期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES
 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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Emphasizing dynamic rather than purely descriptive work, the International Journal of Plant Sciences presents important research from laboratories around the world—research that seeks the answers to interesting questions in all areas of the plant sciences. Topics covered include plant-microbe interactions, development, structure and systematics, molecular biology, genetics and evolution, ecology, paleobotany, and physiology and ecophysiology. Founded in 1875 by John M. Coulter, IJPS has since become one of the major outlets for botanical research.
Frequency: bimonthly. Volume 164 begins January 2003. ISSN: 1058-5893. 120-190 pages/issue. |
Instructions to Authors
International Journal of Plant Sciences invites papers in all areas of the plant sciences, including anatomy, development, ecology, evolution, genetics, host-pathogens interactions, molecular biology, mycology, paleobotany, phycology, and physiology. To be considered for publication, a manuscript must report unpublished original research not under consideration for publication elsewhere and is expected to present the results of a cohesive investigation. Manuscripts concerned with techniques or methods are acceptable only when accompanied by illustrative observations or quantitative data. The editors welcome manuscripts presenting evaluations and new perspectives on areas of current interest in plant biology. These manuscripts should follow the style of International Journal of Plant Sciences and are subject to both review and editing.
Submit three copies of the manuscript and a cover letter to M. Ruddat, IJPS, Erman Biology Center Room 2, 1101 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; telephone (773) 702-8292; fax (773) 702-9740; e-mail ijps@midway.uchicago.edu. Each copy of the manuscript should be complete, including copies of line figures and photographs of halftones.
Manuscripts that do not follow the International Journal of Plant Sciences style will be subject to further revision. Please consult the list of abbreviations and symbols that may be used without definition in IJPS. Manuscripts should be entirely double spaced and arranged in the following sequence:
Title Page Title; authors; affiliations; and a shortened title that does not exceed 55 characters (including names of authors) for use as a running head--all double spaced.
Abstract A concise summary of the paper, up to one double-spaced page.
Text All sections should be double spaced (i.e., 6 mm between lines); no proportional spacing; no right justification; no hyphenation at ends of lines; no italics (underscore only) or boldface.
Introduction The context for the investigation and the author's hypothesis.
Material and methods Sufficient information for replication of the results by a competent colleague.
Results Important results first; data in the form of tables and figures in numerical sequence; statistical analyses if necessary; Signs units. Please note that all literature citations and interpretations belong in the Discussions and not in the Results. Please note also that figures and tables should be referred to parenthetically; e.g., avoid writing "Table 1 gives. . ." or "Figure 3 shows . . ."
Discussion The important results of the investigation and the pertinent literature.
Acknowledgment(s)
Literature cited Complete information, including publisher and city/country of publisher for articles cited in the Introduction, Material and Methods, and Discussion. Examples:
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| Platt-Aloia KM, WW Thomson, RE Young 1980 Ultrastructural changes in the walls of ripening avocados: transmission, scanning and freeze fracture microscopy. Bot Gaz 141:366-373. |
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Evert RF, RJ Mierzwa 1986 Pathway(s) of assimilate movement from mesophyll cells to sieve tubes in the Beta vulgaris leaf. Pages 419-432 in J Cronshaw, RT Giaguinta, WJ Lucas, eds. Plant biology. Vol 1. Phloem transport. Liss, New York. |
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| Berlyn GP, JP Miksche 1976 Botanical microtechnique and cytochemistry. Iowa State University Press, Ames. 326 pp. |
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Fritts HC 1969 Bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California. Papers of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, no. 4. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. |
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Gentry HS 1972 The agave family in Sonora. USDA Handbook 399. Washington, D.C. |
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| Anderson CD 1963 A study of the development of the maize mutant Branched-Silkless (bd). PhD diss. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. |
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Footnotes Typed double spaced on a separate page; numbered consecutively; one footnote should contain definitions of all abbreviations when abbreviations are numerous.
Tables Double spaced; numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text; related data or observations arranged in columns; include table title, headings, body of data, and notes numbered consecutively and keyed to specific parts of the table; each table presented on a separate page.
Figures Designed to fit the size of a page (17.5 x 23 cm, 6.75 x 9 inches) or column width (8.25 cm, 3.25 inches); letters and numerals must be large enough to accommodate reduction and be legible; photographs carefully cropped and evenly arranged in a plate to maximize space use; routing done by printer; figures numbered consecutively according to their appearance in text. Plates should be numbered, and individual figures making up the plate should be referred to alphabetically. Graphs and figures should be professional quality and should not include typed entries.
Figures may be submitted electronically as .tiff or .eps files. Line art should have resolution of 800 dpi; photographs, 300 dpi. Color art must be submitted as CMYK .eps files, no preview, no color management. High-quality hard copy must accompany all electronic art submissions.
Figure legends Typed double spaced on a separate page; self-explanatory without reference to the text.
There is no fee for submitting a manuscript to IJPS. There are no page charges for publishing a manuscript in IJPS. Authors of especially long or heavily illustrated manuscripts may be asked to make a contribution toward the cost of publishing theory manuscripts; however, the contribution can be waived at the editors' discretion.
All manuscripts are reviewed by expert ad hoc reviewers. For most manuscripts, the results of the review and editorial decisions regarding publication will be available in 6 weeks. Manuscripts that are accepted pending revision are accompanied by a separate checklist that explains needed revision; manuscripts should be revised in 4 weeks.
Color reproduction Questions on procedures and costs should be directed to the IJPS office.
Cover photos are chosen by the editors from the contents of the issue; authors are invited to submit a figure or diagram for consideration when the manuscript is submitted.
The following instructions are necessarily detailed. By following them carefully, authors can avoid delays in the publication of their articles and can reduce the possibility of errors caused by the conversion of improperly formatted manuscripts or errors introduced if such manuscripts have to be rekeyed.
Acceptable Formats
Authors should generally use the most recent versions of the following programs; the specific instructions here will work with these versions, with exceptions noted. UCP cannot provide guidance for the use of earlier versions, nor can it guarantee that files created with earlier versions can be used without rekeying.
- LaTeX
- Highly recommended for articles containing substantial math. UCP encourages you to use the AASTeX manuscript package, available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AAS/AASTeX, but manuscripts prepared with other style packages are also acceptable.
UCP will accept manuscripts prepared with the following popular word processors; however, authors must note that these applications are not designed for the preparation of highly technical, math-intensive manuscripts. It is necessary to follow specific instructions to insure the accurate presentation of mathematical formulas, special characters, and tables.
- Microsoft Word
- Windows versions 6, 7, 8, up to and including the most recent version
Macintosh versions 5, 6, 8, up to and including the most recent version
Note: Microsoft's Rich Text Format (RTF) is not acceptable.
- WordPerfect
- DOS version 5.1
Windows versions 6, 7, 8, up to and including the most recent version
Macintosh version 3, up to and including the most recent version
Acrobat (PDF) files are not acceptable.
The File
Submit the entire article as a single file, including tables and figure legends, but excluding the figures themselves.
Do not submit files that contain "links" to other files or that "subscribe" to other documents. Do not include anything in the word-processing file that was not created with the word processor itself; e.g., do not embed tables from a spreadsheet or database program into a word-processor document (unless the word processor first converts them to its native format). Exception: for embedding equations in a word-processing file, see the Special Instructions for Mathematical and Other Non-ASCII Symbols.
Submit only the final version of the article, and submit only one electronic copy: do not submit multiple copies of the same file in different word-processing formats.
Figures
If you have created any figures electronically, submit them as separate files on the same disk, along with camera-ready hard copies of the figures.
Text
The most important guideline is this: keep it simple. Do not try to achieve a "typeset" look. Be aware that most of your formatting commands will be discarded during conversion; but if they are too complex and interfere with conversion, the file itself may not be usable and the article will have to be rekeyed.
- Use 12-point type in one of the standard fonts: Times, Helvetica, or Courier.
- Use double-spacing.
- Use underlining or italic, not both. Avoid boldface. Use minimal formatting on section headings. (Underlining, italic, or boldface may, of course, be used in instances where the formatting conveys a particular meaning: e.g., to distinguish mathematical variables.)
- If you use automatic footnotes and your word processor allows you to choose between footnotes and endnotes, always choose footnotes.
- If you use any revision or editorial tracking feature (such as Word's "Revisions" or "Track Changes" commands), be sure that the document you submit has been finalized, i.e., all changes have been accepted or rejected and the file contains only one version of the document.
- Use the word processor's built-in superscript and subscript attributes, rather than special commands to change the font size or position. Exception: when inserting footnotes, allow the word processor to format footnote references however it will.
WordPerfect (Windows 6, 7, 8): choose "Format > Font", then choose "Superscript" or "Subscript" from the "Position" pop-up menu. Do not use any "Format > Typesetting" commands.
WordPerfect (Macintosh 3): choose "Style > Superscript" or "Style > Subscript".
Word (Macintosh 5): choose "Format > Character", then select "Superscript" or "Subscript" from the list of "Styles". Do not use "Position: Raised" or "Position: Lowered".
Word (Windows or Macintosh 6, 7, 8): choose "Format > Font", then select "Superscript" or "Subscript" from the list of "Effects". Do not use any "Character Spacing" ("Spacing" or "Position") options.
- Use hard returns (pressing the "Return" or "Enter" key) only to end a heading or paragraph and begin a new one. Do not use hard returns to end a line early to make the right margin seem indented.
- Use tabs only to indent the beginning of a new paragraph. Do not insert tabs after the beginning of a paragraph to create a "hanging indent" (e.g., for references). Instead, change the left and first indent settings appropriately.
- Do not change fonts when italic or boldface is needed. Apply an italic or bold style to the font, but do not change the font itself.
- Do not use any automatic line numbering or paragraph numbering (for lists, etc.). Any numbers that should appear in your article must be explicitly typed in.
- Do not use "hidden text" or "comments" or nonprinting text of any kind.
- If your article contains tables, see the Special Instructions for Tables.
- If your article contains mathematical formulae, special math characters, foreign letters, or other non-ASCII characters, see the Special Instructions for Mathematical and Other Non-ASCII Symbols.
Disk and Hard Copy
Check with your individual journal office to see whether submission of files via disk, ftp, or some other means is required.
If you submit your article on a disk, the disk should contain only the article file and any electronic art files; the hard copy must match the disk file exactly. Label the disk with the corresponding author's name and the name and version number of the word-processing program used. Be sure that the disk is adequately protected; if a disk arrives damaged, a new disk will be requested, causing delays in publication.
Authors using Word or WordPerfect must use those programs' table editors to create tables.
Do not create tables by typing single lines of text followed by a hard return, with spaces or tabs used to align columns. Such tables will have to be rekeyed, causing a possible delay in publication and an increased probability of error in the rekeyed data.
Do not embed tables from other applications into word-processing files unless the tables are converted to the word processor's native format. If the embedded table cannot be edited using the word processor's table editing and formatting commands, it will have to be rekeyed.
All the content of a table, including column heads and subheads, must be in a single table. Do not break large tables into smaller ones merely to accommodate page breaks.
In a table, each row of data must be in a separate row of table cells. Like this:
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| Tigers |
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Not like this:
Birds
Ducks
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Beasts
Lions
Tigers |
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Do not put hard returns in table cells to increase the spacing between rows or to align data in rows. No table cell should contain a hard return. Allow the word processor to break lines where it will; line breaks to format column headings or complex data in table cells will be added during copyediting.
Empty cells are acceptable in a table. Cells that span multiple columns or rows should be made with the word processor's "Join Cells" or "Merge Cells" command. (Note that this feature is not available in all word processors.)
Special Instructions for Mathematical and Other Non-ASCII Symbols
Authors of math-intensive articles are strongly urged to format their articles in LaTeX. This is particularly important if the articles contain numerous or complex equations.
Display Equations
To produce display equations--equations that sit by themselves on a line--use the Equation Editor included with Microsoft Word (only Windows or Macintosh versions 6, 7, or 8) or WordPerfect (only Windows version 8 ).
Note that equations created with Word's Macintosh version 5 or WordPerfect's Macintosh version 3 or Windows versions 5, 6, or 7 cannot be used and will have to be rekeyed.
A fuller-featured version of the Equation Editor is sold as "MathType" from Design Science. If you have this application installed, you can choose "Insert > Object" in any version of Word or WordPerfect and select "MathType Equation."
In-line Math
To produce in-line math-small equations or single characters that appear within a line of regular text-you can insert the necessary characters like other normal text. If the desired math is too complex or not available as individual characters, then use Equation Editor.
For example, it is not necessary to use Equation Editor to put "x = q + 1" in a line of text. However, a more complex expression, such as , would require the Equation Editor.
Do not use Word's "fields" to insert equations or special symbols.
Special Characters
In any version of Word or WordPerfect, for Macintosh or Windows, the keyboard shortcuts for characters such as em-dashes, curly quotes, accented letters, and so on, are always acceptable.
For individual math symbols, Greek letters, and other special characters for which there is no keyboard shortcut, each version of Word or WordPerfect has an "Insert > Symbol" or "Insert > Character" command, which produces a chart of symbols from which you can choose.
In WordPerfect, if you choose "Insert > Symbol" or "Insert > Character", avoid symbols from the non-Western character sets (Cyrillic, Hebrew, Japanese, etc.).
In Word, if you choose "Insert > Symbol", choose characters only from the "normal text" font or the Symbol font. In Word for Windows version 8 (Word 97), choose characters only from the Basic Latin and Latin-1 subsets in "normal text" or the Symbol font.
In any word processor, characters produced with non-Latin fonts other than Symbol (e.g., Mathematical Pi, Dingbats, etc.) may not convert properly.
If you must insert characters in a non-Latin font other than Symbol, please circle them on your printed manuscript.
Note that some characters, especially when seen on a computer screen, are easily confused: e.g., a German "double-ess" ( a and a lowercase beta (b ); or an apostrophe (') and a prime symbol (> ).
Editorial Board
| Editor in Chief |
Editors |
| M. Ruddat |
Peter R. Crane, F.R.S. |
William E. Friedman |
| Associate Editors |
Editor Emeritus |
Managing Editor |
| John L. Bowman |
Andrew G. Stephenson |
E. D. Garber |
Dennis Keppeler |
Editorial Board
David Ackerly
Stanford University
Stanford, California |
Peter K. Endress
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland |
Elizabeth A. Kellogg
University of Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri |
Olle Pellmyr
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho |
David Baum
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin |
Charles B. Fenster
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland |
Andrew H. Knoll
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Kathleen Pryer
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina |
James S. Coleman
Desert Research Institute
Reno, Nevada |
Linda E. Graham
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin |
Byron Lamont
Curtin University
Perth, Australia |
Yin-Long Qiu
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts |
Lynda Delph
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana |
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
National Institute for Basic Biology
Okazaki, Japan |
Francois M. Lutzoni
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina |
Loren H. Rieseberg
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana |
Pamela Diggle
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado |
Larry Hufford
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington |
Laurens J. Mets
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois |
William E. Stein
State University of New York
Binghamton, New York |
Please address all editorial correspondence to:
Dennis Keppeler, Managing Editor
International Journal of Plant Sciences
University of Chicago
1101 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Telephone: (773) 702-8292; Fax: (773) 702-9740
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