期刊名称：NEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Scope
Constitute an International Forum to divulge and discuss the results of original researches on the diversity of marine, estuarine and freshwater Neotropical fishes.
Instructions to Authors
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Send manuscripts to the Editor together with a statement that they constitute original research and are not being submitted to other journals. In multi-authored papers, indicate the name and address of the author responsible by all contacts and the e-mail addresses of co-authors. Indicate the area of Ichthyology (Biochemistry and Physiology, Biology, Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Systematics) to which the manuscript is referable.
List three possible referees (name, institution, country and e-mail) for manuscript review.
Send manuscripts to:
Luiz R. Malabarba
Editor ?Neotropical Ichthyology
Laboratório de Ictiologia
Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia ?PUCRS
Av. Ipiranga 6681
90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
e-mail: neoichth@ufrgs.br
Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be submitted as digital files on a CD or floppy disk or directly via e-mail (neoichth@ufrgs.br). Text must be in Word for Windows or rtf files. Photos must be sent as separate tif or jpg files.
Format
In taxonomic papers check also: Neotropical Ichthyology taxonomic contribution style sheet
Text must be submitted in English.
Manuscript must contain the following, in the cited order: Title, authors names (*), addresses (do not use a footnote), Abstract, Resumo, key words (up to five, not repeating title information), Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Literature Cited, Tables, and Figure Legend.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Manuscripts should not exceed 60 pages, including Figures and Tables. The Editorial Board will decide on possible exceptions.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Scientific Notes must contain the following, in the cited order: Title, authors names (*), addresses (do not use a footnote), Abstract, key words (up to five, not repeating title information), text without subtitles, including Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, followed by Literature Cited, Tables and Figure Legends. Scientific Notes will be accepted only if they contain information that justifies immediate publication.
Text
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Text pages cannot include headers, footers, or footnotes (except page number), or any paragraph format. Never use “Tab?or “space?to format references. Text must be aligned to the left, not fully justified.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Species, genera and Latin terms (et al., cf., aff., in vitro, in vivo) must be in italics. Do not underline words.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Only the following titles should de bold formatted: Abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, Literature Cited.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> List abbreviations used in the text under Material and Methods, except for those in common use (e.g., min, km, mm, kg, m, sec, h, ml, L, g).
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Measurements must use the metric system.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Manuscripts must contain the institutional acronyms and catalog numbers for voucher specimens.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Acknowledgments must be concise and include both first and last names.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Figures and Tables must be sequentially numbered according to their citation in the text, using the following formats: Fig. 1, Figs. 1-2, Fig. 1a, Figs. 1a-b, Table 1, Tables 1-2.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> The words Table and Fig. must be bold in legends.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> A list of figure legends must be included at the end of the manuscript.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Tables must be constructed using lines and columns, but not “Tab?or “space? Tables can not contain vertical lines or footnotes. Digital files of tables must be formatted in cells. Digital files of tables with columns separated by “Tab?or “space?will not be accepted.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Tables and legends must be included at the end of the manuscript, in the following format: Table 1. Monthly variation of the gonadosomatic index in Diapoma speculiferum....
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Approximate locations where tables and figures should be inserted must be indicated along the margin of the text.
Nomenclature
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Scientific names should be cited according to the ICZN (1999). Authorship is required only in taxonomic papers and at the first reference of a species or genus. Do not include authorship in the abstract or resumo.
Figures
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Figures must be of high quality and definition.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Digital photos will be accepted only if of high definition. Hardcopies of digital pictures may be requested.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Text included in graphs and pictures must be of a font size compatible with reductions to page width (175 mm) or column width (85 mm). Graphs will be preferably printed as one column (85 mm).
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Color photos will be accepted only if necessary for the paper and authors will be charged for the cost of printing the color photo.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Composed figures must be identified with lower case letters (a, b, ..) in the left lower of each illustration. Composed figures must be prepared so as to fit either the page (175 mm) or column width (85 mm).
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Illustrations must include either a scale or reference to the size of the item in the figure legend.
Literature Cited
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Use the following formats in the text : Eigenmann (1915, 1921) or (Eigenmann, 1915, 1921; Fowler, 1945, 1948) or Eigenmann & Norris (1918) or Eigenmann et al. (1910a, 1910b).
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Do not include abstracts or technical reports.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Literature Cited must be in alphabetical order, using the following formats:
Books:
Campos-da-Paz, R. & J. S. Albert. 1998. The gymnotiform “eels?of Tropical America: a history of classification and phylogeny of the South American electric knifefishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriphysi). Pp. 419-446. In: Malabarba, L. R., R. E. Reis, R. P. Vari, Z. M. S. Lucena & C. A. S. Lucena (Eds.). Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes. Porto Alegre, Edipucrs, 603p.
Thesis/Dissertations:
Langeani, F. 1996. Estudo filogenético e revisão taxonômica da família Hemiodontidae Boulenger, 1904 (sensu Roberts, 1974) (Ostariophysi, Characiformes). Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo. 171p.
Articles (list full periodic names):
Lundberg, J. G., F. Mago-Leccia & P. Nass. 1991. Exallodontus aguanai, a new genus and species of Pimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from deep river channels of South America and delimitation of the subfamily Pimelodinae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104(4): 840-869.
Articles in press:
Burns, J. R., A. D. Meisner, S. H. Weitzman & L. R. Malabarba. (in press). Sperm and spermatozeugma ultrastructure in the inseminating catfish, Trachelyopterus lucenai (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). Copeia, 2002: 173-179.
Documents required after final accept:
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> One digital copy of text and tables of the final version of the manuscript incorporating:
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Editorial corrections (changes in style and format requested by the editor are not negotiable and failure to include them will result in the rejection of the manuscript).
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Corrections suggested by the Referees or justifications for not adopting them.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Original Figures in digital and/or hard copy.
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Failure to follow these requirements will result in the rejection of the manuscript.
Proofs
?SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> Proofs will be sent to the author responsible for submission and must be returned within one week. The Editor will correct proofs not returned in time.
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Scientific Editor
Dr. Luiz R. Malabarba - Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Laboratório de Ictiologia, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Biochemistry and Physiology Editor
Dr. Adalberto Luiz Val - Laboratorio de Ecofisiologia e Evolucao Molecular - LEEM, Coordenacao de Pesquisas em Ecologia - CPEC, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia - INPA
Biology Editor
Dra. Clarice Bernhardt Fialho - Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Ecology Editor
Dr. Angelo Agostinho - CCB - Nupélia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maring?
Dra. Carolina Viviana Minte-Vera - Nupélia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Universidade Estadual de Maring? Campus Universitário
Genetics and Molecular Biology Editor
Dr. Cláudio de Oliveira - Laboratório de Biologia de Peixes, Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Systematics Editor
Dr. Roberto E. Reis - Laboratório de Ictiologia, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Dra. Mônica Mônica de Toledo-Piza Ragazzo - Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo
Assistant Editor
Vinícius de Araújo Bertaco - Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Editorial Advisory Board
Biology and Ecology
Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller - Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Genetics
Dr. Jonathan M. Wright - Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Molecular Systematics
Dr. Axel Meyer - Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Physiology and Biochemistry
Dr. David Randall - Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Systematics
Dr. Stanley Weitzman - Division of Fishes, National Museum of natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA
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