Insect Conservation and Diversity

Published on behalf of the Royal Entomological Society

Edited by:
Simon R Leather, Yves Basset and Raphael K. Didham

Print ISSN: 1752-458X
Online ISSN: 1752-4598
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 3 / 2010

TopAuthor Guidelines

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Editorial policy
Papers submitted to Insect Conservation & Diversity should be original research papers on aspects pertaining mainly to aspects of insect conservation and diversity. Papers concerning other arthropods will also be considered. See Aims and Scope for more details. Reviews, Mini-Reviews, short communications detailing innovative techniques/ or methodological approaches and thought provoking forum type articles on any aspect of insect conservation ranging from policy matters to conjecture based on a solid science base are welcomed.

Papers should be in clear concise English and written in the passive voice. They should not exceed 6000 words of text (12 printed pages) but longer papers of particular merit may be accepted. Papers submitted must not have been published or accepted for publication by any other journal.

Ethical considerations will be taken into account in considering the acceptability of papers, and the editors' decision on this, as on other aspects, will be final.

Short communications should consist of a short abstract and should have a combined results and discussion section. The paper should be no more than 1500 words and should be limited to one figure and one table.

Author material archive policy
Please note that unless specifically requested, Blackwell Publishing will dispose of all submitted hardcopy or electronic material two months after publication. 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.

Preparation of the manuscript
Examine recent issues for details of acceptable style and format. Manuscripts should be prepared in Word, double spaced with wide margins, preferably in A4 format. Tables must be on separate sheets, and should be self-explanatory. Figure legends should be grouped together on a separate sheet.

All papers should contain:

• An informative, concise title (up to 20 words)
• A running title (up to 40 characters)
• A self-contained abstract of less than 250 words presented as a series of factual, numbered statements
• Up to 10 keywords
• The name, full postal address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the author to whom readers should address correspondence and offprint requests should be given on the first page (this will appear as a footnote in the journal and the publishers will send proofs to this author and address unless contrary instructions are written on the manuscript).

Taxonomic affiliation and authority should be given at the first mention of a species in the text. References should conform to the name-and-date system; titles of periodicals should not be abbreviated.

Statistics
To reduce confusion, Insect Conservation & Diversity has a standard set of guidelines for the presentation of statistical analyses. Click here for a list of commonly used abbreviations and their definitions, and these do not need to be explained in the text. Authors must however, clearly state what statistical approaches were used in their analyses (supported where relevant by adequate references). Where statistics are presented in the text, we ask that the authors follow the presentation guidelines provided below.

After an analysis of variance, further simultaneous testing of treatment means should not be done, except for specific comparisons planned prior to the experiment. Simple measures of variability (e.g. SE, LSD, CI) should always accompany means. The same data should not be given in both tables and figures.

We would also request that authors ensure a match between the tests used and figures provided in the text. For example, where non-parametric tests are used (e.g. Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA), it is inappropriate to present the mean and standard error of the analysed data. Instead the median and an indicator of variation about the median (e.g. inter-quartiles) should be provided.

Preparation of artwork
• Prepare your figures according to the publisher's Electronic Artwork Guidelines. Although low quality images (GIF/JPG) are adequate for review purposes, print publication requires high quality images (TIFF/EPS) to prevent the final product being blurred or fuzzy. The Editorial Office will request the high-quality electronic figures and one good-quality hard copy of the figures are provided once your paper has been accepted.

• Create EPS files for images containing lineart. EPS files should be saved with fonts embedded (and with a TIFF preview if possible). The following packages can be used to create EPS files: Adobe Illustrator 7.0 and above, Deneba Canvas 6.0 and above, CorelDRAW 7.0 and above, SigmaPlot 8.01 and above. Other programs may also be able to create EPS files - use the SAVE AS or EXPORT functions. EPS files can be produced from other applications [e.g. PowerPoint, Excel (see Electronic Artwork Guidelines)] BUT results can be unpredictable (e.g. fonts and shading not converted correctly, lines missing, dotted lines becoming solid).

• Create TIFF files images containing half-tones/photographs. For scanned images, the scanning resolution (at final image size, see above for a guide to sizes) should be as follows to ensure adequate reproduction: lineart, >800 d.p.i.; half-tones, >300 d.p.i. Figures containing both halftone and line images, >600 d.p.i. The following programs can be used to create TIFF files: Adobe Photoshop 4.0 and above, Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and GraphPad Prism 3. Other programs may also be able to create TIFF files - use the SAVE AS or EXPORT functions.

• Black and white images should be supplied as 'grayscale'; colour images should be supplied as CMYK.
• Multipart figures should be supplied in the final layout in one file, labelled as (a), (b) etc
• Supply figures at final size widths if possible: 80 mm (single column) or 165 mm (double column)
• Use sans serif, true-type fonts for labels if possible, preferably Arial or Helvetica, or Times (New) Roman if serif fonts required.
• Ensure all lines and lettering are clear.

Colour work agreement forms
It is the policy of Insect Conservation and Diversity for authors to pay the full cost for the reproduction of their colour artwork. Therefore, please note that if there is colour artwork in your manuscript when it is accepted for publication, Blackwell Publishing require you to complete and return a Colour Work Agreement form before your paper can be published. This form can be downloaded as a PDF* from the internet. If you are unable to access the internet, or are unable to download the form, please contact the Production Editor at: icad@wiley.com and they will be able to email or FAX a form to you. Once completed, please return the form to the Production Editor at the address below:

Fionna de Guzman
Production Editor
Journal Content Management
Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley Services Singapore Pte Ltd
600 North Bridge Road
# 05-01 Parkview Square
Singapore 188778

Any article received by Blackwell Publishing with colour work will not be published until the form has been returned.
*To read PDF files, you must have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have this program, this is available as a free download from the following web address: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Submission of the manuscript
All material must be submitted via the electronic site. http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/icdiv
Manuscripts which do not conform to the standards outlined here will be returned to the author(s) with a request that they are edited to meet these standards.

Pre-submission English-language editing
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.

Exclusive Licence Form
Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF 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 Exclusive Licence Form 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). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Please complete and return the Exclusive Licence Form with your revised manuscript when requested to do so by the Editor.

Proofs
The corresponding author will receive an email alert containing a link to a web site. A working e-mail 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:

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. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available.

Offprints
The corresponding author will receive a PDF file of the article free of charge. Addtional offprints can be ordered from offprint@cosprinters.com

Correspondence
Dr Simon R Leather
Editor-in-Chief, Insect Conservation & Diversity
Division of Biology
Imperial College London
Silwood Park campus
Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY
UK
e-mail: s.leather@imperial.ac.uk

Author Services
Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-Blackwell's Author Services. Author Services enables authors to track articles--once they have 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 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.

OnlineOpen
OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With OnlineOpen the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley InterScience, as well as deposited in the funding agency's preferred archive. For the full list of terms and conditions, see http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/authorresources/onlineopen.html#OnlineOpen_Terms.

Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the payment form available from our website at:

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/icad_oof.pdf

Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.