Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics
Edited by:
Stephen Haslett, Mervyn Silvapulle, Jeff Wood and Ken Russell
Print ISSN: 1369-1473
Online ISSN: 1467-842X
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 52 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 68/92 Statistics & Probability
Impact Factor: 0.65
TopAuthor Guidelines
EDITORIAL REVIEW AND 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 and the Editor. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board, which reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.
Manuscripts should be written in a clear, concise, direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor and 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, or if there are mathematical or statistical errors, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
All articles to the Journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.
Papers should be submitted electronically, as single files, to Professor Stephen Haslett at: anzjs@statsoc.org.au, in postscript or pdf format, with "ANZJS submission" and the corresponding author's name in the subject line. Hard copy will not be accepted.
Papers are accepted for publication in the Journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.
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 forwarded to the Editor. Hardcopy letters should preferably be scanned and sent in pdf form.
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 will dispose of all electronic material two months after publication.
COPYRIGHT
Authors publishing in the Journal will be asked to sign a Copyright Assignment Form. In signing the form 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 form, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed form has been received.
STYLE OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Spelling. The Journal uses UK spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
Abbreviations. In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
PARTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) summary and key words, (iii) text, (iv) references, (v) appendices, (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.
Title page
The title page should contain: (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full names of the authors and (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript should be sent. The facsimile and telephone numbers are for use during the production process, and will not be published in the paper. The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.
The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. Do not use abbreviations in the title. A short running title (less than 40 characters) should also be provided.
Summary and key words
All articles must have a brief summary that states the major points made and the principal conclusions reached. The summary should not contain formulae, abbreviations or references. Several key words or phrases (for the purposes of indexing) should be supplied below the summary
in alphabetical order. Unless it is unavoidable, do not use words that are in the title.
Text
The text should be organised into an introductory section, conveying the background and purpose of the report, and then into sections identified with subheadings.
References
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
The Harvard (author, date) system of referencing is used (examples are given below). In the text give the author's name followed by the year in parentheses: Smith (2000). If there are two authors use '&': Smith & Jones (2001). When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, the
first name followed by et al. should be used: MacDonald et al. (2002). In the reference list, references should be listed in alphabetical order.
In the reference list, cite the names of all authors when there are six or fewer; when seven or more, list the first three followed by et al. Do not use ibid. or op cit. Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g. A. Smith, unpubl. data, 2000). All citations mentioned in the text, tables or figures must be listed in the reference list. A work must not appear in the reference list if it is not cited in the text.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Examples of appropriate referencing follow.
Journals
HOLLANDER, M., PARK, D.H. & PROSCHAN, F. (1986). A class of life distributions for aging. J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 81, 91-95.
Books
JOHN, J.A. & WILLIAMS, E.R. (1995). Cyclic and Computer Generated Designs, 2nd edn. London: Chapman & Hall.
Chapter in a book
CHERNOFF, H. (1981). An analysis of the Massachusetts Numbers Game. In Statistics and Related Topics, eds M. Csorgo, D.A. Dawson, J.N.K. Rao, A.K.M.E. Saleh, pp. 23-37. New York: North-Holland.
Appendices
These should be placed at the end of the paper, numbered in Roman numerals and referred to in the text. If written by a person other than the author of the main text, the writer's name should be included below the title. Unpublished data sets that are cited in the paper must be made accessible
to the reader. If confidentiality issues prevent this, the fact must be drawn to the attention of the Editor upon initial submission of the paper. The Editor will determine whether the paper can be considered for publication.
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.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Figures should be sized to fit within the column (130 mm). If supplied electronically, figures must be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.) files, saved as .eps or .tif. 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.
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.
Equations
Equations should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals; these numbers should be in parentheses and right-justified. All variables should appear in italics. Use the simplest possible form for all mathematical symbols. Number only those equations to which reference is made elsewhere in the paper.
PROOFS
It is essential that corresponding authors supply an email address to which correspondence can be emailed while their article is in production. Notification of the URL from where to download a Portable Document Format (PDF) typeset page proof, associated forms and further instructions will be sent by email to the corresponding author. The purpose of the PDF proof is a final check of the layout, and of tables and figures. Alterations other than the essential correction of errors are unacceptable at PDF proof stage. The proof should be checked, and approval to publish the article should be emailed to the Publisher by the date indicated, otherwise, it may be approved unilaterally by the Editor or held over to the next issue.
OFFPRINTS
A free PDF offprint will be supplied to the corresponding author after the issue has been published. A minimum of 25 offprints will be provided upon request, at the author's expense. These paper offprints may be ordered online. Please visit http://offprint.cosprinters.com/, fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields. If you have queries about offprints, please email offprint@cosprinters.com.
EARLY VIEW
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics is covered by Wiley's Early View 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.
WILEY JOURNALS ONLINE
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics is also available online via Wiley InterScience.
ONLINE GUIDELINES
Authors are encouraged to visit the Wiley website for authors which details further information on the preparation and submission of articles and figures and gives access to the house style guide.
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 emails at key stages of production so they do not need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit Author Services for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources, including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
Supporting material, such as data sets or additional figures or tables, or computer code, that will not be published in the print edition of the Journal but which will be viewable in the online edition can be submitted. There is a maximum file size limit of 5 MB except in the case of video clips which are requested to be under 10 MB. Supporting material must be submitted to the Journal with the rest of the article. Any such material submitted after acceptance of the main article will be referred to the Editor for approval and may delay publication. Supporting material will be published exactly as supplied and it is the author's responsibility to ensure that the material is logically laid out, adequately described and is in a format that is likely to be accessible to readers. It is recommended that text and graphics are supplied in PDF format, data tables in native file formats such as Excel, and animations and other moving images or sound files in common Internet standard formats such as AVI, MPG, WAV, QuickTime, animated GIF or Flash. For further information please visit our Guidelines for Authors at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/
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