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.
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 Africal 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 an nonmechanical 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.). 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
Academic Press 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 Academic Press 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 References
section, above, shows examples of DOI included in references. The DOI of a paper can be found printed on its title page.
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.
JHE publishes one figure in colour per submission without charge (subject to Editors' approval). The cost of additional
figures is available upon application.
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 25 offprints of each paper to the senior
author. Further offprints can be ordered at extra cost; using the offprint 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.
