Geofluids

Edited by:
Steve Ingebritsen, Richard Worden and Bruce Yardley

Print ISSN: 1468-8115
Online ISSN: 1468-8123
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 10 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 36/64 Geochemistry & Geophysics; 14/42 Geology
Impact Factor: 1.293

TopAuthor Guidelines

Submission of Manuscripts

All submissions to the Journal must be made via the online electronic editorial office. Full instructions and a help facility are available at the Geofluids Scholarone Manuscripts™ site: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gfl
Please note that manuscript submission online must be done from the Corresponding Author's Manuscript Central account.

Preference will be given to papers of less then 15 journal pages (one journal page is equivalent to approximately 1,400 words, or word-equivalents). Authors wishing to submit longer manuscripts or review articles should contact the Editors first to discuss their plans. We will offer accelerated publication for short (less than 6 journal pages) articles on particularly timely themes and Technical Notes. These will describe new methodologies, such as experimental procedures, which are of general interest.

Papers must be submitted exclusively to the Journal, on the understanding that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere. The Editors retain the right to modify the style and length of a contribution (major changes being agreed with the corresponding author) and to decide the time of publication.

Manuscripts

The manuscript should be typed with double spacing on one side of the paper on A4, or similar, paper (297 × 210 mm), with generous margins. Pages should be numbered consecutively, including those of acknowledgements, references, tables and figure legends. Papers must be in English, and spelling should conform to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English or to Merriam Webster's new Collegiate Dictionary for US spelling. Authors may use UK or US spelling, but must be consistent in their use throughout the paper. Authors are advised to retain a copy of the paper in case of loss, as the Editors cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage. Papers will be acknowledged on receipt.

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

The typescript should include a title page with a concise, but informative, title and a short running title for page headings, a list of author names with addresses including phone, fax and e-mail contact details, and the name and full contact details of the author to whom proofs and offprint requests should be directed.

There should also be an informative abstract comprising a summary of no more than 300 words.

Units, Symbols and Abbreviations

SI units are preferred and SI equivalents must be specified at the first mention of non-SI units. Where imperial units are used the metric equivalent should follow in brackets. Statistics and measurements should be given in numeric form, e.g. 2 m, except where the number begins a sentence. When a number is used to identify a feature, it should be given in figures with the feature capitalized (e.g. Section 10, Locality 5). The word figure should not be shortened to Fig.. Technical terms should be spelt out in full the first time they appear in the article.

References

References in Articles
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

Authors should use the system illustrated below. Only full articles that have been published or are 'in press' may be included in the reference list. In the text references should be cited by giving the authors name and the year of publication in parentheses, and should be given in date order (Bethke 1983, Borja & Dreiss 1990) and, for three or more authors, Miller et al. (1977). When different papers with the same first author and the same year are cited, a, b, c, etc., should be put after the year of publication.

References should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the paper in the following standard form, giving the names of all authors and with the names of publications given in full:

Muir-Wood R (1994) Earthquakes, strain-cycling, and the mobilization of fluids. In: Geofluids: Origin, Migration and Evolution of Fluids in Sedimentary Basins (ed. J. Parnell) Geological Society of London Special Publication, 78, 85-98.

Hanson RB (1992) Effects of fluid production on fluid flow during regional and contact metamorphism. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 10, 87-97.

Reineck HE & Singh IB (1980) Depositional Sedimentary Environments, 2nd edn. SpringerVerlag, Berlin.

Italics may be used for the publication title and bold for the volume, however if these are not available to you then plain text is acceptable. Do not underline words to indicate use of italic.

Tables

Tables must be typed on separate sheets. They should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Tables should be typed as text using tabs to align columns. Vertical lines should not be used to align columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses. Please do not use graphics software to create tables. All other illustrations including photographs are classified as figures and should be numbered consecutively.

Figures

Figure legends should be in a separate file to the figure and should contain sufficient information to be understood without reference to the text, but should not contain methods. Each should begin with a short title for the figure. All symbols and abbreviations used in the figures should be explained.

EPS and TIFF files are preferable, but please consult our Web site for complete instructions (http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor). Note that your paper will go through production more quickly if your figures do not have to be redrawn or relabelled.

Please ensure that electronic artwork is prepared such that, after reduction to fit across one column (80 mm) or a full page width (170 mm) all lettering will be clear and easy to read. Subpanels of multipanel figures should be labelled with upper-case roman letters, (A), (B), etc..., at the top left-hand corner of each section, if possible. Multipanel figures that have common axes need not have all axes labelled if the abscissa axis closest to the bottom of the page or the ordinate axis closest to the left are also valid for those axes further up the page or further to the right respectively. Final lettering, after reduction, should be a minimum of 8 point (2 mm tall). Avoid using tints if possible. If they are absolutely necessary please make them coarse. Do not incorporate artwork into text files.

Data that is integral to the paper must be made available in such a way as to enable readers to replicate, verify and build upon the conclusions published in the paper. Any restriction on the availability of this data must be disclosed at the time of submission. Data may be included as part of the main article where practical. We recommend that data for which public repositories are widely used, and are accessible to all, should be deposited in such a repository prior to publication. The appropriate linking details and identifier(s) should then be included in the publication and where possible the repository, to facilitate linking between the journal article and the data. If such a repository does not exist, data should be included as supporting information to the published paper or authors should agree to make their data available upon reasonable request.

Mathematics

In-line equations should be typed as text. Use of graphics programs and equation editors should be avoided, unless part of commonly available word-processing packages (Word, WordPerfect, etc..). A full Nomenclature defining symbols and terms should be provided after the Acknowledgments in the text.

Colour Illustrations

As Geofluids is now an online-only journal, online colour illustrations are free-of-charge.

Production Editor

Contact the Production Editor (GFL@wiley.com) for queries concerning accepted manuscripts only.

Electronic Publication

The Journal will be published in online form. Authors are encouraged to use the online version to include colour illustration, large data sets, 3-D or moving images and should contact the Production Editor for further information, preferably prior to submission. Examples of the type of additional material which may be included can be found at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/journal.asp

Proofs

Proofs will be downloaded as an Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file. You will be notified by email when your proof is ready to download, therefore, the corresponding author should supply their email address when they submit their manuscript. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following Web site:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.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 proofs. 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.

Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author only and the corrections should be returned to the Production Editor within 3 days. If sending hard-copy, corrections please ensure your corrections are clear and legible and are not too close to the edge of the paper (especially important when faxing the document). Major alterations to the text and illustrations are only allowable in exceptional circumstances and the additional cost may be charged to the author.

Offprints

The corresponding author will receive a free pdf file of their final paper.

Cover photograph

If you have a photograph that would be suitable for the front cover of Geofluids please contact one of the Editors.

Copyright Transfer Agreement

Authors will be required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the CTA 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 Copyright Transfer Agreement 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 medium/circumstances (please see the form for further details). Please download a copy of the form here.

Please return your signed copyright form to:
Production Editor for GFL
Journal Content Management
Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley Services Singapore Pte Ltd
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Singapore 188778

Correspondence to the Journal is accepted on the understanding that the contributing author licences the Publisher to publish the letter as part of the Journal or separately from it, in the exercise of any subsidiary rights relating to the journal and its contents.

***Author material archive policy. Please note that unless specifically requested, The Publisher will dispose of all hardcopy or electronic material submitted two months after publication in an issue. If you require the return of any material submitted, please inform the editorial office or production editor as soon as possible if you have not yet done so.

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