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PALAEONTOLOGIA POLONICA
Instructions for authors
PALAEONTOLOGIA POLONICA
is a monograph series published by the Institute of Palaeobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences associated with the
quarterly journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. Its format, established in
1929 by Roman Kozłowski, remains virtually unchanged. Although conservative in form,
PALAEONTOLOGIA POLONICA
promotes new research techniques and
methodologies of inference in palaeontology. It is especially devoted to publishing data which emphasise both morphologic and
time dimensions of the evolution, that is detailed descriptions of fossils and precise
stratigraphic co-ordinates.
Manuscripts submitted to PALAEONTOLOGIA
POLONICA should conform to the style of its latest
issues. Generally, it is expected that
costs of printing, which are kept as low as possible, are covered by the author.
Manuscript
Submit three copies of a double spaced manuscript and figures (good photocopies). It is recommended to leave the right margin without
justification. Do not send originals of illustrations and floppy discs until the manuscript is finally
accepted. After all the editorial work is completed and alterations introduced by the
author, we request the final version of the text on IBM compatible disc and originals of illustrations
(except of those computer generated). Most
word-processing formats are acceptable (Microsoft Word, WordPerfect); Microsoft
Word 6.0/95/97/2000 or RTF (Rich Text Format) is preferred. If the program used
is nonstandard, the material should be provided also in text format on a
separate disk, marked as "text file".
The authors who's native language is not English should have their papers checked
linguistically.
Title
Titles should be as brief as possible but informative. Do not use terms or names which may not be known to most readers, for instance the names of local stratigraphic units. Avoid abbreviated
words, authorship, and dates following taxonomic names.
Abstract
The abstract, not exceeding 900 characters and spaces, should state the results rather than describe its contents. Avoid literature citations. New systematic or stratigraphic names introduced in the article should be mentioned. Keywords should be provided immediately after the main abstract text.
Text
In preparing a manuscript please follow the style of the last issue of
PALAEONTOLOGIA POLONICA.The Introduction should be concise and intelligible to an unexperienced
paleontologist. The diagnoses of new taxa should refer to characters
distinguishing the new taxon from others (apomorphies).
Nomenclature
To ease the control of complex stratigraphic nomenclature it is recommended to use, whenever possible, chronologic time units (with adjectives `Late' and `Early') instead of chronostratigraphic or biostratigraphic ones. Avoid abbreviations of zonal names, write their correct genus and species rank names in full (at least when they appear for the first time) and italicized.
Synonymy
Construct synonymy according to the following plan: year, taxonomic name and authorship exactly as given in the cited publication; author(s) of the paper (in uppercase letters): page and figure
references.
Do not use an ampersand (&) instead of `and' in citations and references.
Citations
Citations should be written as in the following examples: (Sobolew 1914), (Kozłowski
1948: 176, fig. 54, pl. 24:1-7).
Figures
Figure, plate and table captions should be self explanatory
but as short as possible. Plates should be designed for the area of 170 x 230
mm, and the originals should not be wider than 210 mm. As a rule plates follow
the text of each article, but it is possible to include particular figures (including
photographs) into the text pages as text figures. When constructing plates do
not leave unnecessary space between the items or at the sides. If the line
artwork is computer generated, please send both printouts and computer files (preferably
CDR, PCX, or TIFF formats). Photographs can have black or white background, but
margins of photographed objects must be clearly delineated. The labelling should
be done on copies or transparent overlays, not on the originals. Lettering of
items in composite figures should be A, B, C etc. (not a, b, c), in plates 1, 2,
3 and a, b, c for different aspects of the same item. Figures in text are
referred to as Fig. (Figs) but as fig. (figs) in citations. Figures in plates
are referred to as a number following the number of plate (e.g. Pl. 12: 1a, but
pl. 12: 1a in citations). All figures should be provided with the author's name
and figure number.
References
Do not abbreviate journal names and give the editors' names
of symposium volumes and edited books. Please, repeat the author's name in each
entry, if there are several references to any one author. Please consult last
issues of PALAEONTOLOGIA POLONICA
for the reference format.
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