Entomological Problems publishes
original papers (OP), reviews (R) and short notes (S) [faunistic
records, biographies and book reviews] on all aspects of
entomology and arachnology. All contributions are considered by
referees and approved for publication by the Editorial Board.
Manuscripts submitted must not have been
published or accepted for publication by any other journal.
Contributions should not exceed 50 pages for OP and R, and 3
pages for S; a financial contribution may be requested from
authors for printing of larger manuscripts or colour plates.
Authors must submit three copies of paper to
the Editors (see inside front cover), complete with tables,
figures and legends for figures. Manuscripts should be written in
English or German, but the title, abstract, and key words of
manuscripts in German must be translated into English. Authors
not writing in their native language are urged to have
manuscripts linguistically reviewed prior to submission; the
English language editor provides only minor language corrections.
All parts of a manuscript (text, references, footnotes, tables,
legends for figures) should be typed with double spacing, on one
side of the paper, preferably A4.
The title of the paper must be informative, but
should not exceed twenty words. The name(s) and full address(es)
of the author(s), including fax and E-mail, is placed under the
title. The text should be preceded by an Abstract briefly
summarising the content of the paper in less than 30 lines.
Authors should provide a maximum of ten key words. The standard
structure of a manuscripts is: Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results, Discussion (Conclusions), Acknowledgements and
References.
Contributors must respect the Articles of the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Third Edition,
1985) and its recommendations. New taxa must be distinguished
from related taxa. The abbreviations gen.nov., sp.nov., syn.nov.,
comb.nov., should be used to distinguish all new taxa, synonymies
or new combinations. Geographical data and specimen labels should
be used in a standard manner.
Measurements must be given in SI units. When
data are expressed as means, some distribution about the mean
should be given (e.g., standard deviation or range).
References within the text should be cited as:
Collin (1956); (Kodada, 1989);
Waloff & Jervis (1987);
Yano
et al. (1984). Literature listed in References should be given
its full title in the original language. Authors should be listed
alphabetically, papers of individual authors chronologically.
Names of journals should be written in full or abbreviated
according to the World List of Scientific Periodicals, however
usage must be consistent throughout manuscript.
Examples:
Byron, A. 1990. A cladistic analysis of the nomadine bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Systematic Entomology 15(2): 121-152.
Kodada, J. & Jäch, M.A. 1995. Dryopidae: 1. Check list and bibliography of the Dryopidae of China (Coleoptera). pp 325-328. In: Jäch, M. & Ji, L. (eds.) Water Beetles of China. Vol. I. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Österreich and Wiener Coleopterologenverein, Wien.
Stachowiak, H. 1973. Allgemeine Modeltheorie. Springer-Verlag, Wien. 494 pp.
Figures may be line drawings boldly drawn in
black water-proof ink or half tones (photographs), labelled with
pre-printed letters (large enough to allow reduction),
accompanied by some indication of scale and numbered serially.
They should be arranged in plates; and submitted no larger than
twice their printed size. Authors should refrain from mixing
drawings and half tone illustrations.
Legends for figures should be grouped together
on a separate sheet. Colour plates are printed by special
arrangement only. Tables must be on separate sheets, should be
self-explanatory and should not be ruled up. Original figures
will not be returned automatically.
Manuscripts not conforming with these
directives are liable to be returned to the authors.
After a paper has been accepted for
publication, original figures, the final revised paper copies of
the manuscript and one exact copy on a 3.5-inch or CD-ROM computer disk are to be sent to the Editors. IBM formatting is
required and Word for Windows processors or ASCII file are
preferred. The authors should refrain from using special codes
for text formatting. Any effects that cannot be achieved by the
world processor (e.g., some special characters) must be clearly
marked by hand on the paper copy.
Page proofs. The corresponding author
receives a copy of the edited manuscript on which deletions,
additions, and changes can be made. The latter will receive page
proofs with their original typescript, for approval. Both must be
returned to the Executive Editors within 48 hours of receipt.
Because changes in proofs are expensive, authors should not make
major changes in their work at this stage.
Reprints, and charges. Page charge for publication of manuscripts is 6€
for each printed page to cover some of the expenses of publishing. Twenty five
reprints of each paper are provided free of charge. Additional reprints may be
ordered at current prices when you return your page proof. Charge for 1 to 4
colour plates is 300€. Exceptions should be negotiated in advance with the
editors.
All correspodence should be adressed to: