ODONATOLOGICA
Journal of the Societas Internationalis Odonatologica
Notice to Authors


The journal is covered by Current Contents, Science Citation Index etc., and by most of the major abstracting services.
Scope of Odonatologica

In addition to the usual Research Papers, three types of papers are published:  (1) Review Articles (original and critical accounts of theoretically important, rounded-off topics, pointing our lacunae in our knowledge on the subject and making suggestions for future research), (2) Short Communications (concise but complete accounts of small rounded-off topics, which will not be included in a later paper) and, (3) Preliminary Research Notes (brief reports of work that has progressed to the stage where research would be advanced if the results were made available to other workers in the same field).

Papers on the local faunistics of European and other well explored countries will be accepted only if containing theoretically important new information and/or critical views.

It is understood, the submitted papers have not been published elsewhere and authors of accepted articles agree not to publish them elsewhere at a later date.

Manuscript Format

Manuscripts should be written in one of the western congress languages (English, French, German, Italian) but preferably in English.  The MS must be as concise as possible, and accompanied by an IBM-compatible diskette, pfeferably any version of Microsoft Word for Windows, or by a CD.  The text and the illustrations should be submitted in duplicate.  Linguistically inadequate MS's will be returned to the author. 

Manuscripts should be submitted to the following address:

Odonatologica Editorial Office, P.O. Box 256, NL-3720 AG Bilthoven, The Netherlands, or to the address of any Associate Editor or member of the Editorial Board (see their names and addresses here).

 Alternatively, the manuscripts be submitted as an attached file to the e-mail address: mb.kiauta@12move.nl

  The term "larva" should be used to provide uniformity between publications; "nymph" and "naiad" are unacceptable.

An English abstract, styled according to the recommendations of UNESCO, must precede the text and in case of contributions in languages other than English, should be supplemented by an English translation of the title.

References

References should read in the text as follows:  AGUESSE (1968), (AGUESSE, 1968) or CONCI & Nielsen (1956).  At the end of the paper they should be listed alphabetically according to the first author, i.e.:

ASANA, J.J. & S. Makino, 1935.  A comparative study of the chromosomes in the Indian dragonflies. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. (VI) 4:  67-86.

COWLEY, J., 1935.  Remarks on the names of some odonates.  Entomologist 26:  154-156.

FRASER, F.C., 1957.  A reclassification of the Odonata. R. zool. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney.

The abbreviations of the titles of journals should be strictly in accordance with the World List of Scientific Periodicals.

Footnotes should be avoided whenever possible.  They should be written on separate sheets.
Tables and Figures

Tables should be typewritten on separate sheets, corresponding to the printing area, preferably in a vertical direction.  They should have headings which make their meaning comprehensible without reference to the text.

Illustrations should be separate from the text, with the author's name on the back in soft pencil.  They should be mounted and labeled by the author, under careful consideration of the % reduction required.  Drawings for reproduction should be on good paper in Indian ink, photographs should be furnished as glossy positive prints.  The illustrations should be at least one and a half times as large as the ultimate size desired.  Very large figures can easily be damaged in the mail.  Captions should be self-explanatory, without reference to the text.
Reprints, page charges, and other stipulations


Manuscripts not prepared according to these instructions may suffer delay and cause extra costs to the authors; in serious cases they will be returned.

The Editors reserve the right to adjust the style to certain standards of uniformity.

Reprints can be ordered from the Editors, at € 0.25 per page.  Orders under 50 copies cannot be accepted.  For orders over 300 copies a reduced rate will be applied.  The Publisher is unable to provide free reprints.

As a rule, no page charges will be levied, but costs will be charged for substantial text changes/additions in the proofs, for exceptionally elaborate tables, for elaborate figure remounting and relabeling, and for colour illustrations.

It is understood that authors submitting manuscripts agree to the above financial and other stipulations.



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