Frontiers in Biophysics

Open Access Policy: Articles are published under an open-access model and are freely available to readers.

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY), according to the publisher's open-access statement.

Peer Review Policy: Single-anonymized peer review, with manuscripts evaluated by editors and reviewers with relevant expertise.

Publication Ethics: The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Originality and Plagiarism: Manuscripts must comply with the publisher's originality and publication ethics requirements.

Research Integrity: Authors are responsible for accurate reporting, appropriate analysis, and transparent presentation of methods and results.

Data Availability: Authors should provide data availability statements and make supporting research materials accessible where appropriate, subject to legal, ethical, and licensing restrictions.

Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose relevant competing interests.

Corrections and Retractions: Post-publication corrections and other editorial actions are handled under the publisher's applicable policies.

Editorial Independence: Editorial decisions follow the journal's editorial review process. Payment of publication charges does not guarantee acceptance.

Authors must submit manuscripts to the specialty section most appropriate to their research topic and ensure that the work contributes meaningfully to biophysics.

Manuscripts should demonstrate scientific rigor, appropriate quantitative analysis, and a clear connection between the physical methods used and the biological questions investigated.

Authors must:

• Follow the journal's current manuscript preparation and submission requirements.
• Select an article type accepted by the relevant specialty section.
• Include a clear title, abstract, keywords, references, figures, and tables where appropriate.
• Describe experimental procedures, computational models, equations, statistical methods, and analytical workflows in sufficient detail.
• Provide appropriate controls, validation, and uncertainty analysis when relevant.
• Explain the biological implications of the findings.
• Disclose funding sources, author contributions, and competing interests.
• Obtain required ethical approvals for research involving human participants, animals, or sensitive biological materials.
• Provide data availability statements and share supporting data, code, or materials where appropriate and permitted.
• Respond to editorial and reviewer comments during peer review.

Authors should consult the official author guidelines and the selected specialty section before submission.