Types of papers
Reviews, Original papers, Short communications, Book reviews
Language
English
Manuscript submission
Legal requirements
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
How to submit
Editorial procedure
Authors should submit their manuscripts online to acta.analytica@uni-mb.si
Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times and shortens overall publication times.
If required, manuscripts in English should be sent to the editorial office. They should not exceed 32 pages in print (or, approximately, 13.500 words or 80.000 characters). They should be typed or printed double-spaced on one side of plain paper with wide margins allowing for editorial notes and instructions to the typesetter. In order to accommodate anonymous refereeing, the author¡¯s name and address should appear on a separate sheet and should not be repeated in the text. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Manuscript preparation
Title page
The title page should include:
- The name(s) of the author(s)
- A concise and informative title
- The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
- The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author
Blind title page
A page giving only the title without the authors' names should be provided for use in the review process. Do not include author(s) name(s) in the text or page header.
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 100 to 150 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Text
Text formatting
For submission in Word
- Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for-text.
- Use italics for emphasis.
- Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
- Do not use field functions.
- Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
- Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
- Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
Note: If you use Word 2007, do not create the equations with the default equation editor but use MathType instead.
-Save your file in two formats: doc and PDF (a single file including text, tables and figures). Make sure that all fonts are embedded in the PDF.
Heading levels, numbering
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.
Abbreviations and acronyms
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Footnotes
Footnotes on the title page are not given reference symbols.
Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data).
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
References
The list of References should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication.
Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
Citation in text
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:
- Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson 1990).
- This result was later contradicted (Becker and Seligman 1996).
- This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Barakat et al. 1995; Kelso and Smith 1998; Medvec et al. 1993).
List style
Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.
Journal article
Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al (2001). Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. J Film Writing, 44(3), 213¨C245.
Book
Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Book chapter
O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation.
In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107¨C123). New York: Springer.
Article by DOI
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med (in press). DOI:
10.1007/s001090000086
Online document
Doe J (1999) Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry.
Available via DIALOG. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Cited 15 Jan 1999
Tables
- All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- For each table, please supply a table heading. The table title should explain clearly and concisely the components of the table.
- Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table heading.
- Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lowercase letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
Figures
- All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters.
- Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- For each figure, please supply a figure caption.
- Make sure to identify all elements found in the figure in the caption.
- Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the caption.
- For more information about preparing your illustrations, please click on the hyperlink on the right.
ESM
If Electronic supplementary material (ESM) is submitted, it will
be published as received from the author in the online version only.
ESM may consist of
- information that cannot be printed: animations, video clips, sound recordings
- information that is more convenient in electronic form: sequences, spectral data, etc.
- large original data, e.g. additional tables, illustrations, etc.
- If supplying any ESM, the text must make specific mention of the material as a citation, similar to that of figures and tables (e.g., ". . . as shown in Animation 3.").
- For details on formats and other information on supplementary material, please click on the hyperlink on the right
After acceptance
During the production phase the following issues have to be clarified:
Open Choice In addition to the normal publication process (whereby an article is submitted to the journal and access to that article is granted to customers who have purchased a subscription), Springer now provides an alternative publishing option: Springer Open Choice. A Springer Open Choice article receives all the benefits of a regular subscription-based article, but in addition is made available publicly through Springer's online platform SpringerLink. We regret that Springer Open Choice cannot be ordered for published articles. Open Choice does not apply to
Society Journals.
www.springer.com/openchoice
Copyright
Copyright transfer Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher. This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, they agree to the Springer Open Choice Licence.
Offprints/Reprints
Free and/or additional offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.
25 offprints of each contribution are supplied free of charge to the corresponding author.
Color in print
Online publication of color illustrations is free of charge. For color in the print version, authors will be expected to make a contribution towards the extra costs.
Online first
The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Proof reading
The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures.
Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor.
After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article