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1. Authors must include the research permit or licence number from the appropriate agency if it was required to access field areas e g Scientific Research Licences or Wildlife Research Permits in Canadian Territories Artifacts or specimens described or figured must be deposited in an accessible permanent re pository i e a public museum or similar institution Manuscripts involving artifacts or specimens that do not meet this criterion are not eligible for publication in FACETS FACETS will also not publish research on artifacts or specimens that were exported or obtained illegally or without the necessary permission There are several instances when an author must seek permission from a third party before the publication of his or her paper can proceed Whenever a manuscript contains material tables figures charts etc that has been previously published and is protected by copyright it is the obligation of the author to secure written permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce the material for both print and electronic formats Ifa person pictured in a photo is identifiable his or her permission is required to publish the photo The person must be asked to sign a letter or form allowing Canadian Science Publishing to publish the photo If rights to any photograph or artwork are not held by one of the authors of a paper then permission from the holder of copyright e g photographer or artist is required2. automated acknowledgement from the online system when they make a successful submission If an acknowledgement e mail has not been received it could mean the submission was unsuccessful and authors should log into their Author Center to re open their submission process or that the e mail address was entered incor rectly when the author set up his or her profile or that the email was captured by the institution s SPAM filter If the latter is the case please contact your IT administrator to allow these e mails to proceed to your inbox The corresponding author will be contacted by e mail and asked to submit a revision the process is very similar to the initial submission For revisions use the Respond to Decision section in ScholarOne to include comments to the previous reviewers pasted or attached A highlighted or track changes copy of the resubmitted manuscript showing changes made should be included as a file upload in addition to a clean copy of the revised manuscript Please include show changes or clean copy in the file name Submitting Production Files is the final step of the peer review process In ScholarOne check that all author names appear as desired online and match what is on the title page of the manuscript Check that the contact author in ScholarOne i e the first author listed matches the corre sponding contact author on the title page of the manuscript For accepted manuscripts the correspondin
3. clips video clips animated gif files ppt pre sentations etc into their paper these are published in the online version of the journal adding a dimension to the paper that cannot be achieved in the printed version The journal can also link to associated You Tube videos webinars etc subject to approval At submission please clearly indicate in your manuscript text where there is an associated media file Provide the name of the corresponding media file A caption or description of the content of the media file is required similar to a typical figure caption Videos must be accompanied by a still image This will be published on the website and will serve as a link from the text to the full video file All videos should be submitted at the desired reproduction size and length Videos must be no larger than 5 MB and no longer than 60 seconds To meet accessibility requirements authors are asked to provide a written transcript of the video dialogue as txt All changes to the multimedia files are the responsibility of the author Canadian Science Publishing will not edit multimedia files List of accepted formats Video Software File Extensions Save As or Export MS Windows Media Player avi wmv mpeg mpg Quicktime PC or Mac qt avi wmv mpeg mpg Spelling should follow that of Webster s Third New International Dictionary or the Oxford English Dictionary Authors are re
4. e g correction fluid smudges Remember that the more complex your artwork becomes the greater the possibility for prob ems at output time Avoid complicated textures and shadings especially in vector illustration programs this increases the chance for a poor quality final product All figures should be submitted at the desired published size For figures with several parts a b c d etc created using the same software application assemble them into one file rather than send ing several files Name all figure files using the following format Figure xxx Figure2 xxx where xxx is the file extension e g ai Eps Only Windows or Macintosh versions of True Type or Type fonts should be used e g Times New Roman Arial Tahoma Do not use bitmap or nonstandard fonts Fills and outlines should be greater than 10 black Canadian Science Publishing strongly urges authors to send their figure files for journal production as one of the following file types eps ai tif pdf jpg doc or xls These file types can be created by exporting or saving within most common software programs to create the figure file Do not use any compression to tif files e g LZW when saving or exporting and please use the D_no OPI or High Quality Print option in Adobe Acrobat Distiller when creating a figure pdf file If you are submitting a jpg file it must have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and be saved w
5. material Limit manuscript heading sections and sub sections to three levels Heading and sub heading levels should not be numbered but must be distinct and clearly indicated in the manuscript text Titles should be informative but brief Titles should contain important descriptive phrases that relate to the topic and key result See also Tips for maximizing discoverability section Authors full names affiliations and full addresses including e mail addresses should be included on the title page Each author on the list must have an affiliation The affiliation includes department university or organizational affiliation and its location including city state province if applicable and country If an author has multiple affiliations enter all affiliations on the title page only In the submission system enter only the preferred or primary affiliation This list of authors on the title page should match that provided in the submission system The corresponding author s should be indicated on the title page of the manuscript text The corresponding author listed in the manuscript text should be the same as the corresponding contact author designated in the online submission system Note in the ScholarOne submission and peer review system the contact corresponding author is the first author listed when en tering author names this may not reflect the author order on the manuscript title page if the corresponding author is n
6. those two fonts Authors submitting manuscripts of a survey or taxonomic nature are required to deposit repre sentative specimens in a recognized depository Prior to commencing a study authors should make arrangements with a suitable recognized depository or a provincial museum The catalogue or accession numbers should be included in the manuscript on if necessary added at the proof stage Botanical and mycological specimens As of January 2012 and in accordance with the Inter national Code of Nomenclature for algae fungi and plants ICN wwwa iapt taxon org nomen main php Melbourne Code 2012 the publication date date of record is the date that the final paginated version of record is posted on the journal s website Authors are encouraged but not required to i place material in multiple trusted online digital repositories ii publish in publications that are archived iii deposit printed copies containing the journal s ISSN pending to libraries in more than one area of the world and preferably in different continents and iv if the new taxon being described is a fungus then a MycoBank number obtained from MycoBank www mycobank org must be cited within the text of the manuscript e g Description section The MycoBank number can be added at the proof stage Zoological specimens As of January 2012 and in accordance with the amendments to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ICZN www iczn org
7. to reproduce the material Permission forms are available from the Editorial Office facets cdnsciencepub com if needed Authors should be aware that the journal considers digital images to be data Hence digital images submitted should contain the same data as the original image captured Any manipulation using graphical software should be identified in the Materials and methods section of the manuscript including both the name of the software and the techniques used to enhance or change the graphic in any way Such a disclaimer ensures that the methods are repeatable and ensures the scientific integrity of the work The removal of artefacts or any nonintegral data held in the image is discouraged 14 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS General guidelines Title page Abstract Key words Plain language summary How to Organize your Manuscript Number all pages including tables and figures if uploaded as part of the main manuscript docu ment starting with the title page All text should be double spaced including references and have continuous line numbers in the left margin Submitted manuscripts should be organized in the following order title page abstract if ap plicable key words plain language summary optional text acknowledgements references ta ble captions figure captions labeled tables in numerical order labeled figures in numerical order appendices and supplementary
8. FACETS Instructions to Authors Table of Contents Journal Information _ 44 Scope Publication frequency Types of papers Copyright licensing and reuse of materials published in FACETS Article processing charges Journal contact information Sections and Subjects 6 Tips for Maximizing Discoverability metadata ___7 Introduction Titles Abstracts Key words Plain language summaries Manuscript Submission Information 8 Requirements for submission English language improvement service New manuscripts Revised manuscripts Accepted manuscripts Cover Letter Data availability and archiving depositing your data in a repository Peer Review and Evaluation Process 2 ll Instructions to Authors TOC FACETS Publication Procedures 12 Process Proofs Maximizing the visibility and impact of your published articles Kudos Reprints Correspondence with Canadian Science Publishing about published papers Ethics and Permissions __ 13 General ethical standards Duplicate and prior publication Plagiarism Assurance of authorship Conflict of interest and disclosure Experiments involving humans or animals Endangered species Field research permits Archaeology and palaeontology research Obtaining use permissions from a third party Photo manipulation How to Organize Your Manuscript 15 General guidelines Title page Abstract Key wo
9. ad org or Figshare www figshare com Information about Canadian institutional repositories can be found on the Ca nadian Association of Research Libraries CARL website www carl abrc ca en scholarly com munications carl institutional repository program html Authors must indicate in the manuscript text where the data are deposited and provide DOls and or links to the data sets online prior to submitting the production files of the accepted pa per to the online submission system so that they can be included in the published manuscript Please also refer to the Supplementary material section 10 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Peer Review and Evaluation Process Peer review is required for all submissions apart from any editorial material that is clearly marked as such In most cases the Editor in Chief will assign a Subject Editor Guest Editor or Associate Editor i e handling Editor who will invite confidential reviewers who are expert in the relevant field and are not part of the journal s editorial staff The handling Editor may use the reviewers suggested by the authors but is not limited to those suggestions Although the journal s editors generally seek the advice of scientific peers they may decline with out review those manuscripts judged inappropriate for the journal If the manuscript is accepted for review the handling Editor will seek advice from a minimum of two reviewers selected f
10. age summary may be shared with our readers journalists and the general public via social media news feeds newsletters and other means With plain language summaries we hope to reach a broader audience and encourage general interest in science as part of a greater science outreach strategy Read more about the value of plain language summaries in this blog post by Dr Chris Buddle editor of The Canadian Entomologist www bit ly science outreach plain language summaries for all research papers Need help crafting yours Read A guide for writing plain language summaries of research papers also by Dr Chris Buddle www bit ly a suide for writing plain language summaries of research papers Not sure if your plain language summary is plain enough Try using this easy to use online text edi tor that challenges you to write about a complex topic using only the most 000 most commonly used words www splasho com upgoer5 7 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Requirements for submission English language improvement service New manuscripts Manuscript Submission Information All submitted manuscripts must represent work that has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere and must meet all discipline specific ethical requirements and standards Submissions must be clearly and concisely written in good English or French Authors whose native language is not English or French should consult som
11. al levels of the Jurassic Bonanza Arc Vancouver Island British Columbia M Sc thesis Simon Fraser University Burnaby B C 22 p Organize tables and figures to facilitate comparisons grouping related data in as few tables and fig ures as feasible As far as possible make the tables and figures clear without reference to the text Table and figure captions should be listed before the tables and figures in the submitted manu script Component figures must be combined into one figure and parts of figures should be indicated with lowercase italic roman letters e g Fig la In the caption figure parts are referred to using italic lowercase roman letters in parentheses e g a Tables and figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals in the order cited in the text and each should have a brief title Type each table on a separate sheet Table footnotes should be indicated by lowercase italic superscript letters Tables must be in an editable table format preferred an Excel spreadsheet format or typed into the text Tables and equations must not be submitted in gif jpg or other picture formats neither within the manuscript nor as separate files For figure formatting requirements refer to the Preparation of graphic files and Guidelines for submitting multimedia files sections that follow 17 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Appendices Supplementary material Appendices should b
12. cept It should not exceed 5000 words An editorial is a discussion of a current hot topic or an issue of importance in a given field and should not exceed 1400 words A comment discusses a published article and should not exceed 1400 words Authors of the original article will be invited to provide a reply also not exceeding 1400 words Science Applications Forum articles link scientific knowledge to policy management public in terests industry applications etc Most papers of this type will fall under the Integrative Sciences section see Sections and subjects The length should not exceed 5000 words for most topics Note When assessing word counts figures and tables of average length size around of a page should be estimated as 250 words each on average excluding captions Larger figures and tables should be estimated as 600 words each on average excluding captions FACETS will accept replication studies and studies with negative results providing that the authors clearly demonstrate the value of their findings and how the contribution advances knowledge A of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Copyright licensing and reuse of materials published in FACETS Article processing charges Journal contact information Authors publishing in FACETS do not transfer copyright to Canadian Science Publishing and are free to reuse their material without seeking permission Material published in FACETS is gove
13. d and provide DOls and or links to the material online prior to submitting the production files of the accepted paper to the online submission system so that this information can be included in the final published manuscript If submitted with the article via ScholarOne mc06 manuscriptcentral com facets pubs the relevant files should be provided under the Supplementary material file upload type Supplementary ma terial supplied through ScholarOne will be made available in its native file format on the journal website 18 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Preparation of graphic files Manuscript Style and Formatting Guidelines When first submitting a manuscript for peer review low resolution versions of figures should be uploaded to limit file size High resolution files will be requested for the production files NOTE Captions and links do not need to be entered separately when uploading figure files in Schol arOne as they should be in the manuscript text leave those fields blank and continue with the submission once all your files have been uploaded Illustrations figures and other artwork such as multimedia must be supplied in an electronic format If electronic files are not available or if those supplied are inadequate for reproduction hard co py originals of adequate quality either previously supplied or requested from the author will be scanned Note that the scanner will easily reproduce flaws
14. d to permit reproduction of the work but must be concise and avoid lengthy descriptions of known procedures the latter should be specified by appropriate references Sources of biological materials experimental methods geographical locations and statistical meth ods should be described Sources of commercially available laboratory or field equipment and fine chemicals should be indicated in parentheses list the company name city and country The results should be as comprehensive as possible but limited to answers to the questions posed in the purpose of the work Material supplementary to the text can be associated with the pub lished manuscript on the journal website or in a recognized repository and referenced in the text see Supplementary material section The discussion should be limited to presenting the main contributions of the study and interpret ing particular findings comparing them with those of other workers The Discussion can be com bined with the Results section as Results and Discussion The inclusion of a separate Conclusions section is at the discretion of the author s General The journal uses the Harvard citation style Author and Date system for references In text citations Each reference must be cited in the text using the surnames of the authors and the year for exam ple Walpole 1985 or Green and Brown 1990 If there are three or more authors the citation should give the name of the
15. e Abstract Key Words Plain language summary optional Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgements References lists of Symbols Abbreviations Acronyms Tables with captions above Figure captions labeled Figures Appendices Supplementary Material All references mentioned in the References list are cited in the text and vice versa The submission meets at least the following minimum formatting requirements language quality manuscript organization manuscript length page numbering double spacing continuous line numbering general reference format A statement of the significance value of the work is given in the cover letter with an emphasis on how the work contributes to advancing knowledge Artwork source files have been provided at the appropriate size and resolution low resolution versions of figures should be uploaded at initial submission to limit file size Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from all other sources All ethical requirements and standards have been met and are detailed in the manuscript All manuscript files and supplementary material files if applicable have been uploaded DOls and or links to repository information have been provided in the manuscript if applicable All information provided online in ScholarOne matches that in the ma
16. e labelled using Arabic letters for example Appendix A Figures and tables used in an appendix should be numbered sequentially but separately from those used in the main body of the paper for example Fig Al Table Al etc Supplementary material or data consists of extra tables figures maps detailed calculations and data sets produced by the authors as part of their research but not essential for understanding or evaluating the paper and are not published as part of the article itself This material is never edited converted or scanned and therefore will appear exactly as submit ted This is to prevent any errors from being inadvertently introduced during file manipulation or printing Tables and figures included in the supplementary material should be numbered in se quence separate from those published with the paper e g Fig S Table S1 and all supplementary material should be referred to in the manuscript as a separate section Authors can submit supplementary material files along with their manuscript files through Scholar One but are strongly encouraged to deposit it in a suitable repository instead in order to ensure long term preservation and retrievability DataCite provides a tool for finding suitable repositories www datacite org services find reposi tory html If authors choose to deposit their supplementary materials in an online repository they must indicate where the supplementary materials are deposite
17. e with the definitions established by the International Commission on Stratigraphy ICS www stratigraphy org New C dates reported in manuscripts must include the laboratory reference number Geotechnical Symbols Shall conform to those recommended by the Metric Subcommittee of the Canadian Geotechnical Society Canadian Geotechnical Journal 17 89 96 1980 Microorganisms Authors are required to use currently accepted names for microorganisms as indicated in the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria www ncbi nlm nih gov books NBK8817 1990 revision A new name is not validly published until a note containing the name is also published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Microor ganisms and viruses should be given strain designations consisting of letters usually two followed by serial numbers It is generally advisable to use the worker s initials or a descriptive symbol of locate or laboratory Each new isolate will then be given a new serial designation ABI AB2 etc Genotypic and phenotypic symbols should not be included Transposable elements and plasmids Nomenclature of transposable elements transposons Mu should follow Campbell et al Gene 5 197 206 1979 and for plasmids should follow Novick et al Bacteriol Rev 40 168 189 1976 Viruses In the genetic nomenclature of bacterial viruses bacteriophages no distinctions are made between genotype and ph
18. ect Index 56 IN 1962 Rigid adherence to nomenclature rules is not expected each time a compound is men tioned in a manuscript but the approved names should be given at least once preferably in an early part of the manuscript Enzymes Refer to Enzyme Nomenclature 1992 Recommendations of the Nomenclature Com mittee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IUBMB www chem qmul ac uk iupac jcbn index html 6 Academic Press San Diego Calif Geological Should follow the American Geological Institute s Glossary of Geology 1997 except where superceded by international recommendations such as those of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks and of the Internation al Mineralogical Association on the nomenclature of minerals Abbreviations for mineral names should follow R Kretz American Mineralogist 68 277 279 1983 and should be summarized in a footnote or figure caption Stratigraphic nomenclature should follow the North American 22 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Stratigraphic Code American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 67 841 875 1983 Canadian lithostratigraphic units are summarized in the regional Lexicons of Canadian Stratigraphy published by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Geological Time Only formal time stratigraphic and geologic time units should be capitalized in accordanc
19. editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be sent out for peer review or be accepted for publication Articles accepted for publication in a Canadian Science Publishing journal will still undergo a copy editing process as part of the production process Editage is a leader in English language editing translation and author education services and works closely with journal authors worldwide to improve their success in publication Canadian Science Publishing authors get a special 15 discount on submissions made through the link www csplan guageimprovement editage com See www cdnsciencepub com learning centre research and writing english for more informa tion Authors must submit manuscripts via the ScholarOne Manuscripts online Submission and Peer Review system mc06 manuscriptcentral com facets pubs Register Authors may register at any time on the site but should register only once During reg istration authors choose a username and a password The security of manuscripts is protected by the username password system Submit Authors will be asked to input information pertaining to the authors and the manuscript answer some questions and upload the submission files Note in the ScholarOne system the contact corresponding author is the first author listed when entering author names this may not reflect the author order on the manuscript title page if the corresponding author is not the first author of the manu
20. enotype Genetic symbols may be one two or three letters Zoological Authors are required to follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature www iczn org iczn indexjsp 4th ed 1999 Specifically authors should provide the authority name s and date for all genus and species level taxa at the first mention within the Abstract and within the text but not in the title In subsequent mentions of the same species the genus is abbreviated to the first letter and no author name s or date is listed e g S plicata Genera are always written in full at the beginning of a sentence In the case of changed combinations the authorship and date should be set in parentheses For example Ascidia plicata Lesueur 823 is cited as Styela plicata Lesueur 823 when transferred to the genus Styela 23 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Manuscript Submission Checklist List of authors affiliations and contact information is complete and correct One author has been designated as corresponding author Manuscript title is short and informative The abstract if applicable can be read as stand alone text and does not exceed 200 words Key words describing the article have been provided in the manuscript Relevant subject area s have been identified and selected The manuscript file s contains all essential sections required for the manuscript type and content e g Titl
21. eone fluent in English or French prior to submission of the manuscript Alternatively a professional language editing service can be used To facilitate publication authors must check symbols abbreviations and technical terms for accu racy consistency and readability Canadian Science Publishing maintains the right to preserve the technical quality of the Journal Authors are encouraged to follow the style and formatting requirements outlined in the Instruc tions to Authors in full prior to submission Authors may choose to follow only minimum style and formatting instructions at submission i e language quality manuscript organization manuscript ength page numbering double spacing continuous line numbering and general reference format This will not affect the editorial decision However authors who follow the style and formatting instructions in full at submission will find the revision process easier Canadian Science Publishing CSP has partnered with Editage to offer pre submission editing services to authors The services offered by Editage will help authors particularly those for whom English is not their first language craft well written manuscripts for submission to Canadian Sci ence Publishing journals making it easier for peer reviewers to assess the science of a manuscript and reducing the risk that a paper with good scientific content will be rejected because of a lack of clarity Please note that language
22. file upload in addition to a clean copy of the revised manuscript Please include show changes or clean copy in the file name For all published articles reporting original research in FACETS it is encouraged to have the data used in the article available in a publicly accessible database at the time of publication Authors must ensure that all reasonable steps necessary to protect the privacy of human research subjects have been taken in accordance with appropriate legal guidelines l Author s are responsible for determining if they are required to deposit their data in a disci pline specific data repository and for determining the copyright licensing terms for data held in those repositories Examples of repositories include but are not limited to the following Biodiversity data GBIF www gbif org Biological macromolecular structures PDB www wwpdb org Crystal structure data CCDC www ccdc cam ac uk pages Home aspx Ecological data Dryad www datadryad org Gene sequences GenBank www ncbi nim nih gov Genbank submit html EMBL www ebi ac uk embl Submission index html DDBJ www ddbj nig ac jp submission e htm Microarray data ArrayExpress www ebi ac uk arrayexpress GEO www ncbi nim nih gov geo 2 If there is no discipline specific data repository requirement authors are encouraged to deposit their data in a general repository such as Dryad www datadry
23. first author followed by et al e g Green et al 1991 If references occur that are not uniquely identified by the authors names and year use a b c etc after the year for example Green 983a 983b Green and Brown 988a 988b for the text citation and in the reference list Presentation of the reference list The reference list must be double spaced and placed at the end of the text References must be listed in alphabetical order according to the name of the first author and not numbered Referenc es with the same first author are listed in the following order i papers with one author only in chronological order ii papers with dual authorship follow listed in alphabetical order iii papers with three or more authors are arranged chronologically Guidelines on reference list format The Harvard style can vary in minor features such as punctuation capitalisation abbreviations and the use of italics References should follow the form outlined below and used in current issues of the journal Note that the names of serials are not abbreviated in the reference list for FACETS 16 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Tables and figures Examples of bibliographic citations for additional examples refer to www guides is uwa edu au harvard Journal Heaman LM Erdmer P and Owen JV 2002 U Pb geochronologic con straints on the crustal evolution of the Long Range Inlier Newfoundland Canadian Jo
24. g author will be contacted to advise him or her of acceptance and to ask him or her to provide the final accepted manuscript file and all associated files for tables figures and files or repository links for supplementary material Text including tables should be provided in a word processing format any form of WordPerfect Microsoft Word TeX or LaTeX All tables and equations are required to be in a workable format that can be physically manipu lated see the sections entitled How to organize your manuscript and Manuscript style guidelines For figures see the section entitled Preparation of graphic files Authors should note the Cover Letter section of ScholarOne does not need to repeat any infor mation that will also be given in the section Author Questions Instead use the Cover Letter text box to offer the Editor any additional information Please include the following as well as any additional information desired Reasons why reviewers have been placed on your non preferred list A statement of how the work advances knowledge 9 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Data availability and archiving depositing your data in a repository For resubmissions use the Cover Letter section in ScholarOne to include comments to the previous reviewers pasted or attached A highlighted track changes copy of the resubmit ted manuscript showing changes made should be included as a
25. iczn index sp 4th ed the publication date date of record is the date that the final paginated version of record is posted on the journal s website Authors must i register new taxonomic descriptions with ZooBank www zoobank org and obtain a ZooBank number ii cite the ZooBank number within the text of the manuscript e g Description section and iii provide the journal s ISSN pending volume issue and page range of the published work to ZooBank The ZooBank number can be added at the proof stage Nomenclature should follow the rules established by international authoritative bodies such as the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IUBMB the International Code of Nomenclature for algae fungi and plants ICN the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUPAC the Chemical Abstracts Services CAS the Committee on Nomenclature Terminology and Symbols of the American Chemical Society and the International Code of Zoo logical Nomenclature ICZN 21 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS As a general guide for biological terms Scientific Style and Format The CSE Manual for Authors Editors and Publishers 7th ed 2006 published by the Council of Science Editors USA is rec ommended Bacteria The use of genotypic and phenotypic designations should follow the recommendations of Demerec et al Genetics 54 61 74 1966 i Phenotypic designations must be used when muta
26. ise as possible A surcharge may apply on very lengthy articles to cover the additional production costs please contact the editorial office before submitting manuscripts in excess of 15 000 words The publisher is pleased to announce a special offer where the article processing charges will be waived for manuscripts submitted by June 30 2016 Editorial Office FACETS Canadian Science Publishing 65 Auriga Drive Suite 203 Ottawa ON K2E 7W6 Canada Fax 6 3 656 9838 E mail facets cdnsciencepub com 5 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Sections and Subjects These are the detailed areas covered by FACETS The list is subject to change and expansion as the journal grows Note SECTIONS are in bold and the SUBJECTS are listed underneath Authors will be asked to identify a primary manuscript subject during submission as well as a secondary manuscript subject for multidisciplinary papers Biomedical and Health Sciences Anatomy and Physiology Epidemiology Pharmacology Clinical Sciences Neuroscience Psychology Mental Health Biological and Life Sciences Anatomy and Biomechanics Plant and Agricultural Sciences Ecology and Evolution Cell and Developmental Biology Genetics and Genomics Earth and Environmental Sciences Atmospheric and Climate Sciences Geosciences includes Geophysics Physical Geography GIS Marine and Aquatic Sciences Nutrition Sport and Exercise Microbi
27. ith maximum quality at final size Embed imported parts do not link them For Bitmap raster files the proper resolution should be used when submitting bitmap artwork The minimum requirements for resolution are 600 dpi for line art 200 dpi for fine lines line art with fine lines or shading 300 dpi for halftones and colour and 600 dpi for combinations half tones with lettering outside the photo area All colour files submitted must be as CMYK cyan magenta yellow and black These colours are used in full colour printing RGB graphics red green and blue colours specifically used to produce an image on a monitor will not print correctly Vector files are image files produced using elements such as lines and shapes Typically these files are used for line drawings Bitmaps inside vector files Bitmaps can be imported into vector draw applications only for the purpose of adding and overlaying information lines text etc Bitmaps should not be resized cropped rotated or otherwise manipulated after importing 19 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Preparation of multimedia files Spelling List of accepted formats for journal production PC Software current File Extensions and legacy versions Save As or Export Adobe Acrobat pdf Adobe Illustrator ai eps Adobe Photoshop tif jpg MS Excel xls xlsx MS Word doc docx The journal allows authors to incorporate audio
28. less of their country of origin who describe experiments on vertebrate animals are required to give assurance in the Materials and Methods section of the manuscript that the animals were cared for in accordance with the Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Ani mals Vol 1 2nd ed 1993 and Vol 2 1984 available from the Canadian Council on Animal Care 190 O Connor St Suite 800 Ottawa ON K2P 2R3 Canada or on their website at www ccac ca 13 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Endangered species Field research permits Archaeology and palaeontology research Obtaining use permissions from a third party Photo manipulation or the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 1996 published by National Academy Press 2101 Constitution Ave NW Washington DC 20055 USA and that their use of animals was reviewed and approved by the appropriate animal care review committee at the institution s where the experiments were carried out Authors who describe experiments on humans are required to provide assurance in the manu script that appropriate standards for human experimentation have been followed that the experi ment has been reviewed and approved by their institution s ethics review committee and that the subjects have given informed consent prior to participating in the study Authors must certify that research involving endangered species was conducted in conformance with all applicable laws
29. n schedule wherein articles are published as soon as they are ready Articles requiring publication at a specific time e g press released content may be an exception The journal publishes in electronic format only FACETS is a peer reviewed multidisciplinary open access science journal that publishes the follow ing article types A research article reports a completed definitive study Authors are strongly encouraged to be as concise as possible most papers of this type are expected to be between 8000 10 000 words on average A surcharge may apply on very lengthy articles to cover the additional production costs please contact the editorial office before submitting manuscripts in excess of 5 000 words Review articles present a critical synthesis or overview of information on an important topic Authors are strongly encouraged to be as concise as possible A surcharge may apply on very lengthy articles to cover the additional production costs please contact the editorial office before submitting manuscripts in excess of 15 000 words A communication is intended for the presentation of brief observations e g pilot studies new discoveries and should not exceed 5000 words A note reports a completed project of a smaller scope and should not exceed 5000 words A perspective is a fully referenced thought piece that allows for the discussion of scientific con cepts and the proposal of ideas e g a new idea relating to an existing con
30. nt loci have not been identified or mapped Phenotypic designations generally consist of three letter symbols not italicized with the first letter capitalized Superscript letters may be used e g Str for streptomycin sensitivity i Genotypic designations are composed of three letter locus symbols written in lower case italics Wild type alleles are indicated by positive superscripts e g his If several loci control related functions they are distinguished by italicized capital let ters following the gene symbols e g hisA hisB Mutation sites are indicated by putting the serial isolation numbers allele numbers after the locus symbol Deviations from normal use should be defined For more detailed information about the symbols in current use consult reviews by Bachmann Microbiol Rev 47 180 230 1983 for Escherichia coli K 12 Sanderson and Roth Microbiol Rev 52 485 532 1988 for Salmonella spp and Henner and Hoch Microbiol Rev 44 57 82 1980 for Bacillus subtilis Biochemical Nomenclature should follow the rules recommended by the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology IUBMB www chem qmul ac uk iubmb nomenclature Com mittee of Editors of Biochemical Journals with support of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUPAC Botanical The International Code of Nomenclature for algae fungi and plants International Asso ciation for Plant Taxonomy www lapt taxon org nomen main ph
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32. ology Sciences Zoology Physical Sciences Engineering Technology Integrative Sciences Astronomical Sciences Chemistry Physics Materials Science and Mathematics Engineering Technology includes Computer and Information Sciences Mathematics and Statistics Science Communication Science and Policy Science Education Science and Society Conservation and Sustainability Ethics includes Research Integrity Public Health 6 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Introduction Titles Abstracts Key words Plain language summaries Tips for Maximizing Discoverability metadata Metadata is information that makes your article discoverable It tells search engines what your article is about and helps determine what is displayed in response to a search query You want to make sure that your metadata is rich and descriptive so that your article is at the top of the list in a search result Titles should be descriptive and unambiguously tell the reader what the article is about Key words terms and phrases should be used to maximize the possibility of an internet crawler identifying the topic Using plain clear language is important as figures of speech humour and jargon are not easily recognizable to electronic systems If you want to incorporate humour be sure that it is complemented with something descriptive Abstracts are more important than most people realize and care should be taken when writing
33. or their knowledge of and their experience in the subject treated in the manuscript Reviewers are invited in confidence to recommend on the suitability of the submission and provide comments for the authors and the Editors The Subject Editor or Guest Editor under the supervision of the Editor in Chief retains full responsibility for all decisions regarding the manuscript Suggested reviewers Authors should provide the first and last names of the reviewers in addition to their current e mail addresses Qualified and eligible reviewers include other researchers in the field who are not in direct or indirect conflict of interest or competing interests with the submitted manuscript Please also consider naming international reviewers in the list Authors are invited to suggest reviewers who are competent to examine their manuscript but the handling Editor is not imited to such suggestions Reviewers are informed that they have received privileged documents for assessment of scientific merit and are expected to provide reasonable arguments to support their evaluations Identities of reviewers will not be released to authors without the written con sent of the reviewer Non preferred reviewers You may optionally enter the names of reviewers who you do not want to review your paper lof 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Process Proofs Maximizing the visibility and impact of your published articles Kudos Reprints Co
34. ot the first author of the manuscript Author order in the published manuscript will be as indicated on the title page of the supplied manuscript An abstract is required for every contribution except Comments Replies and Editorials and should consist of one paragraph that contains accurate descriptive words of the content It should be no more than 200 words and should appear on a separate page of the submitted manuscript Ref erences should not be cited in the abstract See also Tips for maximizing discoverability section A maximum of six key words or phrases should be placed directly below the abstract See also Tips for maximizing discoverability section Authors are encouraged to submit a plain language summary of their article in addition to the regular abstract This summary should be concise clear and free of jargon The plain language summary should be included in the submitted manuscript document for the peer review process but it will be extracted and displayed separately upon publication if provided See also Tips for maximizing discoverability section 15 of 24 Instructions to Authors FACETS Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion and conclusions References The introduction should be limited to the scope purpose and rationale of the study An introduc tion generally need not exceed 500 words The experimental or computational material must be sufficiently detaile
35. p should be followed Note that the first occurrence of a species name in a manuscript is presented with the genus written in full and the authority name s included e g Populus angustifolia James In subsequent mentions of the same species the genus is abbreviated to the first letter and no authority name s is listed e g P angustifolia To avoid confusion when different genera share the same first letter the genera are written in full throughout the manuscript Genera are always written in full at the beginning of a sentence Chemical Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry Sections A B C D E F and H Pergamon Press London 1979 Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry Butterworth London 1971 Quantities Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry Blackwell London 1987 Tentative recommendations ex ist for organometallic nomenclature IUPAC Information Bulletin No 31 1973 for stereochemical designations J Org Chem 35 2849 1970 and for steroids Org Chem 34 1517 1969 Although tentative IUPAC rules have been published for carbohydrate nomenclature Biochemistry 10 3983 1971 the British American nomenclature is recommended J Org Chem 28 281 1963 until the IUPAC rules become definitive For nomenclature not covered by international conven tion the usage of the American Chemical Society should be followed for example The Naming and Indexing of Chemical Compounds Introduction to Chemical Abstracts Subj
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42. them Because search engines look for duplication of terms repeating keyword phrases in the title and abstract increases the chance that a paper will be found during an online search Care should be taken however because excessive repetition of a term can cause a search engine to reject a web page Abstracts should be detailed and descriptive and should tell the reader exactly what the article is about the context and methodology of the study the results conclusions and why the study is important Jargon should be minimized and acronyms should be avoided when pos sible or defined when their use is necessary Key words terms and phrases should again be used No information that is not contained in the article should be included in the abstract Remember that your abstract should entice the reader to want to read your full article Key words should be strong indicators of the content of your article at a glance Wherever possi ble use multi word phrases rather than single word key words The key words you choose should be descriptive informative and be repeated in the title and abstract Use words and phrases that you would use yourself to search for an article We encourage you to submit a plain language summary of your article in addition to your regular abstract This summary should be concise clear and free of jargon Aim to highlight why the work was done how it was done and what was discovered Upon publication a plain langu
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45. urnal of Earth Sciences 39 5 845 865 doi 10 1 139 e02 015 Book Neuendorf KKE Mehl JP Jr and Jackson JA 2011 Glossary of Geology 5th edition American Geological Institute Alexandria Va 800 p Conference Jagoutz E Palme H Baddenhausen H Blum K Cendales M Dreibus Proceedings G Spettel B Lorenz V and Wanke H 1979 The abundances of major minor and trace elements in the earth s mantle as derived from primitive ultramafic nodules In Proceedings of the 10th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston Tex 19 23 March 1979 Vol 2 pp 203 2050 Chapter Edit ed Volume Contribution Colpron M Nelson JL and Murphy DC 2006 A tectonostratigraphic framework for the pericratonic terranes of the northern Canadian Cordil lera In Paleozoic evolution and metallogeny of pericratonic terranes at the Ancient Pacific Margin of North America Canadian and Alaskan Cordillera Edited by M Colpron and JL Nelson Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 45 pp 23 Escayola M Murphy DC Garuti G Zaccarini F Proenza JA Aiglsperger T Report Grey and van Staal C 2012 First finding of Pt Pd rich chromitite and platinum Literature group element mineralization in southwest Yukon mantle peridotite com plexes Yukon Geological Survey Open File 2012 12 18 p Thesis Fecova K 2009 Conuma River and Leagh Creek intrusive complexes win Dissertation dows into mid crust
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