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Author Guidelines
Vulture News publishes original articles, reports, literature reviews and other material relevant to the field of vulture and condor biology, research and conservation. The journal has three sections for contributors:
- The Articles section accepts manuscripts that will be sent to at least two referees for peer review. They will be assigned a DOI reference within the CrossRef database system.
- The Short Communications, Notes and Reports section accepts contributions that may be peer reviewed and describe new information, observations, opinion pieces or methods. Peer-reviewed contributions will be assigned a DOI reference.
- The News and Comments section contains literature reviews, announcements, news and anecdotes that are edited for journal conventions. Single (or a series of) interesting pictures with extended captions are encouraged. Currently only black and white images are able to be published.
All contributions must be written in the language of the journal, which is English. Longer submissions should include a summary in an alternative language (French or Spanish). Full length manuscripts must be presented in the generally accepted scientific style, including an abstract of not more than 250 words. Other contributions may include a summary.
Electronic submissions are greatly preferred. Use double spacing, generous margins and line numbers. Consult a recent issue of Vulture News for typographical conventions and the layout of tables and figures. For manuscripts the first page should contain only the title and the author(s) name(s) and address(es), and the name and address of the person to whom correspondence should be addressed. Start the manuscript on a separate page and number pages consecutively.
On first mention in all articles, the generally accepted English common name of a species should be followed by the scientific binomial. Thereafter the English name should be used. Scientific names and all non-English words, with the exception of those adopted into the English language, should be in italics. Journal names listed in bibliographies should not be abbreviated.
Black and white illustrations, figures and photographs must be of good quality and sent separately as image files (not embedded in the document). Please refer to a recent edition of the journal for guidance on style and presentation. A detailed set of author guidelines are available from the website or by request from the editor.
Correspondence and manuscripts for publication should be submitted to the Editor:
Campbell Murn, Hawk Conservancy Trust, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 8DY, England
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF
- Where necessary, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); all illustrations and figures are attached as separate files; tables may remain embedded.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, above
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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