Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Edited by:
George Fahey, Andrea Fascetti, Dorota Jamroz, Geert Janssens, Ellen Kienzle, Michael Kreuzer, Manfred Stangassinger, and Michel Goldberg

Print ISSN: 0931-2439
Online ISSN: 1439-0396
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 94 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 17/45 Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science; 43/134 Veterinary Sciences
Impact Factor: 1.171

TopAuthor Guidelines

Downloads: Copyright Transfer Agreement; Colour Work Agreement Form 1. GENERAL

As an international organ of scientific research, the journal publishes original papers on basic research in the fields of animal physiology, the biochemistry and physiology of nutrition, animal nutrition, feed technology, and feed preservation. In addition, reviews of the most important specialized literature are included. The languages of publication are English and German. Every German article contains a summary in German and English. Authors receive no payment for the publication of their article.

2. SUBMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via the online submission site ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central). The use of an online submission and peer review site speeds up the decision-making process, enables immediate distribution and allows authors to track the status of their own manuscripts. If assistance is needed (or if for some reason online submission is not possible), the Editorial Office can be contacted and will readily provide any help users need to upload their manuscripts.

Editorial Office:
Prof. Dr. Michel Goldberg
University of Munich, Munich, Germany
e-mail: m.goldberg@tele2.de

2.1 Online Submission
To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below.

Getting Started

1. Launch your web browser (Internet Explorer 5 or higher or Netscape 7 or higher) and go to the journal's ScholarOne Manuscripts homepage (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/japan).
2. Log-in or click the "Create Account" option if you are a first-time user of ScholarOne Manuscripts.
3. If you are creating a new account.
- After clicking on "Create Account", enter your name and e-mail information and click "Next". Your e-mail information is very important.
- Enter your institution and address information as appropriate, and then click "Next."
- Enter a user ID and password of your choice (we recommend using your e-mail address as your user ID), and then select your area of expertise. Click "Finish".
4. Log-in and select "Author Center."

Submitting Your Manuscript

5. After you have logged in, click the "Submit a Manuscript" link in the menu bar.
6. Enter data and answer questions as appropriate. You may copy and paste directly from your manuscript and you may upload your pre-prepared covering letter.
7. Click the "Next" button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen.
8. You are required to upload your files.
- Click on the "Browse" button and locate the file on your computer.
- Select the designation of each file in the drop down next to the Browse button.
- When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the "Upload Files" button.
9. Review your submission (in PDF format) before sending to the Journal. Click the "Submit" button when you are finished reviewing.

You may suspend a submission at any phase before clicking the "Submit" button and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You can also access ScholarOne Manuscripts any time to check the status of your manuscript. The Journal will inform you by e-mail once a decision has been made.

Manuscripts should be uploaded as Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rft) files (not write-protected) plus separate figure files. GIF, JPEG, PICT or Bitmap files are acceptable for submission, but only high-resolution TIF or EPS files are suitable for printing. The files will be automatically converted to a PDF document on upload and will be used for the review process. The text file must contain the entire manuscript including title page, abstract, text, references, tables, and figure legends, but no embedded figures. Figure tags should be included in the file. Manuscripts should be formatted as described in the Author Guidelines below.

Revised manuscripts must be uploaded within 3 months of authors being notified of conditional acceptance pending satisfactory revision.

2.2 Copyright assignment

Authors are no longer required to assign copyright in their paper. Instead authors are required to assign the exclusive licence to publish their paper to Blackwell Publishing and the Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. Assignment of the exclusive licence is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless licence has been assigned. (Papers subject to government or Crown copyright are exempt from this requirement; however, the form still has to be signed). Please download the Copyright Transfer Agreement here.

The Copyright Transfer Agreement should be sent to:

Wiley-Blackwell
At: Enrico Jay Ventura
Journal Content Management
Wiley Services Singapore Pte Ltd
600 North Bridge Road
#05-01 Parkview Square
Singapore 188778
Email: jpn@wiley.com
Fax: +65 6295 6202

3. REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUSCRIPTS 3.1. Format

Original Articles
The manuscript should contain the following sections: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Summary, References. The title should not exceed 50 words. Please provide a short title of 50 characters or less for the running head. The summary should not exceed 200 words, while giving the major objectives, methods, results, conclusions and practical applications of the research. For figure and table captions, please convey the essential information within the first 60 characters of the captions to accommodate the online edition. Each figure, table, and bibliographic entry must have a reference in the text. Please do not import figures into the text file.

Short Communications
Short articles that present particularly novel or exciting results, introduce new theories or ideas, or offer new methodological approaches. This format provides an opportunity for authors to (a) provide important results in concise form or (b) introduce significant new concepts or methods that are supported by a limited empirical data set. The papers should be highly original and represent ideas that will challenge current paradigms or approaches. They should stimulate thought, serving as precursors to new research programs or working groups. In these manuscripts the headings required for original articles may be omitted, but the structure of the paper should more or less be the same. The length of the short communication should not exceed 3500 words plus 1-2 tables or figures.

3.2. Statistics, Units, Abbreviations and Nomenclature

Descriptions of the statistical evaluation of results should be accompanied by the name of the computer software and the procedures applied (one- two-factorial ANOVA, Tukey's test etc.). Average values given in tables should be accompanied by the standard deviation (SD) values, or in experiments where the greater number of samples (animals, units etc.) have been considered, the SEM value as well as probability P should be given.

All units of measurement must follow the SI system. Concentrations of solutions should be given as molar concentrations. All other concentrations should be expressed as percentages.

Abbreviations of biological, medical, chemical, and other terms should only be used when such abbreviations are both internationally recognized and unambiguous. The first use of an abbreviation must be explained by also giving the unabbreviated term.

All biological, medical, chemical, and other names should be given in keeping with the latest international nomenclature. If an animal is being mentioned in the text for the first time, the binomial name should be given, e.g. carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Thereafter, this can be abbreviated to C. carpio.

3.3. Illustrations and Tables

Figures should be saved in a neutral data format such as TIFF or EPS. Powerpoint and Word graphics are unsuitable for reproduction. Please do not use any pixel-oriented programmes. Scanned figures (only in TIFF format) should have a resolution of 300 dpi (halftone) or 600 to 1200 dpi (line drawings) in relation to the reproduction size. Photographic material should be of such quality that high-contrast reproductions can be made; photostats of photographs are unacceptable.

Figures printed in colour are subject to an added charge. Colour print charges are explained on the Colour Work Agreement Form. Colour graphics should be created using the CMYK colour palette (print colours), not RGB (monitor colours). There is a charge for alterations to figures when carried out by the publisher.

Please note that figures will generally be reduced to fit within the column-width or the print area. This means that numbering and lettering must still be readable when reduced (e.g. maps) and that the scale might not correspond with the original (microscopic pictures), thereby invalidating references to scale in the text. If a figure is to be cropped, please mark the lines on a photocopy or tracing paper. Printouts should be made with a laserprinter at the highest resolution (> 600 dpi). If artwork is to be scanned, line drawings should only be contour drawings without halftones (shades of grey). Only reproducible original line drawings (not larger than 30 40 cm) or high-quality photostats (on DIN A4) may be submitted. Please do not use patterns; rough hatching is possible.

Graphs with an x and y axis should not be enclosed in frames; only 2-dimensional representations. Tables should be created using the table function. To ease the setting of the tables in accordance with the style of the journal, they should be clearly arranged with the minimum of rules.

Do not forget the labels and units. Captions for the figures should give a precise description of the content and should not be repeated within the figure. The illustration of a particular point using both figures and tables is to be avoided. If figures or tables are taken from another publication, the source must be mentioned.

3.4. References

Each original contribution and short communication should contain a bibliography, reduced to the essential minimum. The name of a journal in which a paper appears should be given in its abbreviated form, as it appears in the journal itself. If the title is not abbreviated, DIN standard no. 1502, with supplements, should be consulted.

The references should be given in alphabetical order, and should give the full title of the paper. If there is more than one reference by the same author(s) the name(s) must not be substituted by a dash but given in full. Prefixed names such as O'BRIEN, VAN DER FECHT, D'ESTAING etc. should arranged on the basis of the first letter of the main part of the name, thus, D'ESTAING would appear under 'E', not 'D'. Anonymous articles should be cited at the beginning of the bibliography.

References should be given in the following form:

a. From journals: Surname, initials of the author(s) first name(s), year of publication: title of article. title of journal, volume number in bold, page range of the article. Please pay attention to the punctuation in the following example:

Revy, P.S.; Jondreville, C.; Dourmad, J.Y.; Guinotte, F.; Nys, Y., 2002: Bioavailability of two sources of zinc in weanling pigs. Animal Research 51, 315-326.

b. From books and other non-serial publications: Surname, initials of author(s) first name(s), year of publication: title, edition number (if it is not the first edition), volume number (if the title contains more than one volume), publisher, and place of publication. Please pay attention to the punctuation in the following examples:

Underwood, E. J.; Suttle, N. F., 1999: The Mineral Nutrition of Livestock, 3rd edn. CABI publishing, NY, USA.

Citations from handbooks, serial books, and proceedings must contain the names of the editors:

Edwards, C., 1990: Mechanisms of action on dietary fibre on small intestinal absorption and motility. In: Furda, I. (ed.), New Developments in Dietary Fiber. Plenum Press, New York. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Vol. 270, 95-104.

Unpublished works must have already been accepted for publication and marked as 'in press'. The citation of personal communications and unpublished data must be confined to the body of the text.

Within the text, citations should be made by putting the surname of the author and the year of publication in parentheses, e.g. (Kienzle 1998). With two authors, the surnames of the authors should be given, e.g. (Kienzle and Maiwald 1998); with more than two authors, the surname of the first author should be given and followed by 'et al.', e.g. (Kirchgessner et al. 1998). If the author(s) name(s) are given within the context of the script, the year of publication should be given in parentheses, e.g. ...as described by Kienzle and Maiwald (1998).

If various publications by the same author(s) and published in the same year are cited, a, b, c etc. must be added to the year of publication, e.g. (Kirchgessner et al. 1998 a, b). This lettering must also correspond to the same lettering within the bibliography.

We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.

EndNote reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp

3.5. Animal Experiments

Animal experiments are to be undertaken only with the purpose of advancing knowledge and in a manner that avoides unnecessary discomfort to the animals by the use of proper management and laboratory techniques. They shall be conducted in compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations, and in accordance with the internationally accepted principles and guidelines for the care and use of agricultural, laboratory or experimental animals.

In the interests of the reproducibility of results, accurate information about any test animals used in the experiments (origin, inbreeding etc.), as well as information about the housing conditions (diet, environment etc.), should be given.

5. PROOF CORRECTION AND OFFPRINTS

The corresponding author will receive an email alert containing a link to a web site. A working email address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file from this site. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following Web site:

www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen, and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available; in your absence, please arrange for a colleague to access your e-mail to retrieve the proofs. Proofs must be returned to the Production Office within three days of receipt.

As changes to proofs are costly, we ask that you only correct typesetting errors. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately. Other than in exceptional circumstances, all illustrations are retained by the publisher.

A PDF offprint of the online published article will be provided free of charge to the corresponding author, and may be distributed subject to the Publisher's terms and conditions. Additional paper offprints may be ordered online. Please click on the following link, fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields.
http://offprint.cosprinters.com/cos/bw/main.jsp?SITE_ID=bw&FID=USER_HOME_PG
If you have queries about offprints please email offprint@cosprinters.com

6. BOOK REVIEWS

Space permitting, book reviews may be published at the end of each issue. Books received by the Editor will be passed on to a suitable specialist for review. The review copy of the book remains the property of the reviewer, but no fee is paid for the review.

At the beginning of each review, precise bibliographic details must be given in the following sequence: surname and initial(s) of each author, title of book, edition number if it is not the first edition, name of publisher, location of publisher, year of publication, number of figures, number of tables, type of binding, and price. Please note the punctuation in the following example:

Pallauf, J. (ed.): Proceedings of the Society of Nutrition Physiology. Vol. 7, DLG-Verlag, Frankfurt (Main), 1998. 158 pp, Softcover, DM 45 plus portage. ISBN 3-7690-4091-0

The editors and the publisher endeavour to publish all articles as rapidly as possible and in the best possible typographical condition. They request that all authors observe carefully the recommendations laid down in these Instructions for Authors.

Last update: September 2006