Step 1: Download our Bioshorts or MediShorts style guide and format your article as it advises. Our published manuscripts typically range from 1 to 4 pages in length.

Step 2: Submit your article as a word document using the submission button on the submit page. Please indicate your preferred journal within the submission portal. By submitting an article you are agreeing to our terms and conditions, which can be found here.

Step 3: The article will be reviewed by a member of the BioShorts team to determine if it is a good fit for our journal.

BioShorts publishes all aspects of bioscience including ecology, botany, zoology, cell biology, microbiology, physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, immunology, and more. If you require more information, please feel free to drop us an email here.

MediShorts publishes all aspects of medicine including general, internal, paediatrics, surgery, cardiology, dermatology, neurology, oncology, orthopaedics, psychiatry, radiology, anaesthesiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, nephrology, pulmonology, infectious disease, immunology, allergy, rheumatology, haematology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, urology, geriatrics, public health, eduction, ethics, policy, and more. If you require more information, please feel free to drop us an email here.

Step 4: If your submission is accepted, the next steps depend on the type of document you have submitted:

• For manuscript submissions: If your manuscript meets our criteria, it will advance to the next stage of the review process.

• For dissertations, reports, or similar documents: If your submission is a dissertation, report, or similar document, our Lead Editor will draft the manuscript for you based on the provided material.

Step 5: The drafted article will undergo internal editing and formatting to ensure the article meets our standards for publication and is inline with in-house styles. Revisions should be agreed upon by both the corresponding author and the BioShorts managing editor.

Step 6: The BioShorts team will then source and obtain external review from area specialists (PhD, ≥ 5 related publications, including 2 in the last 36 months). The external reviewers will indicate if the article requires further refinement and recommend one of the following outcomes: ‘accepted with minor corrections’, ‘accepted with major corrections’ or ‘rejected’. The corresponding author should then accommodate the advised changes.

Step 7: All articles published by BioShorts Ltd are then professionally edited. Revisions should be agreed upon by both the corresponding author and the BioShorts managing editor.

Step 8: The BioShorts team will then apply final formatting alterations.

Step 9: The final article will be signed off by the corresponding author, following which, the article will be published!

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