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Guide for Authors
Submission of articles
The highly preferred submission method by the Journal of Geometry and Physics is for authors
to submit their article online as a LaTeX, Microsoft® (MS) Word® or WordPerfect® document via the Elsevier Editorial System.
The entry point for the system is the url  http://ees.elsevier.com/geophy/ where you will also find a detailed description
on its use. If you are not already registered, you will need to register as an author. The system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version
of the article, which is used for the reviewing process. All files containing figures, tables etc. should be uploaded as well, so that
the PDF file is suitable for reviewing. Authors, Reviewers and Editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence
is necessary.
Alternatively, authors should send a copy of their article in PDF (or Postscript) form by e-mail to the Editorial
Office of JGP at: jgp@sissa.it. It is recommended that the PDF (or Postscript) file includes all the necessary fonts.
This electronic version will be used for the reviewing process.
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 "Uploading your paper with the Elsevier Editorial System" and the further general instructions on how to prepare your article below.
If either of the above methods is not possible, authors may submit a hardcopy of their paper (one original and two copies) to:
Ugo Bruzzo
Journal of Geometry and Physics
International School for Advanced Studies
Via Beirut 2/4
I-34100 Trieste,
Italy
Tel.: (+39) 040 3787 408
Fax: (+39) 040 3787 528
Authors are strongly suggested to upload their papers online using
the Elsevier Editorial System. The electronic online submission significantly simplifies the handling of papers, resulting in benefits
for both the Authors and the Editorial Office, and reducing the publication time for each paper.
Uploading your paper with the
Elsevier Editorial System
The Elsevier Editorial System web page will assist you during the uploading of your paper with step-by-step
instructions. In particular, great care must be used to provide the necessary files in a proper format, with a suitable extension, and
in the correct order. You need to supply the following files in this order:
- a text file containing the AMS Subject Classification
codes for your paper. The preferred extension for this file is .txt (the extension .tex must be in any case avoided because it
would be wrongly interpreted by the system that compiles your submission).
- The manuscript file.
Latex formatting
is highly preferred and is a guarantee for a correct formatting of your paper. Plain TeX is also supported, even though sometimes
the formatting is not entirely satisfactory. In both cases, the heavy usage of personal macros and nonstandard packages is strongly
discouraged. Ideally, unavoidable macros and packages should be included in the master file. If external packages are absolutely
needed, they should be uploaded after the manuscript file. The extension of the manuscript file must be .tex (this will trigger
the TeX compiler to process your file).
- Manuscripts encoded in Microsoft® (MS) Word® or WordPerfect®
are also accepted (but discouraged).
- After the manuscript and possible subsidiary TeX files, figures and tables should be
uploaded. The preferred format is EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), and the files should carry the .eps extension. Other formats are admissible
as well (see below). In any case authors should make sure, using some standard TeX implementation, that figures and tables are correctly
processed and that a complete and satisfactory output is produced.
It is not possible to directly upload PDF or PostScript
files as manuscripts. These should in any case be written in an editable format. The uploading of manuscripts in PDF or PostScript format
generates errors.
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 and/or fax address, full
postal address, telephone and fax numbers
- All necessary files have been uploaded
- Keywords
- JGP subject
classification codes (listed at the end of these instructions)
- MSC classification codes
- All figure captions
- All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations:
- Manuscript is written
in good English and has been "spellchecked"
- The beginning and end of theorems and proofs are clearly indicated
- 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 or to be reproduced in black-and-white
For any further
information please contact the Author Support Department at authorsupport@elsevier.com
Preparation of articles
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 transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see
http://www.elsevier.com/authors). This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will
be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided.
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, Global Rights
Department, P.O. Box 800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com.
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 Author Gateway's Quickguide: http://www.elsevier.com/authors
or from the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN): see below. It consists of the files: elsart.cls (use this file if you are using
LaTeX2e, the current version of LaTeX), elsart.sty and elsart12.sty (use these two files if you are using LaTeX2.09, the previous version
of LaTeX), guidelines for users of elsart, a template file for quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing articles with LaTeX".
To obtain the package from CTAN, use direct access via FTP at ftp.dante.de (Germany), ftp.tex.ac.uk (UK),
or ctan.tug.org (Massachusetts, USA) and go to the directory /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/elsevier, or search
for Elsevier with one of the CTAN search engines ( http://ctan.tug.org/CTANfind.html, http://www.tex.ac.uk/CTANfind.html
or http://www.dante.de/cgi-bin/ctan-index).
CTAN is a mirrored network of ftp.tex.ac.uk, ftp.dante.de
and ctan.tug.org, which are widely mirrored (see ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors) and hold up-to-date
copies of all the public-domain versions of TeX, LaTeX, Metafont and ancillary programs.
Figures may be inserted in the usual way
using an \includegraphics command, at the position in the article where they are cited.
Your LaTeX file will be most useful as input
for the printed article if you obey the following rules of thumb:
- Be consistent. If you use a macro for a phrase,
use it throughout.
- Use standard LaTeX mark-up. Do not hardcode your own layout for e.g. section headings, but use the usual
LaTeX macro for this purpose.
- Keep it simple. Do not define macros that accomplish complicated layout. They will also make
the input process complicated.
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: http://www.elsevier.com/authors).
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.
Preparation of text
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).
Authors in Japan kindly note that, upon request, Elsevier Japan will provide a list of people who can check and improve the English
of an article before submission. Contact our Tokyo office: Elsevier K.K., Editorial Service, 1-9-15 Higashi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0044,
Japan; tel.: +81-3-5561-5032; fax: +81-3-5561-5045; e-mail: info@elsevier.co.jp
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 first name and family name
may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate and specify each one clearly. It should be clear what are the first and the family
name. 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
or 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.
Mathematical Subject Classification (MSC) codes. Immediately
after the abstract, please provide, in addition to keywords, up to 4 standard MSC codes. The available codes may be accessed at http://www.ams.org/msc/.
Subject Classification. Provide a maximum of 3 Journal of Geometry and Physics subject classifications. The list of subject
classifications is provided at the end of this guide for authors.
Keywords. Provide a maximum of 5 keywords. Be sparing with
abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
If the article is submitted online via the Elsevier Editorial System, the author will be requested to input the MSC codes, Journal
of Geometry and Physics subject classifications and Keywords during the uploading procedure.
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.
Introduction. State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background.
References. See separate section,
below.
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. 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).
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.
References
Authors must provide the full article titles
of all 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. If unpublished results and personal communications are included in the reference list, they
should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication data with either "Unpublished
results" or "Personal communication". Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Citing and listing of web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (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. Indicate references
by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always
be given.
Example: "..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ...."
List. The list
of references is arranged alphabetically and then numbered (numbers in square brackets).
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2000) 51-59.
Reference to a book:
[2] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, third ed., Macmillan, New York, 1979.
Reference to
a chapter in an edited book:
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.
[3] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams,
How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing
Inc., New York, 1999, pp. 281-304.
Preparation of illustrations
If your
paper is uploaded via the Elsevier Editorial System all figure and table files should be uploaded together with the main file. In any
case, submitting your 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.
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.
- Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
A detailed
guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. You are urged to visit
this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Regardless of the application used, when your
electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats:
- 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".
Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones,
and line/halftone combinations given above.
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.
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions on a separate sheet, 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.
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.
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.
After acceptance
When your manuscript is received by the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form.
Alterations at proof stage should therefore be avoided and proofs should not be regarded as 'drafts'. Only minor corrections will be
allowed, substantial changes will require the permission of the Executive Editor.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier
now accepts electronic supplementary material (e-components) 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.
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.
A form with queries from the copyeditor may accompany your proofs. Please answer all queries and make any corrections or additions required.
Return corrections within 5 days of receipt of the proofs. Should there be no corrections, please confirm this.
The Publisher
reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated.
Address of the publisher
for correspondence after acceptance:
Elsevier B.V.
Issue Management Department
P.O. Box 2759
1000 CT Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
E-mail: Jack.Visser@elsevier.com
Subject classifications
The Journal of Geometry and
Physics covers the following research topics, with emphasis on the interrelation between geometry and physics.
- algebraic and differential topology (homology and cohomology, homotopy, fibre spaces, spectral sequences,
characteristic classes, foliations, surgery, cobordism, topological groups, Morse theory)
- algebraic geometry (local theory,
families and fibrations, curves, surfaces, higher-dimensional varieties, Abelian varieties, algebraic groups, schemes, real algebraic
geometry)
- real and complex differential geometry (local/global differential geometry, fibre bundles, connections, Riemannian
geometry, Lorentzian geometry, complex manifolds, singularities, potential theory)
- symplectic geometry (symplectic and contact
manifolds, Lagrangian submanifolds and Maslov index, Poisson manifolds, canonical transformations, Floer theory, Gromov-Witten invariants,
Frobenius manifolds, geometric quantization, deformation quantization, quantization of Poisson manifolds, Lie-Poisson groups)
- global analysis, analysis on manifolds (infinite-dimensional manifolds, nonlinear differential operators, spaces of mappings, variational
problems, singularities)
- Lie groups and Lie (super)algebras (Lie groups, Lie algebras, Lie superalgebras, cohomology of
Lie algebras, Virasoro and Kac-Moody algebras, vertex algebras)
- supermanifolds and supergroups
- spinors and twistors
(Clifford algebras, representations of orthogonal groups, algebraic theory of spinors, spinor bundles, twistor spaces)
- quantum
groups (Hopf algebras, quantum groups, deformations of enveloping algebras, Yang-Baxter equations)
- noncommutative topology
and geometry (noncommutative topology, differential geometry, algebraic geometry, probability and statistics, dynamical systems)
- geometric control theory
- geometric methods in statistics and probability
- classical mechanics (particle systems, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, symmetry and conservation laws)
- dynamical systems (dynamical systems, ergodic theory, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems, infinite-dimensional dynamical systems,
cellular automata)
- classical integrable systems (integrable PDEs and ODEs, discrete systems, separation of variables, algebraic
and geometric techniques, relations with quantum field theory, enumerative geometry, symplectic topology and singularity theory)
- classical field theory (electromagnetism, gauge theories, unified theories, variational approaches, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
approaches, symplectic techniques, symmetries and conservation laws, continuous media)
- general relativity (Einstein equations,
exact solutions, unified theories, cosmological models)
- geometric approaches to thermodynamics
- quantum mechanics (applications of group theory, techniques of noncommutative geometry and quantum
groups, spinors and twistors, geometric quantization, deformation quantization)
- quantum dynamical and integrable systems
(relations with quantum groups, quantum separation of variables)
- quantum field theory (Yang-Mills theory, supersymmetric
field theories, topological field theories, quantum field theory on curved spacetimes, conformal field theory, statistical field theory,
methods from algebraic and differential geometry)
- quantum gravity (quantization of the gravitational field, supergravity)
- strings and superstrings (mirror symmetry, branes, matrix models, relations with algebraic geometry and enumerative problems)
Author Benefits
No page charges: Publishing in Journal of Geometry and Physics 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 books.elsevier.com/thankyou.
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