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Guidelines for Climate Research AuthorsSubmitted manuscripts must (1) not be submitted simultaneously to any other publication outlet; (2) be original, i.e. not published before; (3) have been approved by all immediately involved, e.g. authors, institutional authorities. If a manuscript has previously been submitted to any other publication outlet, the former reviews and author's replies should be enclosed.We publish: Research Articles (preferably not more than 12 printed pages); Reviews, state-of-the-art evaluations of important current research areas (up to 25 printed pages); Invited Reviews, authored by prominent experts; Notes, brief reports of important new information deserving priority publication (up to 4 printed pages); Comments, critical, fair assessments of published works and Reply Comments, replies to comments (normally 2 to 3 printed pages; for more details on Comments/Reply Comments click here); Theme Sections, integrated multiauthor analyses and syntheses initiated and coordinated by acknowledged experts; they highlight cutting-edge research areas or problems (as brief as possible); As I See It, important, not peer-reviewed, personal perspectives (brief and fair). Invited CR Reviews As suggested by several colleagues we herewith invite prominent scientists to author Reviews on cutting-edge topics for publication in Climate Research. We plan to publish 1 Review per volume and would be pleased to receive appropriate manuscripts. These should be addressed to one of the CR Editors or directly to Inter-Research.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONAddress new manuscripts (5 copies) to one of the Editors, or (until further notice) directly to the Director of Inter-Research for prompt initiation of the review process. You may alternatively submit the manuscript as a pdf file.PROCESSINGManuscripts are critically evaluated by at least 3 reviewers. The Editor decides on acceptance or rejection. Acceptable manuscripts are usually returned to the author for consideration of comments and criticism.On acceptance, titles of manuscripts are added to 'Forthcoming publications' on the Inter-Research Web site. The first, or corresponding, author receives a paper or electronic proof. Printing errors must be carefully corrected. At this stage, stylistic changes are not acceptable without compensatory payment. Tables of contents for each issue appear on the Web shortly before publication. Abstracts and .pdf versions of full articles are added on the day of publication. For each article published in CR a free copy of the journal volume or number will be mailed to the first, or corresponding, author. Orders for offprints must be made when returning the proof (use the form provided). PREPARATIONSubmit revised mss on 3.5" diskette, Zip disk, CD (formatted as Mac/PC hybrid) or per email as a word-processing file (e.g. MS Word), together with figure files (if any). Large files (>1 MB) can be uploaded to our ftp site (ftp.int-res.com). The ftp site can be freely accessed, but please inform us if you upload anything.To facilitate and accelerate the production process, please make sure that the ms conforms to the IR style. For the appropriate format please refer to recent issues of CR. Poor mss incur extra costs and delays; this applies particularly to figures and tables. If a ms requires excessive changes, we may have to return it, or charge you for the extra work involved in copy editing, typesetting and proofreading. To avoid this, please bring your ms in line with the following guidelines:
Cover pageTitle: Avoid the use of 'A', 'An', 'The', 'On', etc. at the beginning, eliminate unnecessary modifiers, and make the title as logical, specific and concise as possible. The title should preferably have up to 100 characters (ca. 15 words, 2 lines in print), and 150 characters at most. Compare
'A novel method for the production of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific to an envelope protein (28kDa) of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) of shrimp and detection of WSSV by MAb-based antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay' vs.
'Detection of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) of shrimp by means of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific to an envelope protein (28 kDa)' Provide a running head with 3 to 6 words; e.g. 'Detection of shrimp WSSV'. Authors and addresses: If a ms has several authors from different institutions,
Key Words: Supply 3 to 8 key words, listed in order of importance; these may be composites (e.g. 'environmental assessment', 'population dynamics'), but they should not be phrases or sentences.
TextPlease use approximately 12 point font (e.g. 'Times') and double spacing. Do your very best to use correct English grammar, spelling and punctuation; if you are not a native speaker, you should have the text edited by someone who is, before sending the ms to IR. You may also wish to consult a 'How to' book such as Day (1998) How to write and publish a scientific paper. (Oryx, Phoenix, AZ).Headings: Our main headings are in capital letters. Subheadings are bold type lower case, usually centered. Further subheadings can be used and you need not worry about details as long as their order is clear; they should be kept short and in the same style as described under 'Title'. We do not accept solitary subheadings, i.e. any section must contain at least 2 subheadings, or none at all.
Verbosity: Please eliminate verbiage; examples (verbiage underlined) with improved versions:
Abbreviations: Define unusual abbreviations and acronyms in the 'Abstract' (if used there) and at first mention in the main text, and thereafter use only the abbreviation / acronym. Lists of items in the text should be run-on with numerals in parentheses; e.g. 'This study on mussels was conducted to: (1) assess their distributional range, (2) determine their population density, (3) collect specimens for culinary experiments'.
Equations and units: Use standard SI units. Relations or concentrations (e.g. mg per l) must be given as 'mg l-1' (not mg/l); this applies to text, tables and graphs (e.g. axis labels). Variables are usually italicised (except for Greek letters). Italicisation should be consistent in text, figures and equations, and kept the same whether the symbols are in normal, superscript or subscripted text. Leave one blank space on either side of '=', '>', ± etc. where these denote equalities or inequalities. Acknowledgements: Do not give first names in full, only initials (with period and space), e.g. 'We thank M. A. Smith and R. F. G. Miller'. Authors of the current ms should be given as initials only, e.g. 'We acknowledge a grant to M.A.S. from ...'.
Figures and tablesFigures: Please see Guidelines to Authors on Figure Preparation.These should be self-explanatory; they must be referred to in correct numerical order in the text. Please prepare them very carefully; poor figures are a principal source of delay and additional work in the production process. High quality laser printouts, photographic prints (i.e. created by a camera), and electronic files in standard formats are acceptable. Good color illustrations are welcome; no charge for these will be made to the author.
Legends: Table legends should be given above each table; figure legends should be supplied as a list, and not placed with the individual figures. Captions should be brief and precise; they should not contain text in bold or italic, except for species names. If a figure or table provides data on biological species, its legend should begin with the full Latin name of that species. Example:
Literature citedLimit the number of citations to a maximum of about 1 page of citations for every 4 pages of text. Use IR format (e.g. no periods or spaces with authors' initials, nor periods within journal names; examples below). All quoted literature must be listed, and all listed literature must be quoted. If in doubt with regard to abbreviations or how much information the cite should contain, provide all of it and let us shorten it.
Periodicals: Use standard abbreviations according to 'BIOSIS Serial Sources'. You may download a list of journal abbreviations from http://www.int-res.com/journals/misc/journallist.txt or use the bibliographic database software 'EndNote' to import the list and obtain styles for IR journals at http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp. Example:
Books: Please write the title of the book in lower case, and give the publisher and place of publication. In the case of book series, give the series editor as well. Examples:
Papers from books, conference reports, symposium proceedings, etc.: Please give the title of the cited chapter, the editor(s) and title of the volume, the publisher and place of the publisher (not the location where the conference was held), and the pages of the chapter. The date of the cite must be the year of publication (not the year in which the conference was held). Example:
Certain conference proceedings/symposiums may be cited as a journal.
Dissertations: Please write the title in lower case, 'MS / PhD thesis / dissertation' (no spaces or periods in 'MS' or 'PhD'), and give the university and its location. Example:
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