Journal Details
Marine Biology Research
2010 Impact Factor: 1.484 Up 48%!
Increasing to 10 issues in 2012
Published By: Taylor & Francis
Volume Number: 7
Frequency: 8 issues per year
Print ISSN: 1745-1000
Online ISSN: 1745-1019
Instructions for Authors
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.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Contacts for author queries
• Editorial Office (for submission queries and papers under review): marinebiology@imr.no
• Taylor & Francis (for accepted and published papers only): authorqueries@tandf.co.uk
Scope
Marine Biology Research welcomes the submission of research reports on all aspects of marine biology (ecology, biodiversity, evolution, physiology, and behavior). The Journal will consider applied aspects (i.e., environmental or fisheries management) insofar as they contribute to more general biological knowledge. See also the Marine Biology Research homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/smar. The following categories of reports will be considered:
Marine Biology Research welcomes the submission of research reports on all aspects of marine biology (ecology, biodiversity, evolution, physiology, and behavior). The Journal will consider applied aspects (i.e., environmental or fisheries management) insofar as they contribute to more general biological knowledge. See also the Marine Biology Research homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/smar. The following categories of reports will be considered:
1. Original articles
2. Invited reviews
3. Short reports
4. Book reviews
Invitations for reviews may come directly from the editors. Authors who wish to publish a review should contact the editors to reach agreement on the topic and maximum length. Short reports should be not longer than six printed pages and may either represent short research articles or, published under separate subcategories, Mini-Reviews or Comments on recent articles in Marine Biology Research. Online samples of the latter are available for free download by clicking the links above.
Findings on the range extension of marine organisms must be accompanied by:
1. detailed biogeographic information,
2. systematically oriented comparative data, or
3. ecological data revealing impacts or interactions.
2. systematically oriented comparative data, or
3. ecological data revealing impacts or interactions.
Single issues may be devoted to specific research themes (‘Thematic Issue') to present the results of larger collaborative efforts resulting from projects or meetings. Thematic Issues will appear as regular issues with a coordinator (‘Thematic Issue Coordinator') having responsibility for concerted submission after having reached the agreement with the editors. For further information and instructions open the “Special issues” window under “Journal information” at www.tandfonline.com/smar
Submission of manuscripts
Authors submitting reports do so understanding that the work has not been previously published, is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and has been read and approved by all authors identified. Submission of a manuscript means that the authors automatically agree to assign exclusive copyright to Taylor & Francis. The Journal will not be held responsible for opinions or statements expressed by its authors.
Authors submitting reports do so understanding that the work has not been previously published, is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and has been read and approved by all authors identified. Submission of a manuscript means that the authors automatically agree to assign exclusive copyright to Taylor & Francis. The Journal will not be held responsible for opinions or statements expressed by its authors.
All manuscripts must be submitted online using ScholarOne Manuscript Central, the Journal's web- based manuscript submission and handling system which can be accessed at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mbr
1. Click on ‘Online Submission' which directs you to the log-in page. Here authors may either create a new account or enter an existing account.
2. Click on ‘Author Center' to upload manuscripts. If authors have difficulties in submitting their manuscripts, the ‘Get Help Now' link appears at the upper right-hand corner of every screen.
3. Upload research reports as Microsoft Word documents.
4. Each manuscript must begin with a title page that includes the authors' full names and addresses including e-mail addresses, and a short and concise Running head below. The main text starts on the next page with Abstract and Key words. At the end the tables and figure legends can be included.
5. Figures have to be loaded as separate files each created in either EPS, TIFF, or DOC format. For uploading graphs use a postscript printer driver, freely available at the Adobe website, to generate the EPS file. Upload photographs as TIFF files, uncompressed, at a resolution of minimum 300 dpi at final size.
All submissions will be acknowledged by an e-mail which includes the Manuscript ID number. This ID number must be referred in the subject line of any correspondence with the editorial office, marinebiology@imr.no. Status of submitted manuscripts can be viewed via the author center of Manuscript Central: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mbr
All submissions will be checked for technical consistency, language quality, and scientific scope according to Marine Biology Research standards and then passed over to one of the two co-editors and a selected subject editor who supervise the refereeing process. Decisions on publication are usually based on the opinions of at least two anonymous reviewers, after having passed pre-review by the editors. At the time of submission, authors can provide the name and e-mail address of up to five potential referees with recognized competence in the respective area of research.
After papers have been returned for revision, authors must resubmit the revised manuscript within 30 days for minor revisions and within 60 days for major revisions. Revised manuscripts must be resubmitted using ScholarOne Manuscripts URL site and upload the revised paper, as a marked copy of the original version, indicating where changes have been made, any figures in separate electronic files, and confirmation of modification or rebuttals in response to the referees' and editor's comments.
Proofs will be sent as a PDF file to the corresponding author together with a link to the proof correcting software. If corrections are to be made, these should be returned with least possible delay (preferably within 48 hours). Authors will be liable to pay for any alterations that they make which are not due to printer's errors. The article cannot be published until the publisher has received the signed Copyright Assignment form.
Online-only supplementary material
‘Background' information which is relevant to a target article but which does not lend itself to traditional printing either due to length or format (e.g., video clips) might be added to the article as online-only supplementary material. Such ‘background' information might include: detailed descriptions of mathematical models, long lists of localities for material collected, lists of oceanographic data or fauna-flora, raw data for molecular biology cladograms, large amounts of illustrative material, video-clips etc. For such supplements, the manuscript proper must contain a brief explanatory passage and, if already available, a live URL web link to the material. The material will be hosted either by Taylor & Francis or by the author as public domain with free access. Such supplementary material may only be submitted online using Manuscript Central http://www.tandfonline.com/smar.
Style
All manuscripts must conform to the ‘Instructions for Authors' provided in the hard copy of each issue and on the Marine Biology Research homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/smar. Manuscripts that do not conform will be returned for revision.
All manuscripts must be original research reports written in English (American or British) using in 12 pt Times New Roman or 11 pt Arial font and double-spaced. They should be as brief as possible, succinctly written, and only exceptionally exceed 10 printed pages.
The Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Style Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994, 6th edition) should be consulted for further conventions applied by Marine Biology Research.
Authors should avoid extensive reviews or excessive references in the Introduction and Discussion.
Non-standard abbreviations and acronyms should be avoided – and, if absolutely necessary they should be spelled out the first time appearing in the text followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. SI-units should preferably be used.
Format
Organize and submit (upload) research reports in the following order: Title page, Abstract + up to 5 key words, Manuscript proper, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figure Legends, and Figures (that latter always as separated files). Number all pages consecutively.
1. Title Page. The title must be short and concise, followed by the name, address and e-mail address of the author(s). It should also provide a running head (max. 60 units).
2. Abstract. This should be a single paragraph limited to a maximum of 200 words, except for invited reviews. It must be informative and complete in itself and – in qualitative terms – report on the main result or discovery presented in the paper.
3. Manuscript Proper. This is usually organized into an Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, and Discussion. Material and Methods should be condensed, but contain sufficient detailed to allow reproduction of experimental procedures. References in the text should be indicated by author name(s) and year of publication. Points of insertion of figures and tables should be indicated in the final revision. Footnotes will not be accepted.
4. Acknowledgements should be kept brief and placed before the reference section.
5. References. References should follow the CBE style. Only works actually cited in the text should be included in the references. In the actual text, place the author's name and year of publication inside parentheses. Publications from the same author in a single year should use a, b, c, etc. Articles with two authors should be cited with ‘and' between the names (e.g. Smith & Jones 1990). Where there are three or more authors, the citation should give only the first author followed by ‘et al.' (e.g., Smith et al. 1928). Spelling in the reference list should follow the original. References should then be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the article. Journal names should be written in full according to the following examples:
Journal Articles:
Strand E, Huse G, Giske J. 2002. Artificial evolution of life history and behavior. American Naturalist 159:624–44.
2. Abstract. This should be a single paragraph limited to a maximum of 200 words, except for invited reviews. It must be informative and complete in itself and – in qualitative terms – report on the main result or discovery presented in the paper.
3. Manuscript Proper. This is usually organized into an Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, and Discussion. Material and Methods should be condensed, but contain sufficient detailed to allow reproduction of experimental procedures. References in the text should be indicated by author name(s) and year of publication. Points of insertion of figures and tables should be indicated in the final revision. Footnotes will not be accepted.
4. Acknowledgements should be kept brief and placed before the reference section.
5. References. References should follow the CBE style. Only works actually cited in the text should be included in the references. In the actual text, place the author's name and year of publication inside parentheses. Publications from the same author in a single year should use a, b, c, etc. Articles with two authors should be cited with ‘and' between the names (e.g. Smith & Jones 1990). Where there are three or more authors, the citation should give only the first author followed by ‘et al.' (e.g., Smith et al. 1928). Spelling in the reference list should follow the original. References should then be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the article. Journal names should be written in full according to the following examples:
Journal Articles:
Strand E, Huse G, Giske J. 2002. Artificial evolution of life history and behavior. American Naturalist 159:624–44.
Books:
Fenchel T, King GM, Blackburn TH. 1998. Bacterial Biogeochemistry. San Diego: Academic Press. 307 pages.
Chapters in Books:
Thingstad TF. 2000. Control of bacterial growth in idealized food webs. Chapter 8 in: Kirchman DL, editor. Microbial Ecology of the Oceans. New York: Wiley-Liss, Inc., p 229–60.
Computer Programs:
Swofford DL. 2002. PAUP*. Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony (*And Other Methods). Version 4. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates. Computer Program.
Unpublished results and personal communications must not appear in the reference list and reference to unpublished master's and doctoral theses should be avoided.
6. Species Names and Citations. Scientific species names should be always provided and written in full at first occurrence in each section, subsection, table of figure legend, and at the beginning of sentences. At first mention in the main text (but not in title or abstract) each scientific species name should be accompanied by the name of the taxonomic authority followed by the year of publication (separated by a comma). For algae and plants the year shall not be given.
In systematic papers this citation may be also included in the reference list. Reports with large species numbers should preferentially include those details in a table
Fenchel T, King GM, Blackburn TH. 1998. Bacterial Biogeochemistry. San Diego: Academic Press. 307 pages.
Chapters in Books:
Thingstad TF. 2000. Control of bacterial growth in idealized food webs. Chapter 8 in: Kirchman DL, editor. Microbial Ecology of the Oceans. New York: Wiley-Liss, Inc., p 229–60.
Computer Programs:
Swofford DL. 2002. PAUP*. Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony (*And Other Methods). Version 4. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates. Computer Program.
Unpublished results and personal communications must not appear in the reference list and reference to unpublished master's and doctoral theses should be avoided.
6. Species Names and Citations. Scientific species names should be always provided and written in full at first occurrence in each section, subsection, table of figure legend, and at the beginning of sentences. At first mention in the main text (but not in title or abstract) each scientific species name should be accompanied by the name of the taxonomic authority followed by the year of publication (separated by a comma). For algae and plants the year shall not be given.
In systematic papers this citation may be also included in the reference list. Reports with large species numbers should preferentially include those details in a table
7. Tables. These should be given a concise heading and numbered with Arabic numerals.
Excessive use of tables should be avoided.
Excessive use of tables should be avoided.
8. Figure Legends and Figures. Figure legends should be self-explanatory. Color illustrations are very welcome and will be published in the electronic issues, if quality allows. A limited number of color images can be published for free in each printed issue. Additional ones can be reproduced at the author's expense.
9. Taxonomic papers. Taxonomic accounts should follow the structure and formatting in Uiblein & Heemstra (2011; Marine Biology Research 7(7):637-650), of which a sample copy can be downloaded here.
10. Language editing. Marine Biology Research assists in language editing of submissions from non-native speaking authors, after they have been positively reviewed and accepted or are close to acceptance. However this implies that submissions must be preapred in a sufficiently good English to positively pass the quality check and subsequent reviewing process.
10. Language editing. Marine Biology Research assists in language editing of submissions from non-native speaking authors, after they have been positively reviewed and accepted or are close to acceptance. However this implies that submissions must be preapred in a sufficiently good English to positively pass the quality check and subsequent reviewing process.
Journal Policy and Author Services
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. 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.
As part of its Author Services Initiative Taylor & Francis offers corresponding authors free access to download an electronic version of their published reports (in PDF format) using http://www.tandfonline.com – the online home for its publications. However, the publisher stipulates that this PDF can be circulated to colleagues up to 50 times only. The Informaworld support team offering assistance with accessing reports is available via e-mail to support@ tandfonline.com.
For further information about posting pre-prints and post-prints of your article, select the following link, where information about authors' rights can also be viewed: http://journal authors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/copyright.asp
Reprints of articles published in Marine Biology Research can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received or alternatively on our journal's website. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.
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