Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment

Instructions for Authors

The journal "Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment" publishes articles, short communications and reviews in the field of modern biotechnology, agriculture, ecology, food industry, medicine and pharmacy, public health protection and biotechnological equipment as well as in similar scientific fields, where the biotechnological achievements are used.

Manuscripts written in English should be sent as e-mail (office@diagnosisp.com, diagnosisp@gmail.com) to: Mrs. Snejana Pavlova, President, Diagnosis Press LTD, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, 5 Malusha, Str.

Articles and reviews are with no fixed length, although they should be concise as possible, providing sufficient information. The number of figures and tables enclosed should be decreased as much as possible and the legend to them should not repeat the text.

Short communications should contain up to 25 000 characters (including spaces) and no more than 4 figures and/or tables.

Papers presented for publication are reviewed by two anonymous reviewers. A certificate of acceptance is issued after positive reviews.

Original manuscripts and one copy including tables and figures are required. They should be legible and clearly printed.

The title of the paper should be short, precise and written without any abbreviations. The full names of the authors should follow the title. The complete address and name of the institute (organization) should be stated next.

A submission letter, declaring that the work described has not been published before in any language; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its submission for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out are required.

The tables must be created with the table-function of MS-Word and should be enclosed on separate sheets of paper at the end of the manuscript, bearing the same number as in the text.

Illustrating materials, photos, sketches, maps, diagrams should be original and numbered at the back. The legend to the figures should be written on separate sheets of paper. Photos must be sent in TIFF or JPG-format (no compression). The resolution must be no less than 270 dpi. Colour photos must be sent in CMYK colour mode, photos in RGB colour mode yield a faded print out. The diagrams should be on size 8.5 cm or 18 cm.

All units of measurements should be written in Latin alphabet according to the International Measuring System (SI).

The abbreviations used in the text should be equaled under line on the first page and should be consistent with the international requirements.

The authors should write their full names and addresses on a separate sheet of paper and the name of the corresponding author and his e-mail should be marked.

The list of references should be arranged in alphabetical order. References, containing names of non Latin origin should be transcribed accordingly. References in the text body appear as the corresponding number from the list of references. Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of their references and for correct text citation.

EXAMPLES:

A paper from a periodical:

1. Matsui S., Rounds D.E. (1971) Life Sci., 10, 217-221.

(If there is no volume, the number of the booklet should be mentioned).

A paper from a book:

2. De Mayer E., Quinard J. (1978) In: Comprehensive Virology (H. Frenkel-Conrat, R.R. Wagner, Eds.), Plenum Press, New York, 205-284.

Book:

3. Muller W.E.G. (1980) Inhibitors of DNA and Polymerases, Perg. Press, Oxford, p. 207.