期刊名称：BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
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投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology is devoted to the publication of original papers and reviews, both submitted and invited, in two subject areas:(i) the application of biochemistry to problems relating to systematic biology of organisms (biochemical systematics);(ii) the role of biochemistry in interactions between organisms or between an organism and its environment (biochemical ecology).Papers will be grouped in each issue according to subject area. Research papers should generally be of completed investigations. Preliminary reports will be published where findings are considered to be of sufficient interest to justify rapid publication. In addition, short reports of new sources of known compounds (New Source Reports) will be accepted where they can be justified in terms of systematic or ecological significance. These reports must be written to a standard format.
One volume will appear annually and eleven issues will constitute a volume. All manuscripts should be sent directly to the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Monique Simmonds. Before preparing their contributors, Authors are earnestly requested to study the latest Notes to Contributors, which were last published in Vol. 31, No. 5 (copies of these instructions are available from the Executive Editors.) The contents of papers are the sole responsibility of the Authors and publication does not imply the concurrence of Editors or Publisher.
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology welcomes suitable books for review. Please send sample copies to the Editor-in-Chief.
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Instructions to Authors
Submission of PapersAuthors are requested to submit their original manuscript and figures with two copies to:
Executive Editor
Professor Monique Simmonds
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Surrey
TW9 3AB
UK
Submission of a paper implies that it has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the publisher. Submission also implies that all authors have approved the paper for release and are in agreement with its content.
On-line submission to the journal prior to acceptance Authors can also upload their articles as a LaTeX, Microsoft. (MS) Word., WordPerfect., PostScript or Adobe. Acrobat. PDF document via the "Author Gateway" page of this journal (http://authors.elsevier.com), where you will also find a detailed description on its use. The system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article which is used for the reviewing process. It is crucial that all graphical and tabular elements be placed within the text, so that the file is suitable for reviewing. Authors, Reviewers and Editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary.
Note: compuscripts submitted are converted into PDF for the review process but may need to be edited after acceptance to follow journal standards. For this an "editable" file format is necessary. See the section on "Electronic format requirements for accepted articles" and the further general instructions on how to prepare your article below.
Submission to this journal proceeds totally on-line. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the "Author Gateway" page of this journal (http://authors.elsevier.com) you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. Once the uploading is done, our system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. It is crucial that all graphical and tabular elements be placed within the text, so that the PDF is suitable for reviewing. All correspondence is carried out using the website. In general, no separate proof is sent to you: the PDF is your proof. A proof will be provided II BSE Guide for Authors / Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 31 (2003) I-VI only when the final layout of the article has to differ significantly from that in the initial PDF.
The above represents a very brief outline of this form of submission. It can be advantageous to print this 'Guide for Authors' section from the site for reference in the subsequent stages of article preparation.
Refereeing Policy: all unsolicited reviews and other papers will be commented upon by at least two referees.
Types of Contributions
Contributions will be accepted in English as Reviews, Research Papers or New Source Reports. Reviews which survey important and developing areas of biochemical systematics and ecology are encouraged but authors are advised to consult the Editor before preparing such articles.
Manuscript Preparation
General: Manuscripts must be typewritten, double spaced with wide margins on one side of white paper. Good quality printouts with a font size of 12 or 10 pt are required. The corresponding author should be identified (include a Fax number and E-mail address). Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Authors should consult a recent issue of the journal for style if possible. An electronic copy of the paper should accompany the final version. The Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. Authors should retain a copy of their manuscript since we cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss of papers. Original manuscripts are discarded one month after publication unless the Publisher is asked to return original material after use.
Authors in Japan please note: Upon request, Elsevier Science Japan will provide authors with a list of people who can check and improve the English of the paper (before submission). Please contact our Tokyo office:
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General Conventions: Terms in biological chemistry should follow: (i) the Instructions to Authors of the Biochemical Journal (revised annually) or the notes given at the beginning of each number of the Journal of Biological Chemistry; (ii) the IUPAC-IUB rules on biochemical nomenclature. Where there is any conflict the Editors will normally follow the latest publication. Chemical nomenclature, abbreviations and symbols should follow the IUPAC rules. Trivial names for enzymes can be used provided that reference is made at the beginning of the manuscript to the Enzyme Commission (EC) number, where one has been allocated. All weights and linear measurements should be expressed in SI units; other measurements should be given in analogous units (e.g. Ix, not ft-c). Lists of SI units, with their equivalents, are given in the Royal Society publication Metrication in Scientific Journals (1968). All non-standard abbreviations should be defined in a footnote on first mention. Names of apparatus called after their inventor should commence with a capital letter (e.g. Soxhlet, Warburg). [Sentences should not start with a numeral]. Chemicals and solvents may be abbreviated in the Materials and Methods (e.g. methanol - MeOH; hydrochloric acid - HCI) but should be written out in full elsewhere in the paper. Italics are used for generic, specific and sub-specific names but not for higher levels of classification. Latin abbreviations and phrases should be italicized (depicted in the manuscript by underlining). Copies of these instructions are available on request from the Executive Editors or the Production Editor.
Identification and Nomenclature of Organisms: All organisms for which results are described must be properly identified.
Where this is carried out in places other than the Authors' own laboratory, the name of the individual and/or the institution responsible must be given in the Materials and Methods section. The correct Latin binomial should be given in accordance with the requisite code of nomenclature. Authorities of all specific and intra specific taxa should be given, but only at first mention in the text.
Voucher Specimens:For taxonomic or systematic papers and New Source Reports voucher specimens must be retained for wild collected material, or cultivated material from non-permanent sources, so that other scientists can check the identity of the material. In particular it is necessary to deposit the voucher speciamens at a permanent lending herbarium, preferably national or regional, that is recognised by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, and is listed in the Index Herbariorum (see www.nybg.org). University teaching herbaria which are listed in Index Herbariorum are acceptable, but other University or departmental herbaria will not be accepted. The accession numbers for the specimens must also be noted in the manuscript.
Text: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Illustrations, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import the Figures or Tables into your text. The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. All other footnotes (except for table footnotes) should be identified with superscript Arabic numbers.
Title: This should be as brief as possible, consistent with clarity. If a paper forms part of a series this should be referred to in a footnote in the form: *Part 10 in the series "The Hormones of Nereis diversicolor". For Part 9 see Bloggs, A., 1848 Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 77, 117-121.
Authors: with first names in full.
Keywords: Authors should give from six to ten keywords or short phrases which identify the most important aspects covered by the paper.
References: All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to the author's name (without initials) and year of publication (e.g. "Since Peterson (1993) has shown that..." or "This is in the agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1994)"). For three or more authors use the first author followed by "et al.", in the text. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors' names. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors' names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list. References should be given in the following form:
Journal article
Richardson, P.M., 1990. Flavonoid chemistry and the taxonomy of cycads. Mem. Ny. Bot. Gard. 57, 132-141.
Book
Harborne, J.B., Turner, B.L., 1984. Plant Chemosystematics. Academic Press, London.
Book Chapter
Swain, T., 1975. Evolution of flavonoids compounds. In: Harborne, J.B., Mabry, T.J., Mabry, H. (Eds.) The Flavonoids. Chapman & Hall, London, pp. 1096-1129.
Illustrations: All illustrations should be provided in camera-ready form, suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction) without retouching. Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as "Figure(s)" and should be numbered consecutively in the order to which they are referred. They should accompany the manuscript, but should not be included within the text. All illustrations should be clearly marked on the back with the figure number and the author's name. All figures are to have a caption. Captions should be supplied on a separate sheet.
Line Drawings: Good quality printouts on white paper produced in black ink are required. All lettering, graph lines and points on graphs should be sufficiently large and bold to permit reproduction when the diagram has been reduced to a size suitable for inclusion in the journal. Dye-line prints or photocopies are not suitable for reproduction. Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations.
Photographs: Original photographs must be supplied as they are to be reproduced (e.g. black and white or colour). If necessary, a scale should be marked on the photograph. Please note that photocopies of photographs are not acceptable.
Tables: Tables should be number consecutively and given a suitable caption and each table typed on a separate sheet. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs).
Chemical structures: should be numbered in arabic numerals (bold) sequentially through the paper (i.e. 1, 2, 3...).
New Source Reports New source reports are designed to allow the report of known metabolites with bona fide systematic or ecological interest from a new biological source. Material for this section will be refereed with the same rigour as research papers. New Source Reports must be written to a strict format and have a maximum size of two printed pages in the Journal. The format consists of:
(i) Title (max. 12 words)
(ii) Authors
(iii) Addresses
(iv) Key Word Index (max. six words or phrases)
(v) Subject and Source - description of subject species, its validation and information on deposition of voucher specimens, with accession numbers (as in section on voucher Specimens under Manuscript Preparation in this Guide for Authors)
(vi) Previous Work
(vii) Present Study - the results to be reported
(viii) Chemotaxonomic (or Ecological) significance - justification for publication
(ix) Acknowledgements
(x) References - abbreviated forms without titles for papers and with just the first page number. Authors submitting New Source Reports are required to send all information necessary to confirm the identity of the compounds being reported. These can, on request, be returned after acceptance of the paper. Copies of more important data will be retained in the Editorial Office but the Senior Author of the report will be expected to retain the original data and make it available to any interested scientist.
Electronic Submission
Authors should submit an electronic copy of their paper with the final version of the manuscript. The electronic copy should match the hardcopy exactly. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Full details of electronic submission and formats can be obtained from Author Services at Elsevier Science.
Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the author (first named author if no corresponding author is identified of multi-authored papers) and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any others may be charged to the author. Any queries should be answered in full. Please note that authors are urged to check their proofs carefully before return, since the inclusion of late corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofs are to be returned to the Log-in Department of the relevant Elsevier Science site.
Offprints
Twenty-five offprints will be supplied free of charge. Offprints and copies of the issue can be ordered at a specially reduced rate using the order form sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript has been accepted. Orders for reprints will incur a 50% surcharge.
Copyright
All authors must sign the "Transfer of Copyright" agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier Science Ltd to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the author's proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations. Includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.
Author Services
For queries relating to the general submission of manuscripts (including electronic text and artwork) and the status of accepted manuscripts, please contact:
Author Services
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Author Services
Authors can also keep a track on the progress of their accepted article, and set up e-mail alerts informing them of changes to their manuscript's status, by using the "Track a Paper" feature of Elsevier's Author Gateway.
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology has no page charges.
Author enquiries Authors can also keep a track on the progress of their accepted articles, and set up email alerts informing them of changes to their manuscript status, by using the "Track a Paper" feature of Elsevier Author Gateway (http://authors.elsevier.com). Full details of electronic submission of artwork can be obtained from http:/authors.elsevier.com. Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided when an article is accepted for publication.
Editorial Board
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Editor-in-Chief:
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Peter Waterman, Southern Cross University, Centre for Phytochemistry, P.O. Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.
Fax: +61 (0) 2 6622 3459
Email:pwaterma@scu.edu.au
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Executive Editor:
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M.S.J. Simmonds, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK.
Fax: (+44) 0 181 3325340
Email:m.simmonds@rbgkew.org.uk
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Editorial Board:
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R. Adams, Honolulu, HI, USA
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P. Baverstock, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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E.A. Bernays, Tucson, AZ, USA
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D.M. Bowers, Boulder, CO, USA
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F.M. Catzeflis, Montpellier, France
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P. Credland, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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C.H. Daugherty, Wellington, New Zealand
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K. Dettner, Bayreuth, Germany
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M. Dicke, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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J.J. Doyle, Ithaca, NY, USA
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P. Feeny, Ithaca, NY, USA
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R. Grayer, Richmond, UK
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D.M. Green, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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J.B. Harborne, Reading, UK
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S.B. Hedges, PA, USA
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R.K. Jansen, Austin, TX, USA
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J.H. Langenheim, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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S. Larsson, Uppsala, Sweden
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L. Maxson, Iowa City, IA, USA
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W.S. Moore, Detroit, MI, USA
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J. Mordue, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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R. Nishida, Kyoto, Japan
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M. Rahier, Neuchatel, Switzerland
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D. Roberts, Nedlands, Australia
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M.S.J. Simmonds, Richmond, UK
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B.L. Turner, Austin, TX, USA
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