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Help us reproduce your artwork to the highest possible standards - in both paper and digital formats
Submitting your illustrations, pictures, tables and other artwork (such as multimedia- and supplementary files) in an electronic format helps us produce your work to the best possible standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high level of detail. These pages show how to prepare your artwork for electronic submission and include information on common problems, suggestions on how to ensure the best results, and image creation guides for popular applications. See the links under Application Guidelines for details about using specific artwork software for Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Checklist
Before you send us your artwork, make sure you can answer 'yes' to the following:
- My files are in the correct format - TIFF, EPS or PDF. MS Office files (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) are also accepted, provided they meet certain conditions. For more information, see File Formats.
- My color images are provided in the RGB colorspace.
- The physical dimensions of the artwork match the dimensions of the journal to which I am submitting.
- The lettering used in the artwork does not vary too much in size. See Sizing of Artwork.
- I have used the recommended naming conventions. See File Naming.
If you are delivering your artwork on disk:
- All illustrations are provided as separate files and as hardcopy on separate sheets.
- All artwork is numbered according to its sequence in the text.
- Figures, schemes and plates have captions and these are provided on a separate sheet along with the manuscript, in addition all figures are referred to in the text.
- If required, I have specified the preferred magnification factor of my artwork on the sheet with filenames that accompany the disk.
- My artwork is on a 3.5" disk, CD-ROM, ZIP disk or JAZ disk. See Acceptable Media.
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