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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
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Guide for Authors
The journal publishes full-length articles describing original work, notes (short concise communications), and review articles on methods,
including their development, applicability, and present status. Microbiologists are encouraged to submit to the editors product information
and a summary of articles published elsewhere with relevance to the readers of the journal. This information is subject to editorial
approval. Articles describing the use of computers with software description are welcome. Submissions of a paper to this journal is understood
to imply that it has not previously been published and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Review Articles:
Reviews that do not contain experimental (hands-on) establishment of a method, but instead concern a summary or an evaluation of previously
described methods, are welcome. Generally, the author should contact an editorial board member or editor familiar with the area who would
then act as a sponsor. The name and address of the sponsor should be listed on the front page of the manuscript and will appear in the
front page of the published article. Unsolicited articles may be sent to an Editor or Editor-in-Chief but it is preferred that approval
of the topic area is obtained before the review is written.
Notes: A "note" is intended for the presentation of brief observations
that do not warrant full-length papers. A Note should be brief descriptions of novel apparatus or techniques, requiring real ingenuity
on the author's part, that offer definite advantages over those already available. The abstract should be no more than 50 words, have
no section headings in the body and report methods, results, and discussion in a single section. The text should be kept to a minimum
and if possible should not exceed 1,000 words; the number of figures and tables should also be kept to a minimum (2-3 maximum). Materials
and methods should be described in the text, not in figure legends or table footnotes. Acknowledgments should be presented as in full-length
papers, but no separate heading is used. The References section is identical to the full-length papers.
Online Submission:
Submission to this journal is now totally online. Please use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the online submission
page of this journal ( http://ees.elsevier.com/mimet/) 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 request for revision, takes place by email and via the author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
The above
represents a brief outline of this form of submission. It can be advantageous to print this "guide for authors" from the site ( http://authors.elsevier.com/)
for reference in the subsequent stages of article preparation. Typescripts should be restricted to 20 pages and should be typewritten
with double spacing and line numbering (including tables and refrences) and wide margins. The metric system should be used throughout.
The title page should be supplied as a separate sheet and must include: the title, the name(s) of author(s), the affiliation(s), and
complete address(es). The name, full postal address, and telephone and/or fax number and e-mail address (for editorial use only) of the
author to whom correspondence should be addressed should be given. A summary, of the article, and 3-6 keywords (alphabetized) should
be supplied on a separate sheet. Typescripts should be carefully checked before submission. No changes to the original typescript will
be allowed at proof stage.
References References should be listed by author name and year of publication in parentheses in
the body of the text [i.e.(Crissman and Hadley, 1995) two authors; (Crissman et al., 1998) more than two authors} and listed
alphabetically in the reference section. References to journals should contain the names and initials of all authors, the year of publication,
the title of the paper, the title of the periodical abbreviated according to List of Serial Title Word Abbreviations (available
from the International Serials Data System, 20 rue Bachaumont, 75002 Paris, France. ISBN 2-904938-02-8), the volume number, and page
number. References to books should also include the title of the book, the editors, and publishers. See examples below.
Schüler,
D., Uhl, R., Bäuerlein, E., 1995. A simple light scattering method to assay magnetism in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense.
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 132, 139--145.
Tyssen, P., 1993. Hybridization with nucleic acid probes. In: Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, Vol. 24, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 375-436.
Shockman, G.D., Höltje, J.-V., 1994. Microbial peptidoglycan
(murein) hydrolase. In: Ghuysen, J.-M.,Hakenbeck, R.(Eds.), Bacterial Cell Wall. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 131- 166.
Tables and
Figures Tables should be compiled on separate sheets with a short descriptive title, and legend if required, and numbered consecutively.
The width of all figures and drawings, and photographs where possible, should be about twice their height to yield an optimum printed
format. Line figures should be drawn in black ink on white paper or on graph paper with blue of faint grey rulings; graduation in tones
will not reproduce. Photoprints are also acceptable. Lettering should be of an appropriate size, taking into account the eventual reduction
(preferably not more than one-third). Photographs must be sharp, with good contrast, and printed on glossy or smooth-surfaced paper.
Legends should be supplied on separate sheets. Tables, line drawings and photographs should be clearly marked with number, author's name,
and orientation (i.e., top). Submit colour illustrations as original photographs, high-quality computer prints or transparencies, close
to the size expected in publication, or as 35 mm slides. Polaroid colour prints are not suitable. 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. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
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 prints corresponding to all the colour
illustrations.
Proofs: One proof will be sent to the nominated author to check for typesetting accuracy. Elsevier will do
everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. Therefore, it is important to
ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please
ensure your first sending is complete.
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.
Author enquiries
Authors can keep a track on the progress of their accepted article, and set up email alerts informing them of changes to their manuscript's
status, by accessing ( www.elsevier.com. Full details for the electronic submission of artwork can be obtained from http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork.
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided when an article
is accepted for publication.
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