The International Research and Review Journal for Microscopy

Micron is an interdisciplinary forum for all work that involves new applications of microscopy or where advanced microscopy plays a central role. The journal publishes research papers on the design, methods, application, practice or theory of microscopy and microanalysis, including reports on light optical, electron-beam, X-ray microtomography, ion microscopy and scanning-probe imaging.

It also carries review papers, short communications, thematic issues on contemporary developments in microscopy & microanalysis, as well as tutorial papers describing microscopy techniques for current practitioners or newcomers in the field. The journal embraces original research in which microscopy has contributed significantly to knowledge in biology, life science, nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science and engineering.

Authors are encouraged to contact one of the Editors directly to discuss Review or Tutorial proposals: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/micron/editorial-board

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Micron enables researchers to rapidly share their most exciting work with their colleagues. The expected time from submission to final decision is approximately 5 weeks.

The journal does not have page limits, so supplementary text is unnecessary and should be avoided.

Authors are encouraged to deposit supplementary materials during submission, e.g. videos and research data, in a relevant data repository such as Mendeley Data and cite and link to this dataset in their article. There are several ways you can share your data, which helps you get credit for your work and make your data accessible and discoverable for your peers. To deposit your data please follow the Research Data Guidelines.

Note to the authors

No changes in the list authors will be accepted during the review process or after acceptance unless such a claim is duly justified by the authors.

Editors
F. Braet
The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, NSW 2006, Australia (Biological Sciences)
R.F. Egerton
University of Alberta, 11322 - 89 Avenue, Edmonton, T6G 2J1, Canada (Physical Sciences)
Review Editors
F. Hofer
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria (Physical Sciences)
T. Ruiz
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States (Biological Sciences)
Editorial Boarda
P. Abellan
Jean Rouxel Institute of Materials, Nantes, France
U. Aebi
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
H. Assender
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
D. Bhella
University of Glasgow MRC Virology Unit, Glasgow, United Kingdom
J. Billen
KU Leuven Department of Biology, Leuven, Belgium
E.J. Boekema
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
G. Botton
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J.L. Carrascosa
Spanish Scientific Research Council, Madrid, Spain
G. Cox
The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Y.F. Dufrêne
Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
A. Gregorc
University of Maribor Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
J.R. Harris
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
A. Holzenburg
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Edinburg, Texas, United States
B.P. Jena
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States
A. Kirkland
University of Oxford Department of Materials, Oxford, United Kingdom
M. Lekka
Henryka Niewodniczanskiego Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, Poland
J. Lucocq
University of St Andrews School of Medicine, St. Andrews, United Kingdom
H. Luensdorf
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
Q. Luo
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
J. Reyes Gasga
UNAM Institute of Physics, Mexico D.F., Mexico
J. A. Slater
Diamond Light Source, Didcot, United Kingdom
D.L. Taatjes
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States
M. Varela del Arco
Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
J. Verbeeck
University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
P. Verkade
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
P. Xi
Peking University, Beijing, China
Y. Zhu
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States
J.M. Zuo
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States