International
Journal of
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Published since 1974
CODEN: IJESDQ ISSN: 0377-015X
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Only original papers are considered for publication. The authors may be asked to
declare that the manuscript has not been submitted to another journal for consideration at
the same time.
Three copies of manuscripts (one original and two photocopies), complete in all respects
including figures, should be submitted to the Editor,
Prof. Brij Gopal,
School of Environmental Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
email: ijees@123india.com
Papers related to Animal Ecology and Terrestrial Ecology should be submitted preferably to
Dr A. Raman,
University of Sydney, PO Box 883, Orange, NSW 2800,
Australia
email: araman@orange.usyd.edu.au
with one copy to Dr Brij Gopal.
The authors, if they so wish, may submit a copy to one of the Advisory Editors concerned
with the subject area of their contribution.
IMPORTANT: Please note that in India, all authors (and coauthors) must be a Member of the
National Institute of Ecology at the time of submission of the manuscripts.
Overseas authors are also encouraged to become members. Details of membership and
subscription can be obtained from the Managing Editor.
The authors must ensure that the manuscripts have been
prepared strictly according to the format of the Journal in all respects, failing which
the manuscripts may not be processed.
All correspondence concerning the manuscripts must be sent by email to ijees@123india.com only
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
The manuscripts should be prepared only in English. However, the authors
are encouraged to add an Abstract in German, French and/or Spanish, if possible.
Manuscripts should be typewritten, only on letter or A-4 size paper, with
double spacing and minimum 2.5 cm margin on all the four sides. They should be carefully
checked for the typographical errors, especially the numerals and diacritical marks in
words from different languages.
The title page should comprise: full title of the paper, initials and surname of
author(s), name of the laboratory where the work was carried out, and the address to which
all correspondence concerning the manuscript should be made. Please add Telephone and Fax
numbers as well as E-Mail address wherever possible.
An Abstract should be placed before the Introduction. Summary is not required at the end
of the paper.
The abstract should include sufficient information on the objectives, study area, methods,
results and major conclusions.
Upto eight keywords, not repeated from the title of the paper, should be placed after the
Abstract.
All acknowledgements should be put at the end before References.
The main text of the paper should start from a new page. It should be reasonably
subdivided into sections and if necessary, subsections. No part of the manuscript should
be underlined except for Latin names of organisms (genera and species). No word or phrase
should be abbreviated. However, if abbreviations are absolutely necessary, they should be
placed in parentheses after the words/phrases when they appear first in the text.
The tables should be typed on separate sheets and numbered consecutively with Arabic
numerals.
Each table should be provided a short title. The basis for the nomenclature of taxa should
be indicated in the Methods section.
All diagrams, graphs and photographs should be referred to in the text as figure, and
numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals.
All the figures should be provided a detailed caption and all captions should be typed
together on a separate sheet. The line drawings should be drawn in India ink on white
paper or good quality tracing cloth and should not be larger than A-4 size. If the
drawings are necessarily larger, please submit only A-4 size photographic prints. All
inscriptions should be done only by a lettering instrument, and should be large enough to
stand sufficient reduction. In case, illustrations have been prepared with the help of a
computer, only high quality laser prints should be submitted. Prints made by dot matrix
printers are not acceptable.
Photographs should be sharp, well-contrasted, glossy prints trimmed at right angles. The
amount of lettering on a drawing should be reduced as far as possible by transferring it
to the captions. Figures should not be folded in any case. The drawings and photographs
should be identified on back by author's name and figure number. The orientation should be
indicated.
Only metric units (S.I. Units) should be used. Other units may be given in parentheses
only if absolutely necessary. Abbreviations of units are same for the singular and plural,
and are never followed by a period. Mathematical symbols may be either handwritten or
typewritten. Greek letters and unusual symbols should be identified separately in the
margin. Distinction should be made between confusing letters like letter O and zero (0);
between the letter l, the number one and prime (N); between K and kappa.
References to literature should be given in the text by the author's name and year: e.g.
Tansley (1935) when forming part of a sentence, or (Tansley 1935) when forming an addition
to a sentence. If a paper has three or more authors, then it should be referred to by the
surname of the first author and expression et al.
References at the end of the paper should list in alphabetical order under the first
author's name all works referred to in the text. These should include the names of all
authors/editors, full title of the paper, unabbreviated title of the journals, and the
name and place of the publisher, and total number of pages in case of books, collective
volumes and Proceedings.
Please note that it is the author's responsibility to obtain written permission to quote
copyrighted material which has appeared in another publication.
SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONICALLY PREPARED MANUSCRIPTS
Please see the Detailed Guidelines for information on electronic
submission of the manuscripts.
PROOFS
Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corrected proofs should be returned
to the Editor without delay. Alterations in the proofs, other than those necessitated by
the printer's errors, should be kept to the minimum.
REPRINTS
Twenty-five reprints of each paper are provided free of charge to the corresponding
author.
Additional copies may be purchased if ordered when the proofs are returned after
correction. Gratis reprints are despatched by Registered
Sea Mail within about 4 weeks after the publication of the respective issue of the
Journal.
MISCELLANEOUS
There are NO page charges. However, the authors are required to pay part costs of
reproduction of colour plates and may also be asked to pay partly for illustrations
exceeding about 20% of the text.
No manuscript or figure will be returned following publication unless a request for return
is made when the manuscript is originally submitted.
The copyright in published papers is vested with the publisher. The authors of accepted
contributions will be asked to formally sign an agreement to transfer the copyright to the
publisher.
Updated and Detailed Guidelines for the Preparation of Manuscripts are available as a PDF
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