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General Instructions
The Strombus, the Publication of the Conquiliologistas do Brasil, is intended
to publish original scientific articles on Malacology. Manuscripts prepared
in a language other than English may be accepted with the approval of the
Editorial Board.
Manuscript
The copies of the manuscripts together with the illustratios nand tables sould
be sent to the Editor. The manuscript must be typed double-spaced and left-justified
only, with wide margins, on consecutively numbered pages. The front page must
include: 1) the title of the article including when apropriate, the name (s)
of the higher taxonomic category (ies) of the animals treated; 2) the name
(s) of the author (s) with their complete adresses, numbered in Arabic algarisms
as referenced in the footnote; 3) an abstract in English, including the title
of the article if this is in another language and portuguese; 4) up to five
key words in english, in alphabetical order and different from the words used
in the title.
Only the names of genera and species should be typed in italics.
The first citation of an taxon in the text must be accompanied by it’s
author's name in full, the date and the family.
Bibliographical references should be typed in small capitals, as follows: Dall (1889), Dall (1889, 1890), Simone & Cunha (2003), Santos et al. (2003), (Dall 1889, Simone & Cunha 2003, Santos et al. 2003). Articles by the same author should be cited in chronological order.
Illustrations and Tables
Photographs, line drawings, graphs and maps should be tremed figures. Drawings
and maps should be prepared with India ink or similar dense black ink, high
quality ink, clearly detailed and completely labeled. Photos must be clear
and have good contrast. Do not cobine photos and drawing in the same figure.
The size of an illustration, if necessary, should be indicated using horizontal
or vertical scale bars.
Each figure must be numbered in Arabic algarisms in the lower left corner,
mounted on substantial white postboard, and labeled on the back with it’s
number, the author’s name, and the title of the article, also indicate
which is the top of the figure. When preparing the illustrations, authors
should bear in mind that journal has a matter size of 145 mm by 205 mm and
a column size of 82 mm by 220 mm including space for captions. If possible,
original figures should be no larger than legal or A4 paper. Figures must
be referred to in numerical sequence in the text, indicate the approximate
placement of each figure in the margins of the manuscript.
Captions of both figures and tables should be typewritten on a separate sheet.
Use a separate paragraph for the caption of each figure, table or group of
figures or tables.
Tables should be generated by the tablefucntion oh the word processing program
being used, numberd in Roman numerals and inserted after the References. Tables
may be submitted in a separate eletronic file.
Computer-generated graphs should be inserted as a separate figures at the
end of the text, following the tables. Such graphs may be submitted in a separete
eletronic file.
Color figures can be published if the additional cost is borne by the author.
Acknowlodgements
Acknowledgments, sources of financial support and mention institutional affiliations
should be preced the Reference.
References
The references cited in the text should be at the end oh the manuscript ,according
to the examples bellow.
The title of each periodical must be complete, without abbreviations, and
the followed by the city of publication.
References to unpublished papers will not be accepted (ICZN, Art. 9)
A) Journal paper
FARFANTE, I.P. 1943a. The genera Fissurella, Lucapina and Lucapinella in the
Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(10): 1-21.
MARSHALL, B.A. 1983. A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia.
Records of the Australian Museum 2 : 1–119.
B) Books
RIOS, E.C. 1994. Seashells of Brazil, second edition. Fundação
Universidade do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, 368 pp. + 113 pls.
C) Book Chapter
SIMONE, L.R.L. ; CUNHA, C.M. ; ROSIER, M.F. . Classe Polyplacophora.. In:
Amaral, A.C.Z; Rizzo, A.E.; Arruda, E.P.. (Org.). Manual de Identificação
dos Invertebrados Marinhos da Região Sudeste-sul do Brasil.. 1ª
ed. São Paulo: , 2006, v. 1, p. 32-37.
D) Internet resources
Author (2006) Title of website, database or other resources, Publisher name
and location (if indicated), number of pages (if known). Available from: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/
(Date of access).
Procedures
Manuscripts submitted to the Strombus will be registered and sent to appropriate
referees. The copies of the manuscript with the referee’s comments will
be returned to the corresponding author for evaluation. These copies, together
with the correct version and the respective files, porperly identified, must
be returned to the Editor. Later changes or additions to the manuscript may
be rejected. Eletronic proofs will be e-mailed to the corresponding author.
Review
When a manuscript is received by the Editor, he will have it reviewed by at
least two peers qualified to evaluate the manuscript and he normally asks
the reviewers to complete the review in one month. However, the reviewing
process will normally take longer, depending on the length of the manuscript
and reviewer's responses.
If possible, please indicates at least three referees you feel would be best
qualified to review your work and any referees who you feel should not review
it.
Reprints
For each article, 20 reprints will be sent free of charge to the corresponding
author. Additional reprints can be requested by previous agreement with the
Editor, who will calculate the charges.
Voucher Specimens
Deposition of type material in a recognized public museum is a requirement
for publication of papers in which new species are described. Deposition of
representative voucher specimens in such institutions is strongly encouraged
for all other types of research papers.
Responsability
The author or authors are fully responsible for the scientific content and
grammar of the article, whatever the language in which it is written.
updated August 2006
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