C M Knott
Weed Research
55 Church Street
Werrington
Peterborough
Cambs, PE4 6QU
UK
Papers are accepted on the understanding that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere. On acceptance, papers become the copyright of the Journal and all accepted papers must be accompanied by a copyright assignment form. To access this form please click here.
All papers will be peer reviewed. Copies of the typescript, tables and figures should be sent and typed on one side only of A4 paper using double spacing with wide margins.
Title page and summary This should give the title of the article, the names and initials of each author, the department and institution to which the work should be attributed, the name, address, international telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the author for correspondence, proofs and free copies, and a short title of 40 characters or less if the paper title exceeds this limit. The summary should be on a separate page and should not exceed 200 words. Up to two lines of keywords (not key phrases) may be listed below the summary.
Main text This should begin on a separate page, and include an introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion. Abbreviations should be written in full at first mention. Footnotes should be avoided. Spellings should conform to those used in the Concise Oxford Dictionary. SI units should be used throughout.
References In the text, cite authors' names followed by the date of publication e.g. Author & Author (1994). Where there are three or more authors, the first author's name followed by et al. will suffice. Where more than one reference is cited they should be listed in chronological order. References to unpublished work should be cited only in the text as `pers. comm.' or `unpubl. obs.'. Reference lists should be ordered alphabetically. Journal titles should be quoted in full. `In press' is only acceptable if a volume number can be quoted.
Examples
AUTHOR AB & AUTHOR BC (1989) Title of article. Journal Title in Italics in Full 00, 123-129.
AUTHOR A, AUTHOR B, AUTHOR C et al. [if more than 6] (1994) Book Title (ed. AB Editor). Publisher, Place, Country.
AUTHOR A & AUTHOR B, Jr (1989) Chapter title. In: Book Title in Italics, Vol. 1. Upper-case Initials to Nouns etc. (eds AB Editor & CD Editor), 2nd edn, 21-34. Publisher, Place, Country.
AUTHOR A (1989) Paper title with lower-case initials to all words. PhD thesis, University, Town, Country.
AUTHOR A (1992) Title of article. In: Proceedings 1991 Title of Conference , Location, Country, 158-165.
Illustrations and tables Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance. Each should have an appropriate caption or legend. Each illustration should be marked with a number, e.g. Figure 2, in soft pencil on the back of the page, including the author's name, and the top indicated with an arrow. Black-and-white photographs must be of good quality and should be unmounted glossy prints. Labelling should be clearly indicated on an overlay or photocopy. Line illustrations should each be on a separate piece of paper and prepared so that, after reduction (to fit 80, 110 or 170 mm page width), all lettering will be clear and easy to read. Electronic versions of figures should be provided if possible. EPS and TIF files are preferred. Hard copies of electronically prepared figures must be supplied. No artwork should be incorporated into text files. Figure legends should be clearly numbered and typewritten on a separate sheet. In the full-text online edition of the journal, figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full-screen version. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure. Full details of submission of figures in electronic format are available at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/digill/asp
Page proofs and offprints
Proofs will be sent via e-mail as an Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file. The e-mail server must be able to accept attachments up to 4 MB in size. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following website:
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This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available; in your absence, please arrange for a colleague to access your e-mail to retrieve the proofs.
Page proofs must be returned to the Publisher within three days of receipt . Typographical error corrections and other essential changes can be made at this stage. Major text alterations cannot be accepted. Twenty-five offprints of each paper will be provided free of charge and additional copies may be ordered when proofs are returned.
Disks
Weed Research requires submission of accepted manuscripts on disk. Do not justify the lines of text. All disks must be accompanied by two hard copies of the paper together with details of the type of computer used, the software employed and the disk system (please complete the file description form: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/fdf.pdf). Particular attention should be taken to ensure that any manuscripts submitted in this form adhere exactly to the journal style. Do not send disks with initial submissions.
Nomenclature and definitions
Weed names Scientific names should be used throughout the paper, either in italic or underlined. Attribution should be given at the first mention in the main text (not the title or summary). The English common name may also be given in parentheses after the first mention in the text. Thereafter the generic name of the weed may be abbreviated to its initial letter, e.g. S. media, provided that there is no possibility of confusion with another generic name. Note: broad-leaved weeds, not broad-leaf weeds.
Crop plant names The common name should be used throughout the paper, but the scientific name with attribution should be given in parentheses at the first mention in the main text (not the title or summary), e.g. sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Note: maize, not corn; lucerne, not alfalfa: oilseed rape, not canola; soyabean, not soybean, Flax crops should be identified as either fibre flax or linseed flax. Published growth stage keys may be used with the appropriate reference.
Herbicides, desiccants and growth regulators Use the common name if one has been approved by BSI, WSSA or ISO, as listed in Weed Abstracts . Otherwise give the full chemical name (IUPAC nomenclature) at the first mention in the title or the abstract and again in Materials and methods , where it should be accompanied by a code number. Thereafter use only the code number. For each chemical, the formulation used, its concentration and the supplier should be stated in Materials and methods, e.g. glyphosate (Roundup, 360 g a.i. L -1, Monsanto Plc). Trade names should not be used elsewhere in the paper.
Application Details should be presented in Materials and methods of spray volume (in L ha -1 ), nozzle type and size, and spray pressure (in kPa) for both field and glasshouse experiments. Doses of herbicides and other chemicals should be expressed throughout the paper in terms of active ingredient, e.g. g a.i. ha -1, not as weight or volume of product. This applies also to cited references.
Statistics The Materials and methods section should include full details of the statistical techniques used and authors are advised to refer to the article `Guidance for the use and presentation of statistics' in Weed Research (1988) 28, 139-144. Preference is given to the presentation of standard errors rather than least significant differences in tables. Standard errors, etc., should be given to one more decimal place than the means to which they apply. The indiscriminate use of multiple range tests is not encouraged.
