Announcing the call for the Special Issue on the 20^th International Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB)—virtual meeting, October 2021

Abstract

This Commentary describes a call for submissions for the upcoming Special Issue focused on the science presented at the 20^th IUPAB Congress to be held in conjunction with the 45^th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysical Society and the 49^th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 20^th International IUPAB Congress will take place as a virtual meeting this year from October 4 to 8, 2021. This triennial IUPAB Congress will be held in loose conjunction with the 45^th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysical Society and the 49^th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. To act as a complement to this virtual meeting, the Biophysical Reviews journal will base a Special Issue on the scientific topics of the meeting contributors selected from the range of invited speakers and poster presenters. This Special Issue will also work to highlight the host country’s (Brazil) National Biophysical Society. Finally, this Special Issue will also serve to publish the meeting abstracts in supplemental form.

Review articles from IUPAB Congress speakers and poster presenters to the IUPAB Congress and associated conferences (the 45^th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysical Society and the 49^th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) are solicited. Similar to the SI based on the 19^th IUPAB Congress held in Edinburgh summarizing Commentaries from session chairs are also requested (Hall and dos Remedios 2017). The Special Issue for the 20^th IUPAB International Congress will be prepared and edited by the current authors (Rosangela Itri, Mauricio Baptista, Richard Garratt, and Antonio Jose Costa-Filho).

FormalPara Submission deadline

Review articles are requested to be submitted prior to September 15^th of 2021 with online publication scheduled for Issue 6 of that same year. Chairpersons of each scientific session are requested to submit a one- to two-page Commentary summarizing the session’s speakers and topics prior to October 15^th of 2021. When submitting your article, please choose the correct Special Issue assignment.

FormalPara Submission format

Biophysical Reviews publishes two types of review formats. A short review (3000–4,000 words, 3 figures) or a long review (10,000 words, 10 figures). A series of Commentaries (200–400 words, 1 figure, ~10 references) will also be requested from Session Chairs and selected Members of the IUPAB Council and Meeting Organizing Committee.

Journal homepage

http://www.springer.com/journal/12551

Online submission

https://www.editorialmanager.com/brev/

Journal social media

Twitter^TM: @BiophysicalRev1

YouTube^TM: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG_5MWmnrB2UBibtxs2DuA

FormalPara Publication cost

Biophysical Reviews is a hybrid open-access journal and therefore operates on a two-track payment structure. The first track is completely free but requires that the article exist behind a paywall (for institutions not carrying the Springer Nature Collection) for 6 to 12 months. The second track involves an open access charge of approximately 3000 Euros. Both tracks give a highly desirable publishing outcome for the author. Please contact the Special Issue Editors for further description of this point.

We encourage all readers to attend the conference and for attendees to register their interest in participating in this IUPAB Special Issue. More information on IUPAB, the Brazilian societies for biophysics and biochemistry and molecular biology can be found at the following websites.

Relevant society websites:

IUPAB

http://iupab.org/about-iupab/

Brazilian Biophysical Society

http://www.sbbf.org.br/

Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

https://www.sbbq.org.br/