Instructions to Authors
Please read these instructions carefully and follow them strictly. In this way you will help ensure that the review and publication of your paper is as efficient and quick as possible. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that are not in accordance with these instructions.
Scope
Chemical Senses publishes original papers on taste, smell and all aspects of chemoreception. This includes the gross morphology and fine structure of receptors and central chemosensory pathways; the properties of the stimuli and the nature of the chemical-receptor interaction; and the electrical, biochemical and behavioural correlates (both animal and human) of neural response to chemosensory stimuli. An important part of the journal's coverage is also devoted to techniques and specific application and development of new methods for investigating chemoreception and chemosensory structures at the anatomical, biochemical, physiological and psychophysical levels - including techniques for stimulus production and delivery.Short reports
The Editors welcome short, especially timely contributions reporting new experimental results of unusual interest to the readership. The format of short reports should be the same as that for a full paper in the journal. The manuscript should be no longer than 5 manuscript pages plus 3 illustrations and will be reviewed and published on a fast track.Letters to the editor
Letters commenting on the scientific content of papers which have been published in Chemical Senses are considered for publication. The author(s) of the paper are normally asked to respond to the comments. Letters and responses may be edited before publication. Normal scientific terminology, and Chemical Senses citation procedures, should be followed.Books for review
Publishers submitting books for review should send them to one of the executive editors listed in the information for submission of manuscripts.Submission of manuscripts
The manuscript (the original and two copies) should be submitted to one of the executive editors.Dr B.W. Ache, Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd, St Augustine, FL 32086, USA.
Prof. Dr R. Hudson, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Universität München, Goethestrasse 31, D-80336 München, Germany.
Prof. D. Smith, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1509, USA.
Prof. Dr R.A. Steinbrecht, Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-82319 Seewiesen, Germany.
Prof. Dr T. Yamamoto, Department of Behavioral Physiology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University, 1-2 Yamadaoka, Suita Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Submission of a paper implies that it reports unpublished work and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. If previously published tables, illustrations or more than 200 words of text are to be included, then the copyright holder's written permission must be obtained. Copies of any such permission letters should be enclosed with the paper.
Word-processor disks/diskettes can be used for setting accepted articles. Contributors considering the submission of a disk should refer to the separate information for submission of disks. It is important to note that material submitted to the editors in disk form MUST be accompanied by three hard copies, as above.
Review of manuscripts
Manuscripts submitted are reviewed and those not meeting the journal's scientific standards or other requirements are rejected. Copies of manuscripts accepted for publication are not returned to the authors.Proofs
Authors are sent page proofs. Please provide an e-mail address to enable page proofs to be sent as PDF files via e-mail. To avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately for typographic errors and returned to the typesetter by express (special delivery) post. Essential changes of an extensive nature may be made only by insertion of a Note Added in Proof. Page charges are not levied. Authors are, however, charged for extensive changes made in proof and for special items such as colour plates.Preparation of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be in their final form when they are submitted so that proofs will require only correction of typographical errors.Sections of the manuscript
Regular full-length papers should be divided into the following sequence of headed sections: Abstract (100-200 words), Introduction, Materials and methods (or Experimental), Results (or Observations), Discussion (or Conclusion), Acknowledgements, and References.
General format
Manuscripts should be typed in clear black print on either American quarto or A4 size paper. Use double spacing (space between lines of type not less than 6 mm) throughout the manuscript and leave margins of 25 mm (1 inch) at the top, bottom and sides of each page. Number each page. Please avoid footnotes; use instead, and as sparingly as possible, parenthesis within brackets. Clearly identify unusual or handwritten symbols and Greek letters. Differentiate between the letter O and zero, and the letters I and l and the number 1. Mark the approximate position of each figure and table in the margin.
Corresponding author
The name and address of the author to whom all correspondence is to be addressed should be placed on the title page and identified as:
- Correspondence to be sent to: John Smith, Department of Pathology, University of Somewhere, Anytown, USA
Please include the e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.
Abstract
The first page of the manuscript should begin with the abstract, which should be a concise summary of the paper. Abbreviations and reference citations should be avoided.
References
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the References. Published articles and those in the press (state the journal which has accepted them) may be included. In the text a reference should be cited by author and date as 'Experiments by Author (Author 1989) have demonstrated...' or '...as reported earlier (Author and Author, 1985; Author et al., 1986)'. Do not place text other than the author and date within the parenthesis. No more than two authors may be cited per reference; if there are more than two authors use et al. In the Reference list all authors should be cited. At the end of the manuscript the citations should be typed in alphabetical order, with the authors' names, year, paper title, journal, volume number, inclusive page numbers, and name and address of publisher (for books only). The name of the journal should be abbreviated according to the World List of Scientific Periodicals. References should therefore be listed as follows:
- Cagan, R.H. and Rhein, L.D. (1980) Biochemical basis of recognition of
taste and olfactory stimuli. In van der Starre, H. (ed.), Olfaction and
Taste VII. IRL Press, Oxford, pp. 35-44.
Marshall, D.A. and Moulton, D.G. (1981) Olfactory sensitivity to alpha-ionone in humans and dogs. Chem. Senses, 6, 53-61.
van der Starre, H. (ed.) (1980) Olfaction and Taste VII. IRL Press, Oxford.
Personal communications (J. Smith, personal communication) should be authorized in writing by those involved, and unpublished data should be cited as (unpublished data). Both should be used sparingly.
Tables
Tables should be typed on separate sheets and numbered consecutively with Roman numerals. They should be self-explanatory and include a brief descriptive title. They should be of such a size that they fit easily onto a journal page, the type area of which is 234 (height) x 185 mm (double column width) or 89 mm (single column width). Footnotes to tables indicated by lower case letters are acceptable, but they should not include extensive experimental details.
An arrow in the text margin should be used to indicate approximately where a table should be inserted in the text.
Illustrations
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) must be referred to in the text (as Figure 1 etc.) and should be abbreviated to 'Fig. 1.' only in the figure legend. Each figure should be on a separate sheet. Write the title of the paper, the name of the first author and the figure number in pencil on the back of each figure. On the back also indicate clearly the top margin of each figure. On the manuscript indicate with an arrow in the margin the most appropriate position for the figure.
Photographs: These should be submitted in the desired final printed size so that reduction can be avoided. The type area of a printed page is 234 (height) x 185 mm (width) and photographs, including their legends, should not exceed this area. A single column is 89 mm wide; a double column is 185 mm wide. Ideally photographs should fit either a single or a double column. Photographs should be of sufficiently high quality with respect to detail, contrast and fineness of grain to withstand the inevitable loss of contrast and detail inherent in the printing process. Please indicate the magnification by a rule on the photograph.
Colour plates: There is a special charge for the inclusion of colour plates. The cost is $600 per plate. (For cost purposes, the definition of a single figure is artwork that can be processed as a unit and printed on a single page without intervening type. Authors should note the potential cost savings inherent in this definition; for example, two consecutive half-page color figures mounted as a composite and printed on one page, with both legends below or on the facing page, would be treated as one figure.)
Line drawings: Please provide these as clear, sharp prints, suitable for reproduction as submitted. No additional artwork, redrawing or typesetting will be done. Therefore all labelling should be on the original drawing. Faint and grey shading or stippling will be lost upon reproduction and should be avoided. Where various shadings are used within one figure please ensure that it is easy to differentiate between them, using standard shadings (see the hard copy of the journal for examples). There should be sufficient white space between lines and dots to ensure the areas will not fill in and look grey. If stippling is used, this should be made up of clear black dots with visible white space between them. Ensure that the size of the lettering is in proportion with the overall dimensions of the drawing. Ideally, the drawings should be submitted in the desired final printed size to avoid reduction (maximum dimensions 234 x 185 mm including legends) and should fit either single (89 mm) or double column width (185 mm). If submitting line drawings which require reduction, please check that the lettering will be clearly legible after the drawing has been reduced to the size at which it will be printed. After reduction, letters should not be smaller than 2 mm in height.
Electronic submission of figures: Tiff files or Adobe PhotoShop compatible formats are acceptable with a minimum of 300 dpi, preferably 600-900 dpi and must be accompanied by a hard copy of publication quality.
Revised manuscripts should be returned with three copies of all new figures.
Figure legends: These should be on a separately numbered manuscript sheet and also on the disk. Define all symbols and abbreviations used in the figure. Common abbreviations and others in the preceding text need not be redefined in the legend.
Conventions
In general, the journal follows the conventions of the CBE Style Manual (Council of Biology Editors, Bethesda, MD, 1983, 5th edn). Follow Chemical Abstracts and its indexes for chemical names. For guidance in the use of biochemical terminology follow the recommendations issued by the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature, as given in Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, published by the Biochemical Society, UK. For enzymes use the recommended name assigned by the IUPAC-IUB Commission on the Biochemical Nomenclature, 1978, as given in Enzyme Nomenclature, published by Academic Press, New York, 1980. Where possible, use the recommended SI (Système International) units.
Genotypes should be italicized; phenotypes should not be italicized.
Abbreviations
Try to restrict the use of abbreviations to SI symbols and those recommended by the IUPAC-IUB. Abbreviations should be defined in brackets after their first mention in the text. Standard units of measurements and chemical symbols of elements may be used without definition in the body of the paper.
Chemical formulae and mathematical equations
Wherever possible, write mathematical equations and chemical formulae on a single line. Submit complicated chemical structures as artwork.
Keywords
Authors are requested to provide up to five keywords, which will be used in compiling the annual Subject Index.
Human and animal experiments
The editors draw the authors' attention to the Declaration of Helsinki and the Guiding Principles in the Care and Use of Animals (DHEW Publication, NIH 86-23). These are reproduced in detail in the first issue of each volume. The editors reserve the right not to accept papers unless adherence to the principles embodied in these documents is apparent.Ethics guidelines
In order to guarantee a consistent policy of review and publication, Chemical Senses endorses the Ethics Guidelines offered by the Society for Neuroscience. These guidelines describe the responsibilities and expected conduct not only of authors of scientific articles, but also of the editors and reviewers. We encourage our readers to take a few minutes to download and look over these guidelines at:http://www.sfn.org/guidelines/
A hard copy can be obtained by contacting any of the Executive Editors.
Offprints
The publishers supply 30 offprints free of charge. Offprint order forms are sent out with the proofs, and must be returned to Oxford University Press if extra offprints are required. Late orders submitted after the journal is printed are subject to increased prices.Copyright
It is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors assign copyright to Oxford University Press. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance.GUIDE FOR AUTHORS PREPARING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS FOR DISK SUBMITTAL
DOEnter text in the style and order of the Journal.
Insert figure captions and tables at the end of the file.
Save any tables, diagrams, figures, graphs or illustrations generated electronically as separate files and not embedded into the text file.
Type references in the correct order and style of the Journal.
Type unjustified, without hyphenation, except for compound words.
Type headings in the style of the Journal.
Use the TAB key once for paragraph indents.
Where possible use Times for the text font and Symbol for the Greek and special characters.
Use the word processing formatting features to indicate Bold, Italic, Greek, Maths, Superscript and Subscript characters.
Indicate clearly any special characters or accents that you have drawn by hand, or for which you have used alternative key/characters. These must be listed on a separate sheet or form and submitted with your disk.
Check the final copy of your paper carefully, as any spelling mistakes and errors may be translated into the typeset version. In the case of a mismatch between disk and hard copy, the hard copy will be taken as the definitive version.
Indicate on a separate sheet or form the contents of each file and submit at the appropriate time with your disk.
DO NOT
Enter carriage returns to obtain spacing between lines, paragraphs, references etc. The space required is generated automatically by the typesetters.Use double spaces after each sentence within a paragraph.
Use the footnote feature of your word processing program.
Leave blank spaces if special characters or accents are not available from your word processing package. These should be substituted by alternative key/characters or drawn on the hard copy by hand.
Include any copyright material (e.g. word processor software or operating system files) on the disk.
Disk submission
After the manuscript has gone through all the review and editing stages, copy the data onto a clean, newly formatted disk. The data should be saved in the word processor's native format and also in Rich Text Format (.rtf file). To avoid confusion do not copy any irrelevant files and/or back-up files onto the disk. Apple Mac users should ensure the disk wastebasket is empty before submitting the disk.Use the first-named author's name or manuscript number for the file name.
To avoid loss or damage in transit ensure that the disk is adequately protected and always keep a copy of the data on your computer and/or back-up disk.
Figure submission
Images on disk can be accepted in Adobe PhotoShop compatible formats. Images should be saved in TIFF format.Colour figures should be saved as CMYK colour rather than RGB.
Image resolution should be a minimum of 300 dpi.
Publication quality hard copies of all figures should still be submitted and will be used for reproduction if the electronic files cannot be used.