

For further information, visit our Support Center.

Essential Figure Requirements for Revision & Publication

Figures should be cited in numerical order in the text in the order they are mentioned.

Compliance

with the following standards at the time of initial submission is

strongly encouraged to prevent delays during the revision and production

phases:

1. Figure Dimensions (Maximum):

Figures should be prepared at their final publication size. The final dimensions must NOT EXCEED:

Width:

Single-column: 85 mm (≈3.35 in)

Double-column: 178 mm (≈7.01 in)

Height: 228 mm (≈8.98 in) for both single and double-column figures.

Image Quality & Format:

Resolution: Minimum 300 PPI at final size.

Color Mode: Use RGB for color figures.

File Formats: Submit as TIFF, EPS or PDF files.

Tip:

To avoid blurry images, ensure resolution is high enough before setting

the final dimensions. Enlarging a small image will reduce quality.

3. Text Formatting:

Font: Use only standard fonts (e.g., Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, Symbol).

Size: 8 pt for all primary text. 5 pt for subscript and superscript characters.

Important: Do not convert text to outlines or paths.

4. Line Weight:

All lines, axis lines, borders, and strokes must have a weight between 0.5 pt and 1.0 pt to ensure clarity upon publication.

5. Panel Identification:

Multi-panel

figures must be labeled sequentially with lowercase, bold letters

(e.g., a, b, c) in the top-left corner of each panel.

The font size for all labels is 12 pt, bold.

Important:

These labels must be added after all panels have been assembled and

scaled to their final publication size to prevent misalignment or

scaling errors during processing.

6. Error Bars:

Any

graphical representation of quantitative data derived from three or

more independent experiments must display error bars on the measured

values. The nature of the error (e.g., standard deviation [SD], standard

error of the mean [SEM]) must be explicitly defined in the figure

legend.

Authors

should provide clear, detailed descriptions of their statistical

analysis in the Materials and methods section and/or figure legends,

including, but not limited to, the statistical test used, actual

p-values, number of biological and technical replicates, measure of

center, and measure of variability.

Before you begin

Studies in humans and animals

If

the work involves the use of human subjects, the author should ensure

that the work described has been carried out in accordance with The Code

of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki)

for experiments involving humans. The manuscript should be in line with

the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication

of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals and aim for the inclusion of

representative human populations (sex, age and ethnicity) as per those

recommendations. The terms sex and gender should be used correctly.

The

author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all

procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and

institutional guidelines and have been approved by the appropriate

institutional committee(s). This statement should contain the date and

reference number of the ethical approval(s) obtained. Authors should

also include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was

obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of

human subjects must always be observed.

The

journal will not accept manuscripts that contain data derived from

unethically sourced organs or tissue, including from executed prisoners

or prisoners of conscience, consistent with recommendations by Global

Rights Compliance on Mitigating Human Rights Risks in Transplantation

Medicine. For all studies that use human organs or tissues authors must

provide sufficient evidence that they were procured in line with WHO

Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation. The

source of the organs or tissues used in clinical research must be

transparent and traceable. Authors of manuscripts describing organ

transplantation must additionally declare within the manuscript:

that autonomous consent free from coercion was obtained from the donor(s) or their next of kin; and

that organs/tissues were not sourced from executed prisoners or prisoners of conscience.

All

animal experiments should comply with the ARRIVE guidelines and should

be carried out in accordance with the U.K. Animals (Scientific

Procedures) Act, 1986 and associated guidelines, EU Directive 2010/63/EU

for animal experiments, or the National Research Council's Guide for

the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the authors should clearly

indicate in the manuscript that such guidelines have been followed. The

sex of animals must be indicated, and where appropriate, the influence

(or association) of sex on the results of the study.

Declaration of competing interest

Corresponding

authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose

any financial and personal relationships with other people or

organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work.

Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment,

consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent

applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. All authors,

including those without competing interests to declare, should provide

the relevant information to the corresponding author (which, where

relevant, may specify they have nothing to declare). Corresponding

authors should then use this tool to create a shared statement and

upload to the submission system at the Attach Files step. Please do not

convert the .docx template to another file type. Author signatures are

not required.

Only

the content in the separate declaration of competing interest file that

you submit to the submission system will be published, so there is no

need to repeat the statement in the manuscript file.

Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing

Authors must declare the use of generative AI in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.

Elsevier

recognizes the potential of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies

(“AI Tools”), when used responsibly, to help researchers work

efficiently, gain critical insights fast and achieve better outcomes.

Increasingly, these tools, including AI agents and deep research tools,

are helping researchers to synthesize complex literature, provide an

overview of a field or research question, identify research gaps,

generate ideas, and provide tailored support for tasks such as content

organization and improving language and readability.

Authors

preparing a manuscript for an Elsevier journal can use AI Tools to

support them. However, these tools must never be used as a substitute

for human critical thinking, expertise and evaluation. AI technology

should always be applied with human oversight and control.

Ultimately, authors are responsible and accountable for the contents of their work. This includes accountability for:

Carefully

reviewing and verifying the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and

impartiality of all AI-generated output (including checking the sources,

as AI-generated references can be incorrect or fabricated).

Editing

and adapting all material thoroughly to ensure the manuscript

represents the author’s authentic and original contribution and reflects

their own analysis, interpretation, insights and ideas.

Ensuring

the use of any tools or sources, AI-based or otherwise, is made clear

and transparent to readers. If AI Tools have been used, we require a

disclosure statement upon submission; please see example below.

Ensuring

the manuscript is developed in a way that safeguards data privacy,

intellectual property and other rights, by checking the terms and

conditions of any AI tool that is used.

Finally,

authors must not list or cite AI Tools as an author or co-author on the

manuscript since authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can

only be attributed to, and performed by, humans.

The

use of AI Tools in the manuscript preparation process must be declared

by adding a statement at the end of the manuscript when the paper is

first submitted. The statement will appear in the published work and

should be placed in a new section before the references list.

An example:

Title of new section: Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the manuscript preparation process.

Statement:

During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME OF TOOL /

SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the

author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full

responsibility for the content of the published article.

The

declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools, such as tools

used to check grammar, spelling and references. If you have nothing to

disclose, you do not need to add a statement.

Please

read Elsevier’s author policy on the use of generative AI and

AI-assisted technologies, which can be found in our generative AI

policies for journals.

Please

note: to protect authors’ rights and the confidentiality of their

research, this journal does not currently allow the use of generative AI

or AI-assisted technologies such as ChatGPT or similar services by

reviewers or editors in the peer review and manuscript evaluation

process, as is stated in our generative AI policies for journals. We are

actively evaluating compliant AI Tools and may revise this policy in

the future.

Submission declaration and verification

Submission

of an article implies that the work described has not been published

previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or

academic thesis, see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for

more information), that it is not under consideration for publication

elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly

or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried

out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the

same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically

without the written consent of the copyright-holder. To verify

compliance, your article may be checked by Crossref Similarity Check and

other originality or duplicate checking software.

Preprints

Please

note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with

Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint

server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or

concurrent publication' for more information).

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