The Journal of Magnetic Resonance welcomes all papers involving magnetic resonance. With scientific excellence as the main criterion,
the journal is meant to be inclusive, encompassing the most fundamental explorations of theory and experiment as well as applications
to the full range of physical, chemical, biological, and medical problems. We especially invite papers describing new advances in methods
and instrumentation for magnetic resonance determinations of protein structures, MRI and MRS in humans and animals, and electron spin
resonance in all of its varieties. We would like to publish applications that make full use of emerging magnetic resonance methods, including
applications to protein structures, human imaging, or the characterization of materials.
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Preparation of Manuscript
Manuscripts
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The Title Page (p. 1) should contain the article
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Index for abbreviations of journal titles. Only articles that have been published or are in press should be included in the references
and the name of the journal should be included. Unpublished results or personal communications should be cited as such in the text.
[1] R.L. Haner, W. Llanos, L. Mueller, Small volume flow probe for automated direct-injection NMR analysis: design and performance, J.
Magn. Reson. 143 (2000) 69-78.
[2] R.R. Ernst, G. Bodenhausen, A. Wokaun, Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in One and Two
Dimensions, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987.
[3] A. Bax, S. Grzesiek, Methodological advances in protein NMR, in: G.M. Clore, A.M.
Gronenborn (Eds.), NMR of Proteins Macmillan, London, 1993, pp. 33-52.
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Structural
Data
Manuscripts must carry a statement that protein or nucleic acid structural data, including NMR constraints, and the derived
atomic coordinates have been deposited with an appropriate data bank. The data bank reference number should be quoted in the paper along
with the specified release date. The maximum delay for release of data should be 2 years. In the absence of a specified release date,
it will be assumed that the material will be available immediately.
Supplementary Material
Authors are strongly encouraged
to deposit chemical shift assignments of proteins and nucleic acids and all new pulse sequences with the BioMagResBank at the University
of Wisconsin. For the inclusion of other types of materials, please contact the Editor.
