An International Review Journal Former title: Vistas in Astronomy
Guide for Authors
Submission of articles
In principle, papers are written and submitted on the invitation of one of the Editors, although the
Editors would be glad to receive suggestions. Proposals for review articles should be sent by the authors to one of the Editors by e-mail.
A list can be found on the homepage of the journal: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/newastrev. The Editor will evaluate
proposals on the basis of timeliness and relevance and inform the author(s) as soon as possible. All submitted papers are subject to
a refereeing process.
For inquiries regarding your paper or the publishing process in general, please contact the editorial office
at narev-eo@elsevier.nl.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously
in its present form (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration
for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where
the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language,
without the written consent of the Publisher.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing
Agreement'' (for more information on this and copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement
will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming
receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit
the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier's Rights Department,
Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com. Requests may also be completed
online via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Authors in Japan please note
Upon request, Elsevier Japan will provide authors with a list of people who can check and improve the English of their paper (before
submission). Please contact our Tokyo office: Elsevier Japan, 9-15, Higashi-Azabu 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044; Japan; Tel. (+81)
3-5561-5032; Fax: (+81) 3-5561-5045; E-mail: info@elsevier.co.jp.
Electronic format requirements for accepted articles
General points
We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is preferred. Always keep a backup copy
of the electronic file for reference and safety. Save your files using the default extension of the program used.
Wordprocessor
documents
It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column
format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article.
In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts,
superscripts etc. Do not embed "graphically designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When
preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid
is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional
manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/howtosubmitpaper).
Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on
the manuscript. See also the section on Preparation of electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly
advised to use the "spellchecker" function of your wordprocessor.
LaTeX documents
If the LaTeX file is suitable, proofs
will be produced without rekeying the text. The article should preferably be written using Elsevier's document class "elsart", or alternatively
the standard document class "article".
The Elsevier LaTeX package (including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be
obtained from the Quickguide: http://www.elsevier.com/latex. It consists of the files: elsart.cls, guidelines for users
of elsart, a template file for quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing articles with LaTeX".
Preparation of text
General
Please write your text in good English. Italics are not to be used for expressions of Latin origin, for example,
in vivo, et al., per se. Use decimal points (not commas); use a space for thousands (10 000 and above).
Title.
Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly.
Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case
superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each
affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding author. Clearly
indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone
and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Abstract.
A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and
major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.
Keywords.
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for
example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords
will be used for indexing purposes.
Figure captions, tables, figures, schemes. Present these, in this order, at the end
of the article. They are described in more detail below. If you are working with LaTeX and have such features embedded in the text, these
can be left, but such embedding should not be done specifically for publishing purposes. Further, high-resolution graphics files must
be provided separately (see Preparation of illustrations).
Mathematical formulae. Present simple formulae in the
line of normal text where possible. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal
line,
e.g., Xp/Ym rather than
Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.
Number consecutively any equations
that have to be displayed separate from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).
Preparation of supplementary data.
Elsevier accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author
additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets,
sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier
Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is
directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic
format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit
our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
References
Responsibility for
the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
Citations in the text: Please ensure that every
reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given
in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text.
If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include
a substitution of the publication date with either "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication" Citation of a reference as "in press"
implies that the item has been accepted for publication and a copy of the title page of the relevant article must be submitted.
Citing and listing of Web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (DOI, author
names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the
reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Text: All citations in the
text should refer to:
1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of
publication;
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first
author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references
should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.
Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones,
1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ...."
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then
further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the
letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2000. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51-59.
Reference
to a book:
Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York.
Reference to a chapter in
an edited book:
Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 1999. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith , R.Z.
(Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.
DOI citations. The digital object
identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which
is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is
an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly "Articles in press", because they have not yet received their full bibliographic
information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows:
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.06.033
For Articles in Press,
please do not include an "In Press" denotation to your citation. When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web,
they are guaranteed never to change.
Preparation of illustrations
General points
" Make sure you use uniform
lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
" Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
" Only use the
following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
" Number the illustrations according to their sequence
in the text.
" Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
" Produce images near to the desired size of the printed
version.
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Formats
Regardless of the
application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (Note
the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed
the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum
of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please
supply "as is".
Please do not:
Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
Supply files that are too low
in resolution;
Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Colour illustrations
Please make
sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with
your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear
in colour on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour
in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt
of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the Web only. For further information on the preparation
of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of technical complications
which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please
submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations.
Proofs
One set of page proofs in PDF
format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (if we do not have an e-mail address then paper proofs will be sent by post).
Elsevier now sends PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader version 7 available free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Instructions on how to annotate PDF files will accompany the proofs. The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrsystemreqs.html#70win.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return
to Elsevier in an e-mail. Please list your corrections quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then mark the corrections
and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and return by fax, or scan the pages and e-mail,
or by post.
Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and
figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the
Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that
all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent
corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of
your article if no response is received.
Author Benefits
No page charges: Publishing in New Astronomy Reviews
is free.
Fast online publication: Accepted articles will be published online in their untypeset version within five days
after acceptance. These articles can be cited by doi.
Free offprints: The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided
with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published
article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use. Additional
paper offprints can be ordered by the authors. An order form with prices will be sent to the corresponding author.
Discount:
Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books. See www.books.elsevier.com/thankyou Copyright All authors must sign the Transfer of Copyright agreement before the article can be published. This transfer
agreement enables Elsevier B.V. to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the authors' proprietary
rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic
reproductions, microform or any other reproductions of similar nature and translation, and includes the right to adapt the article for
use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation
in retrieval systems. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright
exists. Proofs Proofs will be despatched to the first-named author, unless otherwise requested. In order to guarantee
the fastest possible production times, the proofs must be returned within 48 hours after receipt, preferably by fax. Corrections to the
proofs must be restricted to printer's errors only. Any substantial changes other than these will be charged to the author. Please note
that authors are urged to check their proofs carefully before return, since the inclusion of late corrections to any article cannot be
guaranteed. Reprints and copies of the issue (at a specially reduced rate) can be ordered on the form which will accompany the proofs.
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