Instructions for authors
Manuscripts should the submitted in final form, in triplicate, to one
of the editors:
Olaf Breidbach
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Ernst-Haeckel-Haus
Berggasse 7
D-07745 Jena, Germany
E-mail: b6brol @pluto.rz.uni-jena.de
Michael Weingarten
Phillipps-Universität Marburg
Institut für Philosophie
Blitzweg 16
D-35039 Marburg, Germany
1. The manuscript must be typed with full double spacing, wide margin
on left, and font size not smaller than 4 characters per cm throughout
(including the reference list and figures legends). The desired position
of figures should be marked in the left-hand margin. If possible, the manuscript should be accompanied by a disk with text written in Word, Word Perfect or Tex.
Only manuscripts written in English or German are accepted. Authors not
accustomed to using English or German regularly are requested to have their
manuscripts checked by an experienced writer before submitting. Genus and
species names should be underlined or printed in italics.
2. The first page (title page) should contain the complete title of
the paper, the full name(s) of the author(s), the name of the department
where the study was carried out, and the address to which proofs and other
correspondence are to be sent, including fax and telephone numbers and e-mail address.
3. The second page should contain the summary in English. It should present briefly
the major results and conclusions and should not exceed 250 words. Five
"key words" which are not contained in the title should be given.
Provide a list of abbreviations, if necessary.
4. The text should start with an introduction stating briefly the objectives
of the study and enough background information to clarify why the study
was undertaken. The Materials and Methods should be brief but adequate.
References should be made to published procedures wherever possible, explaining
only pertinent modifications. Results and Discussion should be treated
separately.
5. The list of References must contain all cited papers in alphabetical
order. They should be cited as follows: Surnames and initials of all authors,
year of publication in parentheses, full title, journal title abbreviated
in accordance with the World List of Scientific Periodicals, volume number,
first and last page numbers. References to books or monographs should include,
in addition to the authors’ names, the year of publication, the title,
edition, publisher and place. More than one reference to the same first
author should be in chronological order; more than one reference to the
same first author in the same year should be distinguished by a, b, c etc.
behind the year.
Examples:
Journal article:
Toulouse, G.; Dehaene, S.; Changeux, J.-P. (1986) Spin Glass Model of learning
by selection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 83: 1695 – 1698.
Chapter in book:
Delbrücke, M.; (1971) Aristotle-totle-totle. In: Monod, J.; Borek,
J. (eds) Microbes and Life. New York. Columbia Univ. Press, pp 50 – 55
Book:
Smith J. M. (1992) Evolutionsgenetik, G. Thieme, Stuttgart, New York.
The text references should be made as follows. "… as Miller (1992
b) observed" or "… is observed (White and Black 1988,1991 a,
b; Miller 1992 b)". If a citation concerns more than two authors,
e. g., Miller, Smith and Brown, the paper should be referred to in the text
as Miller et al.
6. Figures and line drawings must be submitted on separate sheets and
numbered consecutively in the order in which they are mentioned in the
text. They should be kept to the minimum required. Line drawings should
be submitted as glossy photographic prints, high quality photostats or
laserprints. Scales as well as letters, arrows or numbers should be added
carefully. The final size of letters or numbers must not be smaller than
2 mm. Legends to the figures should be listed consecutively on a separate sheet.
Each legend should include a title and explanatory text. The latter should give
sufficient detail to make the figure intelligible without reference to
the text and should explain all labels used in the figure.
7. Abbreviations and units: Abbreviations must be kept to a minimum
and listed on the first page. Abbreviations pertaining only to a specialized
subject and jargon will not be accepted. All quantities should be defined
according the International System of Units (SI-units) and according to
the conventions of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC).
8. Proofs. Page proofs for the correction of printer’s errors will usually
be sent about 8 weeks after acceptance of an article. Submitted manuscripts
must be regarded as final texts. No changes apart from corrections of printer’s
errors can be made at proof stage.
9. Thirty reprints are supplied free of charge. Additional reprints
may be purchased by ordering when page proofs are returned.
10. Policy on animal treatment. All animal experimentation reported
in the journal must have been conducted in accordance with the pertinent
national statements regarding the care and use of animals in the country
of residence of the principal author. In submitting a paper each author
will be assumed to have conscientionsly abided by these principles. Animal
welfare is of paramount concern in reviewing the methods section of a submitted
manuscript.
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