Florida Entomological Society - Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
Articles published in Florida Entomologist
reflect all aspects of basic and
applied entomological science. There are no geographical restrictions
regarding
publication, although priority will be given to manuscripts that
reflect the
fauna of the western hemisphere, or are of great interest to
entomologists in
this region.
At least one author must be a member
of the Florida
Entomological Society for reduced page charges to apply. If you are
uncertain about your membership
status, contact Business Manager
Teresa DuChene, P.O. Box 1007, Lutz, FL 33548-1007, USA; phone: (813)
903-9234, e-mail: flaentsoc@gmail.com.
SUBMISSION: Upload an original manuscript as an electronic version
in Microsoft Word at this site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/flaent.
If you are uncertain about the status of
your manuscript please log on and contact the editor (not the
FES business manager).
PUBLICATION FEES: Members: $880 per full
length article; $660 per Scientific Note
Nonmembers: $1,100 per full length article: $ 880 per Scientific Note
For your convenience, you may download a Microsoft
Word template to prepare your manuscript:
Before
you make corrections to the final page proofs
of an accepted manuscript (i.e., a PDF file that the Printer will send
to you before publication), please consult these Sample Correction
Page Proof Instructions.
FORMAT:
Microsoft Word document; letter paper size (8 1/2 ´ 11
inches) with 1 inch
margins; 12 pt font size throughout; all text left aligned with
double-line
spacing (except title page).
TITLE
PAGE: All text left aligned, 12 pt front size, single-line spacing.
Include
information in the following order: 1) running head (max. 80 characters
or
spaces, sentence case); 2) membership status: member (name and member
ID) or
non-member; 3) billing contact: name, E-mail address, and any
information
(address, reference numbers, etc.) that you need included on the
invoice; 4)
title of the study (include order and family of key organisms but omit
authority for scientific names); 5) authors’ names, 6) list authors’
affiliations (including each author’s E-mail address) with numbered
footnotes;
7) indicate corresponding author with an asterisk.
ABSTRACT:
Submit an abstract in English and resumen in Spanish,
or resumo in Portuguese. The editor will obtain a translation if the
author
cannot. Include complete scientific name with systematic authority,
order, and
family of all arthropods.
KEY
WORDS: 4 to 6 below the abstract. Do not repeat words that
appear in the title. List Palabras Clave
(or Palavras Chave) below Resumen (or Resumo).
TEXT:
Follow a general format of introduction (no heading), Materials
and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments,
References Cited. Use metric
measurements; express quantities as Arabic numerals except as the first
word of
a sentence or to avoid ambiguity. Below the text, place each of the
following
on a separate page: each table, list of figure captions, each figure
(inserted
as a low-resolution copy).
SCIENTIFIC
NOTES: Short contributions with a
maximum text length of 1,500 words. Only 2 figures or tables or one of
each are
allowed. Format: title page and text in logical scientific order
without any
headings (place acknowledgments in the last paragraph), followed (with
headings) by Summary, Key Words, Sumario,
Palabras Clave, and References Cited.
TAXONOMIC
MANUSCRIPTS must have an introduction. Taxonomic
keys should use one of the following formats: If the key is short
(8 couplets or fewer), use the
style of Abrantes & Duarte (2013) FE 96: 1392–1400 (see page 1399).
Note
how each part of each couplet is indicated for example as 1.— and 1’.—. The symbols should be em dashes
(not hyphens, not en dashes). If the key is long (9
couplets or more), use the style of Stoetzel & Miller
(2001) FE 84: 83–98 (see pages 96–97) and Porter & Pesquero (2001)
FE 84:
691–699 (see pages 696–698). Pictorial keys as in Stoetzel & Miller
(2001;
see pages 85, 88–90, 92–94) are encouraged.
Descriptions of new taxa should contain information that will
distinguish them from related taxa including appropriate amendment of
existing
keys. Formal descriptions of taxa may be telegraphic; use of gender
symbols is
acceptable except for headings. Abbreviate collection dates with Roman
numerals
for months and Arabic numerals for days and years: 30-IV-2015.
CITATIONS
IN TEXT: Use the name–date format: Jones (1986);
(Jones 1986); Jones & Smith (1986); (Jones & Smith 1986); Jones
(in
press); (Jones AF, Dept. Zoology, Ohio State University, personal
communication). Use “et al.” (not italicized) for 3 or more authors.
Provide
evidence of acceptance for works “in press,” otherwise cite as
“unpublished” or
“personal communication.” Provide written permission from personal
communicants.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Place disclaimers, journal series numbers, funding sources, address
changes
other than correspondent, etc. here.
REFERENCES
CITED: Include all source material
cited in the manuscript. Provide all information that would allow
retrieval of
the material. List each reference on its own line with a hanging indent
(0.5
inches). Put initials of each author after the surname (family name).
Do not
use punctuation except for a comma to separate different names. Example: “Jones BJ, Smith CA. 2008.”
Use sentence case for titles of journal articles, book chapters,
reports,
theses, and online resources. Capitalize major words in book titles. Spell out journal names.
TABLES
AND FIGURES: Reference all tables and figures with Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear in the text. Tables
must be created with the Insert Table function. Table
footnotes are written below the table and indicated with
superscript lowercase letters. All captions for figures are
listed
together on a separate page. All illustrations must be complete and
final. Make
a composite figure plate if numerous line drawings, graphs, or
photographs can
be combined. Ideal figure widths at
100% view are 3.54 inches for single-column, and 7.25 inches for
two-column
images. The maximum depth is 9.00 inches. Ideal figure resolution is
300 to 600
dpi. If you prefer a certain figure width (1 column or 2 columns) in
the final
article, indicate it after the figure caption. You may
insert powerpoint figures in the original submission, but if the
submission is accepted, also submit all
figures (or
figure plates) separately as high-resolution .tiff or .tif files (file size approx. 1–5 MB, but NOT larger
than 15 MB).
BEFORE YOU SUBMIT A MANUSCRIPT: Please review the
formatting
guidelines and templates (links above). You also should consult the
FlaEnt_Checklist_of_Common_Mistakes_July2016
to assure that your manuscript was prepared properly.
ELECTRONIC
REPRINTS: Internet publication of all articles is included in the page
charges.
Persons with access to the Web can read or make e-reprints (equivalent
to
high-quality photocopies) at any time and without charge.
COLOR DISPLAY OF FIGURES: Three
options are available: 1) black & white in both the
printed and the
online version of the journal, no added cost; 2) black & white
printed and color
online, added cost US$60 per figure (or figure plate); 3) color
in both the
printed and the online version, added cost US$260 per figure (or figure
plate).
INFOLINKS: For US$45, a hyperlink
will be inserted in the
online table of contents that accesses the author’s article (see http://www.flaentsoc.org/infolink.shtml). This allows electronic posting
of
supplemental material and color images at low cost.
ASSISTANCE TO PREPARE MANUSCRIPTS:
Authors who need editing assistance to prepare manuscripts for
publication in
Florida Entomologist should hire a professional scientific editing
service. You
can search the internet using "scientific editing service" as
keywords to locate a service.