期刊名称：JOURNAL OF HEREDITY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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Over the last nine decades, the Journal of Heredity has established and maintained a tradition of scholarly excellence in the publication of genetics research. Since 1905, virtually every major figure in the field has contributed to the journal.
Now in its eighty-ninth year, Journal of Heredity covers organismal genetics in greater depth than ever before. Articles discuss gene action, regulation, and transmission in both plant and animal species, including the genetic aspects of botany, cytogenetics and evolution, zoology, and molecular and developmental biology.
Also included are papers on such rapidly advancing fields such as genome organization, comparative gene mapping, molecular-functional analysis of interactive gene systems, animal models of human disease, molecular genetics of resistance to infectious disease in plants and animals, genetic engineering in plants and animals, conservation genetics of endangered species, molecular evolution and speciation, now computer algorithms and genetics biodiversity. |
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Instructions to Authors
All manuscripts are reviewed by the editorial board and are judged on the basis of original data and interpretation. Review articles dealing with major advances and/or historical perspectives in organismic genetics are also welcome. Acceptance will depend on scientific merit and suitability for the journal. All manuscripts must be submitted solely to this journal and must not have been submitted or published in any part or form in another publication. Upon acceptance of a manuscript the author will be requested to sign an agreement transferring copyright to the American Genetic Association. No published material may be reproduced or published elsewhere without the written permission of the publisher and the author.
Short reports of approximately 3,000 words will be considered Brief Communications, and illustrative material (tables and figures) should be limited to two items occupying no more than one-half of a published page.
Manuscript PreparationManuscripts should be prepared using a word processing program, saved as .doc files, and typed, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins on 8.5-by-11-inch paper. There is no page limit, but it is recommended that manuscripts not exceed 16 typewritten pages plus tables and illustrations. Long papers are subject to delays in reviewing and editorial consideration. Metric units should be used where applicable. Pages should be arranged and numbered consecutively in the following order: title page, abstract, text, references, figure legends, and tables in one .doc file, with illustrations provided separately in either hard copy or electronic format. The title should concisely inform the reader of the subject of the paper and the organism to which it relates; it should contain no more than 75 characters. A subtitle can be used when greater length is unavoidable.
The title page (page 1) should contain the title of the article; the author's name(s) and affiliation(s) with complete addresses; phone/fax number; acknowledgments; and a running title.
An abstract is required. It should consist of one paragraph of no more than 200 words that is complete without reference to the text. Acronyms and complex abbreviations should not be used. References to literature, figures, and tables should not be included.
The text should be readable, clear, and concise. First-person active voice is preferable to the impersonal passive voice. Authors whose native language is not English should arrange to have their manuscripts written in idiomatic English before they are submitted for publication. Papers lacking proper English structure and usage will not be considered for publication and will be returned to the author without review. Standard nomenclature should be used in organisms for which formal rules have been established and published. For these, authors are referred to the CBE Style Manual. Unfamiliar or new terms, as well as abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols, should be defined at first mention. Italics should not be used for emphasis. Footnotes are undesirable and should be avoided; descriptive material should be parenthetically included in the text. All tables and figures must be referred to in the text.
References should be typed alphabetically on a separate page, double-spaced and unnumbered. They should be referred to in the text by the name(s) of the first author(s) and the year of publication in parentheses, e.g., (Able and Baker 1987b). Use the first author's name and "et al." when there are more than two authors. The order for references within parentheses in the text should be alphabetical. For works by the same author(s) in the same year, append a lowercase a, b, c, etc., to the year of publication. The reference list should conform to the following styles:
Journal article
Author AB, Author CD, and Author EF, 1984. Title of article. J Hered 60:128-132.
Paper in a conference proceedings
Author AB, Author IJ, and Author KL, 1985. Title of conference paper. In: Unabbreviated Title of Symposium or Conference, Location, Date (Able ST, ed). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Publisher's Name; 137-180.
Book
Author GH and Author IJ, 1985a. Title of book. Rye, New York: Publisher's Name.
Chapter in a book
Author GH and Author IJ, 1985b. Title of a chapter: a subtitle. In: Title of book, 2nd ed (Able MN and Baker OP, eds). Philadelphia: Publisher's Name; 200-235.
Thesis or dissertation
Author MN, 1985. Title of thesis or dissertation (PhD dissertation). Berkeley, California: Name of University.
Internet sources
Author CH. Title of work being cited (visited/last modified Sept 1, 1999) http://www.jhered.oupjournals.org.
Only published references or references accepted for publication should be included in the reference list; such things as personal communications, unpublished data, manuscripts in preparation, etc., should be incorporated in the text in parentheses and include the initials and surname of the source, e.g., (Able OP, personal communication). When citing Internet sources, please provide a complete URL address and the date on which the page was accessed or updated. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their references.
Figure legends should be typed together on a separate page. They should define all symbols and abbreviations used in each figure.
Tables should be typed double-spaced, with each table on a separate page. Each should have a short title describing its contents and be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Explanatory material should be put in one or more footnotes labeled alphabetically in order of appearance as the table is read horizontally. Each table must be cited in the text.
Figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, and each figure must be cited within the text itself. Do not embed figures in the text or submit them as part of the manuscript .doc file--see "Figure Creation and Submission" instructions below. All figures should be planned to fit within the proportions of the printed page (6 5/8 inches wide by 9 1/4 inches deep); wherever possible, figures will be reduced to single-column width (3 1/4 inches). Lettering on the original figure should capitalized and keyed to the legend; it should also be professional quality or generated by high-resolution computer graphics and large enough (10 to 12 points) to be legible after reduction of the figure to single-column width. Differences in type size within a single figure should be no more than approximately 15%, and freehand, penciled, or typewritten lettering is not acceptable. Symbols used to identify points within a graph should be large enough to be easily distinguishable after reduction. Please note that in line drawings, faint shading and stippling will be lost upon reproduction and should therefore be avoided. Place labels for line drawings parallel to the axes, using initial capital and lowercase roman letters; descriptive material should not be included in the drawing but should be contained in a separate legend. Note also that black-and-white photographs should be sharp, with good contrast between dark and light areas. Multi-part figures should have the parts labeled with letters (A, B, C, etc.) and should be combined onto one page. No artwork, redrawing,combination/mounting, or typesetting changes can be made to submitted figures, so it is extremely important that all elements of a figure be correct at submission.
Manuscript SubmissionBefore final acceptance, an electronic version of the manuscript (with revisions incorporated) must be submitted on floppy disk to the editorial office. This should be submitted with the revised manuscript. The disk should be labeled with the date, the manuscript number (if a revision), the first author's name, the file name, and the software, disk format, and hardware used. A cover letter should include a statement, signed by any one of the authors, that the electronic file matches the hard copy of the manuscript. Any discrepancy between the disk and the hard copy will result in a delay of publication.
The 3.5-inch disk size should be used. Disks must not be write-protected. All sections of the paper should be in a single .doc file, in the order specified elsewhere in these instructions, including tables. Most types of word processing software may be used, although Microsoft Word version 6.0 is preferred. The disk format may be either IBM-compatible PC or Macintosh, although IBM-compatible PC is preferred.
The electronic file should be prepared accurately, consistently, and simply, avoiding the use of special fonts or elaborate formatting for aesthetics. Paragraphs should be formatted the same way throughout. The lowercase "ell" (l) and the numeral one (1), and the capital "oh" (O) and the numeral zero (0), should be used correctly, not interchangeably; the lowercase "oh" should not be used as a subscript zero. Greek symbols, diacritical marks, italics, superscripts, and subscripts should be typed in the electronic file using software features as much as possible. When a special character cannot be typed in the file, it should be represented by an available character that is not otherwise used, and authors should provide a translation key to those characters in the cover letter. If accents or other unusual characters must be drawn in on the manuscript, they should be highlighted and listed in an accompanying note.
Figure creation and submission. Figures may be submitted as either hard copy or electronic files. Please see instructions below for your preferred method of submission, keeping in mind that electronic figure submissions must be accompanied by printouts that match the appearance of the file(s) themselves. These printouts will be used by the editor for evaluation purposes. Please note that illustrations in color will be accepted only if the authors defray the cost (currently estimated at $1000 per page of color) or by special permission by the Editor. We ask that you submit figures containing color only if you want them to be printed in color. Note also that authors should add 100% for any offprints including color reproduction.
Hard copy submission: Please submit high-quality paper figures, formatted according to submission standard and suitable for reproduction For black-and-white and color photographs, we require both original glossy prints and three copies. Each hard copy figure should be identified by the name of the author, article title, and figure number (penciled lightly on the back of the figure); do not label or write in ink on the back of the artwork because these marks often show through the figure when reproduced. This is especially critical with light image or background areas.
Electronic submission: Figures should be submitted in desired final size as Encapsulated Postscript (.eps) or Tagged Image Format (.tif) files, created and saved at 350 dpi (dots per square inch) for photographic and color images, or 1200 dpi for black and white line drawings. They should use Adobe Postscript fonts, NOT TrueType or system "bitmap" fonts, and any unnecessary white space should be cropped from around the image if the file is a .tif file. If you choose to submit figures electronically, you will need to use high-resolution original sources, such as scanned original artwork or original image files, to create your .tif or .eps figures. Even when saved as .tif or .eps files, graphics downloaded or saved from Web pages (and other low-resolution materials) will not meet print quality standards and are therefore unacceptable for figure creation. Blurry, illegible, or other low-quality figures will be returned to you for recreation and may delay publication of your paper.
We recommend that you produce your figures with high-quality graphics software, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, to help ensure appropriate resolution and workability. Always use the latest version of the software program available--files from older versions often lose integrity when opened in newer versions. If the software available to you cannot generate .tif or .eps files, you may wish to print a high-quality copy of the figure, scan it, and then save it as a .tif.
Cover consideration. A full-color illustration is featured on the cover of each issue, the cost of which is borne by the journal. Authors whose photo is used on the cover receive 25 free color covers. The cover is available to any contributor whose manuscript is accepted for publication, providing the photographic material is of high quality. If you wish to submit potential cover images in hard copy, please send two prints of each cover submission to the editor; one original of each cover selection will be retained by the editorial office. If possible, submissions should be 8 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches, with the top indicated and a brief caption on the back of the illustration. For electronic submission of potential cover images, please send the image at 350 dpi CMYK as both a .jpg and a .tif or .eps file to the editorial office; the .jpg will be used for evaluation only.
CorrespondenceAuthors should submit an original and three hard copies of their manuscript and four sets (for hard copy) or one set (for electronic) of original figures together with a floppy disk containing the electronic manuscript and any electronic figure files to the editor, Dr. Stephen J. O'Brien, P.O. Box 257, Buckeystown, MD 21717-0257, telephone/fax: (301) 695-9292. E-mail Dr. O'Brien at agajoh@ncifcrf.gov, or submit materials to one of the journal's associate editors, whose addresses can be found at www.theaga.org. Authors of Computer Notes should also provide four copies of their computer programs on 3 1/2' or 5 1/4' disks, along with detailed instructions.
Page Charges, Proofs, and Reprints
A page charge of $60 per published page will be made for all papers. In cases in which research funds are not available to meet publication costs, the author should submit a statement to the editor at the time the paper is submitted specifying the reasons for lack of funds and requesting a waiver of the publication charge. No paper will be rejected because of the lack of funds, but publication may be delayed if charges are not paid. Authors will receive a form with their page proofs showing the page charge and reprint prices.
Effective June 1, 2001, page charges up to six pages per volume will be waived for authors who are members of the American Genetic Association. Cost of membership is currently $55. Authors who wish to join the Association will receive membership forms and a page charge discount offer with their article proofs.
Authors are sent PDF page proofs. To avoid delay in publication, proofs should be checked immediately for typographical errors and returned to the publisher by fax (preferred) or express delivery. In addition to an AGA membership form, an offprint order form will accompany the proofs, and authors may purchase additional offprints and journal copies at a discount (50%) using this form.
CopyrightIt is a condition of publication in the journal that authors assign copyright to the American Genetic Association. However, requests for permission to reproduce all or part of an article should be sent to Oxford University Press at the following e-mail address: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance.
Editorial Board
Editor
Stephen J. O'Brien, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, USA
Editorial Board
Leif Andersson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
C. Scott Baker, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Stephen E. Bloom, Cornell University, USA
Brian Bowen, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, USA
Neal Copeland, NCI-FCRF, Frederick, USA
Muriel T. Davisson, The Jackson Laboratory, USA
Rob DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History, USA
Robert C. Fleischer, Smithsonian Institution, USA
Susan Gabay-Laughnan, University of Illinois, USA
Brandon Gaut, University of California, Irvine, USA
Irwin Goldman, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
J. Perry Gustafson, University of Missouri, USA
James L. Hamrick, University of Georgia, USA
Philip Hedrick, Arizona State University, USA
Prem P. Jauhar, USDA-ARS, North Dakota State University, USA
Halina T. Knap, Clemson Unviersity, USA
Christine Kozak, NIAID, LMM, NIH, USA
Sudhir Kumar, Arizona State University, USA
Susan J. Lamont, Iowa State University, USA
Ross MacIntyre, Cornell University, USA
Sally Mackenzie, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
Victor A. McKusick, Johns Hopkins University, USA
William S. Modi, NCI-SAIC, Frederick, USA
Masatoshi Nei, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Elaine Ostrander, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
Reid G. Palmer, USDA, Iowa State University, USA
Roger H. Reeves, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Oliver A. Ryder, Zoological Society of San Diego, USA
Stephen Schaeffer, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Hector Seuanez, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Martin Tracey, Florida International University, USA
William F. Tracy, University of Wisconsin, USA
David B. Wagner, University of Kentucky, USA
Robert Wayne, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Bruce S. Weir, North Carolina State University, USA
Jonathan F. Wendel, Iowa State University, USA
James Womack, Texas A&M University, USA
R. C. Woodruff, Bowling Green State University, USA
Shozo Yokoyama, Syracuse University, USA
Book Review Editor
Kurt Benirschke, UCSD Medical Center, USA
Publishers: Sending books for review
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