The Award is related to the Special Issue on “The Latest in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Radiobiology” in Life Journal (open access, IF: 3.251)
The Journal Life wants to support the Young BNCT Congress by giving, to the best accepted abstract in this Congress (in the context of the scope of this special issue), the “Life” Award: the best accepted abstract will be published AS A FULL PAPER in our Special Issue without charges if it is accepted after peer review.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the latest BNCT radiobiological findings performed in in vivo and in vitro experimental models, and the latest in the BNCT clinical veterinary field. Contributions can be in the field of the study of BNCT for different pathologies, BNCT combined with other cancer therapies, findings related to the radiobiological mechanisms induced by BNCT, the evaluation of new boron compounds, strategies that could enhance BNCT therapeutic effect and reduce toxicity, microdistribution studies and boron imaging, dosimetry studies in in vivo and in vitro models.
LIFE Journal expressed its support of the YBNCT meeting by giving the “LIFE” Abstract Award, offering the possibility to publish a selected contribution without charges, if the full paper is accepted after peer review. The Guest Editors of the Special issue will select a list of abstracts among those presented in the YBNCT congress that fall within the scope described above. Authors wishing to be considered for this Award should express their interest when they submit their abstract.
We encourage authors to contribute radiobiological findings in the more recently developed area of accelerator based-BNCT, but of course also welcome contributions in the well-established area of reactor-based BNCT.
The authors of the selected abstracts will be invited to submit an extended summary of their work between 2 and 4 pages.
These will be evaluated in terms of:
(1) Relevance to scope of the special issue (see scope above).
(2) Originality / Novelty.
(3) Significance of Content.
(4) English language.
(5) Introduction: Is the background sufficient to understand the study?
(6) Design of the research.
(7) Materials and methods: are they complete and explained clearly?
(8) Quality of presentation of the data: Data presentation in tables/figures, analysis of the data including statistical analysis.
(9) Are the conclusions supported by the results?
(10) References: upto 10. They must be updated and relevant to the study.
Each category will be evaluated based on the following score: [High] 8-10 points; [Average] 5-7 points; [Low] 0-4 points. The LIFE Award decision will be based on the sum of the points obtained and after discussion amongst the Guest Editors of the Special Issue and experts on the topic invited by the Guest Editors, if needed.
Please, remember that the selected work will be then evaluated as a normal full paper by the Editor of the Journal, so it will go through blind review and accepted only after approval of the Life Editorial Board. Only in this case it will be published without charges.
Good luck to all participants!
Guest Editors – “The Latest in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Radiobiology”, Life Journal
Dr. Amanda E. Schwint (National Atomic Energy Commission, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina)
Dr. Silva Bortolussi (Department of Physics, University of Pavia, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Italy)
Dr. Andrea Monti Hughes (National Atomic Energy Commission, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina).
LIFE Abstract Award committee
Andrea Monti Hughes
Amanda Schwint
Silva Bortolussi
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Fong-In Chou