Landes Bioscience Journals: Self/Nonself

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Self/Nonself

Volume 1, Issue 3
July/August/September 2010
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The cover provides an illustration of a schematic fractal structure, called the Mondrian set after paintings by Dutch artist Pieter Cornelius Mondrian (after...
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Self/Nonself utilizes an online submission and tracking system designed to provide efficient service to authors. Through the online system, author files are automatically converted to PDFs, submissions are acknowledged by email, and authors can track their manuscript through the stages of the peer review process.

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Alexander Sigalov, Ph.D.

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Print ISSN: 1938-2030
Online ISSN: 1938-2049 DOI: 10.4161/self

About Self/Nonself

Self/Nonself - Immune Recognition and Signaling is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes novel peer-reviewed findings in all areas of immunology ranging from molecular and structural immunology to immune imaging and therapy. Priority is given to work that provides fundamental insight into the workings of the immune system with a particular emphasis on the mechanisms underlying immune recognition and transmembrane signal transduction at the molecular, cell and functional level. Major criteria for acceptance are quality, originality, significance, clarity and conciseness.

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Dr. William E. Paul of NIAID/NIH:

"Self/nonself discrimination is at the very core of immunology", and "...by providing a venue specializing in this subject , the journal should fulfill the true function of scientific publications, the advancement of knowledge and its translation into applications that can benefit mankind."...continue reading

Dr. Alexander B. Sigalov of Self/Nonself:

"By consolidating worldwide interdisciplinary research findings and publishing papers of general and not just special interest in all of the areas contributing to the overall molecular understanding of the operations of the receptor, cell and entire system, and by including in the same issues review and commentary articles on a wide range of topics, Self/Nonself aspires to become a true "journal of understanding."...continue reading

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We recognize that excellent papers may have been erroneously rejected by other journals. We will reconsider papers that have been rejected by Nature, Science, Nature Medicine, Nature Immunology, Journal of Immunology and some other journals in the original format of those journals, thus saving the authors effort and time. The authors are encouraged to enclose the reviewers' and/or editorial comments from the above mentioned journals. This will certainly expedite the evaluation of the article and it is possible the article might be accepted based on its previous review. This will allow the urgent and competitive research to be published in a timely manner. You may submit your paper online or email it to the Editor-in-Chief.

HINARI

Landes Bioscience gladly participates in the World Health Organizations' Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) to provide free online access to all papers published in Self/Nonself to scientists in developing countries worldwide.