Guide for Authors

Editorial Announcement

The Journal of Human Evolution is the premier forum in physical anthropology and palaeontology for publishing high quality, peer-reviewed research papers on all aspects relating to human and primate evolution.

Research papers should be written as concisely as possible and contain the maximum density of information. Submitted manuscripts can be any length up to approximately 150 pages (including tables and references), subject to limitations on space. The Editors of JHE will also consider publishing special issues devoted to particular topics or themes that fall within the purview of the journal.

In addition to original research papers, space will be allocated in the "News & Views" section of the journal for short communications on new discoveries or critical comments on recently published papers, whether in JHE or elsewhere. These are normally less than 2000 words and include up to 4 figures and no abstract. Short research papers are not included in News & Views but will be handled in the regular research paper stream. For rapid publication, "News & Views" submissions will be allotted space in the next issue going to press. JHE also publishes solicited reviews of books.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT

Electronic Submission: This method of submission is strongly preferred. Authors can submit their papers electronically by using online manuscript submission available at http://ees.elsevier.com/humev/. This site will guide authors step-by-step through the submission process. Authors can upload their articles as LaTeX, Microsoft (MS) Word, or WordPerfect 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. If you submit a word processing file, the system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used for the reviewing process. Authors, reviewers, and editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary.

Alternate means of submission: Authors who are unable to access EES to submit their manuscripts should contact one of the editors via email to arrange an alternative means of submission.


David R. Begun

Center for the Study of Human Origins

Department of Anthropology

University of Toronto

Toronto, ON, M5S 2S2

Canada

E-mail: begun@chass.utoronto.ca

or


Steven Leigh

University of Illinois

Department of Anthropology

109 Davenport Hall, 607 S. Mattheus Ave.

Urbana, IL 61801

USA

E-mail: sleigh@illinois.edu

While Editor Susan Antón will not be accepting new manuscripts, her contact information is as follows:
Susan Antón

Center for the Study of Human Origins

Department of Anthropology

New York University

25 Waverly Place

New York, NY 10003

USA

E-mail: susan.anton@nyu.edu

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

Authors of manuscripts submitted to Journal of Human Evolution that report research concerning living subjects, whether in the field or in the laboratory, are expected to comply with all relevant institutional and governmental policies, regulations, and guidelines regarding the ethical treatment of their subjects. Authors should record their compliance with such policies, regulations, and guidelines, as implemented under protocols developed by the relevant institution(s) with which authors are affiliated, in the Methods section of their manuscripts. The editors reserve the right to request documentation of such compliance.

Preparation of Manuscript
Papers should be submitted in English. Non-English speaking authors may also submit a summary in French, German, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish., the length of which should not exceed 400 words. Papers should be typewritten using double spacing throughout (including references, tables, legends and footnotes). The position of tables and illustrations should be indicated in the text; footnotes, tables and legends for illustrations should be typed separately at the end of the manuscript. Figures and tables should be comprehensible without reference to the text. All pages should be numbered serially. Manuscripts must be submitted in a complete and finished form. The Editors reserve the right to return unacceptable material to authors for revision.

Title Page. The first page of the manuscript should include the following information: Title: A concise, well-phrased and informative title; Author(s) and affiliation(s): The names, complete mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses (where pertinent) for each of the authors; Corresponding author: The name, address and telephone/fax/e-mail information for the corresponding author; Keywords: An ad hoc selection of keywords; Running Title: A running title of not more than 40 characters (including spaces), suitable for page headings (the full title may be used if it is 40 characters or less).

Abstract. An abstract will be printed at the head of all papers; this should not exceed 300 words, and should be intelligible to the general reader without reference to the main text. Abbreviations and literature citations should be avoided in the abstract.

Section Headings. These should not be numbered or capitalized. Section headings and sub-section headings should be placed left of the column. Section headings should be in bold, sub-section headings italicized; subsection headings should be placed left and underlined with text following on the same line. Further subdivisions of sections should be avoided.

Tables. Tables should be double spaced. A short, informative title should be provided. All other information should be included at the bottom of the table.

References. References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper, presented as in the following examples:

Journal of Human Evolution bibliographic style

Journal article

Shea, B.T., 1985. On aspects of skull form in African apes and orangutans, with implications for hominid evolution. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 68, 329-342.

Journal article by same author from same year

Ravosa, M.J., 1991a. Ontogenetic perspective on mechanical and nommechanical models of primate circumorbital morphology. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 85, 95-112.

Ravosa, M.J., 1991b. Interspecific perspective on mechanical and nonmechanical models of primate circumorbital morphology. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 68, 369-396.

Authored book:

Kimbel, W.H., Rak, Y., Johanson, D.C., 2004. The Skull of Australopithecus afarensis. Oxford University Press, New York.

Edited volume

Plavcan, J.M., Kay, R.F., Jungers, W.L., van Schaik, C.P. (Eds.), 2001. Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.


Book chapter

Lieberman, D.E., 2000. Ontogeny, homology, and phylogeny in the hominid craniofacial skeleton: the problem of the browridge. In: O'Higgins, P., Cohn, M.J. (Eds.), Development, Growth and Evolution: Implications for the Study of the Hominid Skeleton. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 85-122.

Ph.D. dissertation

Minugh-Purvis, N., 1988. Patterns of craniofacial growth and development in Upper Pleistocene hominids. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.

Titles of journals should conform to the style used in the World List of Scientific Periodicals. A list of abbreviations (PDF, 31 kb) of journal titles commonly cited in JHE is available from the Editors. Provide full, unabbreviated titles for rarely cited journals. Citation in the text should read thus: Smith and Robinson (1999), or (Smith and Robinson, 1999). When a citation has more than two authors, the citation style Smith et al., 1999 or (Smith et al., 1999) should be used. The convention (Brown, 1999a), (Brown, 1999b) or (Brown, 1999a, b) should be used where more than one paper by the same author(s) has appeared in one year. Citations listed in the text should be arranged in chronological order, not in alphabetical order (e.g., Jones, 1998; Andrews, 1999; White, 2001). Do not cite a paper as in "this issue", even if it is part of a "Special Issue"; always provide the year in the text and the full citation in the reference list.

Digital Object Identifier
Elsevier assigns a unique digital object identifier (DOI) to every article it publishes. The DOI appears on the title page of the article. It is assigned after the article has been accepted for publication and persists throughout the lifetime of the article. Due to its persistence, it can be used to query Elsevier for information on the article during the production process, to find the article on the internet through various web sites, including ScienceDirect, and to cite the article in academic references. When using a recently published article in a reference section, it is important to include the article's DOI in the reference, as volume and page information is not always available for articles published online.
The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows:
C. Boesch, J. Head, and M.M. Robbins, Complex tool sets for honey extraction among chimpanzees in Loango National Park, Gabon, J. Hum. Evol. (2009) doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.04.001.


Footnotes
Footnotes should be avoided. Essential footnotes should be indicated by superscript numbers in the text and collected on a separate page placed at the end of the manuscript.

Illustrations
Line drawings and photographs will be referred to as Figure 1, Figure 2 (not Fig.), etc. All illustrations should be prepared remembering that the Journal's maximum page area is 202 x 161 mm. Where possible, related photographs or diagrams should be grouped to form a single figure, prepared uniformly and usually to the same scale. Photographs of specimens and line drawings of maps should contain a metric scale bar. Magnification factors should not be specified in figure legends, as they may be altered by reduction.

For full details of formatting original artwork and its electronic submission, see Artwork Instructions on the Author Gateway of our website. If mailing original figures, it is strongly recommended that photographs and line art be mounted securely on thick illustration board with a protective flap secured to the rear. The author's name and the figure number should be written clearly on each illustration, together with the indication "TOP" and indication for reduction if necessary.


Color figures
As many papers are downloaded and printed on black and white printers, authors are encouraged to convert all figures to greyscale. Color will appear free of charge in electronic versions and supplemental online materials. Authors desiring color figures to appear in both the hard copy and the electronic version of the journal may purchase color at the flat rate of 270 Euro per page.
Color charges for specific figures may be waived by the editor if color is deemed necessary to the scientific relevance of the colour presentation. Editor decisions are final.


Preparation of supplementary data
Elsevier accepts 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 http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.

Corrections
The Publishers provide proofs for checking. Corrections that represent substantial alterations from the submitted manuscript may be charged to the author(s).

Offprints
The Publisher will supply an electronic pdf offprint OR 25 paper offprints of each paper to the senior author. To receive the 25 paper offprints, authors must choose this option at the time the reprint order form is received (usually with the proofs). Additional paper offprints can be ordered at extra costs; using same order form that will be sent with the proofs.

Copyright
Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, copyright in the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the Publisher.

Author enquiries
Authors can keep a track of the progress of their accepted articles, and set up email alerts informing them of changes to their manuscript status, by using the "Track a Paper" feature of Elsevier ( http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle). Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided when an article is accepted for publication.

Please click on the link to view the abbreviations for journal titles commonly cited in JHE.