Journal for Environmental and Economic Geochemistry
Guide for Authors
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal's Editor for review.
Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present: One
Author designated as corresponding Author: • E-mail address • Full postal address • Telephone and fax numbers
• All author's names, with complete affiliations All necessary files have been uploaded • Keywords •
Complete text with reference list, abstract • All figures • All figure captions • All tables (including title,
description, footnotes) • All electronic annexes (if any) • Names and (e-mail) addresses of 4 potential referees
Further considerations • Manuscript has been "spellchecked" • References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa • Permission has been obtained
for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web) • Colour figures are clearly marked as being intended
for colour reproduction on the Web (free of charge) and in print or to be reproduced in colour on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white
in print • If only colour on the Web is required, black and white versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
1.1 General Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously
(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carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without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.
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
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Requests may also be completed on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Online
submission to the journal prior to acceptance
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines
to prepare your article. Via the "Author Gateway" page of this journal (http://authors.elsevier.com/) you will be guided
stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat
PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted
to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence,
including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the author's homepage, removing
the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
Note: electronic articles submitted for the review process may need to be edited after acceptance
to follow journal standards. For this an "editable" file format is necessary. See the section on "Electronic format requirements for
accepted articles" and the further general instructions on how to prepare your article below.
Please submit, with the manuscript,
the names and address of four potential Referees. You may also mention persons who you would prefer not to review your
paper.
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 Author Gateway's Guide to
Publishing with Elsevier: http://authors.elsevier.com). 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.
LaTeX documents 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 Author Gateway's Quickguide: http://authors.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
Presentation of manuscript
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but
not a mixture of these). 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). Language Polishing. Authors who require information
about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission please visit http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/languagepolishing
or contact authorsupport@elsevier.com for more information. Please note Elsevier neither endorses nor takes responsibility
for any products, goods or services offered by outside vendors through our services or in any advertising. For more information please
refer to our Terms & Conditions: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/termsconditions.cws_home/termsconditions
Provide
the following data on the title page (in the order given).
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. Present/permanent address.
If an author has moved since the work
described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address"' (or "Permanent address") may be indicated as a footnote
to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript
Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes. Abstract. A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should
state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. A structured abstract is required. For this,
a recent copy of the journal should be consulted. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand
alone. References should therefore be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list.
Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract
itself.
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.
Abbreviations. Define abbreviations that are not standard
in this field at their first occurrence in the article: in the abstract but also in the main text after it. Ensure consistency of abbreviations
throughout the article. N.B. Acknowledgements. Collate acknowledgements, including information on grants received, in a
separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or
otherwise.
Arrangement of the article
Subdivision of the article. Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered
sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ?), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use
this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to "the text". Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each
heading should appear on its own separate line. References. See separate section, below. 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 ). Text
graphics. Present incidental graphics not suitable for mention as figures, plates or schemes at the end of the article and number
them "Graphic 1", etc. Their precise position in the text can then be indicated. See further under the section, Preparation of
illustrations. 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.).
Specific remarks
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.,
X/Y rather than X Y 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).
Footnotes. Footnotes should
be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many word processors build footnotes
into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present
the footnotes themselves on a separate sheet at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list.
Tables.
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate
them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in
tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Nomenclature and units. Follow internationally accepted
rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, give their equivalent in SI.
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 the Author Gateway at http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork.
References
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.
In the text refer to the author's name (without initials) and year of publication (e.g. "Since Peterson (1993) has shown that..." or
"This is in the agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1994)"). For three or more authors use the first author followed by "et
al.", in the text. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors' names. The manuscript should be carefully checked
to ensure that the spelling of authors' names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.
References should
be given in the following form: Kisabeth, J.L., 1979. On calculating magnetic and vector potential field due to large-scale magnetospheric
current systems and induced currents in an infinitely conducting earth. In: Olson, W. P. (Ed.), Quantitative Modelling Magnetospheric
Processes. American Geophysical Union. Marov, M.Ya., Ioltukhovski, A.A., Kolesnichenko, A.V., Krasitsky, O.P., Shari, V.P., 1994.
On earth ozonosphere space monitoring by stars occultation. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics. Reprint No. 33, Moscow (in Russian).
Vijayakumar, G., Parameswaran, R., Rajan, R., 1998. Aerosols in the atmospheric boundary layer and its association with surface wind
speed at a coastal site. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 60 (16), 1531-1542.
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, and supply a separate listing of the files and the software used. • Provide all illustrations as separate
files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets. • Provide captions to illustrations separately.
Preparation of
electronic illustrations
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork 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.
Captions Ensure that each illustration has a caption.
Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and
a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Line drawings The lettering and symbols, as well as other details, should have proportionate dimensions, so as not
to become illegible or unclear after possible reduction; in general, the figures should be designed for a reduction factor of two to
three. The degree of reduction will be determined by the Publisher. Illustrations will not be enlarged. Consider the page format of the
journal when designing the illustrations. Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations.
Photographs
(halftones) Remove non-essential areas of a photograph. Do not mount photographs unless they form part of a composite figure.
Where necessary, insert a scale bar in the illustration (not below it), as opposed to giving a magnification factor in the caption.
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://authors.elsevier.com/artwork.
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.
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.
