An Official Journal of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
Guide for Authors
Submission of articles
Authors can submit their ps or pdf file to the editor-in-chief via e-mail. Please note, however,
that an editable file will be needed after acceptance
For the name and address of the editor-in-chief, please refer to the
list of editors in each issue of the journal or on the journal's homepage
General
Articles must be written in
good English.
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that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent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.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'. Acceptance of the
agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. Authors have wide rights to use their works to support their
research and teaching. For example, authors can share their articles with colleagues, use them electronically for courses and post a
pre-print version on their homepage or pre-print servers and retain it there indefinitely. For full details of the rights you retain
as an author, please see: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright.
If material from other copyrighted works is 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 home page (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Sending accepted articles to Elsevier
in electronic format
We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is preferred. An electronic version
of the text should be submitted together with the final hardcopy of the manuscript. The electronic version must match the hardcopy exactly.
Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Label storage media with your name, journal title, and software
used. Save your files using the default extension of the program used. No changes to the accepted version are permissible without the
explicit approval of the Editor. Electronic files can be stored on 3.5 inch diskette, ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh).
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 "Guide to Publishing with Elsevier": http://www.authors.elsevier.com.
It consists of the files: elsart.cls (use this file if you are using LaTeX2e, the current version of LaTeX), elsart.sty and elsart13.sty
(use these two files if you are using LaTeX3.09, the previous version of LaTeX), guidelines for users of elsart, a template file for
quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing articles with LaTeX".Preparation of supplementary data.
Presentation of manuscript
Print the entire manuscript on one side of the paper only, using double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins. (Avoid full justification, i.e.,
do not use a constant right-hand margin.) Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated. Present tables and figure legends on separate
pages at the end of the manuscript. If possible, consult a recent issue of the journal to become familiar with layout and conventions.
Number all pages consecutively.
Title page
The title page should contain the article title, author(s) names and
affiliations, related footnotes, an abstract not exceeding 150 words and preferably not containing long or complicated formulae, and
a list of keywords.
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.
References
References should be listed in
the same way as the following examples:
For a paper in a journal: C.K. Cheong, J.L. Teugels, On a semi-Markov generalization
of the random walk, Stochastic Process. Appl. 1 (1973) 53-66.
For a paper in a contributed volume: J.F.C. Kingman, The heavy
traffic approximation in the theory of queues, in: W.L. Smith, W.E. Wilkinson (Eds.), Proceedings Symposium on Congestion Theory, University
of North-Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1965, pp. 115-131.
For an unpublished paper: S.I. Resnick, L. de Haan, Almost sure
limit points of record values, Tech. Rept. No. 39, Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1972.
In text,
references should be indicated by numbers in square brackets.
All references mentioned in the text should also appear in the Reference
list (and vice versa). In the abstract, references must be given in full.
Artwork
Submitting your
illustrations, pictures, tables and other artwork in an electronic format helps us to produce your work to the best possible standards,
ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high level of detail. Colour Illustrations.
Proofs
When your manuscript is received
by the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to be regarded as 'drafts'.
One set of page proofs in PDF
format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the
accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
Author
benefits
No page charge is made.
The corresponding author will receive 50 offprints free of charge. An offprint order form
will be supplied by the publisher for ordering any additional paid offprints.
Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a
30% discount on all Elsevier books.
