Experimental Parasitology publishes research papers, research briefs, and capsule reviews on topics that are at the experimental forefront of parasitology.
Submission of Manuscripts
Research papers and briefs are not solicited, but should be submitted to the Editors. Minireviews are invited and topics should be submitted to the Editors for consideration. Manuscripts must be written in English and should be submitted in quadruplicate (one original and three photocopies), including four sets of good-quality figures, to:
Experimental Parasitology
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Authors are encouraged to submit the names and addresses, including e-mail addresses, of three to five potential reviewers of their paper to facilitate and accelerate editorial handling. There are no submission fees or page charges. Each manuscript should be accompanied by a letter outlining the basic findings of the paper and their significance.
Electronic Submission. Authors are requested to transmit the text and art of the manuscript in electronic form, via computer disk, e-mail, or FTP (ftp.elsevier.com, with username anon and password essd4acc), each time a new version is submitted. Submission as an e-mail attachment is acceptable provided that all files are included in a single archive the size of which does not exceed 2 megabytes (ep@elsevier.com). Hard-copy printouts of the manuscript and art that exactly match the electronic files must be supplied. The manuscript will be edited according to the style of the journal, and authors must read the proofs carefully.
Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that no substantial portion of the study has been published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere and that its submission for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out. Manuscripts that do not meet the general criteria or standards for publication in Experimental Parasitology will be immediately returned to the authors, without detailed review.
Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if the manuscript is accepted for publication, copyright in the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the Publisher. The Copyright Transfer Agreement should be signed by the appropriate person.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions to reprint previously published figures, tables, and other material.
Preparation of Manuscript. Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise, and grammatical English and should be typed with double-spaced lines and wide margins on standard size white paper of 8.5 x 11-inch or A4 white paper. The manuscript and figures will not be returned to the authors unless specifically requested at the time of the submission. Pages should be numbered consecutively and organized as follows:
The Title Page (p. 1) should contain the article title, authors' names and complete affiliations, footnotes to the title, and the address for manuscript correspondence (including e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers). If possible, the specific designation of the parasite, followed by a colon, should precede the rest of the title. The common or scientific name of the host should appear at the end of the title (e.g., "Neoaplectana glaseri: infectivity of clones reared in species isolation of larvae of the insect weevil, Hylobius pales"). For Minireviews, the title, as described above, should be preceded by the heading Minireview.
The Abstract (p. 2) must be a single paragraph that summarizes the main findings of the paper in less than 150 words.
Index Descriptors and Abbreviations. A list of keywords and phrases should follow the abstract. They should reflect the contents of the paper accurately and help to describe it to scientific nonexpert readers. The taxonomic designations of all organisms discussed in a manuscript must be included. Larger taxonomic categories should also be mentioned (e.g., in a paper on Watsonius watsoni, the term "trematode" should appear as an index descriptor). All abbreviations used in the body of the manuscript should be defined in this section [e.g., Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)]; only the abbreviation should be used thereafter. Avoid lab jargon abbreviations; use only those that have general usage and genuinely save space.
Whenever enzymes are the subject of reporting, the Enzyme Commission (EC) number must be used for accurate identification and retrieval purposes in the Index Descriptors and Abbreviations section. EC numbers may be found in "Recommendations (1984) of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry, 1984," Enzyme Nomenclature (Academic Press, Inc., 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA).
GenBank/DNA sequence linking. Many Elsevier journals cite "gene accession numbers" in their running text and footnotes. Gene accession numbers refer to genes or DNA sequences about which further information can be found in the databases at the National Center for Biotechnical Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine. Elsevier authors wishing to enable other scientists to use the accession numbers cited in their papers via links to these sources should type this information in the following manner:
For each and every accession number cited in an article, authors should type the accession number in bold, underlined text. Letters in the accession number should always be capitalized (see Example 1 below). This combination of letters and format will enable Elsevier's typesetters to recognize the relevant texts as accession numbers and add the required link to GenBank's sequences.
Example 1: GenBank accession nos. AI631510, AI631511, AI632198, and BF223228), a B-cell tumor from a chronic lymphatic leukemia (GenBank accession no. BE675048), and a T-cell lymphoma (GenBank accession no. AA361117).
Authors are encouraged to check accession numbers used very carefully. An error in a letter or number can result in a dead link.
In the final version of the printed article, the accession number text will not appear bold or underlined (see Example 2 below).
Example 2: GenBank accession nos. AI631510, AI631511, AI632198, and BF223228), a B-cell tumor from a chronic lymphatic leukemia (GenBank accession no. BE675048), and a T-cell lymphoma (GenBank accession no. AA361117).
In the final version of the electronic copy, the accession number text will be linked to the appropriate source in the NCBI databases, enabling readers to go directly to that source from the article (see Example 3 below).
Example 3: GenBank accession nos. AI631510, AI631511, AI632198, and BF223228), a B-cell tumor from a chronic lymphatic leukemia (GenBank accession no. BE675048), and a T-cell lymphoma (GenBank accession no. AA361117).
The Introduction should be as concise as possible, without subheadings.
Materials and methods should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments to be reproduced.
Results and Discussion may be combined and may be organized into subheadings.
Acknowledgments should be brief and should precede the references. Avoid footnotes. Disclaimers, funding support, and other circumstantial information should be included in the Acknowledgments section.
References should be cited in the text by the author's surname and date (e.g., Jones and Smith, 1987), not by number. Only articles that have been published or are in press should be included in the references. Unpublished results or personal communications should be cited as such in the text. Please note the following examples.
Becnel, J.J., 1997. Complementary techniques: preparations of entomopathogens and diseased specimens for more detailed study using microscopy. In: Lacey, L.A. (Ed.), Manual of Techniques in Insect Pathology. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 337-353.
Eichler, S., Schaub, G.A., 2002. Development of symbionts in triatomine bugs and the effects of infections with trypanosomatids. Experimental Parasitology 100, 17-27.
Tanada, Y., 1992. Insect Pathology. Academic Press, San Diego.
Figures should be in a finished form suitable for publication. Number all figures consecutively with Arabic numerals, and indicate the top and the authors on the back of each figure. Lettering on drawings should be professional quality or generated by high-resolution computer graphics and must be large enough to withstand appropriate reduction for publication. Lowercase letters a, b, c, etc., should be used for multiple parts of a single figure (e.g., Fig. 2a). Type the legends double-spaced in a list at the end of the manuscript.
Photographs should not be marred by staples, paper clips, or pencil marks. Figures should be cropped to contain only information relevant to the manuscript. Areas of major interest should not be too close to the edges of the micrograph. Magnifications must be given in the legends or a magnification scale bar must be placed within the micrograph and its dimension should be indicated in the legend. Please refer to http://authors.elsevier.com/ArtworkInstructions.html?dc=AI1 for detailed instructions on preparing electronic artwork.
Color Figures. Illustrations in color can be accepted only if the authors defray the cost. Color figures for exclusive use as cover illustrations may be submitted by authors who are also submitting a manuscript for consideration. These figures do not need to relate to the manuscript being submitted but should relate to the larger scope and focus of Experimental Parasitology.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. Type each table double-spaced on a separate page with a short descriptive title typed directly above and with essential footnotes below. Authors should submit complex tables as camera-ready copy.
Each figure and table must have a descriptive legend. When figures or tables refer to parasite or host, the name of the organism should be spelled out completely at least once in each legend.
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. To avoid delay in publication, only necessary changes should be made, and proofs should be returned promptly. Authors will be charged for alterations that exceed 10% of the total cost of composition.
Abstracting and Indexing. Experimental Parasitology is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services: BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts, Excerpta Medica, Helminthological Abstracts-Series A, Index Medicus, Institute for Scientific Information, International Abstracts of Biological Sciences, and Protozoological Abstracts.
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