Feature Papers in Methods and Protocols 2026
A special issue of Methods and Protocols (ISSN 2409-9279).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1007
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce this Special Issue of Methods and Protocols, entitled “Feature Papers in Methods and Protocols 2026”. In this Special Issue, we will collate articles from top researchers describing new approaches or new cutting-edge developments to tackle questions in the fields of life sciences, chemistry, and biomedical sciences, including analytical chemistry and advanced measurement science. In particular, we encourage submissions focused on the emerging fields of “Omics and High Throughput”, “Public Health Research”, “Synthetic and Systems Biology”, and “Tissue Engineering and Organoids”, as well as innovative developments in sample preparation, elemental and molecular analysis, and spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques.
Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish new protocols based on established techniques, as well as significant improvements and developments of cutting-edge methods, with particular interest in methodological optimization, control of contamination and matrix effects, and validation of analytical performance. For all articles, background information necessary to understand the underlying principles, full experimental details, and comparison with available protocols/methods must be provided, including critical steps in sample handling and preanalytical variables when relevant. Scientists are encouraged to provide accompanying video demonstrations, which will be published online, for ease of reproducibility.
You are welcome to send short proposals for your feature paper to our Managing Editor Ms. Eunice Fu (eunice.fu@mdpi.com) or the Editorial Office (mps@mdpi.com) before submission. All papers will be subjected to a thorough and rigorous peer-review process.
We look forward to receiving your excellent work.
Prof. Dr. Fernando Albericio
Dr. Sophie Alvarez
Dr. Maria Luisa Astolfi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Methods and Protocols is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- cell biology
- biochemistry
- chemistry
- nanotechnology
- biotechnology
- imaging
- applied computation and bioinformatics
- genomics
- proteomics
- developmental biology
- model organisms
- pharmacology
- structural biology/chemistry
- biophysics
- tissue engineering
- public health
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