Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C

Submission

You can easily submit your manuscript online. Simply go to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/znc and you will be guided through the whole peer reviewing and submission process.

Your benefits of publishing with us

• Easy-to-use online submission, peer review, and publication system
• Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable, forward-linked articles for quickest possible visibility for the scientific community
• High quality manuscript processing through ScholarOne Manuscripts®. Submit your research online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/znc
• Single-blind peer-review
• Free color figures both in print and online editions
• No publication fee
• Optional open access publication
• Every article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive abstracting and indexing services
• Impact Factor
• Convenient citation tracking via e-mail alert
• Secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico
• Professional sales and marketing activities

Submission process

• Submission of your paper via our submission management tool following the Instructions_for_Authors (you will be guided through every step of the submission process)
• Manuscript submissions are approved by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, peer reviewed by independent expert referees
• Single-blind peer review process
• Accepted articles are published online ahead of print approx. 4 weeks after acceptance

Please note

• Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English
• Proposals of review articles are welcome. A brief outline of the review article and the senior author's CV should be sent to the ZNC editorial office
• Before submitting your article please have a look at Publication Ethics Statement and our copyright agreement
• Once your article is accepted you have the option to publish it open access
• A Journal of Biosciences: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C publishes 6 double issues per year/ volume
• Our repository policy allows you to distribute 30 PDF copies of your published article to colleagues (the PDF has to include the information that it is an author's copy). Please also feel free to distribute the link to the online abstract
• If you have any general questions please visit our FAQ page for authors
• For more detailed information please contact the ZNC Editorial Office znc@degruyter.com

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

Hybrid Open Access

For complete details on hybrid open access publishing at De Gruyter please see: https://www.degruyter.com/page/560

Effective 1st January 2016, authors from an institution affiliated with either the Association of Dutch Universities (VSNU), the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries or some UK libraries participating in the Jisc Collections SMP 　may publish primary research and review articles open access in any of De Gruyter’s OnlineOpen journals at a discount of 90% of the APC price. For more information and to confirm whether your institution is eligible please see the following:

The Netherlands: https://www.degruyter.com/page/1461
The UK: https://www.degruyter.com/page/1462
Switzerland: 　https://www.degruyter.com/page/1463

Editor in Chief
J. Seibel, Würzburg

Advisory Board
A. Aigner, Leipzig
W. Boland, Jena
U. Bornscheuer, Greifswald
K. H. Hoffmann, Bayreuth

Editorial Board
D. Berkowitz, Lincoln, USA
H. Budzikiewicz, Köln
B. Dräger, Leipzig
M. González-Teuber, Santiago, Chile
J.-K. Liu, Wuhan, China
T. Opatz, Mainz
E. Rösch, Pforzheim
K.-D. Spindler, Ulm
D. Strack, Halle

Editorial Office
Ulrike Kitzing, De Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Email: znc [at] degruyter.com