Official journal of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
Guide for Authors
Submission of Papers
Authors are requested to submit their paper to one of the Editors-in-Chief, Verity J. Brown, School
of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, or Professor Linda J Porrino, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest
University School of Medicine. From 31 May 2005 papers for publication should be submitted online using the following guidelines: visit
the submission page of this journal at http://ees.elsevier.com/neubiorev where you will be guided stepwise through the
creation and uploading of the various files, text, tables and illustrations. Once the uploading is done, our system automatically generates
an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and
requests for revisions, will be by e-mail.
Submission of a paper implies that it has not been published previously, that
it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in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.
Manuscripts should be accompanied by a covering letter
giving the names and addresses, including telephone, fax and email details, of four potential reviewers.
Types of Contributions
Original and significant review articles; theoretical articles; mini reviews.
Manuscript Preparation General:
Manuscripts must be typewritten, double-spaced with wide margins on one side. The corresponding author should be identified (include
a Fax number and E-mail address), and full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Authors should consult a recent issue of
the journal for style if possible, and the Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity.
Paper
length: The Editors insist upon clear, concise statement of facts and conclusions; fragmentation of material into numerous short
reports is discouraged.
Abstracts: Each paper submitted must be accompanied by an abstract, which must not exceed 170
words and must be suitable for use by abstracting journals. A list of 3-12 (or more) words or short phrases suitable for indexing terms
should be typed at the bottom of the abstract page accompanying the manuscript. These terms will be printed with the paper at the end
of the abstract. Abstracts should be prepared as follows:
MYERS, R.D., C. Melchior and C. Gisolfi. Feeding and body temperature:
Changes produced by excess calcium ions...NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV 21(1) XXX-XXX, 1998.- Marked differences in extent of diffusion have
been...
Text: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text,
Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Vitae, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import the Figures or Tables into your text. The
corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. Text footnotes should not be used: the material should be incorporated
into the text.
Drugs: Proprietary (trademarked) names should be capitalized. The chemical name should precede the trade,
popular name, or abbreviation of a drug the first time it occurs.
Anesthesia: In describing surgical procedures on animals,
the type and dosage of the anesthetic agent should be specified. Curarizing agents are not anesthetics; if these were used; evidence
must be provided that anesthesia of suitable grade and duration was employed.
Units and abbreviations: All dimensions
and measurement must be specified in the metric system. Standard nomenclature, abbreviations and symbols, as specified by Royal Society
Conference of Editors. Metrification in scientific journals, Am. Scient. 56:159-164; 1968, should be used throughout.
Formulas
and equations: Structural chemical formulas, process flow-diagrams, and complicated mathematical expressions should be kept to a
minimum. All subscripts, superscripts, Greek letters and unusual characters must be clearly identified.
References:Text: All citations in the text should refer to:
1. Single Author: the Author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity)
and the year of publication;
3. Two Authors: both Authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more Authors: first
Author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references
should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.
Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and
Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ...."
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then
further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same Author(s) in the same year must be identified by the
letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2000. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51,59.
Reference to a book:
Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York.
Reference
to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 1999. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones,
B.S., Smith , R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.
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Illustrations: All illustrations
should be provided in camera-ready form, suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction) without retouching. Photographs, charts
and diagrams are all to be referred to as "Figure(s)" and should be numbered consecutively in the order to which they are referred. They
should accompany the manuscript, but should not be included within the text.All figures are to have a caption, and captions should be
supplied on a separate sheet.
Line drawings: Good quality printouts on white paper produced in black ink are required. All
lettering, graph lines and points on graphs should be sufficiently large and bold to permit reproduction when the diagram has been reduced
to a size suitable for inclusion in the journal. Dye-line prints or photocopies are not suitable for reproduction. Do not use any type
of shading on computer-generated illustrations.
Photographs: Original photographs must be supplied as they are to be reproduced
(e.g. black and white or colour). If necessary, a scale should be marked on the photograph. Please note that photocopies of photographs
are not acceptable.
Colour: Where colour figures are required the author will be charged at the current colour printing costs.
Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and given a suitable caption and each table typed on a separate sheet. Footnotes
to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters. No vertical rules and/or lines
should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g. in graphs). Short or abbreviated column
heads should be used. Statistical measures or variation, SD, SE, etc., should be identified. Analysis of variance tables should not be
submitted, but significant F should be incorporated where appropriate within the text. The appropriate form for reporting F
value is: F(11,20)=3.05, p<0.01.
Proofs
Proofs will be emailed to the author (first-named author if no corresponding
author is identified on multi-authored papers) by PDF wherever possible and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt, preferably
by e-mail. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any other amendments made may be charged to the author. Any queries
should be answered in full. Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately
as possible.
Offprints
Twenty-five offprints will be supplied free of charge. Additional offprints and copies of the
issue can be ordered at a specially reduced rate using the order form sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript has been
accepted. Orders for reprints (produced after publication of an article) will incur a 50% surcharge.]
Copyright
All authors
must sign the "Transfer of Copyright" agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier to protect
the copyrighted material for the authors, without the author relinquishing his/her proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers
the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other
reproductions of a similar nature, and translations. It also includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer
systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems. Authors
are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any material for which copyright already exists.
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