期刊名称:JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION
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 Journal of Mammalian Evolution is a multidisciplinary forum devoted to studies on the comparative morphology, molecular biology, paleobiology, genetics, developmental and reproductive biology, biogeography, systematics, ethology and ecology, and population dynamics of mammals and the ways that these diverse data can be analyzed for the reconstruction of mammalian evolution. The journal publishes high-quality peer-reviewed original articles and reviews derived from both laboratory and field studies. The journal facilitates communication among international researchers in the many fields that contribute to our understanding of mammalian evolutionary biology.
Journal of Mammalian Evolution is the official journal of the Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution.
Now Indexed by ISI
We are delighted to announce that Journal of Mammalian Evolution is now covered by ISI's Science Citation Index Expanded. The Journal will receive a 2010 Impact Factor, to be published in 2011.
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Instructions to Authors
Manuscript Submission
Springer now requires authors, editors and reviewers of Journal of Mammalian Evolution to use our fully web−enabled online manuscript submission and review system, Editorial Manager. Editorial Manager has led to a reduction in the time between submission and publication, and offers authors the option to track the progress of their manuscript in real time.  You may upload your manuscripts following the instructions given on the screen. This system supports a wide range of submission file formats. If you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript online, please get in touch with the responsible Editorial Assistant by clicking on "CONTACT US" from the tool bar. Manuscripts should be submitted to: 
Publication Policies
Submission is a representation that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A statement transferring copyright from the authors (or their employers, if they hold the copyright) to Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. will be required before the manuscript can be accepted for publication. Such a written transfer of copyright, which previously was assumed to be implicit in the act of submitting a manuscript, is necessary under the U.S. Copyright Law in order for the publisher to carry through the dissemination of research results and reviews as widely and effectively as possible. Please download the Copyright Transfer Statement from the journal webpage and submit it to the editorial office listed.
Manuscript Style
Order the elements comprising the manuscript as follows: 
 The text should be divided into the sections Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion. All acknowledgments (including those for grant and financial support) should be included as one paragraph that directly precedes the references section (Literature Cited).   Title Page  A title page is to be provided and should include 
 The affiliation should comprise 
 and should be included as a footnote to the author's name. The suggested running head should be less than 80 characters (including spaces) and should comprise the article title or an abbreviated version thereof. Abstract


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An abstract that clearly presents the main conclusions is to be provided, preferably no longer than 250�00 words. |  Key Words


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A list of 4� key words is to be provided directly below the abstract. Key words should express the precise content of the manuscript, as they are used for indexing purposes. |  References List references alphabetically at the end of the paper in the section Literature Cited and refer to them in the text by name and year in parentheses. Where there are three or more authors, only the first author's name is given in the text, followed by et al. (without italics). References should include (in this order): 
 The style and punctuation of the references should conform to that used in the journal �illustrated by the following examples:


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Journal Article Rasmussen DT, and Simons EL (1992) Paleobiology of the oligopithecines, the earliest known anthropoid primates. Intern J Primatol 13: 477−−508 |


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Book Dillon LS (1981) Ultrastructure, macromolecules, and evolution, Plenum Press, New York |


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Contribution to a Book Flynn LJ, Jacobs LL, and Lindsay EH (1985) Problems in muroid phylogeny: Relationship to other rodents and origin of major groups. In: WP Luckett, J-L Hartenberger (eds.) Evolutionary relationships among rodents: a multidisciplinary analysis. Plenum Press, New York. pp. 589−−616 |  Abbreviations of journal titles should follow those used in World List of Periodicals or Index Medicus. All references cited in the text must be included in Literature Cited. Citation in the text for the above examples is in the form (Rasmussen and Simons 1992); (Dillon 1981); and (Flynn et al. 1985). However, references to unpublished works or to manuscripts in preparation should be made in the text only, and not be included in Literature Cited. Manuscripts accepted for publication may be cited as "in press" in the text and in Literature Cited with the full title of the article and the name of the journal or book. Footnotes Footnotes should be avoided. When their use is absolutely necessary, footnotes should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. Use the appropriate superscript numeral for citation in the text.  Tables  Tables should be numbered (with Roman numerals) and referred to by number in the text. Center the title above the table, and type explanatory footnotes (indicated by superscript lowercase letters) below the table.  Color art Color can be used without charge for the electronic edition of the journal but will appear in the printed version of the journal at the author’s expense of $1150 per article.
Gene analyses
Authors submitting analyses of gene or amino acid sequences should be prepared to supply electronic versions of their sequence alignments if requested by reviewers. These are for confidential examination by reviewers only, and reviewers are requested not to use these alignments for any purpose other than the review process.  Voucher Specimens If the reported research includes examination of voucher specimens (including tissues), the Museum catalogue number or tissue number if the former is not available must be provided. If sequences from Genbank are used, the Museum catalogue number listed on Genbank must be listed, as well as the Genbank accession number. Genbank accession numbers can be used alone, only in the event that the Museum catalogue number is not available through the Genbank record.
Page Charges
The journal makes no page charges. Reprints are available to authors, and order forms with the current price schedule are sent with proofs
Appendices and Supplementary Material
Authors who wish to publish electronic supplementary material to their article (Excel files, images, audio/video files) are requested to submit their manuscript via our online submission system, with a note in the author comments box that supplementary material will be submitted separately by email. This email, containing the supplementary material, should be sent to the Production Editor. In the email, the title of the submitted manuscript as well as the name of the corresponding author should be given.
Guidelines for Electronically Produced illustrations for Print
General  Submit illustrations separately from the text (i.e. files should not be integrated with the text files).  Vector (line) Graphics  
 Spreadsheet/Presentation Graphics   Most presentation programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Freelance) produce data that cannot be stored in an EPS format. Therefore graphics produced by these programs cannot be used for print.  Halftone Illustrations 
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Guidelines for Electronically Produced illustrations for Online
Video  Quicktime (.mov) is the preferred format, but .rm, .avi, .mpg, etc. are acceptable.   No video file should be larger than 2MB. To decrease the size of your file, consider changing one or more of the following variables: frame speed, number of colors/greys, viewing size (in pixels), or compression. Video is subject to Editorial review and approval. 
Springer Open Choice
In addition to the normal publication process (whereby an article is submitted to the journal and access to that article is granted to customers who have purchased a subscription), Springer now provides an alternative publishing option: Springer Open Choice. A Springer Open Choice article receives all the benefits of a regular subscription−based article, but in addition is made available publicly through Springers online platform SpringerLink. To publish via Springer Open Choice, upon acceptance please visit the link below to complete the relevant order form and provide the required payment information. Payment must be received in full before publication or articles will publish as regular subscription−model articles. We regret that Springer Open Choice cannot be ordered for published articles.
Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
John R. Wible, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Eric J. Sargis, Yale University, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Richard L. Cifelli, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, USA Carey Krajewski, Southern Illinois University, USA William J. Murphy, Texas A&M University, USA Michael J. Stanhope, Cornell University, USA Michael Westerman, La Trobe University, Australia Michael O. Woodburne, Museum of Northern Arizona, USA
FOUNDING EDITORS
W. Patrick Luckett, University of Puerto Rico, USA Jean-Louis Hartenberger, Université Montpellier, France
EDITORIAL BOARD
Robert J. Asher, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom K. Christopher Beard, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA Emmanual J. P. Douzery, Université Montpellier II, France Timothy J. Gaudin, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA Christine M. Janis, Brown University, USA Zhe-Xi Luo, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA Thomas Martin, Universität Bonn, Germany Christian de Muizon, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France Norhiro Okada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Link Olson, University of Alaska Museum, USA Guillermo W. Rougier, University of Louisville, USA Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra, Universität Zürich, Switzerland Nancy B. Simmons, American Museum of Natural History, USA Mark S. Springer, University of California, USA Emma C. Teeling, University College Dublin, Ireland Robert S. Voss, American Museum of Natural History, USA Derek E. Wildman, Wayne State University, USA
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