Cybium,
International Journal of Ichthyology
Copyright
© 2005 Société Française d’Ichtyologie
Instructions to Authors
Caution:
Only subscribing members of the Society may publish in Cybium free of
charge; non-members are requested to pay page costs.
Submission of an article to Cybium imply that the article
is original and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Submission
also implies that all the authors have approved the paper for release
in Cybium and are in agreement with its content.
Types
of contribution
1. Original
research papers (Regular papers)
2. Review articles
3. Ichthyological notes
4. ‘First records’
5. Ph. D. thesis summaries
6. Book reviews
1. Original research papers: Should report
only original results. They are limited to 20 printed pages (80,000 characters).
The publication of larger articles is subjected to the Editor’s agreement.
2. Review articles: They should be invited or agreed by the Editor.
They should be concise (up to 25 printed pages, i.e., 100,000 characters).
Prospective authors are asked to send an extended abstract (two pages
maximum) of their paper to the Editor by email (valerie.gaudant@upmc.fr).
The abstract should outline the review interest for ichthyologists, its
main points and objectives. One color plate and 100 reprints will be offered
free of charge.
3. Ichthyological notes: Short communications, which do not occupy
more than four printed pages (16,000 characters).
4. ‘First records’: Short Ichthyological notes,
which do not exceed two printed pages (8,000 characters). They must include:
A localization map of the capture (maximum width: 8.5 cm); the registration
number in a national or recognized collection; the main morphometric and
meristic characters of the specimen; possibly a good photo of the specimen
(colour or black & white print). The bibliography do not exceed 10
references.
5. Summaries of Ph.D.
thesis: They will be published only when
a copy of the thesis is provided to the Editor. Length:
5,000 to 6,000 characters.
6. Book reviews: They will be published only when a copy of the
book is provided to the Editor. Length:
5,000 to 6,000 characters.
Submission
of manuscripts
The manuscripts are to be submitted in French or English. Authors whose
native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts
checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission to Cybium.
Manuscripts must be sent by email to the Editorial team:
or sent by
mail in triplicate to the Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Jean-Yves SIRE
Université Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7138,
Case 7077,
2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex
05, France.
Preparation
of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be prepared with numbered pages, with
double spacing throughout and 3 cm right and left margins.
They should
be organised in the following order:
Page
1:
a.
Title: Brief, clear and referring to the content of the article ; common
name of species should be avoided.
b. Name(s) of author(s) followed by (1) (2)… for the address.
c. Short title limited to 6 words.
d. Complete postal address(es) of affiliations preceded by (1) (2)…
Indicate name and email of the author to which the proofs should to be
sent.
e. Number of characters (spaces included) of the article (including title,
abstracts, references and legends).
Page 2:
a. Abstract and title in French; should be clear, descriptive and no longer
than 400 words.
b. Abstract and title in English. For articles written in French, an extended
English summary is required (2,000 to 2,500 characters). This summary
will have to report the context and purposes of the study, material and
main methods used, significant results and a short conclusion.
c. Key words (6 items max.).
Next pages:
a. Introduction: Should indicate the precise purposes of the study.
b. Material studied, area descriptions, methods and techniques.
c. Results.
d. Discussion: Should be separated from the results.
e. Acknowledgements and any additional information concerning research
grants, etc.
f. References.
g. Footnotes: Use them only where they are absolutely necessary. Do not
encode them. Number them in the text and place them at the end of the
text, after the reference list.
h. Figure and table legends: Should be provided on a separate sheet with
English or French translation.
All species should be identified by their Latin name in italic, followed
by their authors and date when first cited in the article.
The editorial
team reserves the privilege of returning ot the author for revision accepted
manuscripts and illustrations which are not in the proper form given in
this guide.
References
All references quoted in the text must be found
in the reference list at the end of the article. The manuscript should
be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of author’s names and
dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.
In the text,
do conform to the following examples: Lévêque (1983), (Lévêque,
1983a, 1983b, 1986), (Hopson and Hopson, 1965), (Daget, 1957; Blache et
al., 1978). The references must follow a chronological order. When
there is more than two authors, the name of the first author should be
used followed by ‘et al.’ in italic.
The references should be listed as follows:
a. For periodicals:
DAYTON P.K., MORDIDA B.J. & BACON F., 1994. - Polar marine communities.
Am. Zool., 34: 90-99.
b. For book chapters and proceedings:
DAYTON P.K., 1990. - Polar benthos. In: Polar Oceanography, Part
B: Chemistry, Biology, and Geology (Smith W.O., ed.), pp. 631-685. San
Diego: Academic Press.
c. For books:
NELSON J.S., 1994. - Fishes of the World (3rd ed.). 600 p. New York: John
Wiley & Sons.
The titles of the periodicals must be abbreviated according to the international
rules of abbreviations.
The publications ‘in press’ are accepted in the reference list
but not the articles ‘submitted for publication’ or ‘in
preparation’; they should not be cited in the reference list but
mentioned in the text as ’unpublished data’.
In the case of publications in non-Latin alphabets, the titles must be
translated and a notation such as ‘(in Russian)’ should be added.
Illustrations
In the text:
All tables and figures must be quoted in the text, and numbered according
to their sequence: table I; (Tab. I); (Tabs I, II); figure 1; (Fig. 1)
(Figs 1, 2). They should be provided each on a separate page of the manuscript
(never be included in the text).
tables :
Tables should be prepared with ‘Excel’ (xls) software. Authors
should take notice of the limitations set by the size and lay-out of the
journal. Large tables should be avoided.
Figures:
For drawings and photographs, a scale bar must be indicated on each figure.
Indications of magnification (x 1000) are not accepted.
The original figures should be provided printed, of high quality and near
to the desired size of the printed version. Three widths are allowed:
8.5, 12 and 17.5 cm; maximal height is 24.0 cm. Beware of the possible
reductions during the final preparation of the figures. Label the figures
using Times font for a final size of Times 9.
Each figure must also be provided on a hard support (floppy disk, Zip,
CD) in one of the following formats (1 figure per file):
For the photos in colour, B&W, and drawings, ’save as’ or
convert the images to the following format: JPEG, PSD (Photoshop), EPS
(Photoshop, Illustrator), scanned at least in 300 dpi (final format).
Caution! Do not send figures in GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG format; do not send
files that are too low in resolution; do not send graphs that are disproportionately
large for the content.
Free
color plates:
Cybium’s subscribers can publish color plates free of charges, after
editors’ agreement.
Copyright
1. An author, when considering reproducing an illustration
or table from a book or journal article, should make sure that he is not
infringing a copyright.
2. An author should obtain permission from the holder of the copyright
if he wishes to make substantial extracts or to reproduce tables, plates
or other illustrations. If the copyright-holder is not the author of the
quoted or reproduced material, it is recommended that the permission of
the author should be sought.
3. Material in unpublished letters and manuscripts is also protected and
must not be published unless permission has been obtained.
4. A suitable knowledgement of any borrowed material must always be made.
Proofs
One set of proofs will be sent to the corresponding author indicated on
the title page of the manuscript. Only typesetter errors may be corrected.
The editorial team will do its best to get your article corrected and
published as quickly as possible.
Offprints
A
pdf file will be supplied free of charge to the corresponding author.
Additional offprints can be ordered on an offprint order form, which is
included with the proofs.
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