期刊名称：AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
 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 American Journal of Human Biology is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, internationally circulated journal that publishes reports of original research, theoretical articles and timely reviews, and brief communications in the interdisciplinary field of human biology. The Journal serves as a forum for scientists and health professionals who share common interests in understanding individual and population variation in health and disease. As the official journal of the HUMAN BIOLOGY ASSOCIATION, the Journal also publishes abstracts of research presented at its annual scientific meeting. Reviews of books and other publications relevant to human biology are also regularly published.
The Journal seeks scholarly manuscripts that address all aspects of the discipline of human biology. The transdisciplinary areas covered by human biology include, but are not limited to, epidemiology, genetic variation, population biology and demography, physiology, anatomy, nutrition, growth and aging, physical performance, physical activity and fitness, ecology, and evolution, along with their interactions. The Journal publishes basic, applied, and methodologically oriented research from all areas, including measurement, analytical techniques and strategies, and computer applications in human biology. Like many other biologically oriented disciplines, the field of human biology has undergone considerable growth and diversification in recent years, and the expansion of the aims and scope of the Journal is a reflection of this growth and membership diversification.
The Journal is committed to prompt review, and priority publication is given to manuscripts with novel or timely findings, and to manuscripts of unusual interest.
Instructions to Authors
Form of Submission
The Journal requires that authors submit electronically via the online submission site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajhb.
Manuscript types
Research reports should be prepared as one of two types: Short Reports or Original Research Articles. In addition, the Journal regularly solicits Feature Articles from noted experts on timely topics.
Short Reports: Short reports are presentations of original research findings of a focused nature. They should not exceed 1500 words or text, inclusive of abstract, and include no more than 2 figures or tables and no more than 15 references. Short reports will be given expedited review in order to maintain the shortest possible time to decision and publication.
Original Research Articles: Original articles include presentation of results from more complex research designs and those with more important theoretical or methodological content or implications. While there are no standard limitations on the length of original articles, authors are cautioned to be concise in their presentations and to employ figures and tables only as necessary.
Feature Articles: Feature articles may be solicited on topics of current interest from noted experts. Since it is hoped that these articles will prove useful as teaching materials, authors are encouraged to include clear illustrations and extensive bibliographies. The format of feature articles need not follow the standard organization for research reports, described below, but may be adapted to the content at hand.
Cover photos: Authors are invited to submit color photographs or other artistic material for consideration as cover illustrations. If possible, these should be sent electronically, in .jpg format.
General Instructions
Manuscripts must be submitted in gramatically correct English. Manuscripts which do not meet this standard cannot be reviewed. Manuscript Text files must be submitted electronically as per the submission instructions above. Please note: This journal does not accept Microsoft WORD 2007 documents at this time. Please use WORD’s “Save As” option to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.
Authors in Japan please note: Wiley-Japan can provide authors in Japan with a list of recommended services to check and improve the English in their manuscripts BEFORE SUBMISSION. Please contact Masayo Kobayashi in the Wiley-Japan office by fax: (03) 5228-3090 or E-mail: editorial@wiley.co.jp for more information. Please name the Wiley journal to which you are submitting your manuscript.
A manuscript is considered for review and possible publication on the condition that it is submitted solely to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, and that the manuscript or a substantial portion of it is not under consideration elsewhere.
Informed consent: The AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY requires that all appropriate steps be taken in obtaining informed consent of any and all human and/or experimental animal subjects particpating in the research comprising the manuscript submitted for review and possible publication. A statement indicating that the protocol and procedures employed was reviewed and approved by the appropriate institutional review committee must be included in the Methods section of the manuscript. For research involving recombinant DNA, containment facilities and guidelines should conform to those of the National Institutes of Health or corresponding institutions. For those investigators who do not have formal ethics review committees, the principles outlined in the Helsinki Declaration should be followed.
Disclosure statement: All authors must disclose any affiliations that they consider to be relevant and important with any organization that to any author's knowledge has a direct interest, particularly a financial interest, in the subject matter or materials discussed. Such affiliations include, but are not limited to, employment by an industrial concern, ownership of stock, membership on a standing advisory council or committee, a seat on the board of directors, or being publicly associated with a company or its products. Other areas of real or perceived conflict of interest would include receiving honoraria or consulting fees or receiving grants or funds from such corporations or individuals representing such corporations. The simplest remedy for conflict of interest is disclosure. In the Journal, disclosure will henceforth be achieved by the inclusion of a short footnote with each published article.
Manuscripts
General instructions.Research reports, both Short Reports and Original Research Articles, should have a uniform style and be submitted exactly as they are to appear in print. A manuscript should consist of the following subdivisions, each beginning on a separate page:
- Title page
- Abstract and keywords
- Text
- Literature cited
- Footnotes, if any
- Tables (may be sent as a separate file if necessary)
- Figure legends
- The spelling of nontechnical terms should be as recommended in the current Webster's International Dictionary.
- Always spell out numbers when they stand as the first word in a sentence; do not follow such numbers with abbreviations. Numbers indicating time, weight, and measurements are to be in Arabic numerals when followed by abbreviations (e.g., 2 mm; 1 sec; 3 ml).
Title page. The title page must contain the following.
- Title
- Author's name (or names)
- Institution and department from which the paper emanated, with city, state, and zip codes
- Abbreviated title (running headline) not to exceed 48 characters and spaces
- Name, address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address of the person to whom the proof is to be sent
- All grant information including corresponding grant numbers.
If you plan to be away a month before publication of your article, please inform the publisher.
Abstract. The abstract should consist of 250 words or fewer. When published, it will precede the introductory section of the text. The abstract should be written in complete sentences and should include the following sections with section heads in bold followed by a colon.
- Objectives: A succinct statement of the goal(s) of the research.
- Methods: A brief description of the study design, materials, subjects, data collection and statistical or other analysis methods used.
- Results: A brief description of the principal findings.
- Conclusions: A brief statement of the conclusions drawn relative to the objectives of the study.
This structure can be waived for Feature Articles and certain other articles at the discretion of the Editor.
Key Words. Authors should supply 4 to 6 key words, terms, or brief phrases that will aid in identifying the article to electronic search engines and in indexing the content of the article.
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In the text, references to the literature should be cited by author's surname followed by year of publication. If more than two authors, use only lead author and "et al.":
. . . studies by Madrigal (1994) reveal . . .
. . . studies by Winkler and Kirchengast (1994) reveal . . .
. . . studies by Spurgeon et al. (1994) reveal . . .
. . . an earlier report (Smith, 1994) . . .
. . . earlier reports (Leonard and Robertson, 1994; Malina and Reyes, 1994) . . .
When references are made to more than one paper by the same author published in the same year, they should be designated in the text as (Lampl, 1993a,b) and in the literature list as follows.
Personal communications and submittted manuscripts should be listed as unpublished communications in the text and not listed in the "Literature Cited" section.
Lampl M. 1993a. Introduction: human growth patterns. Am J Hum Biol 5:601–602.
Lampl M. 1993b. Evidence of saltatory growth in infancy. Am J Hum Biol 5:641–652.
The literature list must be arranged alphabetically, not chronologically, by author's or authors' surname(s) in the following style: Author's name (or names), year of publication, complete title, volume, and inclusive pages as follows:
Journal Article:
Madrigal L. 1994. Twinning rates in admixed Costa Rican populations. Am J Hum Biol 6:215–218.
Book:
Felber J-P, Acheson KJ, Tappy L. 1993. From obesity to diabetes. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 508 p.
Book Chapter:
McClain C, Stuart M, Kasarskis E, Humphries L. 1993. Zinc, appetite regulation, and eating disorders. In: Prasad AS, editor. Essential and toxic trace elements in human health and disease: an update. New York: Wiley-Liss. p 47–64.
Abbreviations of journal titles should follow those used in Index Medicus.
Footnotes. Footnotes to the text are discouraged.
Footnotes to a table should be typed directly beneath the table and numbered with superscripts (1, 2, 3, etc.). They should not be numbered in sequence with the footnotes in the text. Also, if superscript numbers could be mistaken for exponents, substitute superscript a, b, c, etc.
Tables. All tables must be cited in the text. Since tabular material is expensive to reproduce, it should be simple and uncomplicated, with as few vertical and horizontal rules as possible. Table titles should be complete but brief. Information other than that defining the data should be presented in footnotes.
Figures. All figures must be cited in the text. Figure legends are to be numbered consecutively as follows: Fig. 1. . . . , Fig. 2. . . . , and should follow the sequence of reference in the text. Type double-spaced.
Abbreviations for all figures should be listed alphabetically and placed before the first figure mentioning them.
Abbreviations
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| AChE |
Acetylcholinesterase |
| CP |
Cortical plate |
| SmI |
Primary somatosensory cortex |
| V |
Ventral |
Group figures to fit a single page along with their appropriate legends. Reference to relevant text passages can often reduce the length of legends and avoid redundancy.
Metric system. The metric system should be used for all measurements, weights, etc. Temperatures should be expressed in degrees Celsius (centigrade). Metric abbreviations should be expressed in lowercase without periods.
Symbols. When preceded by a digit, the following symbols are to be used: % for percent; ° for degree.
Illustrations
Electronic versions of illustrations are preferred for the review process; they must be saved in .tif or .eps format.
Authors should bear in mind the final size of illustrations in printed form and be sure that appropriate font sizes, line thicknesses, etc. are used for legibility.
- Lettering and labels must be readable after reduction. When reduced, the minimum height of a capital letter should not be less than 2.5 mm for a photomicrograph and 1 mm for a graph or chart.
- When printed, an individual figure or group of figures should not exceed the dimensions of 5½" (14.0 cm) wide by 7¾" (19.7 cm) long or 2 5/8" (6.7 cm) wide by 7¾" (19.7 cm) long in the case of single-column placement.
Special reproduction problems. The cost of all color illustrations will be charged to the author. Once the paper has been accepted, firm quotes will be supplied by the publisher, and the author will have the opportunity to approve both costs and proofs prior to printing.
All color figures will be reproduced in full color in the online edition of the journal at no cost to authors. Authors are requested to pay the cost of reproducing color figures in print. Authors are encouraged to submit color illustrations that highlight the text and convey essential scientific information. For best reproduction, bright, clear colors should be used. Dark colors against a dark background do not reproduce well; please place your color images against a white background wherever possible.
Cover art: Authors are invited to submit color photos or other artwork for consideration as cover illustrations. Preferably, these should be submitted electronically, in .jpg format.
Miscellaneous
Upon acceptance of an article for publication, the author will be asked to sign a copyright transfer agreement, transferring rights to the publisher, who reserves copyright.
Proofs. A single set of page and illustration proofs will be sent to the author. All corrections should be marked clearly, directly on page proofs.
Reprints. Reprints may be ordered at https://caesar.sheridan.com/reprints/redir.php?pub=10089&acro=AJHB.
Numbering. Figures, including charts and graphs, must be numbered consecutively.
Supplementary Material. Authors are encouraged to submit supplementary material that could aid readers in understanding the authors' findings and where appropriate to ensure that the page limits are met. Supplementary material for articles published in the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY will be available in the online version of the journal. This accompanying information may include (but is not limited to) figures, tables, video clips, large sections of movies (QuickTime or mpeg), data sets, program code, and electronic graphical files. Supplementary material must be submitted at the time of peer review, although the reviewers and editors may also suggest that figures or table(s) be provided as supplementary material during the review process. Each piece of supplementary material should be referenced within the text. Supplementary material should be numbered in order, but independently of figures in the main article, e.g. S- Figure 1 would indicate a figure that follows Figure 1 in the main text. Please note that supplementary material is NOT edited by the publisher after final acceptance by the editors, and is posted online in the format in which it is supplied.
Errata and Letters to the Editor
Should an error occur in the publication of a manuscript or should a responsible retraction be appropriate, timely correction or retraction will be done upon notification in writing to the Editor-in-Chief.
Appropriate comments and/or dissenting opinions, in writing to the Editor-in-Chief, are also considered for publication.
Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Peter T. Ellison
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
11 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Mary T. O'Rourke
Harvard University
Phone: (617) 384-9645
Fax: (617) 496-0994
ajhb@fas.harvard.edu
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Joan C. Stevenson
Department of Anthropology
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington 98225-9083
E D I T O R I A L B O A R D
Cynthia M. Beall
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Gillian Bentley
University College London
London, United Kingdom
Alan H. Bittles
Edith Cowan University
Perth, Australia
Barry A. Bogin
University of Michigan
Dearborn, Michigan
Noel Cameron
Loughborough University
Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Ralph M. Garruto
State University of New York
Binghamton, New York
Linda M. Gerber
Weill Medical College, Cornell University
New York, New York
Grazyna Jasienska
Jagiellonian University
Krakow, Poland
Michelle Lampl
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
William R. Leonard
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Paul Leslie
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Stephen McGarvey
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Lorna G. Moore
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Catherine Panter-Brick
University of Durham
Durham, United Kingdom
Lawrence M. Schell
State University of New York
Albany, New York
Lynette Leidy Sievert
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Stanley Ulijaszek
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Kenneth M. Weiss
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Carol Worthman
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
J o u r n a l P r o d u c t i o n
Margaret Tripp Zenk
John Wiley & Sons
American Journal of Human Biology
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