Publishing with Synthetic Biology
Since the description of two artificial gene networks in 2000, the discipline of synthetic biology has emerged as a catalyst for a change of culture in the life sciences, with the potential to support an industrial revolution fuelled by the emergence of engineered biological systems across many segments of the economy.
By catering to the scientific publishing needs of all members of a diverse community, Synthetic Biology plays an integral role in supporting advances in this growing field. The journal provides an open access venue for sharing original research articles reporting work across all aspects of synthetic biology.
Read founding Editor-in-Chief Jean Peccoud’s editorial, Synthetic Biology: fostering the cyber-biological revolution, for an insight into our vision for the journal.
Open and Inclusive
As a fully open access journal, Synthetic Biology is available to readers all over the world with no barriers to access or re-use, meaning your fellow researchers can easily discover, read, cite, and build on your work. Immediate public access to your publication means you can be confident that publishing with Synthetic Biology complies with a range of funder mandates.
OUP has Read and Publish agreements with a wide range of institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publication. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access and the institution will pay the charge. Check our participating institutions to see if you are eligible.
We also offer article processing charge waivers to corresponding authors in all countries and regions that are part of our developing countries initiative.
Further information about open access charges can be found in our Instructions to Authors.
A Global Audience for Your Work
Synthetic Biology connects your ideas and findings with a wide audience to give your research the greatest possible impact. Research published in the journal attracts readers from all over the world, with high readership in North America, Europe, and China.
Efficient and Transparent Editorial Processes
Led by Editor-in-Chief Sonja Billerbeck, Synthetic Biology’s editors are a diverse team representing the field. When you submit a manuscript to Synthetic Biology, you can be confident that the support of our editors and our rigorous peer review process will ensure that your research findings are published at their best.
Streamlined submission: our submission process is designed to avoid unnecessary work and ensure your manuscript is handled efficiently.
Basic formatting: to help you share your research as quickly as possible, articles are first published in their accepted form and can later be replaced by a final version. It is therefore helpful for manuscripts to follow a few simple formatting instructions.
Data sharing: we strongly encourage you to make the data underlying your research freely available to others, wherever legally and ethically possible. We ask that you include this data at the time of submission as this is essential to the review process.
Article types: in addition to research and review articles, Synthetic Biology offers you a range of article types so you can decide how best to communicate your work. Choose from short communications, datasets, software, education, perspectives, conference articles, and short news summaries that help inform non-specialist readers.
Learn more about our Journal Policies.
Ready to submit?
Read our author guidelines for more information on publishing with Synthetic Biology, including how to prepare your manuscript. When you are ready, you can submit your manuscript here. We look forward to working with you!
