INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

 

To submit manuscripts to the Neotropical Ichthyology enter the website http://submission.scielo.br/index.php/ni, register yourself as an author, and follow the instructions described therein for submission.

 

Contact: Luiz R. Malabarba

Editor

neoichth@ufrgs.br

 

Manuscripts

·         Manuscripts must be submitted as digital files. Text must be in Word for Windows or rtf files. Photos must be sent as separate tif or jpg files.

 

Format

·         In taxonomic papers check also: Neotropical Ichthyology taxonomic contribution style sheet

·         Text must be submitted in English.

·         Manuscript must contain the following, in the cited order: Title, authors names (*), addresses (do not use a footnote), Abstract, Resumo, key words (up to five, not repeating title information), Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Literature Cited, Tables, and Figure Legend.

·         Manuscripts should not exceed 60 pages, including Figures and Tables. The Editorial Board will decide on possible exceptions.

·         Scientific Notes must contain the following, in the cited order: Title, authors names (*), addresses (do not use a footnote), Abstract, key words (up to five, not repeating title information), text without subtitles, including Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, followed by Literature Cited, Tables and Figure Legends. Scientific Notes will be accepted only if they contain information that justifies immediate publication.

Text

·         Text pages cannot include headers, footers, or footnotes (except page number), or any paragraph format. Never use “Tab” or “space” to format references. Text must be aligned to the left, not fully justified.

·         Species, genera and Latin terms (et al., cf., aff., in vitro, in vivo) must be in italics. Do not underline words.

·         Only the following titles should de bold formatted: Abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, Literature Cited.

·         List abbreviations used in the text under Material and Methods, except for those in common use (e.g., min, km, mm, kg, m, sec, h, ml, L, g).

·         Measurements must use the metric system.

·         Manuscripts must contain the institutional acronyms and catalog numbers for voucher specimens.

·         Acknowledgments must be concise and include both first and last names.

·         Figures and Tables must be sequentially numbered according to their citation in the text, using the following formats: Fig. 1, Figs. 1-2, Fig. 1a, Figs. 1a-b, Table 1, Tables 1-2.

·         The words Table and Fig. must be bold in legends.

·         A list of figure legends must be included at the end of the manuscript.

·         Tables must be constructed using lines and columns, but not “Tab” or “space”. Tables can not contain vertical lines or footnotes. Digital files of tables must be formatted in cells. Digital files of tables with columns separated by “Tab” or “space” will not be accepted.

·         Tables and legends must be included at the end of the manuscript, in the following format: Table 1. Monthly variation of the gonadosomatic index in Diapoma speculiferum....

·         Approximate locations where tables and figures should be inserted must be indicated along the margin of the text.

Nomenclature

·         Scientific names should be cited according to the ICZN (1999). Authorship is required only in taxonomic papers and at the first reference of a species or genus.  Do not include authorship in the abstract or resumo.

 

Figures

·         Figures must be of high quality and definition.

·         Digital photos will be accepted only if of high definition. Hardcopies of digital pictures may be requested.

·         Text included in graphs and pictures must be of a font size compatible with reductions to page width (175 mm) or column width (85 mm). Graphs will be preferably printed as one column (85 mm).

·         Color photos will be accepted only if necessary for the paper and authors will be charged for the cost of printing the color photo.

·         Composed figures must be identified with lower case letters (a, b, ..) in the left lower of each illustration. Composed figures must be prepared so as to fit either the page (175 mm) or column width (85 mm).

·         Illustrations must include either a scale or reference to the size of the item in the figure legend.

Literature Cited

·         Use the following formats in the text : Eigenmann (1915, 1921) or (Eigenmann, 1915, 1921; Fowler, 1945, 1948) or Eigenmann & Norris (1918) or Eigenmann et al. (1910a, 1910b).

·         Do not include abstracts or technical reports.

·         Literature Cited must be in alphabetical order, using the following formats:

Books:

Campos-da-Paz, R. & J. S. Albert. 1998. The gymnotiform “eels” of Tropical America: a history of classification and phylogeny of the South American electric knifefishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriphysi). Pp. 419-446. In: Malabarba, L. R., R. E. Reis, R. P. Vari, Z. M. S. Lucena & C. A. S. Lucena (Eds.). Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes. Porto Alegre, Edipucrs, 603p.

 

Thesis/Dissertations:

Langeani, F. 1996. Estudo filogenético e revisão taxonômica da família Hemiodontidae Boulenger, 1904 (sensu Roberts, 1974) (Ostariophysi, Characiformes). Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo. 171p.

 

Articles (list full periodic names):

Lundberg, J. G., F. Mago-Leccia & P. Nass. 1991. Exallodontus aguanai, a new genus and species of Pimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from deep river channels of South America and delimitation of the subfamily Pimelodinae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104(4): 840-869.

 

Articles in press:

Burns, J. R., A. D. Meisner, S. H. Weitzman & L. R. Malabarba. (in press). Sperm and spermatozeugma ultrastructure in the inseminating catfish, Trachelyopterus lucenai (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae). Copeia, 2002: 173-179.

 

Documents required after final accept:

·         One digital copy of text and tables of the final version of the manuscript incorporating:

·         Editorial corrections (changes in style and format requested by the editor are not negotiable and failure to include them will result in the rejection of the manuscript).

·         Corrections suggested by the Referees or justifications for not adopting them.

·         Original Figures in digital and/or hard copy.

·         Failure to follow these requirements will result in the rejection of the manuscript.

 

Proofs

·         Proofs will be sent to the author responsible for submission and must be returned within one week. The Editor will correct proofs not returned in time.