About this journal
Aims and scope
Article types
Selection criteria
Publishing format
Editorial board
Abstracting and indexing
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Aims and scope
J. R. Soc. Interface welcomes articles of high quality research at the interface of the physical and life sciences. It provides a high-quality forum to publish rapidly and interact across this boundary in two main ways: J. R. Soc. Interface publishes research applying chemistry, engineering, materials science, mathematics and physics to the biological and medical sciences; it also highlights discoveries in the life sciences of relevance to the physical sciences. Both sides of the interface are considered equally and it is one of the only journals to cover this exciting new territory. J. R. Soc. Interface welcomes contributions on a diverse range of topics, including but not limited to; biocomplexity, bioengineering, bioinformatics, biomaterials, biomechanics, bionanoscience, biophysics, chemical biology, computer science (as applied to the life sciences), medical physics, synthetic biology, systems biology, theoretical biology and tissue engineering.
TopArticle types
J. R. Soc. Interface publishes predominately research articles. We also publish both commisioned and non-commissioned reviews.
TopSelection criteria
The criteria for acceptance are: work of outstanding quality and international importance, originality and interest across disciplines. To be acceptable for publication a paper should represent a significant advance in its field, rather than something incremental.
The Editors are responsible for all editorial decisions and they make these decisions based on the reports received from the referees.
Publishing format
J. R. Soc. Interface articles are published regularly online and in monthly print issues. Along with all Royal Society journals, we are committed to archiving and providing perpetual access.
TopEditorial board
J. R. Soc. Interface has an international editorial board with expertise across the biological and physical sciences.
TopAbstracting and indexing
J. R. Soc. Interface is indexed in PubMed, BIOSIS, EBSCO, Google Scholar, INSPEC, ISI, Scopus and many more.
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