期刊名称：CASTANEA
 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 Society publishes papers relating to the botany of the Eastern United States authored by members of the Society. In addition, as the official publication of the Society, news and information of interest to the membership is also contained within the journal. It is a quarterly publication. First started in 1936, the journal is now in volume 68 (2003).
The journal name Castanea comes from the genus of chestnuts that must have been fresh in the minds of the founders of the Society when it was established. The Chestnut blight ravaged the American Chestnut, Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen [Family Fagaceae] in the early part of the twentieth Century. Prior to that time the species formed up to 35% of the forests of the Eastern United States. [more on Castanea dentata]
Beginning in 2003, SABS has started a new series entitled: Castanea: Occasional Papers in Eastern Botany. This new publication, as a supplement to Castanea, will allow for publication of long manuscripts not appropriate for a regular issue of Castanea, collections of shorter manuscripts that treat topics not usually published in Castanea, and proceedings arising from symposia and conferences. Publication will be irregular.
Instructions to Authors
Editorial Policy
Castanea, The Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, publishes papers relating to the botany of the Eastern United States. Manuscripts will be considered only if the author (or joint author) is a member of the Society. They must be original work, not previously published, and not currently submitted to any other journal.
Manuscripts: Authors are requested to follow the style in recent issues of Castanea. Each manuscript, including figures, should be submitted to the Managing Editor as both a hard copy and by email (admellic@email.uncc.edu) in a word processing file. Prepare manuscripts using a current version of MS Word or WordPerfect for PC. All text, literature cited, figure legends, and tables should be included in the file. Include figures, if possible, but figures must also be submitted as hard copies. The original figures will be requested upon acceptance of the manuscript. Where possible, final figures will also be requested in TIFF, EPS, or PDF format. Manuscripts must be prepared with at least 1-inch margins, double-spaced on one side of the paper throughout, and be on good quality 8x 11 inch paper. All pages must be numbered. The sequence of material in the manuscript should be: title page with author's name and address including email address of the corresponding author as a footnote, abstract, body of the manuscript, acknowledgments, literature cited, figure legends, tables with table headings, and figures.
1. The abstract of 150 words or less must be concise and descriptive of the information contained in the paper. It must be complete in itself without reference to the body of the paper.
2. The body of the manuscript may, depending upon the specific nature of the paper, include the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Summary; followed by the Acknowledgments, and Literature Cited. All tables and figures, as well as references, must be cited in the text.
3. All references must be arranged alphabetically by author's last name. In the body of the manuscript, references are to be cited by author and publication date. Specific journal abbreviations must follow Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum. See http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu/Data/Publications/publications.html. If in doubt, include the full citation. Example reference formats.
4. Each table, together with its heading, must be double-spaced, numbered in Arabic numerals, and set on a separate page. Table format should follow a recent issue of Castanea. Internal lines and shading should not be used.
5. Figures based on line drawings may be submitted as photocopies. Figures based on half-tones must be submitted as 5x7 or 8x10 inch unmounted glossy prints. All figures must be numbered in Arabic numerals. Figure legends should be grouped on a separate page.
Species Lists: It is expected that authors with species lists voucher their study specimens in a public herbarium using the accepted acronym (see: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/ih/ih.html )
Scientific Names: The first time the scientific name of a plant is given in the text the authority should be included. Authorities may be omitted where the name and authority are given subsequently in a floristic list. If you use a scientific name in the abstract, omit the authority.
Measurements and Units: All measurements should be expressed in International System (SI) (i.e., metric) units. (see http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html).
URLS: Authors may include the URL for websites that contain material ancillary to their paper. This could be colored illustrations, extensive databases, and similar topics relevant to the research discussed. Information essential for the paper must be included in the manuscript, not referred to in the website.
Review:
Every manuscript submitted will be reviewed by at least two referees and a member of the Editorial Board. Decision of acceptance or rejection of the manuscript is the responsibility of the Editorial Board.
Revisions:
Revised manuscripts should be returned promptly. Manuscripts not returned within six months may be considered new submissions. Authors should contact the editor for the manuscript if they expect revisions to require more than six months.
Page Charges:
Authors are charged $40 per printed page. Charts, photographs, color figures, and tables may incur extra charges. Arrangements for payment of charges must be made with the Managing Editor at the time of manuscript submission. Authors may request three free pages if they do not have full institutional support. An invoice is sent upon final acceptance of a revised manuscript, when the paper is in proof form.
Proof and Reprints:
Page proofs will be sent to the author with an order blank for reprints. The page proofs must be returned to the Managing Editor within 48 hours of their receipt. The reprint order is sent by the author back to the printer, Allen Press Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. Alterations in the proofs are expensive; changes made by the author in proof, other than those due to printer's error, will be charged to the author at the rate of $3.00/change. Proofs not returned by the author or author-designated intermediary will be edited by the Managing Editor and printed in the slated issue.
Editorial Board
The SABS Editorial Board is composed of three editors and they are responsible for the content of Castanea. It is their responsibility to send manuscripts out for peer review and make the final decision on acceptance. Editors are elected by the SABS membership and serve a three year term. Each year one new member is elected. An editor typically serves as Chair of the Editorial Board during their third year.
Landon McKinney (2003-2006)
Environmental Quality Management, Inc.
1800 Carillon Boulevard
Cincinnati, OH 45240
Phone: 513-825-7500
E-mail: lmckinney@eqm.com Jeffrey Walck (2004-2007)
Department of Biology
Middle Tennessee Sate University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone: 615-904-8390
E-mail: jwalck@mtsu.edu Paul Davison (2005-2008)
Department of Biology
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL 35632
Phone: 256-765-4434
E-mail: pdavison@una.edu
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