GUIDELINES FOR SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS
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These notes are intended to outline the role of the
Guest
Editor and ensure good communication between the Editors, Guest Editors
and Publisher. Please do not hesitate to ask should you require any further
assistance with your Special Issue.
Selection of Papers for the Special Issue
The Guest Editors are responsible for the selection of the manuscripts
for the Special Issue. This selection should be based on scientific quality
of the papers and the topic of the paper should clearly fall within the
scope of the Special Issue. The final selection should form a coherent
and complete set of papers.
Peer Reviewing Process
The task of the Guest Editor(s) is to take care of the strict peer-reviewing
process, which is essential to ensure that only quality papers are published.
Each paper must be reviewed by at least two international specialists (three
in case of doubt) and revised in accordance with their comments. If major
revision is asked for by one of the referees the paper must be reviewed
again by at least one referee. The referees are the choice of the Guest
Editor.
Stationery
Under separate cover a set of Instructions for Authors forms, which include
notes on submitting your manuscript on disk, and Checklist for the Reviewer
forms are sent to you to assist you in the preparation of the issue. At
a later date you will also be sent three forms that need to accompany the
final set of manuscripts. These are the Arrangements for Colour Invoicing
form, Critical Cover Information form and Special Issue Checklist form.
Time Schedule
It is recommended that you establish a time schedule and inform contributing
authors of deadlines for the submission of manuscripts, etc. Please
send a copy of the schedule to Simon
Richert at Elsevier and inform him, as well as Professor J.
D. Milliman, of the status of the project regularly. It may be possible
that an issue can be published by a certain deadline. However this decision
is made at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, and we
will require written confirmation from the Guest Editor (s) of the definite
date when the manuscripts will be submitted to the Editor to allow the
issue to be scheduled into the journal publishing schedule.
Maximum Size
The maximum number of printed pages should not exceed 500. This equates
to approximately 600 manuscript pages.
Ocean News
We will require a short piece about the issue for inclusion in the above
Elsevier newsletter. This needs to be 100-150 words long, summarising the
research represented by the issue.
Electronic Annexes
It is possible that additional data can be stored on a floppy disk/CD-ROM
that can accompany the issue. The Guest Editor (s) is responsible for providing
all the data on a mastercopy that Elsevier will check and replicate.
Colour Illustrations
Printing of colour illustrations is possible at author's cost. The price
is NLG 800 (US$400) for the first page (independent of the number of colour
figures on that page) and NLG 400 (US$200) for subsequent pages (independent
of the number of colour figures on that page). However we can offer a reduced
price if the Guest Editor is prepared to coordinate payment through one
invoice.
Checklist
When sending the complete set of papers, please enclose the following:
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order of papers as they are to appear in the issue
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received/revised/accepted dates for each paper
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FULL contact details for the corresponding author of each paper (including
fax/telephone number and e-mail address)
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logo or sponsorship information (if necessary)
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all reviewers comments (+ additional comments by the Guest Editors and
authors)
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preface
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Critical Cover Information form
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Arrangements for Colour Invoicing form
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Special Issue Checklist form
Please also ensure that each paper is as complete as possible:
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any figures submitted need to be good quality originals and must be clearly
labelled
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any tables referred to in the text need to be included
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each paper needs to be submitted electronically on diskettes that are clearly
labelled
Final acceptance by Editor-in-Chief
The complete set of manuscripts, including reviewers comments, relevant
comments by the Guest Editor and the authors, will then be evaluated by
the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Professor John D. Milliman, who makes
the final decision on acceptance of manuscripts in consultation with the
Guest Editor. Guest Editors are therefore requested to ensure that authors
are informed that their manuscript has been recommended for publication.
MANUSCRIPTS
CANNOT BE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO A
FINAL EVALUATION BY THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.
Proofs
Authors should be made aware of the need to return corrected proofs within
48 hours of receipt (as far as this is possible). If authors are going
to be away when the proofs are sent they should make arrangements with
another colleague to check the proofs in their absence.
Free Reprints, Free Copy and No Page Charges
Each corresponding author will receive fifty free reprints of his/her manuscript
as well as a complimentary copy of the issue. Guest Editors will also receive
a complimentary copy of the issue. We do not have page charges, except
in the case of colour.
Provide Information to Publisher
To enable the Publisher to plan for your Special Issue, we need to receive
some basic information from you at the earliest opportunity. Please could
you therefore complete and return our Publisher Notification form as soon
as possible.
Bulk Order Arrangements
It is our policy to offer competitive rates for bulk orders of the Special
Issue. We will contact you ahead of publication to offer up-to-date pricing
information.
As a guideline, 2000 prices are as follows:
Number of copies |
Price per copy |
2-4 |
US$55 (NLG 91) |
5-49 |
US$50 (NLG 87) |
50-99 |
US$45 (NLG 78) |
100-199 |
US$40 (NLG 70) |
200+ |
US$35 (NLG 61) |
These prices assume that the journals are despatched in bulk. Arrangements
for further distribution are the responsibility of the Guest Editor (s).
Contact
Simon Richert, Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard,
Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843432 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843960
E-mail: s.richert@elsevier.co.uk |
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