期刊名称：ATLA-ALTERNATIVES TO LABORATORY ANIMALS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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ATLA
(Alternatives To Laboratory Animals)
ISSN 02611929 |
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A peer-reviewed, international scientific journal. |
ATLA is intended to cover all aspects of the development, validation, introduction and use of alternatives to laboratory animals in biomedical research and toxicity testing. In addition to original research articles, it includes news items, workshop reports, conference diary and reports, comments and listings of relevant articles from other publications.
ATLA is indexed in: Current Contents (Life Sciences); EMBASE; Biomed; Medline; Science Citation Index; Focus on Veterinary Science and Medicine.
Instructions to Authors
Please refer to our Instructions to authors
Submitted articles will be considered by the relevant Associate Editors and evaluated by a minimum of two expert referees before acceptance.
Contents
The title page must indicate the title of the article, first and last names of author(s) (without degrees or titles), affiliation, present address and address for sending proofs (if different). A fax number should also be given if possible. The manuscript should normally contain the following sections:
a) Summary (up to 200 words + key words)
b) Introduction
c) Materials/methods/procedures
d) Results
e) Discussion
f) Conclusions
g) Acknowledgements
h) References
i) Tables
j) Figure legends
Articles should normally contain approximately 2,000-3,500 words. Review articles may be longer (up to about 4,500 words).
Brief pertinent comments on published articles, on matters of general interest or on conferences are also welcomed and will be considered for publication. They should be sent to ATLA, Russell & Burch House, 96-98 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EE, UK.
References
References should be numbered in the text in order of appearance. The reference list should be in order of citation. All references should include the full title of the article or chapter, together with the first and last page numbers. The total number of pages should be given when a whole book is cited. Journal names should be given in full. For multi-author volumes, the name(s) of the editor(s) should be given, plus the volume number (where appropriate). Book references should include the city of publication, date of publication and name of publisher.
Examples:
1. Stryer, L. (1975). Biochemistry, 2nd edn., 877pp. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.
2. Bloemendel, H. (1981). The lens proteins. In Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Eye Lens (ed. H. Schmidt), pp. 189-220. New York: J. Wiley & Sons.
3. Harris, J.E., Gehrsitz, L.B. Nordquist, L. (1953). The in vitro reversal of the lenticular cation shift induced by cold or calcium deficiency. American Journal of Ophthalmology 36, 39-50.
4. Ekwall, B, (1997). The EDIT Programme, Web site http://www.ctlu.se. Nar, Sweden: CTLU (Accessed 31.03.01)
N.B. "Personal communications", "unpublished observations", articles "in preparation" or "submitted" should be given in the text and not in the reference list. Articles accepted for publication, however, may be cited as being "in press", naming the journal or book and giving all available details.
Abbreviations and units
Standard dictionary abbreviations are generally accepted. Other abbreviations should be explained in parentheses when first mentioned. No plurals or full stops should be used (for example g for gram, ml for millilitre and so on). SI units are preferred.
Tables and Figures
Where possible, data should be presented clearly and precisely in tabular form. Both tables and figures should be intelligible without reference to the text and should be planned to fit one or two column widths (55mm or 125mm portrait; 180mm landscape).
Tables should be typed double-spaced on separate pages and be numbered consecutively (Table 1, 2, etc). All tables and figures should be titled, footnotes should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters. Illustrations and diagrams should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively (Figure 1, 2, etc).
Figures should be drawn well enough for photographic reproduction or submitted as camera-ready proofs (+ 2 photocopies for the referees), and tables of raw data should also be provided. Figures should be sufficiently clear to withstand photographic reduction.
Graphs should not extend beyond the axes. Graphs should not have waste space either at the top or at the bottom. Scales should be drawn on the outside of the axes.
All lettering to be added to each figure should be indicated on a separate copy to be typeset separately.
No information that can be included in the legend should appear in the figure. The following standard symbols in this order are preferred for line drawings: filled circle, open circle, filled square, open square, filled triangle (point up) , open triangle (point up), filled triangle (point down), open triangle (point down). Control values should be given as stars. Lines should be solid, then dashed, then dotted if there is more than one line on a graph, not easily distinguishable by the symbols. Abbreviations should not be used.
Special requirements
If the study used monoclonal antibodies, the report should mention how these were produced.
Statistical methods and the experimental design should comply with “Guidelines for the Design and Statistical Analysis of Experiments in Papers Submitted to ATLA?(ATLA, 29, 427?46, 2001).
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Reprints.
Authors are entitled to 50 free reprints. Alternatively, they may request a file of their article in pdf format for personal use and restricted distribution to colleagues. Additional reprints will be supplied at cost, if ordered when proofs are returned.
Reproduction of illustrations
Authors of articles published in ATLA may re-use, without specifically applying for permission, any tables, figures or other illustrations first published in ATLA, provided that their original source is acknowledged in the new publication.
Editorial Board
Submission.
Manuscripts should be typed or word processed in English and double-spaced. The original plus two complete copies should be sent to the appropriate associate editor:
Authors from UK and non-European countries:
Bob Combes
FRAME, Russell & Burch House
96-98 North Sherwood Street
Nottingham NG1 4EE, UK
Authors from Europe:
Horst Spielmann
ZEBET BgVV
Diedersdorfer Weg 1
D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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