IMPACT CITESCORE FACTOR 2.6 3.817 SCOPUS life an Open Access Journal by MDPI The Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB) and Spanish Academic Open Access Publishing Association for Cancer Research (ASEICA) are affiliated with since 1996 Life IMPACT CITESCORE FACTOR 2.6 life 3.817 SCOPUS an Open Access Journal by MDPI Section Editors-in-Chief Message from the Editors-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Ron Elber Life (ISSN 2075-1729) is an international, peer-reviewed Prof. Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson Prof. Dr. Katalin Prokai-Tatrai open access journal that publishes scientific studies Prof. Dr. Stefano Gianni related to fundamental themes in life sciences. Some Prof. Dr. Andrew Pohorille Prof. Dr. Koichiro Tamura papers are published individually, while others are Prof. Dr. Kousuke Hanada submitted for inclusion in special issues with guest Prof. Dr. Pasquale Stano editors. You are invited to contribute a research article, Prof. Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana Prof. Dr. Nicola Smania essay, or a review to be considered for publication. Prof. Dr. Ramón Cacabelos Dr. William Bains Author Benefits Open Access Unlimited and free access for readers No Copyright Constraints Retain copyright of your work and free use of your article Thorough Peer-Review Impact Factor 3.817 (2020 Journal Citation Reports®) Coverage by Leading Indexing Services Coverage by Leading Indexing Services SCIE (Clarivate Analytics), PubMed (NLM), Scopus (Elsevier) No Space Constraints, No Extra Space or Color Charges No restriction on the length of the papers, number of figures or colors Rapid Publication Manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 14.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.7 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2021) More Information about This Journal This journal covers all aspects of life sciences. Research fields of interest include but are not limited to: Artificial life Astrobiology Biochemistry Biodiversity Biomedicine Biophysics Cell biology Ecology Extremophiles Evolutionary biology Genetics Genomics Microbiology Origins of life Paleontology Prebiotic chemistry Editorial Office Life Editorial Office Systems biology [email protected] MDPI, St. Alban-Anlage 66 Synthetic biology 4052 Basel, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 683 77 34 Fax: +41 61 302 89 18 www.mdpi.com mdpi.com/journal/life MDPI is a member of Affiliated Societies Follow Us facebook.com/MDPIOpenAccessPublishing twitter.com/MDPIOpenAccess linkedin.com/company/mdpi weibo.com/mdpicn Wechat: MDPI-China blog.mdpi.com www.mdpi.com mdpi.com/journal/life See www.mdpi.com for a full list of offices and contact information. MDPI is a company registered in Basel, Switzerland, No. CH-270.3.014.334-3, whose registered office is at St. Alban-Anlage 66, CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland. Basel, July 2021.