Reproduction in Domestic Animals
Edited by:
H. Rodriguez-Martinez
Print ISSN: 0936-6768
Online ISSN: 1439-0531
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 45 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 12/45 Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science; 23/25 Reproductive Biology; 29/134 Veterinary Sciences
Impact Factor: 1.526
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1. General
Reproduction in Domestic Animals is an international journal publishing original, significant articles on reproduction in domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wildlife, with particular attention to basic and clinical research. Reproduction is considered in a broad context, with its strong disciplinary, comparative core. The journal therefore covers obstetrics, neonatology and udder health, and welcomes contributions in these areas. The scope of the journal applies to veterinarians, breeders, and biologists while also being of interest to practitioners of human medicine. Reproduction in Domestic Animals is the official organ of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (ESDAR), the European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR), and the Spanish Society of Animal Reproduction (AERA).
We encourage the submission of topical results for publication as original papers, reviews (mini-reviews or critical feature articles), or short communications (including case reports and technical notes). Feature articles or reviews should summarise work in a particular area of the above-mentioned fields that comprise the scope of the journal. Letters to the Editor, viewpoint articles and comments on published papers are also welcomed. Comments should be confined to the substance of the paper and the authors of the paper referred to will be offered the opportunity to respond. The journal publishes preliminary communications of results that are of current and extreme interest. Please mark these submissions as 'Urgent Short Communication' and provide a brief explanation of the urgency. Authors interested in preparing a review, a feature article, or a viewpoint article, are invited to discuss the matter with the Editor-in-Chief. Such preliminary contact with the Editor-in-Chief is advisable when Patent-related matters are included in any manuscript. All papers are subjected to a thorough peer-review by at least two ad-hoc peer referees. Short communications will be subject to accelerated, but very strict refereeing. The publication language is English.
2. Manuscript submission
The submission and review process of Reproduction in Domestic Animals is handled online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rda. To submit an article to Reproduction in Domestic Animals, please go to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rda, create an account and submit your article. Complete instructions on how to submit a paper are available online at the Journal website www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/rda. Please include all authors with their affiliation and valid email addresses.
Please note that any manuscripts uploaded as Word 2007 (.docx) will be automatically rejected. Please save any .docx file as .doc before uploading.
Please see that the corresponding author's complete address and a valid email are also present in the manuscript.
2.1. Licence to publish
Additionally, the corresponding author MUST submit a Copyright Transfer Agreement. This form includes, among other items, your complete corresponding address, the number of your submission (Manuscript number) and the copyright transfer agreement. The form is to be retrieved, filled and signed, and then scanned in .pdf format to be uploaded in the submission of your manuscript, alongside with the other manuscript files. Please mark this CTA as supplementary file. The CTA will thereafter follow the handling of your manuscript and only become effective if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Please note that a missing CTA in the submission will mean that the paper shall not be processed.
2.2. Authorship and Acknowledgements
Authorship: Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript to the Journal.
Reproduction in Domestic Animals adheres to the definition of authorship set up by The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). According to the ICMJE, authorship criteria should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design of, or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data, 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet conditions 1, 2 and 3.
Upon submission of the manuscript, it is required that all authors be accredited as appropriate. During the online submission process, the corresponding author will be asked to submit a short description of each individual's contribution to the research and its publication. Upon submission of a manuscript all co-authors must also be registered with correct e-mail addresses. If any of the e-mail addresses supplied are missing or incorrect, the manuscript shall not be processed pending contact with the corresponding author.
Acknowledgements: Authors must acknowledge individuals who do not qualify as authors but who contributed to the research presented. Authors must acknowledge any assistance that they have received (e.g. provision of writing assistance, literature searching, data analysis, administrative support, supply of materials), describing if and how this assistance was funded and included with other funding information. The acknowledgements should be brief and not include thanks to anonymous referees and editors. Where scientists are acknowledged, a covering letter demonstrating their consent must be provided.
Conflict of interest: A subheading "Conflict of interest statement" must be placed at the end of the manuscript text (following acknowledgements), where all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organisations that could inappropriately bias or influence their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, or direct or indirect funding.
Funding sources: All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgement at the end of the text. Authors should declare the role of study sponsors, if any, in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors should state this clearly.
3. Manuscript Requirements
3.1. FormatThe manuscript must be typed (Times, font 12) with double spacing throughout and with a margin of at least 3 cm on the left-hand side. Lines must be numbered in a consecutive manner starting on the first page, in the left-hand margin. All pages of the manuscript must also be numbered consecutively, including those containing references, tables, and captions to illustrations, all of which are to be placed after the text. Illustrations, both line drawings and photographs, are to be numbered as figures in a common sequence. The text should be prepared using standard software (Microsoft Word),.doc; do not use automated or manual hyphenation.
On page one of the manuscript the official name of the institution, the place where the work was carried out, the title of the article, and the names of authors must be stated as follows: Town, Country (no mailing address); Title of Article; Name A, Name B, and Name C. The title should be concise and appropriately informative and should contain all keywords necessary to facilitate retrieval by modern search techniques. Additional keywords not already contained in the title or contents (abstract, summary) may be listed beneath the contents. An abridged title suitable for use as a running head at the top of the printed page and not exceeding 50 letters and spaces should also be supplied. Each original paper, review or short communication shall contain a short contents (abstract, summary), preferably less than 250 words. The contents should not just recapitulate the results but should state concisely the scope of the work and give the principal findings, avoiding acronyms and references. The contents shall be complete enough for direct use by abstracting services.
Original articles should be structured in the following order: Title, Contents, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgment and References. Placement of figures and tables should be indicated in the text. The experimental design should be described in sufficient detail (methods, analyses. statistics, breeds, origin, and management of animals etc.) to allow for repetition of the experiments.
If the paper is one of a numbered series, a reference to the previous part should be given as a footnote on the first page. If a part not yet published needs to be consulted for a proper understanding of the paper, an electronic copy of that manuscript should be supplied to assist the referees. The corresponding author postal address, and a functional e-mail address must appear at the end of the paper. Sets of identical data should not be given in tables and figures. Figures and tables should be accompanied by a legend.
The manuscript comprises a printout of the text, figures, tables, and a list of all figures and tables with their captions and titles on a separate piece of paper. We ask that you 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. For all figures please include reproduceable artwork (marked with the author's name, short title, and figure number). Please do not import the figures into the text file.
3.2. LengthOriginal papers, including figures, tables and references, should not exceed 25 typed or computer-written DIN A4 pages. Review articles can have an extended length. Short Communications, including figures, tables and references, should not exceed 6 manuscript pages. The number of figures and tables should be kept to a minimum.
3.3. Units, abbreviations and nomenclatureAll specifications must be stated according to the S.I. System. Concentrations of chemical solutions are to be given in mol/l. All other concentrations should be given in % (volume or weight). All products implemented are to be mentioned with the manufacturer's name and delivery address which should appear in a footnote on the same page.
Any abbreviations of chemical, biological, medical, or other terms should only be employed when it is certain that they are internationally known. The full name must be stated in brackets when the abbreviation is first used.
All biological, medical, chemical, or other terms should be used according to the most recent recommendations of respective international nomenclature. Enzymes should be given according to the Enzyme Nomenclature (Elsevier Publishing Co., 1965). In the case of commercially obtained substances or reagents, the name and address of the manufacturer or supplier should be given as a footnote, when they are first mentioned in the text. Products (preparations etc.) with a registered trademark should be marked with ®.
Bacterial names should be in accordance with the latest edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore). Viruses are to be given the classification and names recommended by the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses.
3.4. Illustrations and tablesOriginal Photographs or drawings must be sharp and of high contrast. Figures should be saved in a neutral data format such as TIFF or EPS, and a printout should always be included. Powerpoint and Word graphics are unsuitable for good quality 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. 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 artwork is to be scanned, line drawings should only be contour drawings without halftones (shades of grey). 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. 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.
Please submit the data for figures in black and white. However, colour photos can be reproduced in black and white (with a possible loss of contrast). Colour graphics should be created using the CMYK colour palette (print colours), not RGB (monitor colours). Figures printed in colour are subject to an added charge. In the event that an author is not able to cover the costs of reproducing colour figures our figures in colour in the printed version of the journal, Reproduction in Domestic Animals offers authors the opportunity to reproduce colour figures in colour for free in the online version of the article (but they will still appear in black and white in the print version). If an author wishes to take advantage of this free colour-on-the-web service, they should liaise with the Editorial Office to ensure that the appropriate documentation is completed for the Publisher. Colour print charges are explained on the Colour Work Agreement Form. There is a charge for alterations to figures when carried out by the publisher. Please direct queries to the Production Editor at rda@wiley.com.
Tables should be created using the table function.
3.5. ReferencesIn the text, citations are listed chronologically by the author and date and are not numbered. All citations in the text must be listed at the end of the paper, according to the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors established in 1979. References should be listed in alphabetical order of the first author's name.
The following are examples of the styles required for citing a book chapter, a journal article, and an entire book. For conference proceedings, be sure to include the name(s) of the editor(s) of the proceedings, the publisher and the place of publication.
Ewald C, Apel G, von Mickwitz G, 1988: Erfahrungen mit der Vakzination gegen die Haemophilus-Pleuropneumanie der Stewing. Berl. Münch. Tierärztl. Wschr. 102 6-11.
Mair A, Diebschlag W, Distl O, Kräußlich W, 1988: Analysis of pressure distribution on the foot soles of cattle. J. Vet. Med. A 35 696-704.
Niemann H, Elsaesser F, 1983: Steroid hormones in early pig embryo development. In: Bavister BD (ed), The Mammalian preimplantation Embryo. Plenum Press New York, pp. 117-132.
Citations in the text should be given by placing in parenthesis the name(s) of author(s) and the year of publication, e.g. (Thein and Härtl 1986), (Ewald et al. 1988), (Mair et al. 1988; Nieman and Elsaesser 1983).
All entries in the reference list must correspond to citations in the text. No editorial responsibility can be taken for the accuracy of the references, and authors are requested to check these with special care. Papers that have not been accepted for publication are not to be included in the list of references and must be cited either as 'unpublished data' or as 'personal communication'. The use of such citations is discouraged. It is the author's responsibility to ensure that they have permission to cite material as a personal communication.
NEW: References in Articles - We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager to 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
Papers reporting work with animals should include a reference to the code of practice adopted for the experimentation. Editors will take account of ethical and animal welfare issues and reserve the right not to publish.
4. Copyright AssignmentAuthors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before, is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has been read and approved by all authors. A completed Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA), found at www.wiley.com/go/ctaaglobal, must be included as described in 2.1 as supplementary file when the manuscript is submitted.
5. Proof correction and offprints
When you receive proofs of your article, please check, correct, and return them electronically to the Editor-in-Chief without delay (within 3 days of receipt), as e-annotated proofs. As changes to proofs are costly, we ask that you only correct typesetting errors.
Proofs will be sent via e-mail as an Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file. The e-mail server must be able to accept attachments up to 4 MB in size. To view, print and annotate the proofs of your article you will need Adobe Reader version 7 (or higher). This software can be downloaded (free of charge) for a whole series of platforms that include PC, Mac, and UNIX and can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrsystemreqs.html#70win. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. In your absence, please arrange for a colleague to access your e-mail to retrieve the proofs.
Authors will be provided with electronic offprints of their paper. Electronic offprints are sent to the first author at her or his first email address on the title page of the paper, unless advised otherwise; therefore please ensure that the name, address and email of the receiving author are clearly indicated on the manuscript title page if she or he is not the first author of the paper. Paper offprints may be purchased using the order form supplied with the proofs.
6. Book reviews
Book reviews appear irregularly at the end of the journals. Books submitted for review are sent by the editors to a scientist involved in the special research area. No fee is paid for reviews, but the review copy of the book remains the property of the reviewer. Each review should begin with exact bibliographical data on the publication, according to the following pattern:
Author(s) and/or editor(s), publication title, subtitle, edition, title of the publication series (and possibly its editors) in which the book has appeared, publisher, place of publication, year of publication, number of pages, number of illustrations, tables, and diagrams, cover material (e.g. paperback, quarter cloth binding etc.), retail price. Example:
Immelmann, F.: Introduction to Animal Behaviour. Revised and extended 3rd edition. Pareys Studientexte No. 13. Paul Parey Scientific Publishers, Berlin and Hamburg. 1983. 223 pp., 106 figs., Balacron paperback, Euro 28.0.
7. SupplementsAs the official organ of the ESDAR, the EVSSAR and AERA, the journal publishes the proceedings (fully refereed main papers and abstracts) of the societies' Annual Meetings. Other Proceedings can be published as Supplements following agreement with the Editor-in-Chief (for contents and scope) and the publisher (for terms and cost).
Wiley-Blackwell´s Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/ for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Reproduction in Domestic Animals is covered by Wiley InterScience's Early View online service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled print issue. Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of Early View articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so Early View articles cannot be cited in the traditional way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article.
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