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 The Journal of Microscopy publishes top quality review articles, original research papers, short communications, rapid publications and letters to the Editor, covering all aspects of microscopy and analysis.
Manuscripts will be considered only on the understanding that they have not been published and are not being considered for publication elsewhere. Papers will be published only on the recommendation of suitable referees. Authors must affirm that they have been engaged in the conception and design of an investigation and/or the analysis and interpretation of the data, that they have helped in the drafting of the manuscript and that they have seen the final version.
Rapid publications are intended only for work whose importance, relevance and topicality make the appearance of the results in a short time an overriding concern.
Short communications differ from regular articles in that they are intended as a forum for the more practical aspects of microscopy and analysis without the need for an in-depth theoretical discussion of the procedure or technique. Alternatively, they may be used for brief theoretical discussions of microscopy without the need for detailed descriptions of possible applications.
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| Submitting to the Journal of Microscopy |
Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmi
Full instructions are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit.
For technical support click on the "Get Help Now" link at the top right of any page.
Manuscript text and tables should ideally be submitted as word documents. However .rtf or .ps files can also be submitted.
Figures and images should be submitted as individual files. See below for guidelines on the preparation of figures and image files.
Supplementary material, such as movies, can also be submitted.
ALL FILES SUBMITTED SHOULD BE OF PUBLICATION QUALITY.
All files submitted will automatically be converted to one PDF for review purposes.
If you have any questions contact the Executive Editor, Laura Kingsbury.
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Please ensure your manuscript follows the below guidelines:
• Contact details for the corresponding author should appear on the first page.
• Text should be double spaced and in 1 column.
• Use a standard font (e.g. sans serif, true-type fonts, preferably Arial, or Times (New) Roman if serif fonts required) at a size of 12 pt.
• Manuscripts should include a brief summary/abstract, which accurately summarises the content and is intelligible without reference to the text.
• The hierarchy of headings within the text should be clear; e.g. upper case bold for heading 1, lower case bold for heading 2, italics for heading 3, etc…
• Pages must be numbered.
• Spelling should conform with The Concise Oxford Dictionary. SI units must be used.
• Abbreviations should be used sparingly and only if a lengthy name or expression is repeated throughout the manuscript. When used, the abbreviated name or expression should be cited in full at first usage, followed by the accepted abbreviation in parentheses.
• Tables should appear on a separate page and must fit on a single page.
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References
References should be in the form Joy (2000) or Joy & Williams (2000). For three or more authors, use the form Echlin et al. (2000).
The reference list should:
• be listed in alphabetical order of first authors' names.
• (where a journal is cited) - include authors' surnames and initials, date of publication, title of paper, name of journal in full, volume number (and issue number where volume pages do not run on), and first and last page numbers.
• (where a book is cited) - include authors' surnames and initials, title of book, year of publication, edition if relevant, followed by the publisher and town, county/state (and country if necessary) of publication.
Examples of reference style:
Ashford, A.E. (1998) Dynamic pleiomorphic vacuole systems: are they endosomes and transport compartments in fungal hyphae? Adv. Bot. Res. 28, 119-159.
Causton, B. (1984) The choice of resins for electron immunocytochemistry. Immunolabelling for Electron Microscopy
(ed. by J. M. Polak and I. M. Varndell), pp. 29-36. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Muller, C. (1966) Spherical Harmonics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Fischer-Parton, S. (1999) Role of pH, calcium and vesicle trafficking in regulating hyphal tip growth of Neurospora crassa. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
References in Articles
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.
EndNote reference styles can be searched for here: www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here: www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp |
| Preparation of electronic artwork |
All images/illustrations must be high resolution - a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Graphs, charts and maps should be supplied as .eps files (Encapsulated Postscript Format).
EPS files should be saved with fonts embedded.
(Packages which can be used to create EPS files include: Adobe Illustrator 7.0 and above, Deneba Canvas 6.0 and above, CorelDRAW 7.0 and above, SigmaPlot 8.01 and above).
Photographs/halftones/scanned images should be supplied as .tiff (Tagged Image File Format).
(Programs which can be used to create TIFF files include: Adobe Photoshop 4.0 and above, Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and GraphPad Prism 3).
Scanned images: To ensure adequate reproduction the scanning resolution should be:
lineart >800 dpi
half-tones >300 dpi
Figures containing halftone and line images >600 dpi
• Black and white images should be supplied as 'grayscale'.
• Colour images should be supplied as CMYK.
• Multipart figures should be supplied in the final layout in one file, labelled (A), (B) etc.
• Supply figures at final size widths if possible: 19 picas (single column) or 40 picas (double column).
• Use sans serif, true-type fonts for labels if possible, preferably Arial or Helvetica, or Times (New) Roman if serif fonts required.
• Ensure all lines and lettering are clear
Click here for further information on the preparation of electronic artwork.
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Upon acceptance a completed and signed Exclusive Licence Form,
Should be sent to: Journal of Microscopy, 37/38 St Clements, Oxford, OX4 1AJ, UK
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Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form (ELF) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission authors retain the right to publish their paper in various medium/circumstances (please see the Form for further details. |
OnlineOpen is a pay-to-publish service from Blackwell that offers authors whose papers are accepted for publication the opportunity to pay up-front for their manuscript to become open access (i.e. free for all to view and download) via the Blackwell Synergy website. Each OnlineOpen article will be subject to a one-off fee of £1300 (equivalent to $2600) to be met by or on behalf of the Author in advance of publication. Upon online publication, the article (both full-text and PDF versions) will be available to all for viewing and download free of charge. The print version of the article will also be branded as OnlineOpen and will draw attention to the fact that the paper can be downloaded for free via the Blackwell Synergy service.
Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the combined payment and copyright licence form available from our website at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/jmi_oof.pdf
(Please note this form is for use with OnlineOpen material ONLY.)
Once complete this form should be sent to the Editorial Office along with the rest of the manuscript materials at the time of acceptance or as soon as possible after that (preferably within 24 hours to avoid any delays in processing). Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to.
The copyright statement for OnlineOpen authors will read:
© [date] The Author(s)
Journal compilation © [date] [The Royal Microscopical Society/Blackwell Publishing Ltd]
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The corresponding author will receive an email alert containing a link to a website. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file from this site. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from Adobe. This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately.
NEW: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Blackwell's Author Services
Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production so they don't need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
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Authors will be provided with electronic offprints of their paper. Electronic offprints are sent to the first author at his or her first e-mail address on the title page of the paper, unless advised otherwise. Paper offprints may be ordered at prices quoted on the order form, which accompanies the proof, provided that the form is returned with the proofs. The cost is more if the order form arrives too late for the main print run. Offprints are normally dispatched within 3 weeks of publication of the issue in which the paper appears. Please contact the publishers if offprints do not arrive; however, please note that offprints are sent by surface mail, so overseas orders may take up to 6 weeks to arrive. |
| Author Material Archive Policy |
Please note that unless specifically requested, all hardcopy or electronic material submitted will be disposed of 2 months after publication. If you require the return of any material submitted, please inform the editorial office or production editor as soon as possible. |
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