期刊名称：SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
 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 South African Journal of Geology (SAJG) is the peer-reviewed journal of the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA Home). The SAJG publishes scientific papers and notes related to the geology of South Africa and southern Africa, and represents the Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa. The SAJG is published jointly by the GSSA and the Bureau for Scientific Publications at the South African Foundation for Education, Science and Technology.
The SAJG is indexed/abstracted in a number of reference works, including CAB International, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Geo Abstracts, IBZ, IBR, Mineralogical Abstracts, Current Contents, Research Alert, and Scisearch. Using GeoRef, the search term south african journal geology IN SO will locate papers published in SAJG.
Instructions to Authors
Manuscript Submission
Manuscripts for publication in the South African Journal of Geology (SAJG) should be submitted to one of the scientific editors (see contact details below) by post or by email.
The preferred method for submission of manuscripts for review is for them to be completely in an electronic format such as MS Word (large files should be archived in ZIP format) or in PDF format, and submitted to the Editors by email. Submissions by email should be sent directly to the email address of a scientific editor listed below. Hard copy manuscripts also may be submitted. In this case, three hard copies of the complete manuscript must be addressed to the Scientific Editors (see contact details below). Manuscripts including references should be typed double-space and in 12 font size. All pages should carry the authors name and be properly numbered. Authors are encouraged to include with their submissions the names and email addresses of persons they deem suitable to be referees of their manuscript. At their discretion, the Editors may use them.
Submission Guidelines
The South African Journal of Geology (SAJG) publishes scientific papers, notes and discussions in the broadly defined fields of geoscience that are related directly or indirectly to the geology of Africa. Contributions relevant to former supercontinental entities such as Gondwana and Rodinia are also welcome as are topical studies on any geoscience-related discipline. Review papers are welcome as long as they represent original, new syntheses. Special issues are also encouraged but terms for these must be negotiated with the Scientific Editors (see contact details below).
All contributions to the SAJG are subjected to peer review by geoscientists selected by the Editors or members of the Editorial Board. The principal criteria used to evaluate contributions are:
- The contribution must present scientific findings that are original, i.e. they must not have appeared elsewhere and must not be under consideration by any other publication.
- The contribution must be scientifically constrained, i.e. any interpretations made or conclusions drawn must be based on the objective evaluation of scientific data.
- There must be effective separation of scientific facts and observations from interpretations and inferences.
- The article should make a contribution toward our deeper understanding of Earth processes, broadly defined.
Copyright in papers published by the SAJG is vested in the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA). The preferred language of contributions is English although submissions in any other of the eleven official languages of South Africa will be considered. All non-English contributions must include an English version of the abstract.
Papers are generally limited to 40 double-spaced A4 size typed pages including text, references, figures and tables. Notes are regarded as short papers on topical issues and every attempt will be made to publish them quickly. They should not exceed 4 printed pages including text, references, figures and tables. Discussions represent a forum in which previously published papers that appeared in the SAJG can be disputed, clarified, and/or discussed.
Replies to such discussions will be invited from the original authors. Discussions must be submitted as soon as possible and not longer than six months after publication of the original paper.
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts for review should be submitted double-spaced in the style of the SAJG and authors are requested to consult an issue from 103(3/4) onwards to see what that is. The title page should include the title of the manuscript, initials, surname, affiliation and email address of each author and corresponding address. The abstract should be a short summary of the paper; do not include any references and avoid using deferring phrases such as ...is discussed. Remember that your abstract may be the only part of your paper that is read so it should help readers to become quickly informed about your results and to decide if your paper is relevant to their interests. Abstracts from the SAJG are circulated by international retrieval systems.
The text or main body of the manuscript should be logically organized into sections but please avoid over-use of subsection constructs. There must be a clear separation of facts and observations from interpretations and inferences. An alphabetical and then chronological list of all references sited should follow the main text. The format of references can be obtained in any issue after 103(3/4) and the names of journals should be spelled out in full. Papers in preparation and submitted cannot be used as references. Please make a careful crosscheck of the reference list against citations in the text.
Tables should be compiled on separate sheets and designed to fit across a single or double column width of the journal page. Use of decimal points, rather than commas, is required for all reported numbers. Illustrations should be legible and contain only relevant information. Place names and other locations mentioned in the text must appear clearly on maps. Illustrations should be in black and white unless the author wishes to pay to have them published in color. The Production Editor will not convert colored diagrams to black and white.
Clear instructions must be provided on how mathematical symbols and equations should be printed. For Greek and non-Roman letters, authors must identify the symbol in words the first time it is used.
Receipt of manuscripts will be acknowledged by email, or by post if an email address is not provided.
Revised Manuscripts
Revised manuscripts should be returned to the Editors either on a disk or CD-ROM or as email attachments. They should be in electronic format with the text, references and tables in MS Word and figures in CorelDraw, or Quark Express for text and table references and Freehand for all figures. If the figures cannot be submitted in electronic format, they should be submitted as camera-ready high quality prints. Two hard copies of the complete manuscript must also be returned along with the referees comments and suggestions returned. In the cover letter, the authors must explain how they dealt with each of the referees comments and suggestions.
Editorial Board
Please submit manuscripts directly to one of the SAJG editors listed below:
SAJG Scientific Editor
Prof. Jay Barton, Jr.
Department of Geology
Rand Afrikaans University
P.O. Box 524
Auckland Park 2006
Kingsway & University
Phone: +27 (11) 489.2304
Fax: +27 (11) 489.2309
Email: jmb@na.rau.ac.za
Johannesburg, South Africa
SAJG Scientific Editor
Prof. Lew Ashwal
School of Geosciences
University of the Witwatersrand
Private Bag 3
Wits 2050
1 Jan Smuts Avenue
Phone: +27 (11) 717.6652
Email: ashwall@geosciences.wits.ac.za
Johannesburg, South Africa
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