The benefits of writing a Review

Biophysical Reviews: a Q1 ranked journal in biophysics and structural biology

“…Some of the journals success has been due to its push into the social media realm. Largely based around the free online sharing tool promoted by the journal, known as the SharedIt™ initiative (Hall 2017 , 2019a , b ), the journal operates a YouTube™ channel and a Twitter™ account that act to highlight the articles published by the journal by providing authors with an ultra-modern means to peruse, share, and access content. These two social media platforms can be accessed at the following web addresses.…”

Biophysical Reviews: 2020—looking back, going forward

“…Containing twenty articles, Volume 12, Issue 5, was the third regular-type Issue of 2020 for Biophysical Reviews (Hall, 2020-e). A feature of this Issue was the invited review article by Dr. Alexandra Zidovska, the inaugural winner of the Michèle Auger award for young scientists’ independent research (Hall 2019a , b ; IUPAB 2018 ). In her award article Alexandra reviewed salient material within her thematic topic of cytosol rheology (Zidovska 2020 ).…”

“…2 Consisting of a Twitter™ feed and a YouTube™ channel, Biophysical Reviews does its utmost to utilize its social media arm to provide authors with post-publication promotional opportunities. In doing so, we ask authors to exploit the Springer-Nature SharedIt™ tool—a device that enables free posting and sharing of published content across any internet platform (Hall 2017 , 2019a , b ). The journal’s social media sites can be accessed at the following web addresses.…”

“…Developed by IUPAB as a vehicle to help promote biophysical research and education at the international, national and community levels, Biophysical Reviews has increased its published output and philanthropic activities during 2020. The many benefits of focusing on review content have been expounded upon within the journal (Hall 2019a , b ). As evidenced by the latest journal metrics, Biophysical Reviews has continued to develop since its inception in 2009 (Scimago 2020 ).…”

2019—A year in Biophysical Reviews

“…Massimo Vasalli were also responsible for organizing the Meeting. As described in the Editorials (Ferrari et al 2019;Hall 2019e) the Issue discussed how mechanical environments can determine the function of cells and tissues, alongside presenting a range of suitable techniques for the measurement of such mechanical effects and responses. Features of the Issue included a number of interesting Commentaries written by senior (Guck 2019;Verheyen et al 2019) and junior investigators (Steward Jr. 2019) as well as Presidents of relevant Societies (Pérez 2019).…”