Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) - For Authors

ELS provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the life sciences for undergraduates and graduates, containing over 4,600 specially commissioned, peer-reviewed articles from leading scientists around the world.

"With an impressive list of advisors and authors, broad subject coverage, exquisite articles, and a relatively easy to use interface, ELS is a remarkable resource." — Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship

"This resource is a must-have for all biological sciences libraries and most larger academic and public libraries. It will be used often by undergraduate and graduate biology students." — American Reference Books Annual

Features include:

• Introductory and advanced level articles offering different entry points to the content
• References and Further Reading appropriate to article levels
• Topic browse spanning the entire life sciences spectrum from biology to ecology
• Topic coverage monitored and reviewed by a distinguished international scientific advisory team
• Key concept summaries highlighting critical learning points for the reader
• Article glossaries
• Hyperlinks directly linking related articles
• High-quality illustrations throughout
• Updated articles with easy navigation to earlier versions
• Open availability of all article abstracts and keywords

As a new or returning ELS author, you join a community of over 6,000 scientists contributing to an excellent resource in the life sciences.

Writing an ELS article?

Find the Author Guidelines here - (Word document - 75k)

Need to cite an ELS article?

Use the following format when citing ELS articles:

Ashock, Aarthi and Hegde, Ramanujan S (December 2008) Cytotoxicity of Aberrant Proteins. In: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SCIENCES. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net/
[doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0020887]

Want to suggest an ELS article?

If you have identified a topic that needs to be covered in ELS, please send your article title suggestion and a brief content description (no more than 150 words) to the Editorial Office at els@wiley.com.

Given the scale of ELS and the large number of articles we are dealing with, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to take forward your suggestion or undertake to explain any decision with regard to commissioning. Your email will be acknowledged, however, and your suggestion will be shared with the scientific advisory team.

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