A number of editorial and refereeing activities are carried out in parallel with normal research activities. Participation in the peer review system is intended to help ensure that only reliable and high-quality studies are published, and to promote equity and inclusion of researchers in the international community.

Many roles have been performed as editorial content advisor for scientific publications. This goal is pursued through active participation in the editorial boards of several international journals:

      • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Elsevier)

      • Biophysical Chemistry (Elsevier)

      • Frontiers in Physics (Frontiers Media), section Biophysics

      • Frontiers in Physiology (Frontiers Media), section Biophysics

      • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI), section Molecular Biophysics

      • Journal of Personalized Medicine (MDPI), section Mechanisms of Diseases

      • Targets (MDPI)

And in the past:

      • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (Frontiers Media), section Biophysics

      • Letters in Drug Design and Discovery (Bentham)

Peer review of scientific manuscripts is performed on a case-by-case basis, depending on the subject matter of the studies. Examples include reviews for prestigious journals in the fields of biochemistry (e.g. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules), molecular and structural biology (e.g. Journal of Molecular Biology), medicinal chemistry (e.g. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry), food chemistry (e.g. Food Chemistry), soft matter (e.g. Langmuir), and protein science (e.g. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics).

From time to time, review activities are carried out for the Italian MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) and for other national funding agencies for scientific foundations in Europe.

• bruno.rizzuti@cnr.it