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BioMEMS and Cellular Biology: Perspectives and Applications
Published on: October 1, 2007
Biophysical reviews-providing an effective critique
Damien Hall1,2
1WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakumamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1164 Japan.
Abstract:
This Editorial for Volume 13, Issue 4 of Biophysical Reviews begins with an introduction to the invited Review contributed by the 2021 winner of "The Michèle Auger Award for Young Scientists' Independent Research" (Assoc. Prof. Jorge Alegre-Cebollada). After providing a short summary of the other articles contained within the Issue, we discuss some additional matters important to the journal and its readers. In particular, this Editorial describes ongoing preparations for the upcoming IUPAB World Congress (October 4th-8th); it introduces two new Executive Editors from the UK and Spain; it describes the journal's placement in the latest SCIMago journal rankings, and it explains a new feature of the journal-"The Biophysical Reviews Historical Top Five". This piece closes with some thoughts about what might constitute a constructive critique of a manuscript.
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