期刊名称：COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
International Journal of Plant and Animal Cytogenetics, Karyosystematics, and Molecular Systematics.
Instructions to Authors
Submission Procedure
In order to submit items online and to check the status of their submissions, authors are required to register with the journal and to login. Once logged in, authors will find the on-line submission system under "USER HOME" -> "Comparative Cytogenetics" - "Author" -> "Submit a New Manuscript". Authors are kindly requested to submit their manuscript only through the online submission module, and to read also Focus and scope which includes further relevant information.
The online manuscript submission process is broken into the following steps:
Step 1: Specifying the manuscript type, completing the submission check-list;
Step 2: Specifying the author(s) names, contact information, specifying the submission title, abstract, keywords, and other metadata;
Step 3: Uploading the submission file (see below for details on how to prepare it);
Step 4: Uploading supplementary files (see below for details) and associated metadata;
Step 5: Final verification of the submitted files and submission confirmation.
The author interface for each of these steps includes details on how to enter the information required.
The Author Guidelines are also available as a PDF-file (148 KB).
Organizing your submission
General notes
Comparative Cytogenetics is a peer-reviewed English-language journal publishing papers on classical cytogenetics, karyosystematics, and molecular systematics of all groups of plants and animals from all regions of the world. Papers concerning descriptions and photos of karyotypes, characteristics of mitosis and meiosis, micro- and macrogametogenesis, modes of reproduction, mechanisms of sex determination and taxonomic conclusions are preferred.
Manuscripts submitted to Comparative Cytogenetics must be divided into separate files to allow processing by our software. Figures in one of the accepted graphics file-formats (see below) or large dataset-tables must be submitted as supplementary files (Step 4 in the Submission procedure). These may be compressed (if possible) in order to reduce bandwidth during upload. Please, note that the maximum file-size that may be uploaded through our online submission system is 15 MB.
Before attempting an online submission, please separate your submission into the following file types:
manuscript (Rich Text format);
tables (each table is an individual text file in Rich Text format);
figures (each figure is an individual graphics file in one of the following major graphic file formats: TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, CDR);
equations (each figure is an individual image file in one of the above mentioned graphic file formats).
Presubmission Enquiries
We encourage authors to submit a presubmission enquiry to the Editors-in-Chief, Valentina G. Kuznetsova (karyo@zin.ru) and Dr. Ilya Gavrilov (coccids@gmail.com) before making a full submission. The purpose of a presubmission enquiry is to solicit rapid initial feedback on the potential suitability of a manuscript for the journal.
Title
The title of the article should be in sentence case (only scientific, geographic or person names should be capitalized, i.e. Chironomus plumosus, Germany etc.), and should include an accurate, clear and concise description of the reported work, avoiding abbreviations.
Authors and Affiliations
Provide the first names or initials (if used), middle names or initials (if used), surnames, postal and electronic addresses. One of the authors should be designated as the corresponding author. It is the corresponding author's responsibility to ensure that the author list, and the summary of the author contributions to the study are accurate and complete.
Abstract, Acknowledgements and Keywords
Please have your abstract, and keywords prepared and ready to input directly into the submission interface, either by typing them in or cut-and-paste.
Body Text
All papers must be in English. It is strongly recommended to check the text with a help of a native English-speaking colleague.
Spacing, Fonts, and Page Numbering
Text should be typewritten in MS Word, spacing 1.5 line, font Times New Roman, size 12.
Capitals should only be used for first letters of sentences, first letters proper names and first letters of specific words (e.g. tables, figures, experiments, behaviour patterns) that should be emphasized; small capitals for words that should be printed in capitals (e.g. ANOVA, MANOVA).
Please italicize scientific names, long direct quotations and the symbols for all variables and constants (except Greek letters in the text), such as p, F, U, T, N, r, but not for SD (standard deviation), SE (standard error), DF (degrees of freedom) and NS (non significant).
Units
Use the International System of Units (SI) for measurements. Consult Standard Practice for Use of the International System of Units (ASTM Standard E-380-93) for guidance on unit conversions, style, and usage. When preparing text and figures, note in particular that (1) SI requires the use of the terms mass or force rather than weight; (2) when one unit appears in a denominator, use the solidus (/); for two or more units in a denominator, use negative exponents; and (3) use a capital L as the symbol for litre.
Statistics
Use leading zeroes with all numbers, including probability values (e.g., P < 0.001). For every significant F-statistic reported, provide two df values (numerator and denominator). Whenever possible, indicate the year and version number of the statistical software used.
Web (HTML) links
Authors may include links to other Internet resources in their article. This is especially encouraged in the reference section. When inserting a reference to a web-page, please include the http:// portion of the address.
Headings and subheadings
Main headings: The body text should be subdivided into different sections with appropriate headings. Where possible, the following standard headings should be used. These headings must appear on a single line by themselves, and be capitalized (first letter capital). Please do not number headings or subheadings.
Introduction - The motivation or purpose of your research should appear in the Introduction, where you state the questions you sought to answer, and then provide some of the historical basis for those questions.
Material and Methods - Provide sufficient information to allow someone to repeat your work. A clear description of your experimental design, sampling procedures, and statistical procedures is especially important in papers describing field studies, simulations, or experiments. If you list a product (e.g., animal food, analytical device), supply the name and location of the manufacturer. Give the model number for equipment used. Supply complete citations, including author (or editor), title, year, publisher, and version number, for computer software mentioned in your article.
Results - Results should be stated concisely and without interpretation.
Discussion - Focus on the rigorously supported aspects of your study. Carefully differentiate the results of your study from data obtained from other sources. Interpret your results, relate them to the results of previous research, and discuss the implications of your results or interpretations. Point out results that do not support speculations or the findings of previous research, or that are counter-intuitive. You may choose to include a Speculation subsection in which you pursue new ideas suggested by your research, compare and contrast your research with findings from other systems or other disciplines, pose new questions that are suggested by the results of your study, and suggest ways of answering these new questions.
Conclusion - This should state clearly the main conclusions of the research and give a clear explanation of their importance and relevance. Summary illustrations may be included.
References - The list of References should be included after the final section of the main article body. A blank line should be inserted between single-spaced entries in the list.
Where possible, the standard headings should be used in the order given above. Additional headings may be used and modifications to these heading suggestions are permissible.
Subsection headings: Lower order headings (e.g. Field study and Simulation model or Counts, measurements and Molecular analysis), should be left-justified and lower-case except for the initial letter of the first word which should be upper-case. All lower headings must appear on a line by themselves.
Citations within the text
Before submitting the manuscript, check each citation in the text against the References to ensure that they match exactly. Delete citations from the list if they are not actually cited in the text of the article. Citations in the text should be formatted as follows: (Smith, 1990) or (Smith et al. 1998; Brock, Gunderson 2001).
References
It is crucial to properly format the references, because all references will be linked electronically as much as possible to the papers they cite. You can include a DOI number for the full-text article in addition to traditional volume and page numbers. Please use the following style for the reference list:
Published Papers:
Moussel B. 1966. Contribution à l’étude caryotaxonomique des tiliacées // Bull. Mus. Hist. Natur. (2). 38(3): 311-317.
Hinegardner R. 1974. Cellular DNA content in Crustacea // Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (Part B: Biochem. Mol. Biol.). 48(3): 343-348.
Brown S.W. 1954. Mitosis and meiosis in Luzula campestris DC // Univ. California Publ. (Botany). 27: 231-278.
Matevosyan A.K. 1977. Karyological peculiarities of the Ararat cochineal, Porphyrophora hamelii Brandt (Coccoidea: Margarodidae) // Tsitologiya. 19(6): 704-707. (In Russian).
Kumar S., Tamura K., Nei M. 2004. MEGA3: integrated software for molecular evolutionary genetics analysis and sequence alignment // Briefings Bioinform. 5: 150-163.
Chubareva L.A., Petrova N.A. 2003. Karyotypes of blackflies (Diptera, Simuliidae) of the World // Entomol. Obozr. 82(1): 157-222. (In Russian, with English translation in Entomol. Review. 83(2): 149-204.
Accepted Papers:
Same as above, but 'in press' appears instead the year in parentheses.
Electronic Journal Articles:
Mallet J., Willmott K. 2002. Taxonomy: renaissance or Tower of Babel? // Trends Ecol. Evol. 18(2): 57-59. doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(02)00061-7.
Paper within conference proceedings:
Moharana S. 1990. Cytotaxonomy of coccids (Homoptera: Coccoidea), (pp. 47-54) // Proc. VI Intern. Symp. Scale Insect Studies. Krakow, August 6-12, 1990, 2. Krakow. 162 p.
Book chapters:
Blackman R.L. 1995. Sex determination in insects, (pp. 57-94) // Leather S.R., Hardie J. (Eds). Insect Reproduction. Boca Raton. 255 p.
Patterson C.M., Burch J.B. 1978. Chromosomes of pulmonate mollusks, (pp. 171-217) // Fretter V., Peake J. (Eds). Pulmonates. 2a. Systematics, evolution and ecology. London, New York, San Francisco. 540 p.
Books:
White M.J.D. 1973. Animal cytology and evolution. Cambridge. 961 p.
Semernoy V.P. 2004. Oligochaeta of Lake Baikal. Novosibirsk. 528 p. (In Russian).
Danzig E.M. 1980. Scale insects of the Far-Eastern USSR with phylogenetic analysis of scale insects of the world fauna. Keys to fauna of SSSR, published by Zoological Institute AN USSR. 124. Leningrad. 368 p. (In Russian, with English translation: Coccids of the Far-Eastern USSR (Homoptera, Coccinea). Phylogenetic analysis of coccids in the world fauna. New Delhi, Calcutta. 1986. 450 p.).
Danzig E.M. 1993. Scale insects (Coccinea). Families Phoenicococcidae and Diaspididae. Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. New series. 144. Rhynchota. 10. St. Petersburg. 453 p. (In Russian).
Book with institutional author:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1999. International code of zoological nomenclature. Fourth Edition. London.
Dissertations:
Gavrilov I.A. 2005. Systematics and cytogenetics of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) of European Russia. Ph.D. Dissertation, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. St. Petersburg. 269 p. (In Russian).
Anokhin B.A. 2004. Revision of Hydrida (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa): comparative morphological, karyological and taxonomical aspects. Abstract of Ph.D. Dissertation, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. St. Petersburg. 24 p. (In Russian).
Internet resources (but not papers of online journals!), please, cite in the text, in brackets, with the date of access, e.g. (www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm, on April 10, 2006).
Citations of Public Resource Databases: it is highly recommended all appropriate datasets, images, and information to be deposited in public resources. Please provide the relevant accession numbers (and version numbers, if appropriate). Accession numbers should be provided in parentheses after the entity on first use. Examples of such databases include, but are not limited to:
Zoobank (www.zoobank.org),
Morphbank (www.morphbank.net),
Genbank (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank),
BarCode (www.barcodinglife.org)
Providing accession numbers allows linking to and from established databases and integrates your article with a broader collection of scientific information. Please list all accession numbers directly after the References.
When possible, include URLs for articles available online through library subscription or individual journal subscription. URLs should not be included for articles that are posted on an author's website, unless it is a software or language program that is not available by any other means and is integral to the paper.
Illustrations and Figures
Figures and illustrations (maximum file-size is 20 MB) are accepted in the following graphic file formats:
CDR (preferred format for diagrams, designations of discs on polythene chromosomes, etc.)
TIFF (resolution at least 300dpi)
PNG (preferred format for photos or images)
JPEG (preferred format for photos or images)
GIF
BMP
If unable to provide figures in one of the above graphics file formats, or if unable to keep the file-size below 20 MB, please, contact the Editorial Board.
Figure legends
The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file immediately following the references, rather than being a part of the figure file. For each figure, the following information should be provided: Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals - i.e. Figure 1, 2, 3 etc.); short title of figure; detailed legend. Only the scale bar should be placed on the figures. The value of scale should be indicated in figure legend.
Please note that it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been published elsewhere.
Tables
Each table should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, 2, 3 etc.). Tables should also have a title that summarizes the whole table. Detailed legends may then follow, but should be concise.
Each table, figure or group of figures should be planned to fit into the area of either one or two column of the text. The dimension of printed page should be taken into consideration – the maximum size of a one-column figure should be 75 x 215 mm, two-column illustration – 160 x 215 mm (dimension of a whole printed page).
Larger datasets can be uploaded separately as additional files. Additional files will not be displayed in the final, published form of the article, but a link will be provided to the files as supplied by the author.
Additional files
Online publishing allows occasions where an author wishes to provide data sets, tables, video files, or other information as additional information. These files can be uploaded in Step 4 of the manuscript submission process.
The maximum file size for additional files is 20 MB each, and files must be virus-scanned on submission.
Any additional files will be linked into the final published article in the form supplied by the author, but will not be displayed within the paper. They will be made available in exactly the same form as originally provided.
If additional material is provided, please list the following information in a separate section of the manuscript text, immediately following the tables (if any):
File name
File format (including name and a URL of an appropriate viewer if format is unusual)
Title of data
Description of data
Additional data-files should be referenced explicitly by file name within the body of the article, e.g. 'See additional file 1: Movie1 for the original data used to perform this analysis'.
Ideally, file formats for additional files should not be platform-specific, and should be viewable using free or widely available tools. The following are examples of suitable formats:
Additional documentation:
PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
Animations:
SWF (Shockwave Flash)
Movies:
MOV (QuickTime)
MPG (MPEG)
As with figure files, files should be given the standard file-extensions. This is especially important for Macintosh users, since the Mac OS does not enforce the use of standard file-extensions. Please also make sure that each additional file is a single table, figure or movie (please do not upload linked worksheets or PDF files larger than one sheet).
International Codes for Zoological Nomenclature and for Botanical Nomenlature
All scientific names of the generic and specific rank are given in italics. If mentioned first, they should be followed by the author`s name (authors` names) and year of publication. Taxonomic conclusions must be consistent with the International Codes of Zoological/Botanical Nomenclature. The groups of sibling species must be named according to binominal nomenclature, e.g. Chironomus plumosus group or Ch. plumosus group, not "plumosus" group!
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Author Fees
This journal charges the following author fees.
Article Publication: 0.00 (EUR)
There are no page charges to publish in Comparative Cytogenetics, however authors are strongly encouraged to provide Open Access to their papers. Open Access will ensure maximum visibility, citation and impact of your paper!
The Open Access Publication Fee is EUR 20 per page and is set for accepted papers of less than 40 printed pages. Publication fees for papers larger than 40 pages will be discounted and can be negotiated with the Managing Editor. For payment methods please consult the Subscription page.
Publication fees in open access journals ensure a barrier-free distribution of your paper at no charge for the readers and include costs involved in processing, formatting, publishing, indexing and archiving your paper.
These charges apply only to peer reviewed contributions (e.g., research articles, review articles, monographs) while other contributions (e.g., editorials, correspondence, book reviews) are published free of charge.
Publishing in color is free for the online version and costs EURO 30 per color page in the printed version. Author who opt for open access do not pay charges for color.
Offprints and printed issues of the journal can be purchased additionally (ask The Editorial Office for a quotation).
Open Access Publication Fees are usually covered by Institutional funds and grants. We understand, however, that many scientists work privately or continue enjoying their work after retirement. Therefore, if you do not have funds to pay such fees, you will have an opportunity to ask to discount or waive it. We do not want fees to prevent the publication of worthy work! Discounts and waivers will be offered to private and retired zoologists, as well as to scientists from low- and middle-level income developing countries (according to the World Bank classification). Discounts/waivers can also be requested by post-graduate students, especially in case of exceptionally good manuscripts. Discounts/waivers will be offered also to scientists who actively participated in the reviewing process during the same calendar year.
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Valentina G. Kuznetsova
Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (karyo@zin.ru, valentina_kuznetsova@yahoo.com)
Ilya A. Gavrilov
Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (coccids@gmail.com)
Managing Editor
Lyubomir Penev
Central Laboratory of General Ecology & Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria (info@pensoft.net)
Editors
Robert B. Angus
Royal Holloway, University of London, London, U.K. (r.angus@rhul.ac.uk)
Nina Sh. Bulatova
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, Russia (ninbul@mail.ru)
Natalia V. Golub
Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (psocid@zin.ru)
Snezana Grozeva
Institute of Zoology, Sofia, Bulgaria (sgrozeva@yahoo.com)
Veronika V. Golygina
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia (nika@bionet.nsc.ru)
Vladimir A. Lukhtanov
St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia (lukhtanov@mail.ru)
International Advisory Board
Nataliya I. Abramson
Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (nataliya@asv.mail.iephb.ru)
Ekaterina D. Badaeva
Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow, Russia (k_badaeva@mail.ru)
Alexander S. Graphodatsky
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia (graf@bionet.nsc.ru)
Katsuhiko Kondo
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan (kkondo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
Iya I. Kiknadze
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia (kiknadze@bionet.nsc.ru)
Frantisek Marec
Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic (marec@entu.cas.cz)
Jon Martin
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (j.martin@unimelb.edu.au)
Paraskeva Michailova
Institute of Zoology, Sofia, Bulgaria (michailova@zoology.bas.bg)
Seppo Nokkala
University of Turku, Turku, Finland (sepnok@utu.fi)
Benjamin B. Normark
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A. (bnormark@ent.umass.edu)
Elizaveta O. Punina
Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (elizaveta_punina@mail.ru)
Alexander V. Rodionov
Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (avrodionov@mail.ru)
Sergei O. Skarlato
Institute of Cytology, St. Petersburg, Russia (sergei_skarlato@yahoo.com)
Walther Traut
University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany (traut@molbio.uni-luebeck.de)
Ludmila V. Vysotskaya
Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia (vysot@fen.nsu.ru)
Igor F. Zhimulev
Institute of Chem. Biol. and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia (zhimulev@bionet.nsc.ru)
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