期刊名称：NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Aims and scope
The North-Western Journal of Zoology (North-West.J.Zool.) is the official zoology and animal ecology journal of the Herpetological Club of Oradea (HCO), Romania.
North-West. J. Zool. publishes papers in the broad field of zoology and animal ecology. It was founded in 2005 by a group of young researchers (PhD and PhD candidates) that recognize the necessity to create a new peer reviewed scientific journal in Romania. They also recognized the need of giving possibility for researchers to publish their research quickly, and in visible way. Since its formation, North-West.J.Zool. make the papers published available online without fee. North-West.J.Zool. is currently published two times every year (in June and December) but the editors are working in the possibility for increasing the number of issues to three per year. This will moreover depend on the number of high quality manuscripts submitted. From 2007 the editors introduced the “online first��? to facilitate a more rapid apparition of the accepted manuscripts.
North-West.J.Zool. was recently covered by ISI, by this being the only biology journal covered by ISI in Romania. C.N.C.S.I.S. (The National University Research Council) have indexed N.West.J.Zool. in the “A��?category, our journal receiving by this the highest recognition from the Romanian scientific forum from all Romanian biology journals. These new changes in the journal “status��?impose a series of further responsibilities regarding the quality of the papers published in this journal. This responsibility will be reflected both in the high quality review process and the short publication period after the paper acceptance.
Each paper will be sent to at least two independent reviewers. If there are inconsistencies between the reviewers, a third reviewer will be asked to review the manuscript. Since the review process is a time and energy consuming work, the editors will acknowledge their effort by respecting their proposals entirely. Periodically, the journal will list the name of the reviewers, acknowledging them their work in a separate note.
The editors will be grateful if the authors that submit manuscripts propose for the editorial board three internationally recognized researchers in the domain of their paper. This will facilitate the review process. The following details of the proposed reviewers should be mentioned: name, e-mail address, institution and the domain of work. The editors have the right to choose or not the proposed reviewers. Moreover, a paper may be rejected if the editors think that it is unacceptable for publication.
When preparing the manuscript, the authors should check very carefully the “Instruction for authors��?section.
Types of articles
The manuscripts submitted in North-West.J.Zool. should be primary research papers, reviews and opinion papers. Original research papers are welcomed both as full-length papers or short notes. Review papers should deal with topics of general interest or of contemporary importance, being synthetic rather than comprehensive in emphasis. The opinion papers should debate important issues in zoology and animal ecology. Authors of Review papers should consult with the editor before submission. The editors reserve the right to move manuscripts from one to other category.
Instructions to Authors
Types of articles:
Both original research papers and reviews are welcomed. Review papers should deal with topics of general interest or of contemporary importance, being synthetic rather than comprehensive in emphasis. Authors of Review papers should consult with the editor before submission. Original research papers are welcomed both as full-length papers or short notes. The editors reserve the right to move manuscripts from one to other category.
Preparation of the manuscript:
Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic version only, as well as the original figures and tables. The manuscript text should be MS-Word processed, typed throughout in letter quality with font size 12, Times New Roman, without footnotes, double spaced (about 30 lines per page), on A4 (210 x 297 mm) paper, with margins of at least 25 mm on each side. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the bottom, right-hand corner.
For all types of papers, the title page must contain and only contain the following: title of paper (bold); name(s) of the author(s); address of the Institution where the work was done, and the name and address of the corresponding author with an email address. Provide a title that is concise but also an informative synthesis of the study. Where appropriate, include mention of the family or higher taxon. Please provide a short running title of five words or less.
The abstract of maximum 300 words should summarize the essential results and conclusions. The introduction has to be a concise description of the background, rationale, aims and specific objectives of the paper.
Materials and methods have to provide sufficient information to permit repetition of the experiment and/or fieldwork. The technical description of study methods should be given only if such methods are new; otherwise a short presentation is enough.
The Results section must be a concise presentation of the finding of the study. Avoid the presentation of same information as text and/or figure and/or table.
Discussion section should be separate from the results section at full-length papers and should deal with the significance of the results and their relationship to the aims of the paper. Also include how the findings of the paper will change, influence the state of our knowledge about model organism.
Short Notes (generally less than four-five manuscript pages) should be produced as continuous text, preceded by an abstract of no more than 150 words.
Cited sources should be referred to as follows: (Pianka 1989, Huey & Pianka 1981, Haydon et al. 1997). All authors of a paper should be cited in the list of references. References "in press" shall only be cited when they have been accepted for publication. Avoid quoting unpublished reports or thesis. Names of persons who provided unpublished information should be cited as follows: ��?Andersson, Stockholm, pers. comm. 2005)��? List references alphabetically by author under References and date of publication at the same author.
Journal and series names have to be spelled out fully.
Use the following format for references section:
Hard copy publications:
Haydon, D. T., Crother, B. I., Pianka. E. R. (1994): New directions in biogeography? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9: 403-406.
Sokal, R. R., Rohlf, F. J. (1995): Biometry. The principles and practice of statistics in biological research. 3rd Edition. W. H. Freeman & co, New York.
Huey, R. B., Pianka, E. R. (1983): Temporal separation of activity and interspecific dietary overlap (with an Appendix by S. L. Pimm). pp. 281-296. In Huey, R. B.,. Pianka, E. R., Schoener T. W. (eds.) Lizard Ecology: Studies of a Model Organism. Harvard University Press.
Online publications:
Smielowski, J (2003): Monitoring of Polish market of pet animals covered by CITES convention. Bibloteka Ekologiczna. Poznan. www.wwf.pl, accessed at: 2005.02.20.
Mercurio, V., Andreone, F. (2008): New distribution data of the green mantella, Mantella viridis, from northern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae). Herpetology Notes 1: Art.#01, pp. 3-9.
Statistics. Mean values should always be accompanied by some measure of variation. If the goal is to describe variation among individuals that contribute to the mean standard deviation (SD) must be used. When the aim is to illustrate the precision of the mean use rather confidence intervals (CI) than standard errors (SE). Avoid using the sign ±, instead present means as: mean 13.15 (1SD: 3.30); 13.15 (1SE: 1.04) or 13. 15 [95%CI: 10.78 ��?15.51]. Proportions also must be quoted together with a measure of variation according to the respective binomial or multinomial distribution. Sample sizes always have to be noted.
The last paragraph of Materials and Methods section should briefly present the significance test used. Quote when possible the used software. Real p values must be quoted both at significance or non-significance. The use of the sign is acceptable only at low values of p (e.g. p<0.0001).
Ethics. The authors of articles that are based on experiments that caused injuries or death of animals should explain and justify the grounds of the study and state that the scientific results of the study is at least in trade-off with the sufferings caused. In the Materials and Methods of the manuscript, authors should detail as precisely the conditions of maintenance, transport, anaesthesia, and marking of animals. When available, references should be added to justify that the techniques used were not invasive. When alternative non-harming techniques exist, but were not used, the manuscripts may not be considered for publication.
Word 2007. Unfortunately, the journal cannot accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents. Please use Word's 'Save As' option therefore to save your document as an older (2003 or later) *.doc file type.
Colour Figures: No Fees!
Proofs and Reprints:
Proof will be sent to the first (or corresponding) author only once and it should be returned without delay. Corrections should be limited to typographical errors. Following publication, the first (or corresponding) author will be provided with 5 reprints along with the printed issue of the journal.
Peer-Review:
Each paper will be reviewed by 2-3 independent reviewers. The editor will decide the acceptance or rejection of the manuscripts according to these reviews.
Moreover, a paper may be rejected without external review if the editors think that it is unacceptable for publication
Editorial Board
Editors in Chief:
Istvan SAS - University of Oradea, Romania
Severus D. COVACIU-MARCOV - University of Oradea, Romania
Co-Editors:
Angelo P. PERNETTA - University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Adalbert BALOG - Sapientia University, Targu-Mures, Romania
Bayram GÖÇMEN - Ege University, Izmir, Turkey & N. Cyprus
Eva-Hajnalka KOVACS - ArsMed Laboratory, Oradea, Romania
Tibor HARTEL - Mihai Eminescu Trust, Sighisoara, Romania
Attila D. SANDOR - Environmental Protection Agency, Targu Mures, Romania
David E. JENNINGS - University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Mohsen MEHRPARVAR - International Center for Science (ICS HT ES), kerman, Iran
Hosseinali LOTFALIZADEH - Iranian Res. Inst. of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
Associate Editors:
Kinga ÖLLERER - Institute of Biology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Paul ARNOLD - Centre for Ecology & Hidrology, Dorset, UK
Demetra ANDREOU - Centre for Ecology & Hidrology, Dorset, UK
Anca ARDELEANU - Apuseni Nature Park Administration, Romania
Steven C. ANDERSON - University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA
John J. WILSON - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Louis S. HESLER - NCARL, USDA-ARS, Brookings, South Dakota, USA
Edhi MARTONO - Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Samuel BROWN - Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
Alfred St. CICORT-LUCACIU - University of Oradea, Romania
Standard Board:
NurÅŸen ALPAGUT-KESKIN - Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Klaus W. BATTES - University of Bacău, Bacău, Romania
Aaron M. BAUER - Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA
Dan COGĂLNICEANU - Ovidius University, Constanţa, Romania
Ioan COROIU - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Vlad CODREA - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Yuksel COSKUN - Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Diana CUPÅžA - University of Oradea, Romania
Carmen GACHE - Al.I.Cuza University, Iassy, Romania
Anna FARKAS - Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Hungary
Ioan GHIRA - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Vassilis GOUTNER - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Çetin ILGAZ - Dokuz Eylül University, Buca, İzmir, Turkey
Iordache ION - Al.I.Cuza University, Iassy, Romania
Ignacy KITOWSKI - University of Maria-Curie, Lublin, Poland
Antonis K. KOKKINAKIS - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greek
Zoltán KORSÓS - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Boris KRYSTUFEK - Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Péter LÅW - Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Alexandru MARINESCU - University of Pitesti, Pitesti, Romania
Andrei MIHALCA - USAMV, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dan MUNTEANU - Biological Institute, Cluj-Napoca & Romanian Academy, Romania
Irinel E. POPESCU - Al.I.Cuza University, Iassy, Romania
Kurtuluş OLGUN - Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey
Yusuf ÖZBEL - Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Laszlo RAKOSY - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ajai K. SRIVASTAV - DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
Ertan TAÅžKAVAK - Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Nicolae TOMESCU - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mustafa YAMAN - Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
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