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The Society has maintained a continuous record of publishing important scientific papers on molluscs in the Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London which evolved with Volume 42 (1976) into the Journal of Molluscan Studies (ISSN 0260-1230). The Journal is one of the most widely cited of all malacological journals and publishes papers dealing with all aspects of the study of molluscs. Shorter Research Notes are welcomed. The Journal is published four times a year (February, May, August and November) and a volume consists of four parts. |
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Editor
- Dr D.G. Reid
Supplements to The Journal of Molluscan Studies Supplements are occasionally published and below is a complete list. Those in bold are currently available. The price in brackets is for member’s copies (one per member only). All orders will be invoiced with postage and packing added. Supplements may be ordered from Fred Naggs, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD.
Information for Authors
Manuscripts or electronic copy should be sent tepartment of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD.
Manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor, but subsequent correspondence may be with an Associate Editor. Receipt will be acknowledged. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed. Initial submission should be made electronically (to email: dgr@nhm.ac.uk), preferably as PDF files, but figure reproduction must be of a high quality. Otherwise, three complete paper copies of the manuscript should be sent, including high-quality copies of the figures, with the text typed double-spaced throughout (including references, tables and figure legends). Disks and original artwork should only be submitted following acceptance of the manuscript for publication. Final submission (following acceptance) should consist of one paper copy of the revised manuscript, an identical electronic copy of the text (on floppy disk, ZIP disk, or CD, in Microsoft Word or compatible program), original figures (or publication-quality copies) and (if possible) electronic copies of the figures on a separate disk or CD. Contributors are asked to follow these instructions closely. Failure to comply will cause delay and may lead to the return of the manuscript. General
presentation The first page of the manuscript should have: the title (capitals); authors' names (capitals) and their full postal address(es) (italics); short running head (capitals); footnotes with name and email address of corresponding author. This should be followed by: Abstract (on separate page); main text; Acknowledgements; References; figure captions and tables (on separate sheets). Each page should be numbered sequentially. Indicate the approximate position of each figure and table in the margin of the text. Hierarchy of headings should not normally exceed two: main headings (centred, capitals) and subsidiary headings (on the left, in italics). Do not number headings; avoid footnotes. The main text should normally consist of: Introduction; Material and Methods; Results (or Systemic Descriptions); Discussion. Tables should be typed, each on a separate sheet, numbered with Arabic numerals and with the title (in the format: Table 1. List of localities.') at the top of the page. They should be referred to as 'Table 1', etc in the text. Abbreviations for statistical parameters include: P, n, SD, SE, df, ns. Supplementary
Data The material should not be essential to understanding the conclusions of the paper, but should contain data that are additional or complementary and directly relevant to the article content. Such information might include more detailed methods, extended data sets/data analysis, or additional figures (including colour, which is published online-only at no charge to the authors). All text and figures must be provided in suitable electronic formats. All material to be considered as Supplementary Data must be submitted at the same time as the main manuscript for peer review. It cannot be altered or replaced after the paper has been accepted for publication. Please indicate clearly the material intended as Supplementary Data upon submission. Also ensure that the Supplementary Data are referred to in the main manuscript where necessary. Nomenclature
and systematic descriptions Headings for all taxonomic categories in taxonomic papers should be centred and in bold (including authorities and 'new species', etc). Subsidiary headings for taxonomic descriptions should be to the left and in italics, with text continuing on same line [e.g. 'Anatomy (Figs 2, 3): . . .']. They should optimally include, in the following order: [Synonymy]; Types; Etymology (for new taxa); Material examined; Diagnosis; Description (or separate headings for Shell, Radula, Anatomy, etc.); Distribution; Remarks. Synonymies should be in 'condensed' format, i.e. each specific name followed through its various generic combinations in order of date of first usage, with subsequent references to the same genus + species following on chronologically. Examples are given below but please note that the presentation will vary with the way in which your browser has been set up. For a definitive version of presentation please refer to a paper copy of the journal.
Diagnoses and descriptions must be given in 'telegraphic' style, unless full sentences are required for detailed explanations.
References
Do not use 'loc cit.'. The first time a paper with up to three authors is referred to, give all the authors' names; thereafter use the form X et al.; for papers with four or more authors use et al. throughout.
Research
notes These should be written Nature style. There should be no headings and no abstract; acknowledgements should be brief. The title should be in bold lower-case type, the authors' names in lower-case and the address in italics. References in the text should be cited only by a superscript number, and listed at the end of the paper in the order they appear in the text. References are abbreviated, i.e. titles of papers omitted, names of journals abbreviated in standard form of (see World List of Scientific Periodicals). For example:
Illustrations may be either drawings or photographs. Original drawings should be in black ink on card or drawing film and photographs should be glossy prints. Colour figures can be published if necessary for the subject. Otherwise colour figures will be published at the authors' expense at a cost of £250 per colour figure. Originals should only be submitted following final acceptance, and will not be returned unless specifically requested. Electronic copies are encouraged for final submission. Images on disk can be accepted in Adobe Photoshop compatible formats. Images should be saved in TIFF, as jpeg or LZW compression format, with a resolution of 600 dpi for halftones and 800 dpi for line drawings. Programs used to create images should be specified. Colour figures must be saved as CMYK colour not RGB. Graphics, such as line figures with text, can be accepted as TIFF or EPS files. Publication quality hard copies of all figures should still be submitted, in case electronic files cannot be used. The text page size available is 235 x 175 mm with the text set in two columns each 85 mm wide. Illustrations should be prepared so that they fit into a single column, or across the breadth of the page, or occupy a full page. In all cases sufficient allowance must be made for the figure caption to appear beneath a figure. Illustrations must each carry a scale bar and not magnifications in the figure captions. Lettering should be in Helvetica bold (or similar sans-serif) font, with final printing size no more than 3 mm. Each component of a composite figure should be given a capital letter; labels and abbreviations should be in lower-case letters. Captions for figures should be grouped together in sequence and placed at the end of the paper. The caption format for composite figures should be, for example:
Contributors will receive 25 free offprints and free online access to their article; additional copies may be purchased. It
is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors grant
an exclusive licence to the Journal of Molluscan Studies. This ensures
that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled
efficiently and consistently and will allow the article to be as
widely disseminated as possible. As part of the licence agreement,
authors may use their own material in other publications provided
that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication. |
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.. Supplements are occasionally published and below is a complete list. Those in bold are currently available. The price in brackets is for member’s copies (one per member only). All orders will be invoiced with postage and packing added. Supplements may be ordered from Fred Naggs, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD.
Other publication: Grahame, J., Mill, P.J. & Reid, D.G. (eds), 1992. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Littorinid Biology. Malacologcial Society of London, London. 324pp. 38 papers. £10. |
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