期刊名称：JOURNAL OF FISH 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 Journal of Fish Biology is a leading international journal for scientists engaged in all aspects of fish and fisheries research, both freshwater and marine. The journal publishes high-quality papers relevant to the central theme of fish biology and aims to bring together under one cover an overall picture of the research in progress and to provide international communication among researchers in many disciplines with a common interest in the biology of fish.
Research Areas Include: Aquaculture; Behaviour; Biochemistry; Diseases; Distribution; Ecology; Genetics; Growth; Immunology; Migration; Morphology; Parasitology; Physiology; Pollution; Population studies; Reproduction; Taxonomy; Toxicology.
Instructions to Authors
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
1. The Journal of Fish Biology welcomes research manuscripts containing new biological insight into any aspect of fish biology. The Journal serves an international readership, and so seeks papers which report material and ideas of value to fish biology in general. Hence the novelty of the content of manuscripts should have relevance to more than the particular species or locality in which the work was carried out. All material submitted must be original, unpublished work and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. If in doubt about overlap, please give details of any related work under consideration or in press with the submission during login in Comments to Editor. Review papers will either be invited or agreed with the Reviews Editor (see 18). Brief Communications (see 19) and occasional Comments (see 21) will be considered.
The Society considers that scientists should avoid research which kills or damages any species of fish which, using IUCN criteria, is regarded as threatened or is listed as such in a Red Data Book appropriate to the geographic area concerned. In accordance with this view, papers based on such research will not be accepted by the Journal, unless the work had clear conservation objectives.
2. Submission of manuscripts. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://jfb.edmgr.com. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. Authors are encouraged to suggest potential referees for their manuscripts. This can be done during login in Comments to Editor.
3. Preparation of manuscripts. Typing should be double-spaced throughout the text, including tables, figure legends and reference lists. All lines should be numbered. Files should not be saved as PDF (portable document format) files.
The first page (see recent past issues) should bear the title of the paper, name(s) (forenames initials only) and academic address(es) of author(s); if the present address of any author is different it should be added as a footnote. Telephone and facsimile numbers and email address for the corresponding author should also be provided as a footnote. A concise running headline of not more than 45 characters inclusive of spaces should also be given on this page.
Full papers should generally be arranged in the following sequence: Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion (a combined Results and Discussion is not normally acceptable), Acknowledgements, References, Tables and Figures. Within sections, subdivisions should not normally exceed two grades; decimal number classification of headings and subheadings should not be used. All pages should be numbered. Footnotes should not be used except in Tables. Names of fishes should be given in full, i.e. common name and Latin name with authority. Italics are required for species names which are written in full the first time they appear in the text, e.g. Cyprinus carpio L. and Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), but abbreviated at subsequent mention (e.g. C. carpio and O. mykiss). The plural 'fish' should be used for the same species, 'fishes' for more than one species. Spellings should be in English, e.g. Concise Oxford English Dictionary (as distinct from American) throughout, except in quotations and references. All Latin words should be in italics. Text should not be written in the first person.
Information in tables should not be duplicated in figures, and vice versa. Repetition of table headings and figure legends in the text should be avoided.
Authors will find it helpful to consult recent issues of Journal of Fish Biology for details of style and presentation. They should note that if their manuscript does not follow the format of the Journal, it will be returned to them.
Two carriage returns should be used to end headings and paragraphs. Text should be typed without end of line hyphenation, except for compound words. Lower case 'l' for '1' or 'O' for '0' should not be used. Tables and figure captions should be saved in a separate file from the main text of the manuscript. Tables should not be embedded in the text file in picture format. Punctuation should be consistent and only a single space inserted between words and after punctuation. A separate file should be supplied for illustrations; Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files are preferred.
4. Abstracts. An abstract, which should be concise and summarize only the significant findings of the paper (i.e. not the background or methods), should accompany each manuscript. It should be followed by a list of not more than six key words.
5. Illustrations. Photographs should be selected only to illustrate something that cannot adequately be displayed in any other manner. Magnification should be given in actual terms and all stains used should be described in full. Colour photographs can be included; the first two figures will be produced free of charge, additional figures will be at the author's expense (see 6). Figures should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals (Fig. 1, 2, etc.), in order of their mention in the text. A fully descriptive caption should be provided for every figure and the complete list of captions typed together on a separate page. All relevant information, e.g. keys to the symbols and formulae, should be included in the caption. The minimum reduction for the figures may be indicated. Artwork should be received in digital format. Line artwork (vector graphics) should be saved as Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) and bitmap files (half-tones or photographic images) as Tagged Image Format (TIFF). Native file formats should not be submitted. More detailed information on the submission of electronic artwork can be found at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/illustration.asp
6. Colour. Authors must complete a Colour Work Agreement Form for any colour figures requiring payment. This will be indicated on acceptance. The form can be downloaded as a PDF* (portable document format) file from the home page at http://jfb.edmgr.com
Completed forms should be sent to the Production Editor, Journal of Fish Biology, 101 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3ES, U.K. (or by email: jfb@wiley.com).
*To read PDF files, you must have Acrobat Reader installed.
7. Tables. These should be numbered in Roman numerals (Table I, II, etc.), in the order of their mention in the text. A brief title should be typed directly above each table, not on a separate page. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscripts and typed at the bottom of the tables.
8. Units and symbols. Metric units should be used. Physical measurements should be in accordance with the Système International d'Unités (SI), e.g. mm, mm3 , s, g, μg, m s-1(superscript), g l-1(superscript). Use joules not calories. Authors will find the following two publications helpful: British Standard 1991: Part I: 1967 Recommendations for Letter Symbols, Signs and Abbreviations, and Units, Symbols and Abbreviations. A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors (Baron, D.N., ed.) published by the Royal Society of Medicine, London. In mathematical expressions, single letters should be used for variables, qualifying them with subscripts if required, e.g. length L, fork length LF(subscript F), standard length LS(subscript S), index I, gonado-somatic index IG(subscript G), hepato-somatic index IH(subscript H), etc. The 24 hour clock should be used for time of day, e.g. 1435 hours, not 2.35 p.m. Calendar dates should be as, e.g. 15 June 1998. In the text, one-digit numbers should be spelt out unless they are used with units of measure (in which case they should not be hyphenated), e.g. five boxes, 5 cm. Numerals should be used for all numbers of two or more digits, e.g. 34 boxes. Use mass(es) rather than weight(s). Means and error (S.D., S.E., 95% CL, etc.), should be to the same number of decimal places. Salinity is dimensionless with no units; psu, ‰ or similar should not be used.
9. Statistics. Statistics should be presented as follows: name of test, number of observations or degree of freedom, and probability level (P > 0.05, P P P are not required.
10. Name-bearing type specimens of taxa that are described in the Journal of Fish Biology as new to science should be deposited in recognized national or international institutions that can meet Recommendations 72F.1-5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999; available from http://www.iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp) for Institutional responsibility. The chosen institute for deposition of name-bearing type specimens should be able to meet these responsibilities into the foreseeable future. A paratype series may be distributed among more than one recognized national or international institution at the discretion of the authors. This is encouraged for paratype series that include numerous specimens, where the paratype series can be split into two or more representative samples, comprising several specimens that are deposited at different institutions. For examples of recognized national or international institutions see earlier taxonomic publications in the Journal of Fish Biology, or check institutions listed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Online (available at http://www.calacademy.org/RESEARCH/ichthyology/catalog/abtabr.html), and see Poss & Collette, Copeia 1995, 48-70, for U.S. and Canadian institutions. Institutional abbreviations used in manuscripts should follow standard code designations as given in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Online (see URL above).
11. Genetic nomenclature. Gene nomenclature for protein-coding loci for fishes should follow the standard recommended by Shaklee et al. in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 119, 2-15 (1990).
12. Sequence data. Manuscripts containing novel amino acid sequences of proteins or novel nucleotide sequences (e.g. primer sequences) will only be accepted if they carry a statement that all the data have been deposited with an appropriate data bank, e.g. the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) or GenBank Data Libraries. The data base accession number must be given in the Materials and Methods section of the manuscript. Lengthy nucleotide sequences will only be published if, in the judgement of the Editor, these results are of general interest and importance. Where sequences are already published, reference to the original source will suffice.
13. RAPD. In the opinion of the Editors, data derived by RAPDs (randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs) technology are frequently not satisfactory and conclusions derived from them unreliable. Papers submitted to the Journal should not include data generated by this technique.
14. Acknowledgement of copyright. Authors should obtain permission from the copyright owner (usually this is the publisher) to use any figure, table or extended quotation from material that has previously been published. Acknowledgement, however, should cite the author: 'Reproduced with permission from Einstein (1975)'.
15. Digital object identifier. Wiley-Blackwell assigns a unique digital object identifier (DOI) to every article it publishes. The DOI appears on the title page of the article. It is assigned after the article has been accepted for publication and persists throughout the lifetime of the article. Due to its persistence, it can be used to find the article on the Internet through various web sites, including Wiley Online Library, and to cite the article in academic references. When using a Wiley-Blackwell article in the reference section, it is important to include the article's DOI in the reference as volume and page information is not always available for articles published online. Section 16 shows samples of DOI included in references. All articles on Wiley Online Library (www.blackwell-synergy.com) include full details on how to cite the article.
16. References. The use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting is recommended.
EndNote reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Reference Manager styles can be searched for here: http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp
The list of references should be arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the first author and set out as follows:
Pickford, G. E. (1959). The nature and physiology of the pituitary hormones of fishes. In Comparative Endocrinology (Gorbman, A., ed.), pp. 404-420. New York: Wiley.
Wilson, D. P. (1978). Territorial behaviour of male dragonets (Callionymus lyra). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 58, 731-734.
When citing a Wiley-Blackwell journal, include the digital object identifier (DOI), if noted, from the article's title page. Please note the following examples:
Slotte, A. & Fiksen, Ø. (2000). State-dependent spawning migration in Norwegian spring-spawning herring. Journal of Fish Biology 56, 138-162. doi: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.1145
Mukuda, T. & Ando, M. (2003). Medullary motor neurones associated with drinking behaviour of Japanese eels. Journal of Fish Biology 62, 1-12. doi: 10.1046/j.0022-1112.2003.00002.x
The order in the list should be:
(i). Single authors. Where more than one reference is given for a single author the publications should be listed chronologically.
(ii). Two authors. These should be arranged first alphabetically, then chronologically. For text citations, use the names of both authors and the year. Do not use et al. for two-author references.
(iii). Three or more authors. These should be arranged chronologically. For all text citations use the surname of the first author only, followed by et al. and the date.
If more than one reference by the same author(s) published in the same year is cited, use a, b, etc. after the year in both text and list, e.g. (1963a). Text citations can be given in either of two ways: (a) with date in parentheses, 'as demonstrated by Jones (1956)'; (b) with names and date in parentheses, 'according to recent findings (Jones, 1956)'. Where more than one reference is cited in the text these should be in chronological order, e.g. Smith, 1975; Arnold, 1981; Jones, 1988. Journal titles should be given in full. The full title of the paper, the volume number and the page numbers should be given. Authors should check that all citations in the text are in the list of references and vice versa, and that their dates match. Journal titles, book titles and any other material within the reference list which will be italicized in print should be italicized or underlined in the manuscript.
References must be available in the public domain, e.g. 'grey' literature should not be included.
17. Ethics. Contributors to the Journal of Fish Biology must read the Editorial in Journal of Fish Biology 68, 1-2 (2006), available here. They will be required to complete a questionnaire on submission of their paper, available for download here.
18. Reviews. The Journal of Fish Biology plans to include one review paper with each issue. These reviews should be concise (up to 30 printed pages of the Journal), critical and creative. They should seek to stimulate topical debate and new research initiatives. Prospective authors are asked to submit a synopsis (two pages maximum) of their paper to the Reviews Editor, Dr M. J. Kaiser, University of Wales - Bangor, School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd LL59 5EY, U.K. (or by email: michel.kaiser@bangor.ac.uk). The synopsis should outline why the review is topical, its main points and objectives, and how it will stimulate debate and research. When the proposal has been accepted by the Reviews Editor, he will invite the author to submit a manuscript within an agreed time limit and following the general guidelines for submission of standard papers. A modest honorarium will be paid on publication of reviews.
19. Brief Communications. A Brief Communication may be concerned with any subject within the scope of the Journal of Fish Biology but should be confined to a single point or issue of progress, such as an unusual occurrence, an interesting observation, or a topical and timely finding. The manuscript must, however, have some relevance beyond the species or locality under consideration. To qualify for inclusion as a Brief Communication a paper must be short. An abstract of not more than three lines is required. No subheadings or subdivisions should be included, in other respects submitted manuscripts should comply with the instructions given above.
20. Acceptance of papers. Papers will normally be critically reviewed by two or more outside experts in the relevant discipline and evaluated for publication by the Editor; however, the Editor may return to authors without review any manuscripts deemed to be of inadequate quality or inappropriate for the Journal of Fish Biology.
21. Occasional Comments. Occasionally, comments concerning recent published papers in the Journal will be considered by the Editor. The comments will be sent to the original author(s) to provide an opportunity to reply. Publication of the Comment and Reply will end the debate.
22. Copyright. Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that, if it is accepted for publication, the licence to publish the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the Society. The submission of an exclusive licence to publish is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production until this has been received. The Exclusive Licence Form can be downloaded from the home page at http://jfb.edmgr.com or, alternatively, please click here. This should be signed by the appropriate person(s) and must be sent, by post offline, after login, to the Editorial Office. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
23. NEW: Online Open. OnlineOpen is a pay-to-publish service from Blackwell that offers authors once their papers have been accepted for publication the opportunity to pay up-front for their manuscript to become open access (i.e. free for all to view and download) via the Blackwell Synergy website. Each OnlineOpen article will be subject to a one-off fee of $3,000 to be met by or on behalf of the Author in advance of publication. Upon online publication, the article (both full-text and PDF versions) will be available to all for viewing and download free of charge. The print version of the article will also be branded as OnlineOpen and will draw attention to the fact that the paper can be downloaded for free via the Wiley Online Library service.
Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the combined payment and copyright licence form available by clicking here: (Please note this form is for use with OnlineOpen material ONLY). Once complete this form should be sent to the Editorial Office along with the rest of the manuscript materials at the time of acceptance or as soon as possible after that (preferably within 24 hours to avoid any delays in processing).
Prior to acceptance you should not inform the Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen.
The copyright statement for OnlineOpen authors will read:
© [date] The Author(s)
Journal compilation © [date] The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
24. Proofs and offprints. Proofs should be downloaded as a PDF file from a designated web site. Full details will be sent to the corresponding author by email. Therefore, a working email address must be provided. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no email address is available. Proofs should be returned to the Editor within 3 days of receipt. Authors will be provided with electronic offprints of their paper. Additional paper offprints may be ordered online. Full instructions for ordering paper offprints are available on the journal home page at www.blackwellpublishing.com/jfb in For Authors. Any queries regarding offprints should be emailed to: offprint@cosprinters.com. Offprints are normally dispatched within 3 weeks of publication of the issue in which the paper appears. Please contact the publishers if offprints do not arrive: however, please note that offprints are sent by surface mail, so overseas orders may take up to 6 weeks to arrive. Electronic offprints are sent to the first author at his or her first email address on the title page of the paper, unless advised otherwise; therefore please ensure that the name, address and email of the receiving author are clearly indicated on the manuscript title page if he or she is not the first author of the paper.
25. NEW: Online production tracking is now available through Blackwell's Author Services.
Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated emails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete email address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
26. Author material archive policy. Please note that unless specifically requested, Wiley-Blackwell will dispose of all hard copy or electronic material 2 months after publication. If the return of any submitted material is required, the editorial office or production editor must be informed as soon as possible.
Ten of the most common faults in papers submitted to the Journal of Fish Biology:
- Title page layout. Authors should consult past published papers.
- Abstract contains information other than main findings.
- Headings. Authors should consult past published papers.
- Naming of fishes, e.g. no authority given on first mention.
- Use of active voice (usually the first person). The passive voice should be used.
- References, e.g. lack of match between text and list and wrong format.
- Figure and caption, e.g. keys should be on the caption, not on the figure.
- Variables not defined correctly. Normally these should be single letters qualified with subscripts if required, e.g. LT for total length.
- Mismatch of decimal places, e.g. between mean and S.D., S.E., etc.
- Files submitted as PDFs.
Editorial Board
Editor
J. F. Craig, Whiteside, Dunscore, Dumfries DG2 0UU, Scotland
Email: journal.fishbiology@btopenworld.com Reviews Editor
M.J. Kaiser, University of Wales - Bangor, School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5EY, Wales
Email: m.j.kaiser@bangor.ac.uk Assistant Editors
S.J.M. Blaber, CSIRO Marine Research, P.O. Box 120, Cleveland, Queensland 4163, Australia
Email: steve.blaber@csiro.au
U. Candolin, Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65 (Biocenter 3, Viikinhaari 1), FIN-00014, Finland
Email: ulrika.candolin@helsinki.fi
F.B. Eddy, Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland
Email: f.b.eddy@dundee.ac.uk
A.P. Farrell, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Email: farrell@sfu.ca
L. Hauser, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat Street, Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195-5020, USA.
Email: lhauser@u.washington.edu
J.I. Johnsson, Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology, University of Göteborg, Box 463, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Email: jorgen.johnsson@zool.gu.se
J. Leatherland, University of Guelph, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Email: j.leather@ovc.uoguelph.ca
G. McGregor Reid, North of England Zoological Society, Zoological Gardens, Chester CH2 1LH, England
Email: G.Reid@chesterzoo.co.uk
A.W. Pike, Dept of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, Scotland
Email: a.pike@abdn.ac.uk
A.J. Ribbink, South African Institute for Aquatic Diversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
Email: a.ribbink@ru.ac.za
S.I. Rogers, CEFAS, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, England
Email: s.i.rogers@cefas.co.uk
D.E. Ruzzante, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada
Email: daniel.ruzzante@dal.ca
R. Wilson, School of Biological Sciences, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PS, UK
Email: r.w.wilson@ex.ac.uk
R.J. Wootton, Institute of Biological Sciences, Edward Llwyd Building, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA, Wales
Email: rjw@aber.ac.uk
Book Reviews Editor
P. Miller, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK
Email: millergoby@btopenworld.com
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