Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography

Published on behalf of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography

Edited by:
Wibjörn Karlén and Stig Jonnson

Print ISSN: 0435-3676
Online ISSN: 1468-0459
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 91 / 2009
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 26/31 Geography, Physical; 17/42 Geology
Impact Factor: 1.042

TopAuthor Guidelines

Acceptance
The publication of papers is subject to the approval of referees. A digital version or two complete copies of text and figures should be submitted. Papers should be emailed to wibjorn.karlen@kultgeog.uu.se.

Languages
Accepted language is English. If this language is foreign to the author(s), consult a competent person (see Pre-submission English-language editing).

Manuscripts
Accepted manuscripts must be delivered in a digital version attached to e-mail or on diskette (note, no PDF-format). If possible, submit figures in a digitized format.

A complete manuscript for a normal article consists of the following items:
1. Title
2. Author's name, preferably without any abbreviations.
3. Place, institute, or laboratory where the paper was written.
4. A bibliographic note giving the author's name and initials, the title of the paper, and the words Geografiska Annaler (year and issue number will be inserted by the editor).
5. Abstract (not exceeding 250 words) in English. Three or four key words can be included here.
6. Main text (avoid text exceeding 6 000 words).
7. Conclusions and/or summary.
8. Acknowledgements, if any.
9. Complete title, name(s) and address of the author(s) and e-mail address.
10. List of references (for details, see below).
11. Figure captions in consecutive order.
12. Tables.
13. Illustrations (see below concerning originals).
The manuscript may contain a limited number of corrections in clear handwriting (block letters). Extra work due to numerous or unclear corrections may be charged to the author or the manuscript will be returned for retyping.

Diskettes
To reduce the risk of printing errors, authors must submit their final manuscript attached to e-mail or on diskette format and documents created in MS Word. Manuscript in TeX-format is not accepted. Equations made in TeX-format must be submitted as a PostScript-file. Please give information about which type of word-processor and software was used. Indicate also if and where mathematical or other special characters beyond A-Z are used.

Abstract and summary
An abstract in English (not exceeding 250 words) should accompany each article.

Headings
The editor will decide types for headings, (max 4). The author should clearly indicate the desired order of headings. For instance by numbers in the margin: (1) = first order heading etc.

Italics
Italics should be indicated by a single underlining in the manuscript. Italics are used for species in Latin and for specially stressed words or sentences in the text and, in the reference list, for authors' names and regularly appearing journal titles.

Abbreviations
Avoid abbreviations except for accepted such (e.g. m, km, m a.s.l.). Don't use abbreviations in titles, headings and figure captions.

Formulae
Place exponents etc. with utmost care. If there are several formulae they should be numbered: (1), (2), (3), etc. Formulae can be referred to in the text by numbers (within brackets).
Only simple formulae will be typeset. Complicated formulae should be supplied in a camera-ready form, for block-making. Formulae made in TeX-Format must be submitted as a PostScript-file.

Footnotes
Footnotes are undesirable, and should be, in general, amalgamated with the text (if necessary in parenthesis). Longer pieces of note material may be separated from the main text as inserted paragraphs in smaller type (mark this in the margin of the manuscript, but do not reduce the distance between lines).

Reference system
For references in the text the 'Harvard system' should be used. It is demonstrated in the following examples: Schulze (1964a, p. 16-17) and (cf. Schulze 1964b, p. 12 and 96; Müller 1962, p. 232; Schmidt 1962, p. 835-389; Pl, IV. Fig. 2).

Reference list
The reference list should be constructed as shown in the following example. Note the details of punctuation. Page number should be given for beginning and end of papers, or for the total number of pages in a textbook, a report etc:

Ahlmann, H. W., 1924: Le niveau de glaciation comme fonction de l'accummulation d'humidité sous forme solide. Geografiska Annaler, 6: 223-272.

Ahlmann, H. W., 1953: Glacier variations and climatic fluctuations. American Geographical. Society, Bowman Memorial Lecture, Ser 3. New York, 51 p.

Ives J. D. and Barry, R. C., 1974: Arctic and alpine environments. Methuen. London. 997 p.

Otterman, J., 1981: Studies of dust storms from satellites. In: Cracknell A. P. (ed.): Remote sensing in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology. Horwood, Chichester, (542 p.): 249-257.

Retzer, J. L., 1956: Alpine soils of the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Soil Science, 7: 22-32.

Tables
Tables should be as simple as possible. They must be numbered Table 1, Table 2 etc. and additional text should follow en suite after the table number (which should be placed above the table).

Illustrations
Illustrations can be submitted digitally (on CD or diskette).The accepted formats are TIFF and/or EPS and in a high solution, about 360 dpi in the final printing size. Areas may be given different grey shades (tints). No more than 3 or 4 different grey shades are advisable. Do not embed the figures in a Word-document

All illustrations must be ready for reproduction, including lettering etc. The final scale should usually be adjusted either to the width of a single column (67 mm) or the maximum width of the printing area of the page (140 mm). Widths between these mentioned are also accepted, e.g. 100 mm. For width larger than 60 mm and smaller than 110 mm, the figure text will normally be placed at the side of the figure.

Photographs should be submitted as glossy prints. A suitable size is about 1.0-1.5 times the final printing size.

A suitable size for line drawings is about 1.5-2 times the final printing size. Consider this reduction when deciding size of numbers, letters and symbols, and line thicknesses. Numbers and letters should not be less than 1 mm in the printing scale. In print, lines can not be finer than 0.1 mm, and the distance between lines not less than 0.2 mm. Original drawings (or high quality photographic reproductions) will be required for the final block production. Please do not submit as originals illustrations (line drawings etc.) which are xerox copies or similar.

Areas may be given different grey shades (tints). No more than 3 or 4 different grey shades are advisable. Illustrations can also be submitted digitally (on diskette). The accepted formats for this are TIFF and/or EPS and in a high solution, about 360 dpi in the final printing size. Do not embed the figures in a Word document.

Illustrations requiring a special quality of paper, or colours, and large folded illustrations can not be accepted unless all extra costs are carried by the author.

Laboratory data
When results of laboratory work are presented in the manuscript, such as 14C ages, relevant laboratory data should be given (name and address of the laboratory, procedure, material studied etc.).

Offprints
Authors receive 25 offprints free of charge. Additional reprints may be ordered when galley proofs are returned to the editor.

Exclusive Licence Form
Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various media/circumstances (please see the form for further details). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form here

New: Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscripts professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.