Guide for Authors
A Multidisciplinary
Journal of Environmental Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health
Environmental Research: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental
Sciences, Ecology, and Public Health publishes original reports describing studies of the toxic effects of environmental agents
and conditions in humans and animals, including both experimental subjects and ecosystems. The principal aims of the journal are to increase
understanding of the etiology of preventable disease and environmental impairments, and to increase understanding of the mechanisms by
which environmental agents cause disease and ecological effects. Human impact on the biosphere is considerable and, thus, an additional
aim of the journal is to explore the means by which the adverse effects of anthropocentric activities can be minimized through new initiatives or changes in policy, at the local, regional, national, and international scales.
The study of environmental health is inherently
multidisciplinary and international. Therefore, the journal welcomes relevant articles in epidemiology, risk analysis and policy, environmental
medicine, exposure assessment, geosciences and environmental chemistry, and wildlife biology and eco-toxicology, and ecology. Reports
that bridge one or more of these disciplines are particularly encouraged, as are studies employing biological markers of exposure and/or
effect.
The focus of the journal generally excludes papers that report results of toxicology studies or industrial exposures, unless
these papers have clear relevance to environmental topics. The journal does not generally consider reports of a specific site or source
(such as an assessment of releases or environmental contamination) unless these reports present novel or generalizable information.
However, short papers can be submitted to the Journal as a "Report from the Field" (see below). Papers reporting on studies
of human subjects must provide written assurance that the research was reviewed and approved by an appropriate institutional review board
(or ethics committee) for the protection of human subjects. Authors are encouraged to contact the editors-in-chief, prior to a full submission,
to determine the appropriateness of a paper (e.g., sending a short abstract or letter to the editorial office:
er@elsevier.com ).
Reports from the Field
The Journal welcomes short articles on topics of interest to environmental researchers
and practitioners. Appropriate "Reports from the Field" include articles on environmental conditions, new methods for detection
or analysis, updates, and case reports of human or ecosystem exposures and effects. Articles from around the world are particularly
encouraged.
"Reports from the Field" should not exceed 2000 words and need not be divided into sections, although subheadings
may help the reader and are encouraged. Authors must provide a short abstract (less than 75 words) and no more than two figures or illustrations,
no more than 2 tables, and no more than 15 references. These papers will be peer-reviewed.
Contact Details
for Submission
Authors should submit their article via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES), at
http://ees.elsevier.com/er.
You will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article.
For any further information please contact the Author Support Department at
authorsupport@elsevier.com
Ethics in publishing
For information on Ethics in publishing
and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see
http://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and
http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.
Policy and ethics
You are requested to provide information on funding sources supporting the work described
in the manuscript. For all papers dealing with research or studies on human subjects or experimental animals, evidence must be provided
of review and approval by an appropriately constituted committee for human subjects or animal research.
The work described in your
article must have been carried out in accordance with
The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki)
for experiments involving humans http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm;
EC Directive 86/609/EEC for animal experiments
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/s23000.htm;
Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical journals
http://www.nejm.org/general/text/requirements/1.htm. This must be stated at an appropriate point in the article.
If
this information is not provided upon submission, the paper will be returned without review.
Conflict
of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial,
personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately
influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also
http://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest.
Submission declaration
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 including electronically in the same form, in English or in any
other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Suggestions for reviewers
Authors
are encouraged to suggest 3-5 names of potential reviewers who should have no conflict of interests with their work or that of their
co-authors, especially in terms of not working at their institution and carrying out or publishing together within the last five years.
Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the
authorship of accepted manuscripts:
Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove
an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript
and must include: (a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author names rearranged and (b) written confirmation (e-mail,
fax, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors,
this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed. Requests that are not sent by the corresponding author will be forwarded
by the Journal Manager to the corresponding author, who must follow the procedure as described above. Note that: (1) Journal Managers
will inform the Journal Editors of any such requests and (2) publication of the accepted manuscript in an online issue is suspended until
authorship has been agreed.
After the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Any requests to add, delete, or
rearrange author names in an article published in an online issue will follow the same policies as noted above and result in a corrigendum.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete 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 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.
Subscribers may reproduce
tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of
the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations
and translations (please consult
http://www.elsevier.com/permissions). 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: please consult
http://www.elsevier.com/permissions.
Retained
author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain certain rights; for details you are referred to:
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Role of the funding source
You are requested
to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe
the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report;
and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated.
Please see
http://www.elsevier.com/funding.
Funding body agreements and policies
Elsevier
has established agreements and developed policies to allow authors whose articles appear in journals published by Elsevier, to comply
with potential manuscript archiving requirements as specified as conditions of their grant awards. To learn more about existing agreements
and policies please visit
http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Open access
This
journal offers you the option of making your article freely available to all via the ScienceDirect platform. To prevent any conflict
of interest, you can only make this choice after receiving notification that your article has been accepted for publication. The fee
of $3,000 excludes taxes and other potential author fees such as color charges. In some cases, institutions and funding bodies have entered
into agreement with Elsevier to meet these fees on behalf of their authors. Details of these agreements are available at
http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Authors of accepted articles, who wish to take advantage of this option, should complete and submit the order form (available at
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/openaccessform.pdf).
Whatever access option you choose, you retain many rights as an author, including the right to post a revised personal version of your
article on your own website. More information can be found here:
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Language and language services
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted,
but not a mixture of these). Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission
please visit
http://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices
or our customer support site at
http://support.elsevier.com
for more information.
Submission of Manuscripts
Authors are requested to submit their papers
electronically by using online manuscript submission available at
http://ees.elsevier.com/er. This site will guide authors
stepwise through the submission process. Authors can upload their articles as Microsoft (MS) Word, WordPerfect, or LaTeX files. It is
also possible to submit an article in PostScript or Adobe Acrobat PDF format, but if the article is accepted, the original source files
will be needed. Zipped files containing individual files (letter to editor, manuscript, tables, figures) can also be downloaded and the
online system will extract the files and allow them to be viewed and labeled. If you submit a word processing file, the system generates
an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article for the reviewing process. Authors, reviewers, and editors send and receive all correspondence
by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary. The manuscript will be edited according to the style of the journal, and authors
must read the proofs carefully.
Online submissions require:
Cover Letter: Document (Word, WordPerfect,
RTF, PDF, LaTex) containing your cover letter to the Editors. The following statement should be included in the letter to the editor: " All of the authors have read and approved the paper and it has not been published previously nor is it being considered by any
other peer-reviewed journal."
Response to Reviews (Resubmissions Only): Document (Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, LaTex)
detailing your response to the reviewers' and editor's comments of a previously rejected manuscript that you are re-submitting.
Manuscript: Single word processing (Word, WordPerfect, RTF) or LaTex file consisting of the title page, abstract, manuscript text, and
any figure/table legends.
Tables: Tables should be separate from the manuscript text, and can be uploaded individually or consolidated
into a single file. The file description you input below when uploading your table must include the table number or range (e.g. Table
1, Tables 2-4).
Figures: Figures should be uploaded individually as TIF or EPS files. While other figure formats are allowed
by the system (GIF, JPEG, Postscript, PICT, PDF, Excel and PowerPoint), they will delay the production process, should your manuscript
be accepted. The file description you input when uploading your figure must include the figure number (e.g., Fig. 2A).
Manuscripts
must be written in English. There are no submission fees or page charges. Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding
that no substantial portion of the study has been published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere and that its submission
for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out; further, that any person
cited as a source of personal communication has approved such a citation. Written authorization may be required at the Editor's discretion.
All papers reporting on studies involving human subjects must include documentation that the study was reviewed and approved, prior
to its conduct, by an appropriate institutional review board for human subjects research. No exceptions will be made to this requirement.
Manuscripts that do not meet the general criteria or standards for publication in
Environmental Research will be immediately
returned to the authors without detailed review.
Environmental Research does
not publish proceedings or abstracts from scientific meetings. However, the journal welcomes submissions of papers from a specific meeting
under the following conditions: 1) all papers must be peer-reviewed by the journal; 2) the decision of the editors for publishing papers
is final; 3) proposals for publishing such papers must be submitted in advance of the meeting; 4) the proposers must undertake preliminary
review and selection of papers for submission to the Journal; and 5) these papers must be submitted as a group or within a period of
three months to ensure timely and coordinated publication.
Letters to the Editor
The journal encourages thoughtful
and appropriate correspondence related to any published article. In such cases, the letter will be submitted to the corresponding author
of the original article for response. Both the letter and the response will be published together.
Use of wordprocessing software
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. 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/guidepublication).
Note that source files of figures, tables and text graphics will be required whether or not you embed your figures in the text. See also
the section on Electronic artwork.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check'
functions of your wordprocessor.
LaTeX
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 'elsarticle', or alternatively any
of the other recognized classes and formats supported in Elsevier's electronic submissions system, for further information see
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/latex-ees-supported.
The Elsevier 'elsarticle' LaTeX style file package (including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be obtained
from the Quickguide:
http://www.elsevier.com/latex. It consists of the file: elsarticle.cls, complete user documentation
for the class file, bibliographic style files in various styles, and template files for a quick start.
Article
structure
For original full-length and short communications:
Introduction should be as
concise as possible, without subheadings.
Materials and methods should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments
to be reproduced.
Results and Discussion may be combined and may be organized into subheadings.
For commentaries and
articles related to environmental policy, alternate formats will be accepted but should include an Introduction describing the problem
in terms that a general reader will understand. All statements of fact need to be referenced and papers that make use of newly acquired
data must include a Materials and methods section as well as a Results and Discussion section.
Subdivision
- numbered sections
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, avoiding a detailed literature
survey or a summary of the results.
Material and methods
Provide sufficient detail to allow
the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This
should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.
Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions
of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and
Discussion section.
Appendices
If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified
as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix,
Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.
Essential title page
information
•
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 will 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. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
•
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.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout. Number all pages consecutively beginning with the title page and insert
line numbers on each page (to facilitate the review process).
Page 1 should contain the article title, the names and
affiliations of all authors, and the name, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and complete mailing address of the person to whom
all correspondence should be sent.
Page 2 should contain an abstract and five descriptive keywords.
Page 3
provides information on funding sources supporting the work described in the manuscript. For all papers dealing with research or studies
on human subjects or experimental animals, evidence must be provided of review and approval by an appropriately constituted committee
for human subjects or animal research.
If this information is not provided upon submission, the paper will be returned without review.
For original full-length and short communications:
Introduction should be as concise as possible, without subheadings.
Materials and methods should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments to be reproduced or the study design to be
understood fully.
Results and Discussion may be combined and may be organized into subheadings.
For commentaries
and articles related to environmental policy, alternate formats will be accepted but should include an Introduction describing the problem
in terms that a general reader will understand. All statements of fact need to be referenced and papers that make use of newly acquired
data must include a Materials and methods section as well as a Results and Discussion section.
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 separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References
should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided,
but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Graphical abstract
A
Graphical abstract is optional and should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the
attention of a wide readership online. Authors must provide images that clearly represent the work described in the article. Graphical
abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system. Image size: Please provide an image with a minimum
of 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w) or proportionally more. The image should be readable at a size of 5 × 13 cm using a regular
screen resolution of 96 dpi. Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files. See
http://www.elsevier.com/graphicalabstracts
for examples.
Authors can make use of Elsevier's Illustration and Enhancement service to ensure the best presentation of their images
also in accordance with all technical requirements:
Illustration
Service.
Highlights
Highlights are mandatory for this journal. They consist
of a short collection of bullet points that convey the core findings of the article and should be submitted in a separate file in the
online submission system. Please use 'Highlights' in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters, including
spaces, per bullet point). See
http://www.elsevier.com/highlights for examples.
Keywords
Immediately
after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, using American spelling and 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 in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations that
are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations
throughout the article.
Abbreviations should follow the usage established by
Chemical Abstracts.
Please restrict the use of acronyms, especially non-standard ones, as much as possible.
Acknowledgements
Collate
acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title
page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language
help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).
Acknowledgments should be brief
and should precede the references. In agreement with the Commission on Publication Ethics, authors must submit full information on sources
of funding and other support for their work that is presented in their paper.
Math formulae
Present
simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms,
e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively
any equations that have to be displayed separately 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 wordprocessors 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 separately at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list.
Table
footnotes
Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Artwork
Electronic artwork
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, Times, Symbol.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
•
Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
• Produce images
near to the desired size of the printed version.
• Submit each figure as a separate file.
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.
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: Color or grayscale 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 (color or grayscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
If
your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) then please supply 'as is'.
Please
do not:
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (e.g., 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.
Color artwork
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 color figures then Elsevier will ensure,
at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether
or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version.
For color reproduction in print, you will receive information
regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for color: 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 color figures to 'gray scale' (for the printed version
should you not opt for color in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
Figure 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.
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
Citation
in 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.
Web references
As
a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. 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.
References
in a special issue
Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and any citations
in the text) to other articles in the same Special Issue.
Reference management software
This
journal has standard templates available in key reference management packages EndNote (
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp)
and Reference Manager (
http://refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp). Using plug-ins to wordprocessing packages, authors only
need to select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article and the list of references and citations to these will be
formatted according to the journal style which is described below.
Reference style
References
should be cited in the text by the author's name and year of publication. References should be listed alphabetically in an unnumbered
list at the end of the paper in the following style:
Baecklund, M., Pedersen, N.L., Bjorkman, L., Vahter, M., 1999. Variation in
blood concentrations of cadmium and lead in the elderly. Environ. Res. 80, 222-230.
Letourneau, D.K., 1997. Plant-arthropod interactions
in agroecosystems. In: Jackson, L.E.(Ed.), Ecology in Agriculture. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 239-290.
Morgan, W.K.C., Seaton,
A. (Eds.), 1995. Occupational Lung Diseases, 3rd ed. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp. 308-373.
References drawn from the worldwide
web must include the date in which the material was accessed.
The names of journals should be abbreviated according to the latest
available edition of
Index Medicus or
Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index. Only articles that have been published
or are in press should be included in the references. " Manuscript in preparation," " personal communication,"
and " unpublished observation" should be cited as such in the text.
Journal abbreviations source
Journal
names should be abbreviated according to
Index Medicus journal abbreviations:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html;
List of title word abbreviations:
http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php;
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service):
http://www.cas.org/sent.html.
Only articles that have been published or are in press should
be included in the references. "Manuscript in preparation," "personal communication," and "unpublished observation"
should be cited as such in the text.
Video data
Elsevier accepts video material and animation
sequences to support and enhance your scientific research. Authors who have video or animation files that they wish to submit with their
article are strongly encouraged to include these within the body of the article. This can be done in the same way as a figure or table
by referring to the video or animation content and noting in the body text where it should be placed. All submitted files should be properly
labeled so that they directly relate to the video file's content. In order to ensure that your video or animation material is directly
usable, please provide the files in one of our recommended file formats with a preferred maximum size of 50 MB. Video and animation files
supplied will be published online in the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect:
http://www.sciencedirect.com.
Please supply 'stills' with your files: you can choose any frame from the video or animation or make a separate image. These will be
used instead of standard icons and will personalize the link to your video data. For more detailed instructions please visit our video
instruction pages at
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. Note: since video and animation cannot be embedded in
the print version of the journal, please provide text for both the electronic and the print version for the portions of the article that
refer to this content.
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, 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 provide the data 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.
Data at PANGAEA
Electronic archiving of supplementary data enables readers to replicate, verify and build
upon the conclusions published in your paper. We recommend that data should be deposited in the data library PANGAEA (
http://www.pangaea.de).
Data are quality controlled and archived by an editor in standard machine-readable formats and are available via Open Access. After processing,
the author receives an identifier (DOI) linking to the supplements for checking. As your data sets will be citable you might want to
refer to them in your article. In any case, data supplements and the article will be automatically linked as in the following example:
doi:10.1016/0016-7037(95)00105-9. Please use PANGAEA's
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