Manuscript Preparation

Your Manuscript Your Way

Biophilia Insights (BI) give authors the freedom to submit their manuscript in the general standard format for consideration. Once the manuscript is accepted for publication after the peer review process, the authors will be indicated to format the manuscript within the template of the accepted manuscript. 

However, it is strongly recommended to prepare your manuscript according to the detailed guidelines given below.

Title Page

The title page should include the following information

  • Article type
  • Title of the manuscript (should not be more than 15 words)
  • The name(s) of the author(s) and a clear notation of the author's contribution
  • The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, department, city, state, country
  • A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author
  • Include the direct link of the ORCiD of the author(s), if available. ORCiD of the corresponding author is mandatory.
  • A concise running title (maximum 55 characters; including spaces)

The address information furnished with the affiliation(s), will also be published. The author(s) who is/are temporarily don't have any affiliations, only their city, country, and email addresses will be picked up for publication.

A sole author who is temporarily unaffiliated can submit their manuscript as an independent or freelance researcher. Their article type is limited to Review, and Mini-review and cannot publish Original Research or Short-communications.

Declarations

All manuscripts should include the following sections under the heading 'Declarations'. If any of these sections do not apply to your manuscript, then write 'Not applicable' for that section.

  • Authors' contributions: Authorship should be assigned only to those who have a substantial contribution to the reported work or study in either of the following categories: conceived of the idea or designed the study, conducted the research, analyzed the data, contributed new methods or models or wrote the paper.
  • Funding: Please add the funding details for the reported work. Please verify the accuracy of the furnished details carefully.
  • Acknowledgments: Any support or assistance provided which is not covered in the author contributions or funding section can be duly acknowledged in this section. Authors may add administrative and technical support or donations in kind (e.g., materials provided for experiments) in this section.
  • Conflict of Interest: Declare conflicts of interest, if any.
  • Ethical approval: Include appropriate permissions or waivers.
  • Availability of data, material, and codes: Data transparency, software application, or custom codes.
  • Consent for participation & publication: Include appropriate statements.

Abstract

The abstract should not exceed 200 words. For research articles, abstracts should give a relevant synopsis of the work. We strongly recommend authors to use the following structure of abstracts but without headings: (1) Background: Highlighting the purpose of the study and placing the question addressed in a broad context; (2) Methods: Briefly describing the main method or approach in the study; (3) Results: Summarizing the article's main outcomes; and (4) Conclusions: Indicating the final interpretations. The abstract should be written as an objective illustration of the article, and it must not comprise results, which are not presented and validated in the main text and should not overstate the core conclusions.

Keywords: List at least three to ten relevant keywords explicit to the article separated by (;), and are reasonably common in the subject area. Please ensure that your article is optimized for search engines. Keywords should appear in the title, abstract, and throughout your article in order to increase your article's online visibility.

Abbreviations: Abbreviations in the main text should be expanded/ defined at first mention and then used consistently thereafter. A list of abbreviations should be provided after the keywords, however, it is not mandatory if the universally defined abbreviations are mainly used. The following should be the format for preparing the list of abbreviations (in alphabetical order):

BI: Biophilia Insights

TLA: Three-letter acronym

Main Text Formatting

The main text should be prepared on the word processor (e.g., MS Word) and submitted as a .docx file.

  • Use a standard, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times New Roman) for text.
  • Use single-spacing in the text
  • Use italics for emphasis.
  • Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
  • Use no more than three levels of demonstrated headings.
  • Do not use field functions.
  • Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
  • Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
  • Use the equation editor for equations.

The main text of the manuscript should be divided into the following numbered sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. Materials and methods
  3. Results

This section may be divided into subsections and sub subsections

3.1 Subsection

3.1.1 Sub subsection

  1. Discussion

This section should be separated from the results and also should not recapitulate the results

  1. Conclusion

This section is not a mandatory requirement until and unless the discussion is unusually long or complex.

  1. Patents

This section is not a mandatory requirement but can be added if there are patents resulting from the work reported in this manuscript.

The headings of the review articles, mini-reviews, perspectives, and editorial are of the authors' choice and they can select the headings as per the demand of the article.

References

Biophilia Insights (BI) uses BI - APA Reference Style that follows a system of numbers in square brackets within the text when you are citing work and a numbered reference list at the end of your document. If you cite the same source more than once, use the same citation number for all citations. In-text numbers are matched to an entry in the Reference List. See the examples:

Citations within the text

Narrative or Parenthetical (APA Citation Style)

References

Surname, A.B.; Surname, C.D. (Year). Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name, Volume(issue), page range/article no. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx

Surname, A.B.; Surname, C.D. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Book Title, 2nd ed.; Editor 1, A., Editor 2, B., Eds.; Publisher: Publisher Location, Country; Volume 3, pp. 154–196. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx

Surname, A.B.; Surname, C.D. (Year). Book Title, 3rd ed.; Publisher: Publisher Location, Country; pp. 154–196. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx

Surname, A.B.; Surname, C.D. (Year). Title of Unpublished Work. Abbreviated Journal Name year, phrase indicating stage of publication (submitted; accepted; in press).

Surname, A.B. (Year). (University, City, State, Country); Author 2, C. (Institute, City, State, Country). Personal communication.

Surname, A.B.; Surname, C.D.; Surname, E.F. Title of Presentation. In Proceedings of the Name of the Conference, Location of Conference, Country, Date of Conference (Day Month Year).

Surname, A.B. Title of Thesis. Level of Thesis, Degree-Granting University, Location of University, Date of Completion. Title of Site. Available online: URL (accessed on Day Month Year).

Reference List:

  • Comes at the end of your document;
  • Lists all the sources you have cited;
  • Lists publications in the order they are given in your text (not alphabetically), giving a numerical reference followed by the full reference for the publication you are citing
  • Contains full details of the sources you have cited, including DOI and PubMed ID if available. Depositing DOIs for each of your references will ensure precise citations.
  • If the table contains the reference citations, then the references should be cited in accordance with the text after which the table should come in the content, i.e., where the table is cited for the first time within the text.

Figure Legends

Figure legends should be placed and numbered sequentially after References. It should be inclusive and each subfigure should be mentioned in the legend itself.

Figures/Schemes

Figures and Schemes should be numbered sequentially. Citation of figures should use the following format: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, ..., .... Parts in a figure can be identified by A, B, C, D, ... and cited as Fig. 2A, Fig. 2B, Fig. 2C.

Figures should be of high quality and the following are the resolutions for different figures: for line art, it must be at least 1200 dpi, for color photos 600 dpi or higher, and for single tone or black and white photos 600 dpi or higher. Internet-downloaded graphics are not acceptable because those graphics have 72 dpi resolution which is too low for satisfactory reproduction. The figures should be placed separately in one figure per page format. It is recommended to submit the highest quality figures as an upload during online submission through the manuscript submission form. Figures should not be stretched or compressed from the sides but from the corners to fit in the content space within the pages. Please remove the word "Figure" or "Fig" from the image itself. 

Tables

Tables should be created/formatted using Microsoft Word table format. Tables must be editable, and not as images. Tables should be numbered sequentially and should use the following format: Table 1, Table 2, ..., .... Do not abbreviate the word "Table" to "Tab.". The table should be placed within the text

Supplemental Data

Supplemental data can be a useful way for an author to include important but ancillary information for the completeness of the manuscript. This is a section wherein authors can provide details and data which are crucial to understanding the research but that would disrupt the flow of the main text. All supplemental data must be cited in the main text. Figures, Tables, etc. in the supplemental data should be labeled starting with ‘S’, e.g., Fig. S1, Fig. S2, Table S1, Table S2, etc.