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General Requirements & Format
J. Great Lakes Res. 29(1):203–204 Internat. Assoc. Great Lakes Res., 2002
Instructions for Contributors Journal of Great Lakes Research GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Original contributions reporting new information pertaining to the science of large lakes of the world will be considered from all disciplines. A manuscript should advance knowledge on a subject or promote a better understanding of existing concepts. It can not have been published or can not be simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. Original submissions may be in the form of Articles, Reviews, or technical Notes. Articles represent original research results. Reviews are in depth reviews of a particular topic or field. Authors are advised to contact the Editor before submission of a Review. Notes are short articles that report on brief but complete projects, significant observations, or are preliminary findings of continuing projects that warrant rapid publication. Submitted manuscripts will normally be scrutinized by the Editor or an Associate Editor. Those submissions which meet the Journal’s criteria will be sent to two or more referees for peer review. Four copies of all Articles, Reviews, or Notes should be submitted to the Editor. Where a submission relies heavily on a report, unpublished manuscript, or other source that is not generally available, two copies of this material should be included with the manuscript to facilitate the review process. When the findings and/or conclusions of a manuscript rely on the results of chemical analyses, the manuscript should include sufficient infor-
mation to demonstrate that the reported results are valid. When a manuscript includes the development or use of a model, sufficient information must be in the article or available to the referees to assess the applicability of the model. Two copies of Commentaries or Editorials should be sent to the Editor. Commentaries are letters, essays, opinion papers, or reflections on previously published papers. For commentaries on published papers, the original author will be allowed to reply. The review of Commentaries will be at the discretion of the Editor. Editorials, generally one or two journal pages in length, are published at the beginning of an issue. They represent the opinions or ideas of the author(s). Editorials will be reviewed at the discretion of the Editor. See J. Great Lakes Res. 15(2):373 and 24(2):163 for more information on Editorials. The Journal is multidisciplinary in its coverage. Authors are requested to describe the area of research of the paper to unfamiliar readers with a few sentences in the introduction. Likewise, jargon specific to a discipline should be used sparingly, and it should be defined in the manuscript. Page charges of $50 per printed page for IAGLR members and $60 for non-members are assessed to partially cover publication costs. Authors will be asked early in the review process to certify that they and their co-authors will accept page charges.
FORMAT Typing: Double-spaced throughout, including abstract, references, captions, and legends. Leave at least one-inch margins, left justified. Number all pages including title page, abstract, text, tables and figures. Avoid the use of first person. Refer to recent issues of the journal for style of headings, figure captions, and table legends. Title: A short title which accurately describes and identifies the topic of the manuscript is necessary. The first name, middle initial and last name of all authors and their full addresses including postal code, should be placed under the title. The phone number, fax number and email address of the corresponding author should also be listed. An abbreviated running title of less than 60 characters for use at the top of journal pages should also be included on the title page. Abstract: The Abstract should be one paragraph of 250 words or less. It should summarize the reported research indicating the key results and explaining why the results are important. The abstract should not contain references.
Index Words: A list of 2 to 6 index words (key terms) following the abstract is required to aid information retrieval. Index words may include words used in the title. Journal staff may edit the index words or assign the index words if they are not provided by the author. Names: Chemical compounds and biological species should be identified by their complete scientific name when first used. A common name may be identified at this time and used in the remainder of the paper. Chemical names should follow the IUPAC conventions. The names of fishes should follow those listed in Robins, C. R., et al. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the U. S. and Canada. Amer. Fisheries Soc., Spec. Publ. #20 (5th Ed.), 5410 Grosvenor Ln., Bethesda, MD 20814. Units and Abbreviations: Metric units, following the SI convention, should be used throughout. Carefully check all units for consistency. Chemical formulas should correspond to the style of Chemical Abstracts. Abbreviate liter as “L”. Molar units (mM, for instance) should be used whenever possible rather than mass units (mg/L)
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for reporting concentrations. Do not use ppm, ppb, etc. Do not use negative exponents (i.e., use mol/cm2/sec and not mol • cm–2 • sec–1). Alkalinity must be reported in molar units (meq/L). Dates should be abbreviated as in 10 Oct 74 (do not use 10/10/74). Time of day is indicated by four digits using the 24 hour system. Quantities of all units of time are referred to in Arabic numerals (3 weeks, 7 hours, etc.). Use American spelling, except for proper names. Figures: Figures (illustrations, charts, and graphs) which increase comprehension and readability, and are relevant to the content of the article are encouraged. Do not however, overburden an article with artwork. Number all figures consecutively with Arabic numerals. Include a typed list of figure captions on a separate sheet. An explanatory sentence linking the figure to the text may serve as the caption. Indicate in the margin of the text where each figure should appear. Black on white, laser printer quality prints or glossy photos (identified on back) are suitable as photo-ready figures that will need to be submitted with the final version of the paper. It is important that the lettering be large enough to be legible. Illustrations will be reduced up to four times to fit within the width of one column (8.47 cm) or up to two times to fit within two adjacent columns (17.77 cm). When drawing at twice size, 14 through 18 point lettering size is suitable. Use thin lines for drawing tick marks, grids, error bars and less significant lines. Use medium lines for axes, shorelines, bar outlines, boxes, and arrows. Use heavy lines for graph lines, flow lines, and most important lines. Do NOT use fine dot patterns to make gray areas in your figures. Instead, use cross hatching. Submit figures approximately the size you want them reproduced in the Journal, and inspect them carefully to determine that the letters and numbers are large enough to read easily, and that line weights are bold enough to reproduce clearly. Graphs or other scaled figures should be framed with appropriate tick marks on all axes. Clearly label all axes with parameter and units. Many tick marks may be used, but only a few should be labeled. The labels must be large enough to be easily legible when reduced. Do not use small dots for data points. Include error bars when appropriate. Maps must have latitude-longitude values as well as a graphical scale. Photographs will be published if appropriate to the manuscript. They are to be submitted as high quality glossy prints and should have a graphical scale when appropriate. Identify photographs on the back, and include with them a separate typed list of illustration captions. Prescreened photos are unsuitable. Color: If color photos or prints or publication on gloss paper stock are desired, the author must bear the extra costs incurred. Tables: Tables should supplement, not duplicate, figures and text. Where tables of data may be of value to only a few readers, consider indicating in the text that data are available from the author upon request. Give enough information in table legends so that each table is understandable without reference to the text.
References: References should be complete and doublespaced. Do not include personal communications in the list of references. If it is essential to cite personal communications, incorporate them in the text, citing name, affiliation, and date. If a reference does not exactly fit the examples below, include enough information so that a reader may be able to obtain a copy of the reference. Journal Articles: Mazumder, A., Lean, D. R. S., and Taylor, W. D. 1992. Dominance of small filter feeding zooplankton in the Lake Ontario food web. J. Great Lakes Res. 18:456–466. A Book: Hough, J. L. 1958. Geology of the Great Lakes. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. A Chapter in a Book: Leach, J. 1993. Impacts of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on water quality and fish spawning reefs of Western Lake Erie. In Zebra mussels: biology, impacts, and control, eds. T. Nalepa and D. Schloesser, pp. 381–397. Ann Arbor, MI: Lewis Publishers. A Report: Makarewicz, J. C., Lewis, T., and Bertram, P. 1995. Epilimnetic phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass and species composition in Lake Michigan, 1983–1992. U. S. EPA Great Lakes National Program, Chicago, IL. EPA 905-R-95-009. Conference Proceedings: Stanley, J. G. 1969. Seasonal changes in the electrolyte metabolism in the alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, in Lake Michigan. In Proc. 12th Conf. Great Lakes Res., pp. 91–97. Internat. Assoc. Great Lakes Res. A Thesis: Strunk, J. L. 1991. The extraction of mercury from sediment and the geochemical partitioning of mercury in sediments from Lake Superior, M.S. thesis, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI. Footnotes: Avoid footnotes whenever possible. Incorporate the material in the text. Acknowledgments: Brief acknowledgments should be placed just before references. Include any contribution number in the acknowledgments. Other: For other questions on format and style refer to published issues of the Journal or consult the Editor or Managing Editor. When recommended for acceptance by the Associate Editor, two copies along with a copy on a disk (identified as to computer, program, and version of the program) of the final version of the manuscript, and the camera-ready versions of the figures should be sent to the Editor. Upon acceptance by the Editor authors will be asked to prepare a press release. Instructions for the preparation of a press release will be provided at that time. Upon request, the original copy of the published version of a manuscript (including figures) will be returned to the author after publication. Unreturned originals will be discarded six months after the publication date.
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Instructions for Contributors Journal of Great Lakes Research GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Original contributions reporting new information pertaining to the science of large lakes of the world will be considered from all disciplines. A manuscript should advance knowledge on a subject or promote a better understanding of existing concepts. It can not have been published or can not be simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. Original submissions may be in the form of Articles, Reviews, or technical Notes. Articles represent original research results. Reviews are in depth reviews of a particular topic or field. Authors are advised to contact the Editor before submission of a Review. Notes are short articles that report on brief but complete projects, significant observations, or are preliminary findings of continuing projects that warrant rapid publication. Submitted manuscripts will normally be scrutinized by the Editor or an Associate Editor. Those submissions which meet the Journal’s criteria will be sent to two or more referees for peer review. Four copies of all Articles, Reviews, or Notes should be submitted to the Editor. Where a submission relies heavily on a report, unpublished manuscript, or other source that is not generally available, two copies of this material should be included with the manuscript to facilitate the review process. When the findings and/or conclusions of a manuscript rely on the results of chemical analyses, the manuscript should include sufficient infor-
mation to demonstrate that the reported results are valid. When a manuscript includes the development or use of a model, sufficient information must be in the article or available to the referees to assess the applicability of the model. Two copies of Commentaries or Editorials should be sent to the Editor. Commentaries are letters, essays, opinion papers, or reflections on previously published papers. For commentaries on published papers, the original author will be allowed to reply. The review of Commentaries will be at the discretion of the Editor. Editorials, generally one or two journal pages in length, are published at the beginning of an issue. They represent the opinions or ideas of the author(s). Editorials will be reviewed at the discretion of the Editor. See J. Great Lakes Res. 15(2):373 and 24(2):163 for more information on Editorials. The Journal is multidisciplinary in its coverage. Authors are requested to describe the area of research of the paper to unfamiliar readers with a few sentences in the introduction. Likewise, jargon specific to a discipline should be used sparingly, and it should be defined in the manuscript. Page charges of $50 per printed page for IAGLR members and $60 for non-members are assessed to partially cover publication costs. Authors will be asked early in the review process to certify that they and their co-authors will accept page charges.
FORMAT Typing: Double-spaced throughout, including abstract, references, captions, and legends. Leave at least one-inch margins, left justified. Number all pages including title page, abstract, text, tables and figures. Avoid the use of first person. Refer to recent issues of the journal for style of headings, figure captions, and table legends. Title: A short title which accurately describes and identifies the topic of the manuscript is necessary. The first name, middle initial and last name of all authors and their full addresses including postal code, should be placed under the title. The phone number, fax number and email address of the corresponding author should also be listed. An abbreviated running title of less than 60 characters for use at the top of journal pages should also be included on the title page. Abstract: The Abstract should be one paragraph of 250 words or less. It should summarize the reported research indicating the key results and explaining why the results are important. The abstract should not contain references.
Index Words: A list of 2 to 6 index words (key terms) following the abstract is required to aid information retrieval. Index words may include words used in the title. Journal staff may edit the index words or assign the index words if they are not provided by the author. Names: Chemical compounds and biological species should be identified by their complete scientific name when first used. A common name may be identified at this time and used in the remainder of the paper. Chemical names should follow the IUPAC conventions. The names of fishes should follow those listed in Robins, C. R., et al. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the U. S. and Canada. Amer. Fisheries Soc., Spec. Publ. #20 (5th Ed.), 5410 Grosvenor Ln., Bethesda, MD 20814. Units and Abbreviations: Metric units, following the SI convention, should be used throughout. Carefully check all units for consistency. Chemical formulas should correspond to the style of Chemical Abstracts. Abbreviate liter as “L”. Molar units (mM, for instance) should be used whenever possible rather than mass units (mg/L)
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for reporting concentrations. Do not use ppm, ppb, etc. Do not use negative exponents (i.e., use mol/cm2/sec and not mol • cm–2 • sec–1). Alkalinity must be reported in molar units (meq/L). Dates should be abbreviated as in 10 Oct 74 (do not use 10/10/74). Time of day is indicated by four digits using the 24 hour system. Quantities of all units of time are referred to in Arabic numerals (3 weeks, 7 hours, etc.). Use American spelling, except for proper names. Figures: Figures (illustrations, charts, and graphs) which increase comprehension and readability, and are relevant to the content of the article are encouraged. Do not however, overburden an article with artwork. Number all figures consecutively with Arabic numerals. Include a typed list of figure captions on a separate sheet. An explanatory sentence linking the figure to the text may serve as the caption. Indicate in the margin of the text where each figure should appear. Black on white, laser printer quality prints or glossy photos (identified on back) are suitable as photo-ready figures that will need to be submitted with the final version of the paper. It is important that the lettering be large enough to be legible. Illustrations will be reduced up to four times to fit within the width of one column (8.47 cm) or up to two times to fit within two adjacent columns (17.77 cm). When drawing at twice size, 14 through 18 point lettering size is suitable. Use thin lines for drawing tick marks, grids, error bars and less significant lines. Use medium lines for axes, shorelines, bar outlines, boxes, and arrows. Use heavy lines for graph lines, flow lines, and most important lines. Do NOT use fine dot patterns to make gray areas in your figures. Instead, use cross hatching. Submit figures approximately the size you want them reproduced in the Journal, and inspect them carefully to determine that the letters and numbers are large enough to read easily, and that line weights are bold enough to reproduce clearly. Graphs or other scaled figures should be framed with appropriate tick marks on all axes. Clearly label all axes with parameter and units. Many tick marks may be used, but only a few should be labeled. The labels must be large enough to be easily legible when reduced. Do not use small dots for data points. Include error bars when appropriate. Maps must have latitude-longitude values as well as a graphical scale. Photographs will be published if appropriate to the manuscript. They are to be submitted as high quality glossy prints and should have a graphical scale when appropriate. Identify photographs on the back, and include with them a separate typed list of illustration captions. Prescreened photos are unsuitable. Color: If color photos or prints or publication on gloss paper stock are desired, the author must bear the extra costs incurred. Tables: Tables should supplement, not duplicate, figures and text. Where tables of data may be of value to only a few readers, consider indicating in the text that data are available from the author upon request. Give enough information in table legends so that each table is understandable without reference to the text.
References: References should be complete and doublespaced. Do not include personal communications in the list of references. If it is essential to cite personal communications, incorporate them in the text, citing name, affiliation, and date. If a reference does not exactly fit the examples below, include enough information so that a reader may be able to obtain a copy of the reference. Journal Articles: Mazumder, A., Lean, D. R. S., and Taylor, W. D. 1992. Dominance of small filter feeding zooplankton in the Lake Ontario food web. J. Great Lakes Res. 18:456–466. A Book: Hough, J. L. 1958. Geology of the Great Lakes. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. A Chapter in a Book: Leach, J. 1993. Impacts of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on water quality and fish spawning reefs of Western Lake Erie. In Zebra mussels: biology, impacts, and control, eds. T. Nalepa and D. Schloesser, pp. 381–397. Ann Arbor, MI: Lewis Publishers. A Report: Makarewicz, J. C., Lewis, T., and Bertram, P. 1995. Epilimnetic phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass and species composition in Lake Michigan, 1983–1992. U. S. EPA Great Lakes National Program, Chicago, IL. EPA 905-R-95-009. Conference Proceedings: Stanley, J. G. 1969. Seasonal changes in the electrolyte metabolism in the alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, in Lake Michigan. In Proc. 12th Conf. Great Lakes Res., pp. 91–97. Internat. Assoc. Great Lakes Res. A Thesis: Strunk, J. L. 1991. The extraction of mercury from sediment and the geochemical partitioning of mercury in sediments from Lake Superior, M.S. thesis, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI. Footnotes: Avoid footnotes whenever possible. Incorporate the material in the text. Acknowledgments: Brief acknowledgments should be placed just before references. Include any contribution number in the acknowledgments. Other: For other questions on format and style refer to published issues of the Journal or consult the Editor or Managing Editor. When recommended for acceptance by the Associate Editor, two copies along with a copy on a disk (identified as to computer, program, and version of the program) of the final version of the manuscript, and the camera-ready versions of the figures should be sent to the Editor. Upon acceptance by the Editor authors will be asked to prepare a press release. Instructions for the preparation of a press release will be provided at that time. Upon request, the original copy of the published version of a manuscript (including figures) will be returned to the author after publication. Unreturned originals will be discarded six months after the publication date.
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