Title page
The title page should:
- present a title that includes, if appropriate, the research design or for non-research studies: a description of what the article reports
- list the full names and institutional addresses for all authors
- if a collaboration group should be listed as an author, please list the Group name as an author and include the names of the individual members of the Group in the “Acknowledgements” section in accordance with the instructions below
- indicate the corresponding author
Abstract
The abstract should briefly summarize the aim, findings or purpose of the article. Please minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract.
Beginning January 2022, we welcome submissions that include a graphical abstract (GA). This image should be a summary of the findings from the presented research allowing readers to quickly deduce the content in a visual format. The purpose is to highlight your work – draw the readers in quickly so they want to read more.
This graphical abstract figure (drawing, structure, or reaction scheme), preferably in color (free), will be used in the Table of Contents and in the abstract section on the title page of the article. Cover art is often chosen from graphical abstract figures.
For the GA, include a short title and description (about 50 words).The figure should be in one of the following file types: .tiff, .eps, .jpg, .bmp, .doc, or .pdf. It should be 8 cm (3.15 inches) wide x 4 cm (1.57 inches) high when printed at full scale (100%), and should have high quality image and text. Please insure that the illustration maintains this aspect ratio and is still informative upon reduction.
Please supply the GA figure at 100% using the following specifications/sizes:
- For .tiff:
- 300 dpi – halftone
- 600 dpi - with text
- 600 dpi - combine halftone and text (embedded text)
- 1200 dpi - bitmap (pure text and lines (b/w))
- For .eps:
- 300/600/1200 dpi - combine embedded images and vector objects
- For "rastered" images (.pdf, .doc, .bmp, .jpg), the resolution should be at least 300 dpi.
Keywords
Three to ten keywords representing the main content of the article.
Introduction
The Introduction section should explain the background to the article, its aims, a summary of a search of the existing literature and the issue under discussion.
Main text
This should contain the body of the article, and may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings.
Conclusions
This should state clearly the main conclusions and include an explanation of their relevance or importance to the field.
List of abbreviations
If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use, and a list of abbreviations should be provided.