期刊名称：BELGIAN 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
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The Royal Zoological Society of Belgium and its Belgian Journal of Zoology continue in a long scientific tradition devoted to the promotion of zoology and to the publication of research in zoology. This tradition goes back to 1863, when the "Société malacologique de Belgique" was founded in Brussels and began to publish the "Annales de la Société malacologique de Belgique." Name changes took place in 1903 ("Annales de la Société royale malacologique et zoologique de Belgique"), and 1923 ("Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique"). With the internationalisation of the editorial board in 1989, the journal was opened to the international scientific community, and the name "Belgian Journal of Zoology" was chosen. The Belgian Journal of Zoology is now distributed to the about 400 Belgian and international members of the Society, to bookshops, and is accessible, through an active exchange policy, in 230 libraries of various institutions in more than 50 countries in the world.
The Belgian Journal of Zoology publishes, in English or French, original papers and notes in all fields of zoology, reviews or original points of view on topics of general interest or current. Short notes, not exceeding two printed pages (including figures and tables) with new findings of temporary importance, comments, new records on (e.g.) the Belgian fauna, etc. will be published in the next issue whenever possible. All manuscripts (including short notes) are peer reviewed by at least two referees. Authors benefit from a waiver of page charges for up to 8 printed pages, and will receive 50 reprints free of charge. The Belgian Journal of Zoology appears in two regular issues per volume (January and July) and occasional special issues.
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Instructions to Authors
The Belgian Journal of Zoology publishes, in English or French, original papers, reviews and notes in all fields of zoology. Papers in French must include English translations of the title and of the abstract.
Manuscripts must contain significant new findings and must not have been published elsewhere nor be simultaneously under consideration for any other publication outlet. Single-species descriptions will not be accepted unless they have broader relevance such as implications for phylogeny or biogeography.
Authors benefit from a waiver of page charges for up to eight printed pages. Additional pages are charged to authors at cost price. Authors will receive 50 reprints free of charge. Additional reprints can be ordered using the form (with price list), accompanying proofs.
Preparation of your manuscript
The page size of the Belgian Journal of Zoology is 17 x 24.6 cm, in two columns of 8,2 cm. Please keep this in mind, particularly with regard to the size of figures and tables.
Manuscript must be submitted in three copies, double spaced, with numbered pages and margins of at least 2.5 cm. Three quality copies of figures must be provided, as well as the originals. Figures and tables should be kept separate from the text. Overseas authors can submit their manuscript by e-mail.
Text.
Papers should be written in clear, concise language and consist of an abstract (summarizing the essential results and conclusions), introduction, material and methods, results and discussion. Sections and sub-sections should not be numbered, but authors may suggest a printing format to give structure to the article. The title must be sufficiently informative. Please provide a short running title and (additional) key words (separated by commas). The full first name and the address of each author should be given. Provide, also, the e-mail address of the first or the corresponding author to allow fast communication with the editor. This e-mail address also appears on the first page of the printed article.
Figures.
Hand made drawings should be in black ink (clearly readable after reduction to page width, column width or in between). Photographs should be mounted and clearly labelled, with label size adequate after reduction. A scale bar should give the magnification. Indicate in pencil, on the reverse side of each figure, the number of the figure, the name of the author(s) and the title of the paper. Photocopies of photographs or figures are not acceptable. Indicate the preferred location of each figure in the margin of the manuscript. Electronic versions of graphs are acceptable, as are high quality scans of drawings (but see below!). Figures are referred to in the texts by "Fig. n" (capital F and full stop) or "Figs n-m" (no full stop). The legends to the figures are provided on a separate sheet. Colour prints are at the author's expences (335 EUR / page).
Tables.
The sizes of tables should take account of page width and length, or column width. Tables are referred to in the text by "Table n" (with capital T). The legend to a table is given on top of the table. Indicate the preferred location of each table in the margin of the manuscript.
Electronic version.
An electronic version of at least the text of the final version should be provided, exclusively by e-mail as an attached file (MSWord or rtf file). Figures and tables should be separated and sent separately from the text file. Please contact the editor before sending files exceeding 1MB. All file names should have an unambiguous name and should begin with the MS number once it has been allocated after submission (see below).
Species names.
Species names and the names of genera should be in italics. Names of species (and names of higher taxa in taxonomic papers) should be followed, on the first occasion of use, by the name of the author who described the species or introduced the taxon name (in lower case) and the year. This rule does not apply for names of plants. If a table of all the species names used in the text is provided, the author names can be mentioned there. Do not use the genus name to indicate a species or individuals of a species!
References.
Author names in text citations should be in small capitals and in the following format: NAVAS (1996), LAUDER & LIEM (1980) for two authors, or WILSON et al. (1987) for more than two authors. Consecutive references must be in chronological order and separated by a semicolon (;). All authors quoted in the text should be found in the reference list.
Examples of literature citations:
- Paper in a journal:
NAVAS. C.A. (1996). Implications of microhabitat selection and pattern of activity on the thermal ecology of high elevation neotropical anurans. Oecologia, 108: 617-626. (abbreviation of the journal according to the "World list of Scientific Periodicals".)
- Paper in a book:
MALLEFET, J., P. VANHOUTTE & F. BAGUET (1992). Study of Amphipholis squamata luminescence. In: ALERA-LIACI & CANICATTI (eds), Echinoderm Research, L. Balkema, Rotterdam: 125-130.
- Book:
BELLAIRS, R., (1991). Egg incubation: its effects on an embryonic development in birds and reptiles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Unpublished reports, master theses, etc?are not considered publications and should be referred to as "unpublished data" or "personal communication" in the text. A report can be given in a footnote. Ph.D. theses are accepted in the reference list. Author names that only appear in the text after a taxon, do not appear in the reference list.
Short notes.
Short notes do not exceed two printed pages (incl. figures and tables). They are the appropriate form for new findings of temporary importance, comments on papers published in the journal, important new records for (e.g.) the Belgian fauna, curiosa, etc. They should be written as a continuous text without the various divisions of regular papers (and without an abstract). References for notes must be indicated in the text by numbers, and listed and numbered in the order of their appearance in the text. Short notes will be reviewed as normal papers.
Processing
Manuscripts should be sent to the editor. On receipt of the manuscript, the corresponding author is notified by e-mail, and will receive the number under which the manuscript has been registered. Please mention this MS# first in the subject of e-mails and in the names of all files subsequently sent to the editor. The MS is then sent to two referees, and a reply may be expected six to eight weeks after receipt. If the MS is accepted, the author is requested to prepare the final version, taking into account the remarks of the referees. One hard copy and the electronic version are then sent to the editor. Only one galley proof is sent, to the corresponding author, along with the order form and the price list for additional reprints. The proof must be carefully corrected and sent back without delay. Overseas authors will receive the printed version as a PDF file and corrections are expected by e-mail.
Publication delay is between three and nine months, but is highly dependent of the willingness of the referees and the collaboration of the authors. The present rejection rate is about 30%.
Editorial Board
Editor(to whom manuscripts should be sent) Prof. Dr. Ernest Schockaert( BJZ@luc.ac.be) Limburgs Universitair Centrum Department SBG B-3590 Diepenbeek Belgium Associate EditorsProf. Dr. M. Chardon (Belgium) Prof. Dr. W. Verraes (Belgium) Prof. Dr. N. Watson (Australia)
The Editorial Board of the Belgian Journal of Zoology consists of the following members:
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Foreign members :
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France: C. Tardieu (MNHN Paris), L. Passera (Toulouse).
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U.S.A: A. Dhondt (Ithaca), O. Rieppel (Chicago).
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Germany: E. Schierenberg (Koeln).
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The Netherlands: D.J. van der Horst (Utrecht), J. Van Alphen (Leiden).
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Belgian members: P. Aerts, T. Backeljau, J. Balthazart, V. Darras, M. Jangoux, P. Kestemont, M. Kirsch-Volders, P. Lebrun, M. Vincx.
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