Preparation of manuscripts
1) General. All manuscripts should be in English. Authors whose their language is not English are preferred to have their papers read by a native English-speaking before submission. Nomenclature must be in agreement with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th edition 1999), which came into force on 1 January 2000. Author(s) of species name must be provided when the scientific name of any animal species is first mentioned (the year of publication needs not be given; if you give it, then provide a full reference of this in the reference list). Metric systems should be used. If possible, use the common font New Times Roman and use as little formatting as possible (use only bold and italics where necessary and indentions of paragraphs except the first).
2) The title must be concise and informative. The higher taxa containing the taxa dealt with in the paper should be indicated in parentheses: e.g. A taxonomic revision of the genus Xu (Order: family).
3) The name(s) of all authors of the paper must be given and should be typed like (e.g. Robert Smith, James Rod & Cameron Smith). The address of each author should be provided after the name (s) of the authors. E-mail address(es) should be provided for the corresponding author.
4) The abstract must be concise and informative. The abstract should be followed by a list of key words . Abstract and key words are not needed in short communication.
5) The arrangement of the main text should usually start with an introduction and references should be cited in the text as Simon (2000), Simon & Mark (2005) or Simon et al. (2001) (3 or more authors), or alternatively in a parenthesis (Simon, 2000; Mark & Smith, 2005; Simon et al., 2001). All literature cited in the text must be listed in the references in the following format:
- A) Journal paper:
Simon, A. (2000). Title of the manuscript. Title of the journal in full, volume number, page range.
- B) Book chapter:
Mark, A. & Smith, B. (2005). Title of the Chapter. In: Smith, A, Smith, B. & Smith, C. (Eds), Title of Book. Publisher name and location, pp. x–y.
- C) Book:
Mark, A., Robert, B. & Smith, C. (2005). Title of Book. Publisher name and location, xyz pp.
- D) Internet resources
Author (2006) Title of website, database or other resources, Publisher name and location (if indicated), number of pages (if known). Available from: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/ (Date of access).
Dissertations resulting from graduate studies and non-serial proceedings of conferences/symposia are to be treated as books and cited as such. Papers not cited must not be listed in the references.
Please should be considered:
(1) journal titles should be written in full (not abbreviated)
(2) journal titles and volume numbers are followed by a ","
(3) page ranges are connected by "n dash", not hyphen "-", which is used to connect two words.
(4) For websites, it is important to include the last date when you see that site, as it can be moved or deleted from that address in the future.
5) Legends of figures should be listed after the references. Small figures should be grouped into plates. When preparing figures, authors should take in mind that the journal has a matter size of 20 cm by 15 cm and is printed on A4 paper. For species figure, line drawings are preferred, although good quality colour/non-coloured photographs are also acceptable.
6) Tables, if any, must be given at the end of the paper.
Deposition of specimens
The authors are advised to deposit type specimens in national or international public museums or collections. Authors are also advised to request registration numbers of deposited material in advance of the acceptance of manuscripts to avoid unnecessary delay of publication.
Submission
Authors should consider the basic guidelines mentioned above and check if the manuscript has been prepared according to the style and format of the journal. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts by the journal submission portal by the register and then submit their papers by following the step by step.
Please when you prepare your cover letter, It is important to include the following statements in your cover letter:
1) All authors agree to its submission and the Corresponding author has been authorized by co-authors; 2) This Article has not been published before and is not concurrently being considered for publication elsewhere
3) This manuscript does not violate any copyright or other personal proprietary rights of any person or entity and it contains no abusive, defamatory, obscene or fraudulent statements, nor any other statements that are unlawful in any way. Otherwise, your manuscript will not be processed.
Review process
When a paper is received by the Editor, he/she will have it reviewed by at least two peers qualified to evaluate the manuscript, and he/she normally asks the reviewers to complete the review in four weeks. However, the reviewing process will normally take longer, depending on the length of the manuscript and the reviewer's responses.