期刊名称：MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Molecular Ecology Notes
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Molecular Ecology Notes is a new vehicle for the rapid dissemination of technical advances in molecular ecology, such as new computer programs, methodological innovations, and molecular marker development. Papers that report on the ecology, evolution, behaviour, and conservation of organisms, rather than on technical issues, should be submitted to our companion publication, Molecular Ecology. |
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Molecular Ecology Notes publishes concise papers that appear in the journal as computer, technical, or primer notes. To ensure that time-sensitive material is disseminated to the molecular ecology community with minimal delay, notes accepted in the journal are published online immediately on acceptance, followed by quarterly distribution of a print version.
Instructions to Authors
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be submitted to:
Professor Harry Smith FRS
Managing Editor
Molecular Ecology Notes
Plant Science Division
University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington Campus
Loughborough
LE12 5RD
UK
Fax: +44 (0)150 985 6822
Email: mecol@ejournals.co.uk
General
Manuscripts must be submitted exclusively to Molecular Ecology Notes and we will only consider them for publication on the understanding that they have not been, nor will be, published elsewhere. If accepted, the copyright to papers is assigned to the Journal. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a covering letter in which all authors give signed consent to publication; permission to use published material elsewhere will be granted on request.
Submission Procedure
There are two stages in the submission of Notes to MEN. In the first, you should provide us with full details of the manuscript, the authors, and the address of the corresponding author in a specific format by completing the Manuscript Submission Form. These details will be imported into the manuscript management database. In the second stage, you should send us the manuscript, either electronically or by mail.
Stage 1
Using the manuscript submission form, available here, complete ALL the required details and insert the Abstract (less then 100 words) of your article in the appropriate box. Do not key the abstract directly into the box; prepare the abstract in advance using a word processor and paste it into the box. Click on the SEND FORM button to transmit the details of your manuscript to the Editorial Office.
Stage 2
Electronic Submission If you can meet the following criteria you may submit your manuscript electronically by attaching it to an email message sent to mecol@ejournals.co.uk. The document file is required for review purposes and is not the file that will be sent to the publishers - that comes later. Please include the journal title abbreviation MEN in the message header to alert us. The criteria that you must meet to allow us to accept your submission by email are:
- The submission must consist of a single file, including all tables and figures.
- The document must be prepared on a PC, or be compatible with a PC operating Windows 2000 (we often have problems with files created on a Mac and we do not have time to carry out file conversions).
- Use word-processing software that can be read by Microsoft Word.
- The file size must be no greater than 500 Kb. We can decompress files compressed with Winzip, but not with any other compression programs.
Do not attempt to submit a manuscript electronically if you cannot meet these criteria - we will simply bounce it back.
Hard-Copy Submission Two (2) clear copies should be submitted, typed double-spaced on one side only with margins of at least 3 cm. A covering letter should be included, indicating the number of words, tables and figures. You MUST provide a current email address for the Corresponding Author.
A copy of the manuscript on disk should also be provided - use floppy disk, Zip disk (100 Mb), or CD-ROM. Preparation of Manuscripts
All manuscripts should be line-numbered, and paginated. The first text page should contain:
- Title
- Authors names with initials
- Full postal address(es)
- Space for date of receipt
- Six keywords for indexing purposes
- Name, address, fax number and electronic mail address of corresponding author, to whom electronic proofs will be sent
- Running title of no more than 45 characters, including spaces.
Please follow the specific instructions for Molecular Ecology Notes here
A Copyright Assignment Form must be completed for all articles accepted for publication in the journal.
Illustrations
For review purposes we can accept computer-generated illustrations as long as they are of reasonably high resolution consistent with small file size. For manuscripts that have been accepted, the publication copy of the manuscript should comply with the following:
Manually Generated Artwork
Diagrams should be produced in black ink on good-quality white paper or board and should be provided both lettered and unlettered. The figure number should appear in pencil on the reverse of the diagram. Computer-generated diagrams must be of good resolution; production by dot-matrix printer is not satisfactory.
Photographs (half-tones) should be original prints (i.e. not re-photographed) and suitable for reproduction. They should be unmounted with lettering clearly indicated on overlays or photocopies. For composites, photographs should be unmounted and a photocopy enclosed to indicate the required arrangement. Magnification should be given in the legend or indicated by a scale or bar.
Electronic Artwork
We would like to receive your artwork in electronic form. Please save vector graphics (e.g. line artwork) in Encapsulated Postscript Format (EPS), and bitmap files (e.g. half-tones) in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF). Detailed information on our digital illustration standards is available on the BSL website here
Colour graphics
The journal welcomes colour photographs. It is the policy of Molecular Ecology Notes for authors to pay the full cost for the reproduction of their colour artwork. Therefore, please note that if there is colour artwork in your manuscript when it is accepted for publication, Blackwell Publishing require you to complete and return a colour work agreement form before your paper can be published. This form can be downloaded as a PDF* from the internet. The form can be downloaded from: colour work agreement. Once completed, please return the form to the Production Editor at the address below:
Patrick Baker
Journal Production Editor
Blackwell Publishing
23 Ainslie Place
Edinburgh EH3 6AJ
Direct Line: +0044 (0)131 718 4427
Fax: +0044 (0)131 226 3803
Email: Patrick.Baker@edn.blackwellpublishing.com
Any article received by Blackwell Publishing with colour work will not be published until the form has been returned. * To read PDF files, you must have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you don not have this program, this is available as a free download from the following web address: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Legends
In the full-text online edition of the journal, figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full screen version. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure. Registration of Sequences
DNA sequences published in Molecular Ecology Notes should be deposited in the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ Nucleotide Sequence Databases. An accession number for each sequence must be included in the manuscript before publication. Authors of accepted manuscripts will also be expected to submit their data to the MENotes database. References
Authors should use the Harvard system. References should be indicated in the text by surname of the author(s) with the year of publication as shown below. References to more than one publication by an author in the same year should be distinguished with lower-case letters, e.g. (Creed 1990a,b).
The abbreviated author and date reference should be placed in parentheses unless the name forms part of the text, e.g. Willmer (1982) has demonstrated that .... If no person is named as author, the name of the appropriate body should be used, e.g. (Genetical Society 1977). Unpublished studies and personal communications should be referred to in the text only, using the authors initials and surname. When there are more than two authors, use the first author followed by et al..Where there are six or more authors only the first three should be listed, followed by et al..
The full list of references should be typed in alphabetical order, double spaced at the end of the article, in the form of the following examples. Journal titles should be in full, not abbreviated.
Gray IC (1991) Polymorphic tandemly repeated sequences in human DNA. PhD thesis, University of Leicester.
Milligan B (1992) Plant DNA isolation. In: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Populations: a Practical Approach (ed. Hoelzel AR), pp. 59-88. IRL Press, Oxford.
Saito I, Stark GR (1986) Charomids: cosmid vectors for the efficient cloning and mapping of large or small restriction fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 83, 8664-8668.
Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular Cloning a Laboratory Manual, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York.
Proofs
Authors will be sent proofs in PDF format via e-mail. Corrections must be returned to the Production Editor within 3 days of receipt; fax should be used to facilitate communication and minor corrections can be advised by e-mail ensuring that journal title, paper reference number and corresponding authors name are given in the body of the message. Authors should note that proof corrections should be marked as clearly as possible, and should be kept to a minimum. If the Editors consider that significant changes have been introduced at the proof stage, the right is reserved either to levy the costs to authors, or to request resubmission of the manuscript.
As a condition of publication, authors are expected to submit their primer data to the MENotes database. This database is complementary to other genetic databases in that it provides users with primer sequences, details of amplification conditions, estimates of variability, and cross-species amplification results, rather than just primary sequence information. Authors may submit their data using an online form; alternatively, if the data are in a suitable table format, authors may contact the database administrator to inquire whether their data may be submitted in a file format. Offprints
Authors will be sent 25 free paper offprints following distribution of the print issue of the journal which includes their Note. Print issues of the journal will be produced quarterly. Authors will be sent a PDF of an offprint order form when they receive their electronic proofs and this form may be used to order additional printed copies of their paper.
Editorial Board
Chief Editor
Kevin Livingstone,
Department of Biology, 142 Jordan Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Telephone: (812) 855-9018
Fax: (812) 855-6705
klivings@bio.indiana.edu
Managing Editor
Harry Smith, Plant Science Division, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
Fax: +44 (0)150 985 6822
mecol@ejournals.co.uk
Editors
Christian Lexer, Indiana University, Department of Biology, Jordan Hall 142, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-3700, USA
Phillip England, Lab Des Pops D'Altitude, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, F-38041, France
Editorial Review Board
Bill Amos, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EM, UK
Michael Arnold, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Life Sciences Building, Athens GA 30602, USA
John Avise, Dept of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, USA
Debra Ayres, Ecology & Evolution, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis CA 95616, USA
Paul Bentzen, University of Washington, Marine Molecular Lab, 3707 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Seattle WA 98105-6715, USA
Brian W. Bowen, Dept of Fisheries/Aquatic Sci, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street Gaine, FL 32653-3071, USA
Mike W. Bruford, Cardiff School of Biosciences, P O Box 915, Cardiff CF1 3TL, UK
F. Gonzalez Candelas, Univ Valencia, Dept Genetica C/Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
Gary Carvalho, Molecular Ecology and Fisheries, Genetics Lab Dept Bio Sci, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
Lounes Chikhi, UMR Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Equipe Structuration génétique des populations et évolution du génome, CESAC UMR C 5576 - Bat. IV R3, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062- Toulouse cédex 4, France
John F. Dallas, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB9 2TN, UK
A. Ferguson, Department of Biology, Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN
Colin Ferris, Dept. of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester Road, LE1 7RH, UK
Jerome Goudet, Zoologie & Ecology Animale, Universite de Lausanne, Batiment de Biologie CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
Susan Haig, National Biological Survey, Oregon State University, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, OR97331, USA
Jim Hamrick, Dept of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, USA
Michael Hansen, The Inland Fisheries Laboratory, Vejlsovej, DK 8600 Silkenborg, Denmark
Paul David N. Herbert, Dept of Zoology and Program in Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
M. Kreitman, Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th St., Chicago IL 60637, USA
E. Lessa, Lab De Evolution Fac Ciencias, Tristan Narvaja 1674, Montevideo, Uruguay 11200
Hugh Loxdale, Rothamstead Experimental Station, West Common Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
Dr Mitchell-Olds, Maz Planck Inst of Chemical Ecology, Tatzendpromenade 1a D-07745 Jena, Germany
H. Nybom, Sveriges Landbruksuniversiteit Balsgard, Dept of Horticulture Plant Breeding, Fjalkestadsvagen 123-1, S-29197 Kristianstad, Sweden
J.M. Pemberton, ICAPB Ashworth Laboratories, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK
Jim Provan, School of Biology and Biochemistry, The Queens University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
Ciro Rico, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Earlham Road, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Loren Rieseberg, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington IN47405, USA
Outi Savolainen, Biology Dept, Oulu University, PL 3000 FIN 50401, Oulu, Finland
B.A. Schaal, Washington University, St Louis MO 63130-4899, USA, USA
Christian Schlottterer, Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien, Institut fur Tierzucht und Genetik, Josef Baumann Gasse 1, A-1210 Wien, Austria
Tom Schmidt, Micribiology Dept, Michigan State University, 202 Giltner Hall E Lansing, MI48824-1101, USA
Monty Slatkin, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley CA94720, USA
Peter Smouse, Theoretical & Applied Genetics, Rutgers University, PO Box 231 Cook College, New Brunswick NJ08903-02, USA
Paul Sunnucks, Biological Science Dept, Monash University, Wellington Road Clayton VIC 3168, Australia
D. Tautz, Institute of Gentics, Weyertal 121, 50951 Koln, Germany
Haken Tegelstrom, Conservation Biology & Genetics, Uppsala University, Evolution Bioogy Centre, Norbyvagen 18D S-752 36, Sweden
Dr Vrijenhoek, Monteray Bay Aquarium Res Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039-0628, USA
Dr Tetsukazu, Department of Biology, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
Robert Zink, Bell Museum, 100 Ecology Building, University of Minnesota, St Paul MN 55108, USA
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