期刊名称：CURRENT 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
Current Zoology (formerly Acta Zoologica Sinica, founded in 1935) is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed international journal of zoology. It publishes primary research papers in all fields of zoological sciences. Once accepted, the manuscripts will be published in less than four months. The journal has been an important medium for zoologists from China and other countries to communicate research results and discuss challenging scientific questions. It has a large readership, including the more than 12 thousand members of the China Zoological Society. Although it publishes papers in either Chinese or English languages, the journal particularly welcomes contributions in English to promote more effective scientific communication and the internationalization process of this journal.
This journal is indexed in several major indexing systems, such as Zoological Records, BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts and Journal Abstracts. Other international indexing systems or data bases include Aquatic Science and Fishery Abstracts (ASFA) and Aquatic Science and Fishery Information Source (ASFIA), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Zoological Record, Bibliography of Reproduction, Veterinary Index, Protozoological Abstracts, Helminthological Abstracts, Ornithological Abstracts, Recent Progress in Life Sciences, Recent Bibliography of Schistosoma, Tropical Medicine Quarterly, WHO Medical Bulletin, etc. In China, Acta Zoologica Sinica is covered by Fauna, Chinese Encydopedia Yearbook, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), Chinese Science and Technology Paper and Citation Database, Bibliographical Index of Zoological Journals, Bibliographical Index of Ornithology, Chinese Science Abstracts, Chinese Biological Abstracts, Chinese Medical Abstracts, Reproduction and Contraception Abstracts, Oceonographical Abstracts, Aquatic Product Abstracts, Bibliography of Parasitology, General Survey of Main Topics in Chinese Core Journals, etc. According to the official report issued by Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, the impact factor of Acta Zoologica Sinica is 0.553 for the year 2002, 0.873 for the year 2003, 1.061 for the year 2004.
ACTA ZOOLOGICA SINICA was awarded the second prize of National Excellent Scientific Journals in 1992 and 1996, the second prize of Excellent Journals of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1985, 1990, 1992 and 1996, the second prize of Excellent Journals of China Association for Science and Technology in 1992, and the honorary title of "One-hundred Top National Journals" in 2002.
Instructions to Authors
CURRENT ZOOLOGY is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed international journal that publishes reviews, research articles, and short communications in all aspects of Zoology, including significant new findings of fundamental and general interest. Submissions in the research fields of ecology, behavioral biology, biogeography, conservation biology, evolutionary biology and genomics are especially welcome. In particular, CURRENT ZOOLOGY seeks to publish research that explores the interface between zoological disciplines, and is truly integrative by illuminating the greater picture. CURRENT ZOOLOGY also welcomes forum papers.
Submitted manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that they are subject to peer review and editorial revision. Once accepted, the copyright of the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the CURRENT ZOOLOGY. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material for other non-commercial uses or in other publications provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication.
Submission of manuscripts
Papers must be clearly and concisely written. Authors whose native language is not English should consult a native English speaker prior to submission of the manuscript. Manuscripts must be submitted exclusively to CURRENT ZOOLOGY, that is, they have not been and nor will be submitted elsewhere (either in whole or in part) while CURRENT ZOOLOGY is handling the manuscripts.
Only electronic submission is accepted. Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word for Windows. Mac users should save their file in Word, and then attach it as a Windows Friendly document. The manuscript, together with a cover letter, should be sent as email attachments to the Editorial Office via e-mail: zool@ioz.ac.cn. Authors may suggest at most five referees, but the editorial office retains the right to choose referees independently.
Contents of the cover letter should: 1) state formally that the material in the manuscript has not been, nor will be, submitted or published elsewhere; 2) confirm that all authors of the work are aware of and agree on the submission, and 3) declare that the research complies with the guidelines or rules for animal care and use for scientific research in the authors’ country of origin.
Format of manuscripts
Papers should not exceed 6000 words. Authors should organize the manuscript in the following order: title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, figure legends, tables and figures.
TITLE PAGE. The title page should include the title (concise and informative), the full names of all authors and the authors' institutional affiliations, and the name, address and e-mail address of the corresponding author, as well as a fax number, if available. The current address for any author or co-author should also be included if his/her institutional affiliation has been changed since the manuscript has been submitted. Authors should provide a short running title for the manuscript and indicate the numbers of the words, figures and tables.
ABSTRACT should consist of one paragraph up to 250 words that begins on a separate page. The abstract should describe briefly the purpose of and method used in the study, outline the major findings, and state the main conclusions. Both the common and scientific names of organisms should be provided at the first mention unless they are given in the title. Please list the key words on a separate line below the abstract. Do not use more than six key words.
TEXT. Use active voice whenever feasible and write in the first person. Spelling should be in American English, except in quotations and references. The text should be double spaced.
INTRODUCTION should describe the theoretical background and aims of the research. A hypothesis-driven INTRODUCTION is preferred.
MATERIALS AND METHODS should provide detailed information so that the work can be repeated by other researchers independently.
RESULTS should be concise, relevant to the questions or hypotheses raised in the INTRODUCTION and discussed in the DISCUSSION section. Give full details of statistical analysis either in the text (typically in the RESULTS section) or in Tables or Figure legends as appropriate.
DISCUSSION should be concise and not excessively speculative.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. This section should list sources of support and grants, and acknowledge persons and /or institutions.
REFERENCES. The authors should cite the papers relevant to the study presented in the paper, and check the cited references in the manuscript to guarantee the accuracy. Unpublished papers should not be listed. In the text, references must be arranged chronologically with the surname(s) of the author(s) followed by the date. Use a, b, etc. after the year to distinguish papers published by the same author(s) in the same year. Cited references should be listed in alphabetical order according to the authors' surnames; all authors should be listed unless there are more than five authors. In this case, only the first five authors should be given, followed by et al. References should be prepared in the following format:
Duan EK, Jiang GT, Zeng GQ, 2000. Effects of antisera against laminin, fibronectin and type IV collagen on blastocyst implantation in mouse. Acta Zool. Sinica 46: 190-194 (In Chinese with English abstract).
Ryan MJ, Rand AS, 2003. Mate recognition in túngara frogs: a review of some studies of brain, behavior, and evolution. Acta Zool. Sinica 49: 713-726.
Xia WP, 1996. Rodent-like pests and ecological equilibrium. In: Wang ZW, Zhang ZB ed. Theory and Practice of Rodent Pest Management. Beijing: Science Press, 2-18.
TABLES. Tables should be concise and self-explanatory, i.e., concise yet sufficiently informative that the results can be understood without referring to the text. Do not repeat the information presented in text.
FIGURES. Figures and their legends should be concise and self-explanatory, without repeating the information presented in the text or tables. The final figures should be submitted, after acceptance, according to the following roles: (1) black-and-white or color photographs should be of high quality with sharp contrast, electronic version (Photoshop-treated) is acceptable which should be 300dpi in resolution and in jpg-format; (2) computer-drawn figures or line drawings are also acceptable (jpg-versions with the resolution of 600 dpi); (3) all figures should be in the final size either 80mm or 170mm in width. For microscopical preparations, scale bars with appropriate units must be provided; statements of magnification are not acceptable.
PROOFS AND REPRINTS. One set of proofs will be sent to the corresponding author (if the corresponding author is specified as different than the first author) for correction. Revised proofs must be returned within three days. There are no page charges for publication in CURRENT ZOOLOGY. After publication of the article, 10 free-reprints will be sent to the corresponding author. PDF file of the published paper will be provided to the author(s) free of charge.
Correspondence
Manuscripts and proofs should be addressed to the Editorial Office, CURRENT ZOOLOGY, Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen Xilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. E-mail: zool@ioz.ac.cn
Subscription
To subscribe to CURRENT ZOOLOGY, please contact the Editorial Office. The annual subscription price, including postage, is USD $ 450.
Editorial Board
Advisors
Ruyong SUN (College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,China)
Yiyu CHEN (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
Yixun LIU (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China)
Ruyong SUN (College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,China)
Zuwang WANG (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China)
Zuoyan ZHU (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
Editor in Chief
Anming MENG (Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences and Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology,Tsinghua University)
Executive editor
Zhi-Yun JIA (Editorial Office, CURRENT ZOOLOGY, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China)
Editors
Zhigang JIANG (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China)
Xiang JI (College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China)
Karen B. STRIER (Department of Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA)
Qingyuan SUN (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China)
Wen WANG (Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China)
Zuoxin WANG (Florida State University, Department of Psychology,1107 W. Call Street,Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301, USA)
De-Xing ZHANG (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China)
Ya-Ping ZHANG (Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China)
Guangmei ZHENG (College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China)
Editorial Member
Chris CHABOT (Department of Biological Sciences,Plymouth State University,Plymouth, New Hampshire 03264, USA)
Alan DIXSON (School of Biological Sciences,Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Enkui DUAN (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Q. Q. FANG (Department of Biology,Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460,USA,USA)
Michael H. FERKIN (Department of Biology, The University of Memphis,Ellington Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, USA)
Richard S.HALBROOK (Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory and Department of Zoology,Southern Illinois University,Carbondale, IL 62901-6504,USA)
Xuelong JIANG (Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China)
Boris KRASNOV (Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,Sede Boqer Campus,84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel)
Fumin LEI (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Baoguo LI (College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China)
Ming LI (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Yiming LI (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Naifa LIU (School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China)
Xin LU (College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)
Pin NIE (Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China)
Jingpian PENG (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Daniel I. RUBENSTEIN (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA)
Rick SHINE (School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006，AUSTRALIA)
Volker SOMMER (Department of Anthropology, University College, London London WC1E 6BT, UK)
Weibo SONG (Laboratory of Protozoology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China)
Martin STEVENS (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK)
Lixing SUN (Department of Biological Sciences，Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926, USA)
David L.SWANSON (Department of Biology，The University of South Dakota,Vermillion, SD 57069, USA)
Dehua WANG (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Fuwen WEI (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Qiwei WEI (Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science,Jingzhou City, Hubei 434000, China)
John C.WINGFIELD (Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior,University of California,One Shields Avenue,Davis,California 95616, USA)
Jian-Xu ZHANG (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Jianzhi George ZHANG (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA)
Shuyi ZHANG (School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China)
Zhibin ZHANG (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
Mingxue ZUO (College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China)
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