The review articles published by The Quarterly Review of Biology are intended primarily for the informed general biologist. Manuscripts should both present a summary and critical evaluation of significant investigations and provide suggestions for further research. Theoretical papers should clearly identify the focus of study, review the relevant literature, and develop approaches to new levels of understanding. An article should be written in concise and sufficiently nontechnical language to be intelligible both to general biologists and to specialists in other fields.
Interpretive diagrams are desirable.
An article must be preceded by a brief abstract that summarizes the principal conclusions of the paper. If possible, lines should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript. Reference citations should be limited to those essential for documenting specific statements. Journal titles used in the references section should not be abbreviated. Each entry should give the full title and inclusive page numbers of the article cited.