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Authors should observe high ethical standards and obey publication best practices. The following are all unacceptable:
We treat any case of ethical or publication malpractice very seriously. We will address them in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Further information about OUP’s ethical policies is available.
You must submit your paper via our web-based submission system. If you have not published with Life Metabolism before, you will need to create an account. More information is available on the ScholarOne Manuscripts FAQ and help page. Questions about submitting can be sent to the editorial office at life_metab@fudan.edu.cn
This journal publishes several different article types.
Each submission must contain the following sections: abstract, introduction, results, discussion, materials and methods, references.
No structured sections required for Review Articles.
No structured sections required for Research Highlights.
No structured sections required for Letters.
No structured sections required for Editorials.
No structured sections required for Perspectives.
If you wish to reproduce any material for which you do not own the copyright—including quotations, tables, or images—you must obtain permission from the copyright holder. The permissions agreement must include the following documents:
Further information on obtaining permissions is available.
If you are not confident in the quality of your English, you may wish to use a language-editing service to ensure that editors and reviewers understand your paper. Language editing is optional and does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted. Edited manuscripts will still undergo peer review by the journal.
Please include the following:
Abstracts have a maximum length of 250 words and must not contain reference citations or abbreviations.
The journal follows Oxford SCIMED style. Please refer to these requirements when preparing your manuscript. More information on the style guide is available. [UK/US] spelling should be used throughout, except in quotations and in references.
Please define nonstandard abbreviations at the first occurrence.
You must number all tables (e.g., table 1, table 2, table 3) and reference them in the text. You must place all tables at the end of the main text. Tables should be in an editable format, and not embedded as an image file.
You may format references in any readable style at submission. You are responsible for the accuracy of reference information. Style files for reference managers
Acknowledgments and funding information should be included at the end of your manuscript. Please fully cite any relevant funding information, including specific grant numbers.
Information on LaTeX files and formatting is available.
You must include figure titles and legends within the manuscript file—they should not be included in the image file.
You must submit each figure as an individual image file. Submit all panels of a multipanel figure on a single page as one file. For example, if the figure has 3 panels, the figure should be submitted as one file. Each panel should be labeled as a letter (A, B, C, D, etc.) in the upper-left corner of each panel.
Images of photographs or paintings can be provided as raster images. Common examples of raster images are .tif/.tiff, .raw, .gif, and .bmp file types. The resolution of raster files is measured by the number of dots or pixels in a given area, referred to as “dpi” or “ppi.”
Images of maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams are best rendered digitally as geometric forms called vector graphics. Common file types are .eps, .ai, and .pdf. Vector images use mathematical relationships between points and the lines connecting them to describe an image. These file types do not use pixels; therefore resolution does not apply to vector images.
Figures prepared as .doc/.docx or .jpeg/.jpg files will not be accepted.
You must submit supplementary data or supplementary material at the same time as the main manuscript.
Life Metabolism is a fully open access journal and depends upon open access publication fees for its operation. If your paper is accepted, you will be charged an open access fee. See the <anchor link>Charges<anchor link> section below for more information. All papers are freely available online upon publication under an open access licence. Please note that, in the first three years, there will be no publication costs for publishing in Life Metabolism, and Open Access fees will be waived.
After your manuscript is accepted, you must sign a licence to publish form on our Author Services website.
Life Metabolism articles can be published under the following Creative Commons licence:
Your funding agencies may have specific requirements for what type of open access licence to use, so please check before selecting a licence. Please see Creative Commons licences for more information. Please check with your funding body if you are unsure of any licence requirements.
You can pay open access, page, and color charges on the same Author Portal you used to sign your licence to publish. Any applicable discounts can also be applied prior to payment.
You can pay your open access charges immediately after you sign your licence. You cannot pay page or color charges until production of your manuscript is complete.
Charges for the open access licence options offered by Life Metabolism are listed below. The standard licence to publish does not carry a charge.
Regular charge: $0