This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the guide for ScholarOne authors before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided below.

Contributions to Palynology should report original research, and will be peer-reviewed. Palynology will also accept review articles. Manuscripts will be considered for Palynology on the condition that they have not been previously published, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Costs may be incurred if these conditions are not met.

Manuscript preparation

1.General guidelines

• Manuscripts should be written using either American or British English punctuation and spelling. However American or British English usage must be consistent within the manuscript.
• A typical article should not normally exceed 20,000 words. Manuscripts that significantly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length. Authors should include a word count.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title; author details; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; references; appendices; figure/table caption(s) as appropriate.
• Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout, employ continuous line numbering and the pages should be numbered in the top right hand corner.
• Abstracts are mandatory and should not exceed one page in length. The abstract should briefly summarise the information and interpretations presented in the text. Any new names should be included in the abstract.
• A manuscript should include up to seven keywords, listed in a logical order.
• Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections. Up to three orders of headings are permitted (i.e., 1, 2.1, 3.1.4 etc.).
• The articles of the 2006 International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) (the ‘Vienna Code' - McNeill et al., 2006) must be followed for all nomenclatural procedures. It is especially important that any type material is curated at an appropriate repository.
• Ensure that any lists of items such as place names, stratigraphic units, taxa etc. are given in alphabetical order, e.g. Aalenian, Bartonian, Callovian, Devonian, Eemian, Frasnian, Gelasian, Homerian etc.
• Supply a short biographical note for each author, with a photograph if desired.
• Non-discriminatory language in all manuscripts is mandatory; racist or sexist terms should not be used.
• Abbreviations should generally be avoided, especially for names of taxa.
• Do not use footnotes.
• Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.
• When using a word which is, or is asserted to be, a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.

2. Style guidelines

Description of the Journal's article style

Description of the Journal's reference styles – please note the following deviations from this style:

• Journal titles in full
• Journal titles to be italicised
• Separate volume and page range with a comma, e.g. 32, 1-12

Example: Lam KA, Porter R. 1977. The distribution of palynomorphs in the Jurassic rocks of the Brora Outlier, NE Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society 134, 45-55.

 N.B. A sample online issue of Palynology (vol 34, Issue 1) is available for further guidance at:
www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g923328760.

• Guide to using mathematical symbols and equations

Word templates
Word templates are available for this journal. If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk

3. Figures

It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.

Please note that the width of the text in the journal is 172.7 x 238.8 mm, so any plates and figures provided will be scaled to fit into that area.

• Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the manuscript file.
• Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
• All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
• All photomicrograph montages are Plates and not figures; please refer to these as Plate 1, Plate 2 etc.
• All data matrices are Tables, and not figures; please refer to these as Table 1, Table 2 etc.

There are a limited number of colour pages within the annual page allowance. Authors should restrict their use of colour to situations where it is necessary on scientific, and not merely cosmetic, grounds. Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree on an appropriate number of colour pages. If the colour page budget is exceeded, authors will be given the option to provide a financial contribution to additional colour reproduction costs. Figures that appear in black-and-white in the print edition of the Journal will appear in colour in the online edition, assuming colour originals are supplied.

5. Reproduction of copyright material

As an author, you are required to secure permission if you want to reproduce any figure, table, or extract from the text of another source. This applies to direct reproduction as well as "derivative reproduction" (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source). For further information and FAQs, please see http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/permission.asp. Authors are themselves responsible for the payment of any permission fees required by the copyright owner. Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission.

• Copyright permission letter template

Authors are welcome to submit animations, data, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.

• Information about supplementary online material

8. Copyright and authors' rights

It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to the AASP Foundation. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Exceptions are made for Government employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties. We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers.

9. Reprints

The corresponding author will receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website, Taylor & Francis Online, and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.

10. Page charges

There are no page charges.

11. iFirst

iFirst is Taylor & Francis' proprietary early-online-publication system, which makes new knowledge available to researchers in the shortest possible time. For more information on iFirst please visit http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/publication/ifirst.asp.

12. iOpenAccess

Authors whose manuscripts have been accepted for publication have the option to pay a one-off fee of US$3250 to make their article free to read online via the Palynology website. Choosing this option also allows authors to post their article in an institutional or subject repository immediately upon publication.

• Further details on iOpenAccess

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