期刊名称：PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Origins of the journal
The Royal Society was founded in 1660 to promote the new or experimental philosophy of that time, embodying the principles envisaged by Sir Francis Bacon. Henry Oldenburg was appointed as the first (joint) secretary to the Society and he was also the first editor of the Society’s journal Philosophical Transactions.
The first issue of Philosophical Transactions appeared in March 1665 and featured Oldenburg’s correspondence with leading European scientists. In its formative years Isaac Newton had seventeen papers published in the journal including his first paper - New Theory about Light and Colours - which effectively served to launch his scientific career in 1672. In the same year his new reflecting telescope was described and the original drawing was also published in the journal. Philosophical Transactions has also published the work of Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, William Herschel and many more celebrated names in science.
In 1887 the journal expanded to become two separate publications, one serving the biological sciences and the other serving the physical sciences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society has the prestige of being the world’s longest-running scientific journal.
Each issue of Transactions B is devoted to a specific area of the biological sciences, including clinical science. All papers are peer reviewed and edited to the highest standards. Papers can be accessed on-line a month prior to the printed journal via FirstCite?/SUP> which also publishes occasional Reviews papers.
Transactions B publishes two types of issue:
- Themes: organised by leading scientists, theme issues are devoted to an area of advancing research in the biological sciences. Click here for more information on submitting a proposal for a theme issue.
- Discussion Meetings: published proceedings of the two-day scientific symposia concentrating on areas of biological science, led by the world's leading researchers. Click here for more information on discussion meetings.
This journal is covered in the following:
Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus, Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series A: Human and Experimental; Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series B: Livestock Feeds and Feeding, Oceanic Abstracts, Environment Abstracts(Also see: Environ.Abstr.), Environment Abstracts Annual(Also see: Environ.Ind.), Bio-Control News and Information, British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography, British Geological Literature, Apicultural Abstracts, Current Biotechnology, Current Advances in Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Dairy Science Abstracts, Index to Dental Literature, Research Alert (Philadelphia), Field Crop Abstracts, Forestry Abstracts, Forest Products Abstracts, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Bibliography and Index of Geology (Also known as GeoRef), Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography, Current Contents, Helminthological Abstracts, Nematological Abstracts, Grasslands and Forage Abstracts, Compumath Citation Index, Index Veterinarius, Ecology Abstracts, Ecological Abstracts, International Development Abstracts, Maize Abstracts, Plant Breeding Abstracts, Petroleum Abstracts, Review of Plant Pathology, South Pacific Periodicals Index, Soils & Fertilizers, Sorghum and Millets, Veterinary Bulletin, Index to Scientific Reviews, Science Citation Index, Fisheries Review, Wildlife Review (Fort Collins), Geological Abstracts, Zoological Record
Instructions to Authors
1. GENERAL
Philosophical Transactions B publishes invited Discussions, Themes and Review papers concerning any aspect of biological science. Proposals for Themes and Reviews are welcomed for consideration by the Editor. Papers must not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The main findings of the paper should not have been reported in the mass media. Like many journals Philosophical Transactions B employs a strict embargo policy where the reporting of a scientific paper by the media is embargoed until a specific time. The Editor has final authority in all matters relating to publication.
Papers should conform to recommendations for authorship provided by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (the Vancouver Group). For further details, see the following address: http://www.icmje.org/
Papers containing descriptions of experiments with vertebrate animals will be accepted only if the procedures used are clearly described and conform to the British Home Office regulations for avoiding unnecessary suffering to the animals. In addition, referees are invited to express any ethical concerns regarding animal experimentation, human studies and conservation issues. Papers will be accepted only if they are considered ethically sound.
2. SUBMISSION
Spelling should conform to the preferred spelling of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Check the file carefully before submitting to ensure that it is the correct and full version.
Figures must be prepared separately from the text, with their position in it clearly indicated (see below)
There are two methods available for submitting a paper:
- For invited Discussions and Themes - By post - send 3 printouts (double-spaced) of your complete paper (including any figures, tables or appendices) plus the electronic version of both the text and any graphics. We prefer to have the text submitted in Word for Windows 6.0 or later version, however we can use other word-processing formats, as well as TeX and LaTeX. If using other applications please also supply your paper in RTF format. Label disks with the author’s name and date, the application used and its version. Keep a back-up disk for reference and safety. At least one complete set of figures should be original artwork suitable for reproduction. Label and date all printouts and figure sets so that they can be identified easily. The mailing address is:
Transactions B Editorial Office
The Royal Society,
6 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
UK
Please indicate to whom correspondence and page proofs should be addressed, and include daytime telephone and fax numbers, and contact email addresses.
Once accepted and finalized, your paper is passed to our Journals Production Office (tel. +44 (0)20 7451 2642 with any enquiries at this stage).
3. STRUCTURE
Each paper should contain the following in order:
- Title
- Authors' names and full addresses where their work was carried out. The corresponding author must provide an email address.
- Summary of no more than 200 words
- Key index words or phrases (3? choices)
- Main body of the work, divided into sections and described by short headings
- Acknowledgements
- Appendices (if necessary)
- References (of all articles cited in the text)
- Figure captions (numbered in sequence as they appear in the text)
- Short title for page headings
The summary should be concise and informative. It should be complete by itself, and must not contain references or unexplained abbreviations. It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main results and conclusions. Please note that footnotes are not used.
In addition to providing the addresses where the work was carried out, the current addresses, where different, should be given.
4. UNITS, ABBREVIATIONS AND STATISTICS
As far as possible the recommendations based on the International System of Units (SI) contained in Quantities, units and symbols (The Royal Society, 1975, price ?.50, available from the Sales Office on +44 (0)20 7451 2645).
Abbreviations should be given in full at the first mention. In the list of references, widely recognized abbreviations for journals should be used. If in doubt, give the full title of the journal.
5. FINALIZATION
Upon finalization submit a disk or email containing the final version of the text, the raw figure files and also a PDF of the complete paper. Please state clearly the format you have used in preparing your text. Keep a back-up disk for reference and safety.
6. PREPARATION OF ELECTRONIC FIGURES AND THEIR LABELS
We use electronic artwork because, if prepared to a professional standard and journal style, it improves the quality of reproduction and prevents delays to publication. Hand-drawn illustrations are not acceptable.
Figures should be prepared carefully and output as high-resolution encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files from the original artwork creation software package. See guidelines on line/tone combinations below. Size artwork to the dimensions of the published journal to fit either a single (max. width 84 mm) column or a double (max. width 175 mm) column.
Create tightly cropped images with minimum white space or borders. Never use 'whiting-out' to hide unwanted elements in a figure.
Each figure must be clearly identified with the author's name and its number. For multi-part figures please supply each part as a separate file. Carefully review a printout of each figure before submitting.
Labels
Labels should be added to the original drawings before submission using lower-case lettering (Times Roman font) wherever possible. Labels should be brief, e.g. (a), (b), and explained in the legend. Labels should be consistent, and close to 9 point at final size. Mathematical symbols must follow the style of the text - variables should be distinguished from labels through italicization. Descriptions should be placed whenever possible in the captions and not on the figures themselves, although a key to symbols is often better placed within the body of a figure.
Supplying electronic figures
We require encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. Nearly all artwork creation software is capable of saving as EPS. EPS provides quality results and file sizes are small compared to other formats. Please do NOT create EPS from Microsoft Word or PowerPoint as these are difficult to resize or edit. Simply changing the extension to .eps does not in itself make the file a true EPS.
Alternatively, we can use a press quality PDF saved from the native artwork creation package.
If you are forced to supply Microsoft Office formats please ensure that all imported images are of a high-enough resolution for quality printing, and that your figures are sized and labeled to journal size. If possible, provide original image files as well.
For best results do not label scanned images in an image manipulation package (e.g. Adobe PhotoShop), always do this in a vector drawing package (e.g. Adobe Illustrator) with the image imported.
Embed all fonts
Ensure all fonts are embedded in graphics. Failure to do this can result in unsatisfactory font substitution. In addition, corresponding fonts sometimes differ subtly from machine to machine and this could result in imaging differences. Use standard fonts only (Times, Symbol, Helvetica, Courier, Arial) and apply consistently throughout all figures.
The basic figure types
(a) Simple line figures (e.g. plots)
These are line drawings that do not contain halftones, but may contain simple shading or hatching to distinguish different areas. Line weights should be at least 0.5 point thick (prominent lines at least 1 point) and any shading a minimum of 25%. Please ensure any text is legible over these areas. Include any pattern files.
(b) Combination line & halftone (or grayscale) figures
These are electronic figures that contain a halftone element (photograph or scan) and a line element (labels or overlays). It is vital that these figures are supplied at the correct high resolution otherwise we will not be able to use them. For print quality, combination figures must have an output resolution of at least 600 dpi (dots per inch) at final size, otherwise the image will be blurred when printed. It is important to check at an early stage that each figure has a high enough resolution. If an image has to be enlarged, it will degrade even further.
When scanning artwork for print quality ensure a minimum output of 800 dpi (line), 300 dpi (halftone), 350 dpi (colour halftone) and 600 dpi (combination line and halftone). Screen or web graphics will be of very poor quality.
If there is colour use composite CMYK colour, not RGB, to match the published output. CMYK should not be separated out. Please supply a single, composite four-colour image.
File compression
Supplying uncompressed files is preferred. However, if you use compression software please let us know the type of compression used (e.g. LZW, WinZip, etc.).
Media
Figures can be supplied via FTP, Floppies, Zips or CDs, but not Opticals. Please name each figure file separately using the convention fig1.eps, etc.
Supplying hard copy photographs
Where possible, supply the original high-quality prints or transparencies for us to scan. This gives the best result.
Photographs should be supplied with the author's name and figure number on the back, and the top edge indicated if the orientation is unclear. The area covered must be limited to the subject in question, or to a minimum representative area in photomicrographs, etc. This enables the photograph to be reproduced at the largest possible scale. Each micrograph must include a scale bar, applied to the original, with an indication of the exact length. Please indicate on any overlay any areas or subjects within a halftone requiring critical reproduction. Authors' suggestions for reduction factors are welcomed, subject to the constraints of the production process.
7. COLOUR
Philosophical Transactions B welcomes the submission of papers containing colour illustrations. However, owing to the high cost of colour reproduction, authors are asked to contribute a portion of the extra cost. An estimate will be sent upon submission. Exemption from charges for colour illustrations will only be made if referees decide colour is essential.
8. TABLES
Tables, however small, should be numbered and referred to in the text by their numbers. Table captions should be brief, with descriptions of experimental detail given directly beneath, in parentheses. Column headings should, wherever possible, be in lower-case type, and the units of measurement and any numerical factors should be placed at the head of each column. Units should be contained within parentheses, e.g. distance (cm).
9. REFERENCES
All references to the literature cited must be given in alphabetical order at the end of the paper, and each reference should contain some or all of the following elements.
Author surnames with initials
Year of publication
Title of paper (roman) or book (italic)
Journal name (italic), using standard abbreviation
Volume number (bold)
First and last page numbers
Note that for a book, the edition, the chapter(s) and its/ their page range(s), the editor(s), the place of publication (if it is not obvious) and the name of the publisher should be given, for instance:
- Falconer, D. S. 1981 Introduction to quantitative genetics, 2nd edn. London: Longman.
- Falkenmark, M. 1993 Landscape as life support provider: water-related limitations. In Population—the complex reality (ed. F. Graham-Smith), pp. 103?16. London: The Royal Society.
- Nilsson, L. A. 1988 The evolution of flowers with deep corolla tubes. Nature 334, 147?49.
References in the text are listed according to the Harvard style (not by number), i.e. by giving the names of authors and the date of publication, for instance:
This action has been described frequently elsewhere (Brown 1974; Clarke 1974; Clarke & King 1974).
Authors are encouraged to quote digital object identifiers (DOIs)—standardized article reference codes—where known, in addition to providing full citations, for instance:
- Gilks, C. 2001 Man, ms and malaria. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 356, 921?22. (DOI 10.1098/rstb.2001.0880.)
The DOI is a unique electronic tag applied by certain publishers (and online databases, such as CrossRef) to each of their published papers. DOI hotlinks take a reader directly from the paper they are reading to the abstract of the paper they have selected.
10. PAGE PROOFS
Authors who may be absent from their normal address must either inform the Editorial Office of their intended whereabouts or make alternative arrangements for their proofs to be checked quickly. Authors should avoid making significant, and costly, alterations to their proofs.
Fifty offprints of each paper are supplied free of charge; further copies may be ordered at cost at proof stage.
11. COPYRIGHT
In order to give the Royal Society authority to deal with matters of copyright, authors will be asked to assign to the Society the copyright for any paper published in the journal. In assigning copyright, authors reserve the right to use their article (subject only to normal acknowledgements to Philosophical Transactions B) for the internal or educational purposes of their own institution or company. Authors are free to mount the article on their own or their institution's Web site, or use it as a basis for their own further publications or presentations.
Please click here for a Copyright Assignment form (PDF, 14K)
Authorship should be restricted to those who have contributed substantially to the work (see above). The corresponding author must ensure that all authors assign copyright for the paper. A hard copy must be sent to the Editorial Office. All authors must ensure that all necessary permissions have been obtained for reproducing any other copyright material, including permission to reproduce and publish electronically anywhere in the world.
Editorial Board
Editor
Professor Semir Zeki
Commissioning Editor:
Ruth Hinkel-Pevzner
Editorial Board
| DI Attwell |
Department of Physiology,
University College London |
| B Charlesworth |
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology,
University of Edinburgh |
| AR Damasio |
Department of Neurology,
University of Iowa |
| Sir Richard Doll |
Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit,
Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford |
| RSJ Frackowiak |
Department of Cognitive Neurology,
University College London |
| T Hökfelt |
Department of Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm |
| A Iriki |
Department of Maxillofacial Biology,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| A Kornberg |
Department of Biochemistry,
Stanford University School of Medicine |
| SA Levin |
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Princeton University |
| RGM Morris |
Centre for Neuroscience,
University of Edinburgh |
| MA Nowak |
Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton University |
| DJ Read |
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences,
University of Sheffield |
| GD Ruxton |
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow |
| H Sakata |
Department of Physiology,
Nihon University |
| M Tessier-Lavigne |
Center for Brain Development,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Sir Crispin Tickell |
Chancellor,
University of Kent at Canterbury |
| Sir David Weatherall |
Institute of Molecular Medicine,
University of Oxford |
| R Wehner |
Institute of Zoology,
University of Zürich |
| C Weissmann |
Institute of Molecular Biology,
University of Zürich |
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