期刊名称：AFRICANA LINGUISTICA
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The first volume of the series Africana Linguistica appeared in 1962. Ten other issues followed until 1994. The series was initially devoted to the research done at Tervuren's Linguistics department, but it was gradually opened up to other scholars. After a gap of twelve years, we have resumed the thread (No. 12 appeared in 2006), but also carried through some editorial and stylistic reforms.
Africana Linguistica is dedicated to the study of African languages with special focus on Bantu. The journal welcomes original descriptive, historical and typological papers in phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology and semantics. Contributions on poorly documented and described languages or lesser known language areas as well as those trying to integrate linguistics into interdisciplinary approaches of the African past are highly appreciated. Fellow researchers from Africa are especially encouraged to contribute.
Africana Linguistica is a peer-reviewed and internationally oriented journal, covered by the following abstracting/indexing services:
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index®
- Social Sciences Citation Index®
- Social Scisearch®
- Journal Citation Reports / Social Sciences Edition
- European Reference Index for the Humanities
- MLA International Bibliography
- CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
- Linguistic Bibliography
- "Cultures, Langues, Textes : La Revue de Sommaires" du Centre de documentation A.G. Haudricourt
- Scopus In conformance with RMCA editorial policy, all contributions are submitted to at least two anonymous peer-reviewers. The editorial team is reinforced by a national committee of associate editors, affiliated to several Belgian universities, and an international editorial board of renowned experts in African linguistics
Instructions to Authors
Notice to contributors
General editorial practices
All manuscripts should be sent by e-mail to the editor in chief Dr Rudy Jocqué,
(jocque@africamuseum.be) or to his postal address (Head, Section of Invertebrates, Royal
Museum for Central Africa, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium) in case it is preferred to send a hard
copy. In the latter case an electronic copy on diskette or another carrier will be requested if
the paper is accepted.
Papers submitted to the Journal of Afrotropical Zoology should preferably pertain to
Africa and present original contributions to animal taxonomy and systematics, although
descriptive morphology and other subjects bearing on taxonomy may be considered. Articles
concerning the collections of the Royal Museum for Central Africa will have priority.
Emphasis is placed on the selection of comprehensive studies or revisions and on work with a
biological or zoogeographical relevance.
Papers should be in clear, concise English or French and not longer than 40 typed pages
(Times new Roman 12, line spacing 1.5) unless otherwise agreed upon with the editor. Very
long papers may be considered for publication in the Studies in Afrotropical Zoology. The
articles are peer-reviewed before acceptance. The editor reserves the right to make minor
textual corrections that do not alter the author's meaning.
Examine recent issues of the Journal of Afrotropical Zoology for details of acceptable
style and format. Hardcopy manuscripts must be typed on one side of the paper and
DOUBLE-SPACED THROUGHOUT. Margins should not be justified. Words to be italicised
may be indicated in italic print or underlined. Avoid capitalisation except for abbreviations of
depositories, and the names of countries indicated for material examined. Authors are to use
the International Systems of Units (SI) for measurements. Papers not conforming to these
directives are liable to be returned to the author.
Title and related information
The first page of the manuscript should include the title, running title, name and address of
authors, reference to the paper, abstracts and key words.
The title of the paper should be informative but concise. The order and family name of the
group studied should be included between brackets. A short title (running title) should be
given on the first page.
The abstract starts with the reference to the paper in the following form:
BROWN, A.G. 2000. Title of the manuscript. J. Afrotrop. Zool 1: xxx-xxx.
The abstract in English should be a concise summary of the significant content and salient
conclusions of the work. A translation in another language may follow the English version.
The name and full postal address of authors should follow the abstract; a new affiliation
may be added as a footnote. The postal address of authors may be completed with their e-mail
address.
Up to ten key words (words not used in the title) follow the abstract(s).
Figures
Figures should be of publishable quality and be submitted about twice their printed size,
labelled with stencilled or pre-printed lettering (large enough to allow reduction) and
numbered consecutively in the sequence referred to in the text. Figures must be boldly drawn
in black waterproof ink. Authors should avoid bold or unnecessarily large lettering.
Drawings and photographs that make up separate parts of the same figure must be
mounted together, arranged to use space efficiently, and labelled consecutively (preferably
left to right, top to bottom) and consistently. Reference in the text should be: (Fig. l), (Figs 2,
3), and (Figs 1; 2A, C).
Figure legends should be grouped together on a separate sheet. Acceptable formats for
figure legends are:
• Figure 1. Genus species. A, Habitus; B, C, male genitalia; D-F, head (D), thorax
(E), and abdomen (F).
• Figure 1. Genus species. a, Habitus; b, c, male genitalia; d-f, head (d), thorax (e),
and abdomen (f).
• Figures 1-6. Genus species. 1, Habitus; 2, 3, male genitalia; 4-6, head (4), thorax
(5), and abdomen (6).
There is no charge for drawings or half tones. Colour illustrations are welcome, but
authors are normally expected to pay the cost of publication (70.00€ per page). Contact the
editor to obtain additional information and price quotations.
Tables
Tables should be on separate sheets and not ruled up. They are to be self-explanatory and
should not duplicate data illustrated in figures.
References
References in the text should be in the form (Blyder 1998, Sadder 2002) or (Blyder 1998,
1999; Sadder 2002; Vandamme & Desmet 2001) and should be collated at the end of the
paper with periodical titles in full, e.g.
BROWN, K.G. 1981. A revision of Psodis (Lepidoptera; Psodidae). Systematic Entomology
7: 457-477.
HALTENORTH, Th., SMEENK, C. & DILLER, H. 1979. Elseviers Gids van de Afrikaanse
Zoogdieren. Elsevier Nederland, Amsterdam.
Zoological nomenclature
Papers must conform to the requirements and recommendations of the International Code
of Zoological Nomenclature. Taxonomic affiliation and authority should be given in full at the
first mention of a species in the text. An author's name must follow the name of a taxon
without any intervening punctuation, and a comma must be inserted between the name of the
author and the date of publication. If a species is transferred from its original genus, the
author's name must then be placed in parentheses. The name of a subsequent user of a
scientific name must be separated from that of the original author by a semicolon.
Misidentifications cited in synonymy should be placed in square brackets.
Types must be designated for new taxa, type depositories (museum or similar institution)
must be indicated, and new taxa must be clearly differentiated from existing taxa. New
distribution records should be documented by voucher specimens deposited in a museum or
similar institution. The abbreviations gen. n., sp. n., syn. n. and comb. n. should be used to
distinguish all new taxa, synonymies or new combinations.
In describing new species, a single specimen must be designated as the holotype; other
specimens mentioned in the original description may be designated as paratypes. The label
data on the holotype and paratypes (number of specimens, sex, country in upper case, locality
and coordinates if available, collecting date, ecological data and collector’s name) and the
institutions in which they are deposited (acronym and registration number if available) may be
recorded in the original description but in the order as above. The acronym of the Royal
Museum for Central Africa is its French original MRAC. Localities are joined per country and
should be cited in order of increasing precision, as in the examples. Coordinates are to be
given in the form 27°03'02"S 07°21'12"E (pay attention to use ' and " and not ‘ or “. Sex
symbols should be used rather than ‘male’ and ‘female’, e.g.:
Holotype: ♂: ANGOLA, Kampolo, Mira forest, 22.XII.1956, pitfall traps in evergreen
forest, J. Kalim (MRAC 123.122).
Paratypes: CONGO D.R.: 1 ♂, 2 ♀: Pongolo, 2 km W on road to Bimba, 5.I.1976,
sweeping, forest edge, F. Verschuren (MRAC 123258); 1 ♂: 12.II.1991, further as previous
(MRAC 125666); ANGOLA: 1 ♂: Birala, 6.III.1888 (MNHN); 2 ♀: Mantikwa, 3 km E on
road to Birala, 3.12.1988, pitfall, dry forest, W. Schrijvers (MNHM).
Any additional specimens cited but not regarded as paratypes should be listed in a format
similar to that of types. New distribution records should be documented by voucher
specimens deposited in a museum or similar institution.
Proofs
Authors may be required to pay for excessive alterations to proofs. Page charges are not
levied.
Reprints
Authors receive a PDF file of their article as well as one paper copy of the issue in which
their contribution has appeared.
Disks and hardcopy manuscripts
Manuscripts that are accepted must be submitted electronically or on computer disk,
which may be either IBM- or Mac-compatible. Do not justify margins. Disks will not be
returned to authors.
Items to check are spelling (Oxford English), spacing (no double spaces), typographical
rules etc.
Numbers up to 9999 are simply written with adjacent digits. Numbers accompanied with
units are separated by an unbreakable spacing; e.g.: 12 km, 10 %, 12 g. Dashes or hyphens are
not preceded or followed by a space unless they separate a comment clause. Italicise et al.,
write Fig., Figs and Table with capitals throughout; e.g.: (Fig. 3), and use the correct
‘quotation marks’.
Copyright
Papers accepted become the copyright of the Journal of Afrotropical Zoology (© 200x
Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale/ Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika).
The author confirms that his/her contribution is original and has not been published
previously. He/she also certifies that the publication of his/her contribution is not in breach of
copyright or any other rights, thus safeguarding MRAC against any third party claims based
on any breach of such rights or any legislation.
The author shall be responsible for obtaining the illustrative material he/she wishes to
incorporate in his/her contribution, and the written permission to reproduce it. This
permission must be forwarded to the RMCA (for the attention of Isabelle Gérard,
Publications Service).
If in any doubt, the author must contact RMCA before committing him/herself (financially)
to obtaining this material and the relevant reproduction rights.
Instructions to Authors
contributors.pdf
Editorial Board
Editors: Koen Bostoen, Maud Devos, Baudouin Janssens, Jacky Maniacky, Anneleen Van der Veken
Editorial assistant: Muriel Garsou
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