Life (journal)
| Discipline | Life sciences |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2011-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Yes | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Life |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | LBSIB7 |
| ISSN | 2075-1729 |
| OCLC no. | 783891337 |
| Links | |
Life is a peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal published by MDPI, and was established in 2011. The editor-in-chiefs are Helga Stan-Lotter, William Bains, Niles Lehman, Andrew Pohorille, and Pabulo H. Rampelotto.[1]
Since 2014, the journal offers open peer review[2] (optional, at the authors' discretion)[3] under which the peer-review reports and authors’ responses are published as an integral part of the final version of each article.
Aims and scope
The journal covers all fundamental themes in life sciences, especially those concerned with the origins of life and evolution of biosystems. It publishes reviews, research articles, communications and technical notes.[4]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by Chemical Abstracts Service, and Scopus.
Life is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board composed of highly cited team leaders, including among many others:
- Werner Arber, 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Karen E. Nelson—President, J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
- William F. Martin—Head, Institute for Molecular Evolution, University of Düsseldorf (EiC of Genome Biology and Evolution and former EiC of Molecular Biology and Evolution)
- Nikos C. Kyrpides—Prokaryote Super Head, DOE Joint Genome Institute
- Philip Hugenholtz—Director, Australian Centre for Ecogenomics
- Andrew Pohorille—Director, NASA Center for Computational Astrobiology and Fundamental Biology
- George E. Fox, co-discover of the Archaea domain
The Norwegian Scientific Index lists the journal as "level 0," meaning that it does not meet their scientific quality criteria.[5]
Controversial Article
In December 2011, the journal published Erik D. Andrulis' theoretical paper, Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life, aiming at presenting a framework to explain life.[6] It attracted coverage by the popular science and technology magazines Ars Technica and Popular Science, which characterized it as "crazy"[7] and "hilarious".[8] A member of the editorial board of Life resigned in response.[8][9] The Publisher defended the journal's editorial process, saying that the paper had been revised following lengthy reviews by two faculty members from institutions other than the author's.[10]
References
- ^ "Life — Editors". Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ Rampelotto, Pabulo (2014). "Opening up Peer Review in Life: Towards a Transparent and Reliable Process". Life. 4 (2): 225. doi:10.3390/life4020225.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "Life — Instructions for Authors § Editorial Procedures and Peer-Review".
- ^ "Aims and scope" (Online access). MDPI Publishing. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ Life, Norwegian Scientific Index
- ^ Andrulis, Erik D. (2011). "Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life". Life. 2 (1): 1–105. doi:10.3390/life2010001.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Timmer, John. "How the craziest f#@!ing "theory of everything" got published and promoted". Ars Technica. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ a b Nosowitz, Dan. "Hilarious "Theory of Everything" Paper Provokes Kerfuffle". Popular Science. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Zimmer, Carl. "Life turned upside down". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ Lin, Shu-Kun (2012). "Publication of Controversial Papers in Life". Life. 2 (1): 213–214. doi:10.3390/life2010213.
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