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| :::: <big><big>'''Bioenergetics Communications''' is the Oroboros Ecosystem journal for publishing and sharing scientific and technical advances in bioenergetics, mitochondrial physiology, and particularly high-resolution respirometry</big></big>
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| [[File:BEC-exlibris.png|right|340px|Bioenergetics Communications]]
| | :::: <big>Visit the the Bioenergetics Communications website for » [https://www.bioenergetics-communications.org/index.php/bec/about/submissions#BECformats '''BEC formats''' ]</big> |
| :::::::: '''<big>»[[Bioenerg Commun]]«</big>'''
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| == Living communications ==
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| :::: The concept of '''living communications''' persues a novel culture of scientific communication, addressing the conflict between long-term elaboration and validation of results and concepts, versus sharing quickly important preliminary and controversial contributions. '''Living communications''' provide a pathway along the scientific culture of lively debate towards tested and trusted milestones of research, from pre-print to re-print, from initial steps to next steps.
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| [[Image:MitoFit Preprint Arch.png|left|100px|link=MitoFit Preprint Arch]]
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| === From preprint to publication ===
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| ::::* The preprint is part of a stepwise process:
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| ::::# '''MitoFit Preprint Archives''' is the fast lane of Open Access communication without peer review. Authors should indicate if the preprint is considered for '''Bioenergetics Communications'''.
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| ::::# A '''MitoFit preprint''' posted by the authors as a potential publication in '''Bioenergetics Communications''' is immediately delegated to our [[Bioenergetics_Communications#Editors |Associate Editors or Section Editors]]:
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| ::::# Communication with the authors to plan the non-anonymous '''Open Peer Review''' process. Up to three reviewers should be suggested by the authors.
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| [[File:BEC-logo.png|left|100px|Bioenergetics Communications]]
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| === BEC versions ===
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| ::::# External review should lead quickly to publication in '''Bioenergetics Communications''' including the correspondence with the reviewer(s) as an appended discussion and reference to the preprint - without the option for reviewers to insist on additional experiments, but strict focus on the quality of the presently provided information.
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| ::::# Reviewers and editors may encourage follow-up interlaboratory collaborations, with extended information added by the original authors or new collaborators; contributions by reviewers may be integrated and reviewers listed as coauthors and declared as such in the section 'Author contributions' upon mutual agreement between original authors and reviewers;
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| ::::# Folow-up: Manuscripts may be updated and extended - particularly with added information and coauthors from other laboratories.
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| == Types of communcations ==
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| === Short communications ===
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| ::::* '''Short communications''' - have the format of extended abstracts, without belonging to a specific conference. ''Compare'': [[Extended_abstracts]]. Extended abstracts posted in '''MitoFit Preprint Archives''' in the context of any conference may be submitted to '''Bioenergetics Communications''', if the contents is suitable.
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| ::::* '''Comments''' - provide critical discussions of publications, includig summaries of journal clubs.
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| === Communications ===
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| ::::* '''Technical communications''' - contain instrumental and methodological details on HRR particularly focused on quality control
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| ::::* '''Innovations''' - introduce tests of new instrumental developments or novel applications
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| ::::* '''SUIT protocols''' - present the concept of a specific SUIT protocol, exceeding the MitoPedia description and containing more detail than typical methods sections in other publications
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| ::::* '''Confirmatory results''' - demonstrate reproducibility (confirmation is the only way to do this) and add to the statistical significance of published results
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| ::::* '''Negative results''' - discuss findings on methodological difficulties that failed to lead to a relevant innovation
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| ::::* '''Regular papers''' - extended by the concept of '''living communications'''
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| ::::* '''Minireviews''' - short overviews of recent progress in a specific area of bioenergetics and mitochondrial physiology
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| ::::* '''Monographs''' - reviews and textbooks
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| ::::* '''Topic series''' - communications collected according to specific research topics
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| === Possibilities ===
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| :::: It is possible to publish data without statistical relevance ''per se'', from which alone it is not possible to draw firm conclusions. Several small data sets made available from many laboratories in a methodologically consistent and reproducible way result in large data sets that are statistically even more relevant.
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| == Discussion ==
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| ::::* The notion of a "living publication"'' (Editor: "living communication") ''seems most applicable to this work'' (Editor: MitoEAGLE position paper 'States and rates') ''as it involves recommendations, guidelines, and references to the ever-evolving field of mitochondrial bioenergetics. This would remove the difficulties and/or concerns of individuals referring or citing older and/or outdated works, like what can happen in the US with physical activity guidelines or consensus statements. - [[Axelrod Christopher L |Christopher L Axelrod]] 2020-04-22
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- ISSN 2791-4690
