Editors-in-Chief E.V. Benton; Department
of Physics, University of San Francisco, Email: evb@track.physics.usfca.edu F. d'Errico; Yale University
School of Medicine, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale, Email: francesco.derrico@yale.edu
Associate
Editors
I. Bailiff; Luminescence Dating and Dosimetry Laboratory, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, Email: ian.bailiff@durham.ac.uk
P. S.W.S. McKeever; Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Email: stephen.mckeever@okstate.edu Olko;
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Health Physics Laboratory, Email: pawel.olko@ifj.edu.pl F. Spurny; Institute
of Radiation Dosimetry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Email: spurny@ujf.cas.cz A.G. Wintle; Institute of Geography
and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Email: aqw@aber.ac.uk
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References
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1. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. The manuscript
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1989, pp. 12-16)''.
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of first author and co-authors should be mentioned.
4. References cited together in the text should be arranged chronologically.
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5. Use the following system for arranging your references,
please note the proper position of the punctuation:
a. For periodicals
Zelles, L., Bai, Q.Y., Beck, T., Beese, R,
1992. Signature fatty acids in phospholipids and lipoolysaccharides as indicators of microbial biomass and community structure in agricultural
soils. Radiat. Meas. 24, 317-323.
b. For edited symposia, special issues, etc., published in a periodical
Rice, K.,
1992. Theory and conceptual issues. In: Gall, G.A.E., Staton, M. (Eds.), Integrating Conservation Biology and Agricultural Production.
Agric., Ecosyst. and Environ. 42, 9-26.
c. For books
Gaugh, Jr., H.G., 1992. Statistical Analysis of Regional Field
Trials. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 278 pp.
d. For multi-author books
DeLacy, I.H., Cooper, M., Lawrence, P.K., 1990. Pattern
analysis over years of regional variety trials: relationship among sites. In: Kang, M.S. (Ed.), Genotype by Environment Interaction and
Plant Breeding. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, pp. 189-213.
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