Guidelines for Authors
1 AIM AND SCOPE
GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS (GSF) is a bi-monthly international journal that publishes in English high quality original research articles and timely reviews in interdisciplinary fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences. GSF aims to bridge innovative, provocative and challenging concepts and models related to various fields of research including petrology and geochemistry in understanding lithospheric architecture and mantle dynamics, global tectonics, economic geology and fuel exploration, geophysics, stratigraphy and paleontology with new insights on correlations and evolution, environmental and engineering geology, astrogeology, among other themes. The article categories in GSF include Focus papers of high profile overviews published together with author vitae and photographs, Research Papers, Letters, and Discussions. Selected colour figures of accepted papers will be printed free of cost in colour in the Journal. GSF also provides gratis reprints and complimentary journal copy. GSF is a unique open access publication that provides free full text download of all articles published in the journal through Elsevier's ScienceDirect platform without any page charges or subscription requirements.
2 MANUSCRIPT ORGANIZATION
Manuscripts should generally not exceed 10,000 words, excluding figures, tables and references.
Title page: please provide the following information on the title page.
Title
The title should be concise and informative. Choose as few words as possible to describe the contents of the paper adequately.
Author names and affiliations
List the authors on the title page by full names whenever possible. Chinese contributors’ names should be written with authors’ given names first, followed by surnames; for example: Huilin Zheng. List authors’ affiliations and addresses below each name, including the full postal address and country name..
Corresponding Author
Please clearly indicate who will handle all stages of refereeing, publication, and post-publication, If that person is not the first author. Ensure that person’s telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided, in addition to e-mail and complete postal addresses.
Abstract (may be placed on a separate page following the title page)
Each manuscript must be accompanied by an informative abstract of no more than one paragraph and up to 350 words. The abstract should state briefly the nature of the study, its principal results and major conclusions. It should not state what the paper intends to do or what will be discussed.
Keywords
Please provide a maximum of 6 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of") immediately after the abstract. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Introduction
This section should provide sufficient background information to allow readers to understand the context and significance of the problem.
Methods
The methodology employed in the work should be described in sufficient detail.
Results
The results section contains applications of the methodology described above and their earth science interpretation.
Discussion of the research in the context of similar or earlier studies
Conclusions
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them.
Acknowledgements
Place acknowledgments, including information on grants received, before the references in a separate section, and not as a footnote on the title page.
Reference list
The reference list is placed at the end of a manuscript, immediately following the acknowledgments and appendices (if any).
Figures and tables
Each figure and table must be called out (mentioned) sequentially in the text of the paper. Each figure must have a caption, and each table must have a heading.
3 MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Spacing and paragraphs
All parts of the manuscript must be double-spaced in 12-point type using Time New Roman. Each paragraph must be indented. The manuscript text file should not be in pdf format.
Page numbers
Page numbers must appear on all pages of text, including references and figure captions. Continuous line numbers should also be inserted from the first page onwards.
Headings
Text can use up to two heading categories in the format shown below.
Examples:
Triassic stratigraphy and depositional environments
Central and eastern Helan Mountains
Western Helan Mountains
Sediment composition and provenance
Figures and tables
In the manuscript, figures should not be embedded in the text. Figure files, sequentially numbered and referred to in the manuscript text, should be submitted separately in .jpg, .tif or .eps format. Figure captions should be listed at the end of the manuscript on a separate page before the first figure page.
Tables, including should not be included within the text but should be separately submitted. The manuscript text should carry a list of the table captions.
References
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list. Do not list references that are not cited in the text.
Text: Citations in the text should be listed as follows:
1. Single author: the author’s name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors’ names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author’s name followed by “et al.” and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references should be first listed chronologically, then alphabetically.
Examples: “as demonstrated (Allan and Jones, 1995; Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ...”
List: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list. Do not list references that are not cited in the text. References (single or multi-authored) should first be arranged alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc., placed after the year of publication. Note: All authors should be listed by name.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Iwamori, H., Zhao, D.P., 2000. Melting and seismic structure beneath the northeastern Japan arc. Geophysical Research Letters 27, 425-428.
Reference to a book:
Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York, 384 pp.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 1999. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones, B.S., Smith, R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281–304.
Reference to a thesis or dissertation:
Amory, J.Y., 1996. Permian sedimentation and tectonics of southern Mongolia. M.S. thesis, Stanford University, 183 pp.
Reference to a paper in a conference proceeding:
Ishibuchi, H., Nozaki, K., Tanaka, H., 2001. Fuzzy data mining: effect of fuzzy discretization, in: Proc. 1st IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, San Jose, CA, 241–248.
Reference for a paper in press:
Kryszkiewicz M. Knowledge reduction in information systems. Acta Mathematica Scientia, in press.
Note: Internal reports (unpublished) and personal communications are not accepted in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text, e.g., (G.M. Levy, 1984, Geonics Ltd. Tech., note TN-16) and (J. Smith, personal communication, 2006).
Graphical abstract A Graphical abstract is required and should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership online. Authors must provide images that clearly represent the work described in the article. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system. Image size: Please provide an image with a minimum of 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w) or proportionally more. Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files. See http://www.elsevier.com/graphicalabstracts for examples.
4 PREPARATION OF ILLUSTRATIONS
All illustrations must be submitted in electronic format.
Size
Standard column sizes are 20 picas, or 3.33 inches, for one-column figures and 26 picas, or 4.33 inches, for one-and-one-third-column figures at required resolution.
Type
All graphic illustrations should use Arial or Helvetica fonts.
Resolution
All illustrations, graphics and photographs, must have a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch (dpi).
Color
Color figures are formatted using CMYK (cyan-magenta-yellow-black), not RGB (red-green-blue).
Page and color charges
If your manuscript is accepted for publication in GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS, there will be no page charges, and selected color figures will also be printed in color free of charge. Authors are encouraged to submit attractive colored versions of the figures accompanying their manuscripts.
Offprints
The corresponding author will be provided with a complimentary PDF file of the article via e-mail. The PDF file includes a cover sheet with the journal cover. After publication of your article, China University of Geosciences (Beijing) will also provide the corresponding authors with one paper copy of the journal as well as 30 free offprints. Additional offprints can be ordered by the authors through GSF editorial office (geofrontier@cugb.edu.cn).
General preparation tips
TIFF files are saved with LZW compression enabled.
Do not not embed figures in documents. Do not submit figures in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
5 MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
? All submissions should be made through the online manuscript submission system of Elsevier for Geoscience Frontiers by logging in as an author: at http://ees.elsevier.com/gsf. Submissions by e-mail attachment to the editorial office are not entertained.
? The article type should be selected from the pull down menu
? The title, abstract and key words should be copied and pasted in the appropriate columns
? The author list and contact details should be entered
? A list of at least four potential reviewers with names and e-mails should be submitted
? The following electronic files should be uploaded: (1) Cover letter, in Word file; (2) Research Highlights in Word file. Research Highlights are mandatory for this journal. They must comprise three short sentences, approximately 85 characters each sentence, and each sentence beginning with a bullet mark; (3) Graphical Abstract as a figure file in .tif, .eps or .jpg file. A Graphical Abstract is mandatory for this journal. It should be a fully colored and elegantly presented figure that would capture the attention of the reader. The Graphical Abstract can be a copy of a figure from the manuscript, or a mosaic of few panels arranged horizontally across in ‘landscape format’ with the horizontal axis of the figure about 3 times in length as compared to the vertical axis. There should be no figure caption, and the labeling inside the figures should be minimal and in large fonts. See http://www.elsevier.com/graphicalabstracts for examples; (4) Manuscript text file in Word with title, author names, abstract, key words, text, references, figure and table captions; (5) Figure files: each figure file must be numbered and uploaded separately. Figure files must be in .tif, .eps or .jpg format; (6) Table files: each table file should be numbered and uploaded separately. Table files should be in Excel format; (7) Appendix and lengthy data tables should be uploaded choosing file type as 'e-component' in the EES. These should be mentioned as Supplementary Data in the text. The captions of the Supplementary Tables should be listed under a separate section in the manuscript text, titled as "Supplementary Items".
? Once all the files are uploaded, build the pdf file through the EES, view the merged pdf file and approve it. Your manuscript will then be submitted to the Journal Office, and will be assigned to an Editor for review processing.
? All correspondence relating to manuscript submission and other queries should be addressed to the Editorial Office of GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS at: geofrontier@cugb.edu.cn
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