Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences
Editor-in-Chief:
Tomasz
M. Karpiński
Co-Editors:
Miłosz
A. Huber, Artur Adamczak
ISSN: 2084-3577
Frequency:
at
least 2 times per year
Instruction
for Authors
The publication in the Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences is free of charge.
The Journal employs on-line plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to our journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
2. ETHICAL GUIDELINES
2.1. Authorship and Acknowledgements
Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the manuscript have been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript to the Journal.
2.2. Ethical Approvals
All experimental studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Material and Methods section identifying the review and ethics committee approval for each study.
2.3. Conflict of Interest and Sources of Funding
Authors are requested to provide a statement concerning any commercial associations or patent licenses that might result in a conflict of interest with the work presented in the submitted paper.
2.4. Permissions
Materials copied from other sources must be accompanied by a written statement from both the author and publisher giving permission to Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences for reproduction. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that such permissions are obtained.
2.5. Copyright Assignment
Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work and its essential substance have not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. The articles published in this journal are open-access articles distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
3. MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
3.1. Manuscript Files Accepted
The final version of the manuscript, figures and tables should be submitted by site http://www.journals.tmkarpinski.com/index.php/jbes/index or by e-mail: jbes@interia.eu.
In text of e-mail authors can propose 1 or 2 reviewer(s) giving name(s), affiliation(s) and e-mail(s).
Main text and tables must be in Microsoft Word (.doc) format (not write-protected).
Photographs must be in JPG or TIFF format, preferred resolution >300 dpi.
Drawings and graphs must be in JPG or EPS format, preferred resolution >300 dpi.
The manuscript must be accompanied by: a written Licence Form, and in case of experimental studies a statement that the protocol of study and informed consent were in compliance with the Helsinki Convention and were approved by local Ethics Committee. Upon acceptance of the manuscript, the author(s) will be asked to send Licence Form to the publisher.
3.2. Blinded Review
All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by one or two experts in the field. Papers that do not conform to the general aims and scope of the journal will, however, be returned immediately without review. Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences uses single blinded review. The names of the reviewers will not be disclosed to the author submitting a paper.
3.3. E-mail Confirmation of Submission
In course of 5 working days after submission you will receive an e-mail to confirm receipt of your manuscript. If you do not receive the confirmation e-mail, please check your e-mail address carefully in the system. The error may be caused by some sort of spam filtering on your e-mail server.
3.4. Manuscript Status
The Journal will inform you by e-mail once a decision has been made.
3.5. Submission of Revised Manuscripts
To submit a revised manuscript, send it by e-mail: jbes@interia.eu
4. MANUSCRIPT TYPES ACCEPTED
Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences publishes original research articles, case reports and reviews. Articles will be published under the heading of Biology, Medicine or Earth Sciences.
Original Research Articles must describe significant and original experimental observations and provide sufficient detail so that the observations can be critically evaluated and, if necessary, repeated.
Case Reports must describe an individual phenomenon, uncommon case or a new or improved method. Reviews are selected for their broad general interest; should take a broad view of the field.
5. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT AND STRUCTURE
5.1. Language
The language of publications is English and Polish. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts checked by a professional translator or a native speaker prior to submission. In the case of publications in Polish are required in addition in English: title, run title, abstract, keywords and descriptions of tables and figures.
5.2. Structure
All articles should include Title Page, Abstract, and References and in addition sections on Source of Funding and Conflict of Interests. Figures, Figure Legends and Tables should be included where appropriate.
Title Page: The title must contain no more than 100 characters including spaces. The title page should include a running title of no more than 40 characters; 5-10 key words, complete names of institutions for each author, and the name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address for the corresponding author.
Conflict of Interest and Source of Funding: Authors are requested to provide a statement concerning any commercial associations or patent licenses that might result in a conflict of interest with the work presented in the submitted paper. Author's conflict of interest (or the absence of conflicts of interest) and the sources of funding for the research will be published under a heading "Conflict of Interest and Source of Funding Statement".
Abstract: is limited to 250 words in length and should not contain abbreviations or references. The abstract should be structured.
Acknowledgements: Under acknowledgements please specify contributors to the article other than the authors accredited.
5.3. Original Research Articles
Main Text should be organized with Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. The background and hypotheses underlying the study, as well as its main conclusions, should be clearly explained. The figures are limited to 8 items.
5.4. Case Report Articles
These should be divided into the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusions. The word limit is 3000 words, and up to 6 figures may be included.
5.5. Review Articles
Reviews should take a broad view of the field rather than merely summarizing the authors´ own previous work. The use of state-of-the-art evidence-based systematic approaches is expected. Main Text should be organized with Introduction, Review and Conclusions. The figures are limited to 8 items.
5.6. References
Citations in the text should be marked by Arab numbers in square brackets.
a) The arrangement of the references should be in consecutive order (as they are cited in the text).
b) The first six authors should be presented; if are more than six, please use a phrase: et al.
c) The order of the items in each reference should be:
- for journal references: Name(s) of author(s). Title of paper. Abbreviation of journal title. Year, volume number, (issue number): first and last page numbers.
- for book references: Name(s) of author(s). Year. Chapter title. Title of book in italics. Edition, volume: page number(s). Town of publication, publisher.
Examples: Nowak D., Kowalski T. Natural antibiotics. J Biol Sci 1976, 12(3): 20-28.
Nowak D. 2003. Moss flora of Poznań. 4th edition: p. 1014. Warszawa, Scientific Publishing.
Kowalski T. 1980. Skin infections. In Microbiology, ed. Nowak D.: pp. 269-278. Warszawa, PublishMe.
5.7. Tables and Figures
Tables: should be with no vertical rulings, with a single bold ruling beneath the column titles. Units of measurements must be included in the column title. Max. format A4.
Figures: All figures should be planned to fit within either 1 column width (8.2 cm) or 2 column widths (17.0 cm). Lettering on figures should be in a clear typeface; the same typeface should be used for all figures.
Units should have a single space between the number and the unit, and follow SI nomenclature or the nomenclature common to a particular field (defined in the legend). Do not use pixel-oriented programmes.
Permissions: If all or parts of previously published illustrations are used, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder concerned. It is the author's responsibility to obtain these in writing and provide copies to the Publishers.
6. AFTER ACCEPTANCE
Upon acceptance of a paper for publication, the manuscript will be forwarded to the production of the journal.
6.1 Proof Corrections
The corresponding author will receive an email with the proof PDF file. Corrected proof must be scanned and returned to the Editor within seven working days. Excessive changes made by the author in the proof, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately. Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in his work, including changes made by the copy editor.