期刊名称：REPRODUCTION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
About Reproduction
Reproduction publishes high quality original research and topical reviews on the subject of reproductive biology. We encourage manuscripts on cellular and molecular mechanisms of reproduction, development of gametes, embryos and reproductive tissues, reproductive physiology and reproductive endocrinology. In addition we support new and emerging topics in more applied areas of reproduction, including, assisted reproductive technologies, cloning, and stem cell biology. Descriptive papers are welcome provided they shed some light on the processes or mechanisms of reproductive biology.
Reproduction is committed to supporting the scientific community. Publishing in Reproduction does not incur page charges and colour plates are free. We are committed to rapid publication times, aided by online submission and review with the ESPERE system. Reviews are ‘open access?and research papers are made available 1 year after publication. Papers are published on-line with HighWire at www.reproduction-online.org ensuring maximum dissemination and providing full links to pubmed and papers published in other HighWire journals.
Reproduction is the official journal of the Society for Reproduction and Fertility. The Society’s charitable status means that any proceeds from the Journal are returned to the research community through the organization of scientific meetings, provision of travel grants and summer studentships.
Instructions to Authors
Guidelines for authors
Scope
Submission of manuscripts
Online submission
General instructions
Submission of disks
Preparation of manuscripts
Title page
Abstract
Introduction
Materials and Methods
References
Tables
Figures
Figure legends
Copyright
Reviews
Submission of manuscripts
Reproduction encourages authors to submit online using the ESPERE system. Online submission and peer review can help to achieve more rapid publication than a paper-based system.
Online submission
See our online submission guidelines. Please prepare the content of your article as described below.
General instructions
All manuscripts should be accompanied by a letter (sent as a PDF file for online submissions) stating that the work has not been and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere until the Research Editorial Board has decided whether to publish the paper. Papers quoted as ¡®In Press¡¯ in the reference list must be provided for the referees. Authors are requested to give the names (if possible with the addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses) of up to three scientists working in the field of study of the paper. These scientists may be asked to referee the paper.
For submissions by post, four copies of the manuscript, a disk version of the manuscript and four sets of half-tone figures are required. Only one set of line drawings needs to be of publishable quality; the others may be photocopies. Three copies of papers quoted as 'In Press' in the reference list must be provided for the referees. Postal submissions should be sent to :
Reproduction, BioScientifica Ltd, Euro House, 22 Apex Court, Woodlands, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 4JT, UK.
Alternatively, manuscripts may be submitted to: Professor Mike Smith, North American Receiving Office for Reproduction, Department of Animal Science, University of Missouri, 160 Animal Science Center, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA (Tel: + 1 573 882 8239; Fax: + 1 573 882 6827; E-mail: smithmf@missouri.edu).
BioScientifica is not responsible for loss or damage to manuscripts, illustrations and disks.
It will be assumed that submitted manuscripts carry the approval of all the authors.
Submission of disks
Once accepted a PC-formatted 3.5 inch disk, zip disk or CD should be used. The disk should be labelled clearly with the word-processing and graphics packages used. If possible, MS Word files should be submitted, and a text-only version of the file should also be included. The text should be keyed in the journal style; this is particularly important for the reference section and for different levels of headings.
Preparation of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be double spaced throughout (including reference list and figure legends) on one side of the paper only. Spelling should conform to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary or Merriam-Webster¡¯s New Collegiate Dictionary. Pages should be numbered and manuscripts should be arranged in the following order: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Figure legends, Figures and Tables. The lines should be numbered down the left-hand edge of each page. All abbreviations should be defined when first mentioned.
Title page
The title, authors' names and full addresses should appear on a separate title page. Superscript numbers after authors' names should be used for addresses. A short title of not more than 50 characters should be provided to be used as a running head for the paper. The person to whom correspondence and requests for prints are to be addressed should be indicated (include telephone and fax numbers and email addresses).
Abstract
The abstract, a single paragraph of not more than 250 words, should state the objective of the study and the methods used and should summarize results and conclusions. Abbreviations and references should be avoided.
Introduction
The introduction should set the study in context by briefly reviewing relevant knowledge of the subject. This should be followed by a concise statement of the objectives of the study.
Materials and Methods
Animals
The full binomial Latin names should be given for all experimental animals other than common laboratory animals. The breed or strain and source of animals should be stated and details of age, weight, sex and housing should be provided.
Ethics of experimentation
Human subjects: Authors should indicate in the text that investigations have been approved by the local ethical committee and that consent has been obtained from patients.
Animals: Experiments with animals should be performed in accordance with UK legal requirements. Details of procedures and anaesthetics used and doses given should be provided.
Methods
Sufficient information should be provided so that other workers can repeat the study. If well-established methods are used, a reference to the technique should be given, but full details of any modifications should be provided. The source of chemicals, reagents and hormones should be stated and the manufacturer's name and location (town, country) should be given in parentheses. The generic name, dose and route of administration should be given for drugs. The composition of buffers, solutions and culture media should be specified. SI symbols must be used. Concentrations should be given in mol 1-1. For international units iu should be used (U should be used for enzyme activity). For solutions, the term % must be defined as w/v or v/v.
Statistical analyses
Authors should give sufficient details of the experimental design and analysis so that the reader can assess their adequacy and validity for testing the hypotheses of interest. In particular, the numbers of experimental units used and the way in which they have been allocated to treatments should be described. If observations have been omitted from the analysis this must be justified. Methods of analysis should be described precisely and any necessary assumptions stated clearly because these may affect the conclusions that can be drawn from the experiment.
References
Please ensure that all references cited in the text are included in the reference list and vice versa. Unpublished work, including personal communications, manuscripts in preparation and manuscripts submitted but not yet accepted for publication, should be referred to in the text in the following way: (A Stone, unpublished observations) (J Brown, personal communication). Articles that are accepted for publication but are not yet published may be listed as 'In Press' in the reference list.
In text
References in the text should be cited in chronological order and et al. should be used for more than two authors, for example: (Davies & Smith 1999; Frost et al. 2001; Williams 2001).
In reference list
References should be cited in alphabetical order. Papers by the same author should be given in the order: (i) single author, (ii) two authors alphabetically according to the name of the second author, (iii) three or more authors chronologically, with a, b and c etc. for papers published in the same year, in the order in which they are cited in the text. References to articles in journals should include authors' names with initials, year of publication, full title of article, journal title given in full, volume number, and first and last page numbers. References should be in the format of the following example:
Kelly RW, King AE & Critchley HOD 2001 Cytokine control in human endometrium. Reproduction 121 3-19.
Reference to books should include authors' names, year of publication, chapter title, book title, edition number, page numbers, names of editors, city of publication and name of publisher, for example:
Byskov AG & Hoyer PE 1994 Embryology of mammalian gonads and ducts. In The Physiology of Reproduction, edn 5, pp 75-86. Eds E Knobil and JD Neill. New York: Raven Press.
A Reproduction reference style for EndNote (version 3 and above) is available by right clicking here, go to "Save Target As" and save the file into the "Style" folder within the EndNote program folder. This is normally found on your computer's hard (C:) drive. If you are using a shared copy of EndNote over a network you may have to ask your network administrator to do this.
Please note that it is not necessary to manually change the journal names from their abbreviated form to their full name, the publisher will do this in-house.
Tables
Tables should be concise and informative. The title should be a single sentence at the head of the table and should include the name of the organism studied. Any additional explanatory material should appear as footnotes cross-referenced to the column entries. Tables should be self-contained, that is, not requiring further explanation; they should be numbered (arabic numbers) and cited in the text. All abbreviations used in the table should be explained in the footnotes. Each column should have a short heading. Internal horizontal and vertical rules should be avoided.
Figures
Each figure should be submitted on a separate sheet; authors' names and the figure number should be given on a label on the back of each figure. Sections of figures should be labelled as (a) (b) etc. in the top left-hand corner. Figures should be submitted on disk if possible. eps files (saved with a preview) are preferred; files should be exported in Illustrator format. If Photoshop (tiff or jpeg) files are supplied, images should be at 1200 ppi for lineart, 600 ppi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color images, all at final published width. Powerpoint files should be avoided. Tables and figures should be cited in the text in numerical order.
Line drawings
Originals should be double the size of eventual reproduction. Preferred symbols are closed and open circles, squares and triangles. Symbols should be large enough to be clearly visible when the figure is reduced for publication. Figures should not be enclosed in boxes.
Half-tones
Four sets of high resolution half-tones should be provided as original unmounted glossy prints. Magnification should be indicated by a scale bar on the bottom right-hand corner of the half-tone and the measurement given in the legend.
Colour half-tones
Colour half-tones are acceptable without charge to the author at the discretion of the editorial office and a member of the editorial board. If supplying electronic files of colour figures please supply as CMYK EPS files not RGB.
Figure legends
Legends describing the figures and giving keys to any symbols used should be submitted on a separate sheet. The name of the organism studied should be included and all abbreviations used in the figure should be explained in the legend.
Copyright
Articles are considered on the understanding that, if they are accepted for publication, the entire copyright shall pass to the Society for Reproduction and Fertility. All authors are asked to sign a copyright agreement to this effect. To facilitate the processing of your manuscript please submit the completed form with your paper. Requests for permission to reproduce any part of papers published in Reproduction should be emailed to the Editor-in-Chief at reproduction@bioscientifica.com.
Reviews
Reproduction publishes topical reviews on basic mechanisms, recent developments and new hypotheses in the field of reproductive biology. Articles are commissioned by the Review Editorial Board and undergo peer review by experts in the field. Suggestions for articles are considered; if you would like to submit a review to Reproduction, a short paragraph outlining the review should be sent to the editorial office.
Papers should, in general, conform with the requirements for original research papers and be of interest to specialists and comprehensible to non-specialist students, university teachers, research workers and clinicians. They should contain 3000-6000 words, 20-50 references and 2-6 figures or tables. Original summary diagrams and illustrations of proposed models (in colour where appropriate) are encouraged. We may redraw line drawings. Boxes can be used to separate detailed explanations and background information from the main part of the text.
Editorial Board
Reproduction Editorial Board
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Editor-in-Chief: John Carroll, London, UK
| Review Editorial Board |
Research Editorial Board |
| C L Adam Aberdeen, UK |
D R Armant Detroit, MI, USA |
| D F Albertini Boston, MA, USA |
D Armstrong Edinburgh, UK |
| H O D Critchley Edinburgh, UK |
J M Bedford, New York, NY, USA |
| M Edery Paris, France |
S Berga Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| H M Florman Worcester, MA, USA |
V N Bolton London, UK |
| G M Hartshorne Warwick, UK |
W G Breed Adelaide, Australia |
| H N Jabbour Edinburgh, UK |
K Campbell Nottingham, UK |
| G Jenkin Monash, Australia |
J-L Dacheux Nouzilly, France |
| K Jones Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
S K Dey Nashville, TN, USA |
| D de Kretser Clayton, Australia |
M-A Driancourt Beaucouze, France |
| K P McNatty Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
A Drummond Clayton, Australia |
| G B Martin Nedlands, Australia |
F Ebling Nottingham, UK |
| T M Plant Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
D Edgar Liverpool, UK |
| S Rhind Aberdeen, UK |
T P Fleming Southampton, UK |
| K D Sinclair Nottingham, UK |
S Franks London, UK |
| R Veeramachaneni Fort Collins, CO, USA |
D K Gardner Eaglewood, CO, USA |
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R Goodman Morgantown, WV, USA |
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L A Hinds Canberra, Australia |
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K-D Hinsch Giessen, Germany |
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W Holt London, UK |
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I Huhtaniemi London, UK |
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P L Kaye Brisbane, Australia |
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T Kono Tokyo, Japan |
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A L¨®pez Bernal Bristol, UK |
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B Maro Paris, France |
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T Moore Cork, Ireland |
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I D Morris Manchester, UK |
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J F Murray London, UK |
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T Nagai Ibaraki, Japan |
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S Oehninger Norfolk, VA, USA |
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J L Pate Wooster, OH, USA |
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B Robaire Montr¨¦al, Canada |
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R Rodgers Adelaide, Australia |
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L A Salamonsen Clayton, Australia |
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C Sim¨®n Valencia, Spain |
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M F Smith Missouri, MI, USA |
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J E Smitz Brussels, Belgium |
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T Spencer College Station, TX, USA |
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K Swann London, UK |
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J Thompson Woodville, Australia |
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A Watson London, Canada |
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E Watson, Edinburgh, UK |
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D N Wells Hamilton, New Zealand |
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G Wishart Dundee, UK |
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M J Wood Aberdeen, UK |
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M Zernicka-Goetz Cambridge, UK |
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Statistics Adviser |
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A Springbett Edinburgh, UK | |
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