Phycological Research

Japanese Society of Phycology

Edited by:
Ichiro Mine

Print ISSN: 1322-0829
Online ISSN: 1440-1835
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 58 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 56/87 Marine & Freshwater Biology
Impact Factor: 0.955

TopAuthor Guidelines

Aims and Scope
Phycological Research is published by the Japanese Society of Phycology and complements the Japanese Journal of Phycology. The purpose of Phycological Research is to facilitate the international exchange of phycological information by publishing international research dealing with all aspects of phycology.

Contributions may take the form of Review Articles, Original Research Articles, Research Notes and Book Reviews. Original Research Articles and regular articles are limited to 8 printed pages. Research Notes should not normally exceed 12 and four printed pages, respectively. Authors wishing to contribute Review Articles should contact the Editor or Associate Editors before submission.

Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers (chosen by the Editor and Associate Editors) and the Editor. The Editorial board reserves the right to refuse any material for publication and advises that authors should retain copies of submitted manuscripts and correspondence as materials cannot be returned. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editor.

Submission of Manuscripts
All articles submitted to the Journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.

Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor or the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision. Authors not writing in their first language are asked to have manuscripts checked for grammar and syntax before submission.

Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.asp

All services should be paid for and arranged by the author, and the use of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.

Author material archive policy
Authors who require the return of any submitted material that is accepted for publication should inform the Editorial Office after acceptance. If no indication is given that author material should be returned, Wiley-Blackwell will dispose of all hardcopy and electronic material two months after publication.

Word 2007
Will authors please note that Word 2007 is not yet compatible with journal production systems. Unfortunately, the journal cannot accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents until such time as a stable production version is released. Please use Word's 'Save As' option therefore to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.

Submission
Authors are required to provide their manuscripts by email or on disk; however, disks should not be sent until the manuscript has been accepted.

It is preferred that manuscripts be submitted by email. Hardcopies are not necessary when the manuscripts are submitted by email. If hard copies are necessary, they should be sent by courier attention to belwo postal address, which with tracking number is recommended.

If supplied disk, use a new disk rather than a reformatted disk; the disk must contain the relevant file(s) only. Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted text. It is essential that the first author's surname, the journal title and the manuscript number are specified in the body of the email and on the disk, if supplied.

The manuscript should be submitted to the Editor by email or on disk:
Dr Ichiro Mine
Graduate School of Kuroshio Science
Kochi University
2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi
Kochi 780-8520, Japan
E-mail: mine@cc.kochi-u.ac.jp

Covering letter
A covering letter and Copyright form should be attached on submission the manuscript and the following information should be included:

・A declaration that the paper is being submitted for consideration for publication in Phycological Research. The content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors should declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.

・All authors' agreement: acknowledgement that all authors have contributed significantly, and that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.

・Contact details at which the corresponding author can be contacted, including mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and an email address.

・If tables or figures have been reproduced from another source, a letter from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher), stating authorization to reproduce the material, must be attached to the covering letter.

Copyright
A signed Copyright form must be provided on submission by scanned file along with manuscript via email or in case hard copy along with hardcopies manuscripts. We only accept the form with a hand-writing signature.

Papers accepted for publication become copyright of the Japanese Society of Phycology and authors will be asked to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement. In signing the transfer of copyright it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the Copyright Transfer Agreement, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement has been received.

Preparation of the Manuscript
Submissions should be printed, doubled-spaced, on one side only of A4 paper. The top, bottom and side margins should be 30 mm. In case if the manuscript is needed to be sent by post, laser or near-letter quality print is essential. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page. Indent new paragraphs. Turn the hyphenation option off, including only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.

Style
The journal uses US spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
All measurements must be given in SI units as outlined in the latest edition of Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Medical and Scientific Editors and Authors (Royal Society of Medicine Press, London).

Abbreviations should be used sparingly and only where they ease the reader's task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation.

The complete scientific names (genus, species and authority), and cultivar or strain where appropriate, should be given for every organism when first mentioned. The generic name may be abbreviated to an initial in subsequent references except where intervening references to other genera would cause confusion. Common names of organisms, if used, must be accompanied by the correct scientific name on first mention. New botanical names proposed in the manuscript must also be mentioned in the Summary.

Parts of the manuscript
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) summary and key words, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) figure legends, (vii) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (viii) figures.

Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.

(i) Title page
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper (including the class/division designation when a generic or specific name is used, but not containing authorities for scientific names), (ii) the full names of the authors, (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out, as well as the present address of any author if different to that where the work was carried out, (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript, proof and requests for offprint should be sent.

The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. A short running title (less than 40 characters, including spaces) should also be provided.

(ii) Summary and key words
Articles must have a Summary that states in 300 words or less the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. The names of organisms used (including authorities) should be given, and new taxa that are described should be mentioned. New botanical names proposed in the manuscript must also be mentioned in the Summary. References to the literature should not be included. The Summary should not contain abbreviations or references. Three to ten key words should be supplied below the abstract for the purposes of indexing.

(iii) Text
Authors should use subheadings to divide the sections of their manuscript.

Introduction: This section should include sufficient background information to set the work in context. The aims of the manuscript should be clearly stated. The introduction should not contain either findings or conclusions.

Materials and methods: This should be concise but provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be repeated by others. The source of material should be given in detail, where possible. The strain or clone numbers of cultures used, and their availability, must be given.

Results: Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and figures; repetitive presentation of the same data in different forms should be avoided. The Results should not contain material appropriate to the Discussion.

Discussion: This should consider the results in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the Introduction and place the study in the context of other work. Only in exceptional cases should the Results and Discussion sections be combined.

(iv) Acknowledgments
The source of financial grants and other funding should be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors'
industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not allowed.

(v) References
The Harvard (author, date) system of referencing is used.

In the text give the author's name followed by the year in parentheses: Sago (2000). If there are two authors use 'and': Baskin and Baskin (1998) to link author names in all cases. When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, the first name followed by et al. should be used: Powles et al. (1998). If several references by the same author(s) and from the same year are cited, a, b, c etc. should be put after the year of publication. Within parentheses, groups of references should be listed in chronological order.

In the list references should be listed in alphabetical order. Cite the names of all authors when there are seven or fewer, when more than seven cite the first three plus et al.

Personal communication, unpublished data and publications from informal meetings are not to be listed in the reference list but should be listed in full in the text (e.g. Smith A, 2000, unpublished data).

References should be listed in the following form.

Journals
Honda, D., Kawachi, M, and Inouye, J. 1995. Sulcochrysis biplastida gen. et sp. nov.: Cell structure and absolute configuration of the flagellar apparatus of an enigmatic chromophyte alga. Phycol. Res. 43: 1-16.

Standard Journal article using DOI articles published online in advance without volume, issue, or page number (More information about DOIs: http://www.doi.org/faq.html)

Yu, J., Li, Z., and Brand J.J. 2009. Characterization of a green alga isolated from infected human external tissue Phycol.Res. Published online: Dec 7 2009; DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00544.x

Books
South, G. R. and Whittick, A. 1987. An Introduction to Phycology. Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Chapter in a book
Wynne, M. J. 1981. Phaeophyta: Morphology and classification. In Lobban, C. S. and Wynne, M. J. (Eds) The Biology of
Seaweeds. Blackwell Science, Oxford, pp. 52-85.

Website
Ocean Primary Productivity Team (home page on the internet). 2000. Ocean primary productivity study. Institute of Marine Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick [updated: 5 October 2000; cited 21 Janurary 2002]. Available from: http:marine.rutgers.edu/opp/

References　Management Tool

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

(vi) Figure legends
Type figure legends on a separate page. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement. Provide a letter stating copyright authorization if figures have been reproduced from another source.

(Vii) Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Number tables consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Type tables on a separate page with the legend above. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

(viii) Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Do not embed figures in the word document - they must be supplied in separate files. Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package. Lettering must be included and should be sized to be no larger than the journal text. Figures should be sized to fit within the column (80 mm), intermediate (110 mm) or the full text width (168 mm).

On submission:

If supplied electronically, the figure file should be in a standard format (TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF etc.) with a resolution enough for peer-reviewing. In principle, the total file size of the image files submitted must not exceed 5 MB. Authors wishing to submit larger manuscripts should contact the editor-in-chief before submission.

Upon the acceptance:

Authors will be requested to submit a final version with figure files saved in EPS or TIFF format with a high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.).

Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.

The entire article (including tables) should be supplied as a single file; only electronic figures should be supplied as separate files. The following instructions should be adhered to.

• It is essential that the final, revised version of the accepted manuscript and the file saved on disk are identical.
• Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
• Turn the hyphenation option off.
• Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
• Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ß (German esszett) for b (Greek beta).
• Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables.
• If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell; i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells.

Research Notes
Research Notes should contain a summary and key words, but the rest of the text does not need to follow the format described above. However, references, tables and figures must follow this format.

Proofs
Proofs will be sent via email as an Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) file and should be returned within 3 days of receipt. Alterations to the text and figures (other than the essential correction of errors) are unacceptable at proof stage and authors may be charged for excessive alterations.

Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read the PDF. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following website: http://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.

Authors should therefore supply an email address to which proofs can be emailed. Proofs will be faxed if no email address is available. If absent, authors should arrange for a colleague to access their email, retrieve the PDF proof and check and return them to the publisher on their behalf.

Offprints
A minimum of 50 offprints will be provided upon request, at the author's expense. An Offprint Order Form outlining the cost of offprints will be sent to the corresponding author with the page proofs. Offprints will be provided only if a completed Offprint Order Form is returned to the publisher by the specified date.

Publication Fees

A publication fee of ¥12 000 is required per accepted manuscript if the first author is not a member of the Japanese Society of Phycology.

Regular articles are limited to 8 printed pages. For manuscripts exceeding this limit, a page charge of ¥18 000 per additional printed page is levied to the author by the Japanese Society of Phycology.

Authors should wait until they receive an invoice from the Japanese Society of Phycology before sending any fees. This procedure notwithstanding, no paper will be rejected or given extraordinary treatment on any basis other than its scientific merit.

A charge of ¥70 000 for the first three color figure plate(s) and ¥35 000 for each extra color figure plate thereafter will be charged to the author.

Membership in The Japanese Society of Phycology is open to individual and group who has interested in phycoloy. Please visit the Society's website to get further information at: http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsp/JSPEnglish/index.html

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