The Journal of Theoretical Biology is the leading forum for theoretical perspectives that give insight into biological processes. It covers a very wide range of topics and is of interest to biologists in many areas of research, including: 

• Brain and Neuroscience 
• Cancer Growth and Treatment 
• Cell Biology 
• Developmental Biology 
• Ecology 
• Evolution 
• Immunology,
• Infectious and non-infectious Diseases, 
• Mathematical, Computational, Biophysical and Statistical Modeling 
• Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry 
• Networks and Complex Systems 
• Physiology 
• Pharmacodynamics 
• Animal Behavior and Game Theory 



Acceptable papers are those that bear significant importance on the biology per se being presented, and not on the mathematical analysis. Papers that include some data or experimental material bearing on theory will be considered, including those that contain comparative study, statistical data analysis, mathematical proof, computer simulations, experiments, field observations, or even philosophical arguments, which are all methods to support or reject theoretical ideas. However, there should be a concerted effort to make papers intelligible to biologists in the chosen field. 

Whatever the topic of the paper, please note that the biological significance of the problem being studied should be clearly stated. In addition, Highlights are required for each article and they should feature the biological applications as well as any theoretical advancements. 

Highly speculative papers not based on current biological knowledge will not be accepted. Importantly, papers in which only mathematics is utilized, only technical mathematical results are proved, or standard statistical/bioinformatics methods are applied to existing genomic data, without new theoretical perspective or biologically novel insight will NOT be considered. The journal does not accept unsolicited review papers. Comments on theoretical issues or on papers published specifically in the Journal of Theoretical Biology are welcomed in the form of Letters to the Editors. 

Co-Chief Editors
D. Kirschner
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Y. Iwasa
Kwansei Gakuin University School of Science and Technology Graduate School of Science and Technology Department of Bioscience, Sanda, Japan
M. Chaplain
University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
Editorial Board Members
S.M. Baer
Tempe, Arizona, United States
R. Baker
Oxford, United Kingdom
C. Blomberg
Stockholm, Sweden
A. Borisyuk
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
M. Broom
London, United Kingdom
J. Chave
Toulouse, France
A. Cornish-Bowden
Marseille, France
R.J. De Boer
Utrecht, Netherlands
D. Drasdo
Paris, France
Z. Feng
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
D. Forger
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
M. Grabe
San Francisco, California, United States
F. Guichard
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
B. Haegeman
Montpellier, France
C. Hauert
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
T. Hedrick
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
A.V. Holden
Leeds, United Kingdom
T. House
Manchester, United Kingdom
S. Huang
Seattle, Washington, United States
H. Innan
Miura-gun, Japan
V. Jansen
Egham, United Kingdom
H. Jonsson
Cambridge, United Kingdom
T.B.L. Kirkwood
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
S.H. Kleinstein
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
N.L. Komarova
Irvine, California, United States
W. Li
Manhasset, New York, United States
T.B. Liverpool
Bristol, United Kingdom
A. Marciniak-Czochra
Heidelberg, Germany
S. McDougall
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A. Mochizuki
Wako, Japan
A. Morozov
Leicester, United Kingdom
Z. Neufeld
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
G. Powathil
Swansea, United Kingdom
L. Preziosi
Torino, Italy
L. Pujo-Menjouet
Lyon Cedex, France
R. Root-Bernstein
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
A.J. Salvador
Coimbra, Portugal
A. Sasaki
Kanagawa, Japan
J. Sneyd
Auckland, New Zealand
E. Szathmáry
Budapest, Hungary
Y. Takeuchi
Sagamihara, Japan
H. Toh
Fukuoka, Japan
Y. Vodovotz
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
J.S. Weitz
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
J. Welch
Cambridge, United Kingdom
K. A. J. White, PhD
Bath, England, United Kingdom
G. Wild
London, Ontario, Canada
Y. Xiao
Xian, China