Author Guidelines
The editorial staff require authors to follow the below instructions. Manuscripts, which do not meet the instructions, will be rejected.Please note that guidelines may change on publisher request. The most up-to-date version is set out below.
Manuscripts should be sent at post address 119017, Moscow, Staromonetny Lane, 29, IG RAS, or by e-mail geomorfologiya@mail.ru. The manuscriptmust be accompanied by a completed Affirmation Statement of Materials Originality.
Main rules
Manuscripts should be signed by all authors, thereby delivering the right for publishing the article by the journal in paper and/or electronic form and posting it on the journal (publishing house) web site.
It is prohibited to send articles, published in other issues or forwarded to other issues.
Date of receipt is the time when editorial stuff received the final (processed) manuscript version.
The manuscript publication in the journal is free.
Article format
All article (tables, notes, headlines, other languages insets, list of references, image-related text and others) should be typed in Word format - font size 14, line spacing 1.5 with margins: upper - 3 cm, lower - 2 cm, left - 3 cm, right - 1.5 cm. Large articles preferably should be divided into parts with subtitles (all subtitles must have clear hierarchy).
Article volume, including list of references and image-related text, should not exceed: for general meaning papers - 18 pages of text; for scientific reports related to specific considerations and for papers of scientific researches methods - 12 pages.
At the end of manuscript, on separate pages, it is necessary to put (in Russian and English): 1) a list of references (References), 2) abstract up to 250 words, showing author’s main idea and conclusions, and 5–7 keywords, 3) information about authors, 4) figure captions, as well as 5) tables – all on separate pages. Page numbering should be continuous, including references, summary, tables, and figure captions.
Units of physical quantities are given by SI system. Decimal fractions used point: 0.35.
Only “quotation marks” are being used, not «quotation marks».
Continuous notes numbering is being used.
No abbreviations are allowed, except customaries such as metric measures, mechanic, heat, magnetic and other measures. No i.e., etc. are allowed.
List of references with index numbers is given not in alphabetical order, but according with references in text, regardless the language of work. The list should contain only works mentioned in the article. Reference, given in the text, contains in square brackets only number of work and (if necessary - in case of quotation in text) the page number.
References
Here are the examples of the main literary sources for making your list of references correct.
- Allen A.B. Tectonic Landforms and Structures. Amsterdam: Springer-Science, 1989. 206 p.
- History of the American lakes. Acton D.J., Anderson R.A. and Speirs B.O. Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.488 p.
- Renwick W.H., Smith S.V., Bartley J.D., and Buddemeier R.W. The role of impoundments in the sediment budget of the conterminous United States. Geomorphology.2005. No. 71. P. 99–111.
- Brierley N.J.Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics. PhD thesis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 25 p.
Please strictly adhere to this form, paying particular attention to the punctuation marks between words.
Figures dashed and half-toned (maximum 3-4) should be provided in two copies, separate from the manuscriptand never embed in the article text! All images, schemes, diagrams, maps should be clearly performed in the size providing all details clarity. Text on figures should be replaced by numbers and word index if possible with legend given in text or under figures.
Electronic version of figures should be only in JPEG, TIFF and others, with resolution more that 300 dpi.
The editorial board of the “Geomorfologiya i Paleogeografiya” journal has expanded the possibilities of the journal’s Internet page (http://geomorphology.igras.ru), where the translated abstracts up to 250 words, keywords, as well as the References (what is required by international citation systems)are placed. At author desires, it is possible to post electronic version of his article in pdf formaton the web site.
The abstract (100-250 words) is the principal source of information on the paper to be placed in foreign information systems and databases indexing the journal. It should enable the reader to gain some insight into the essence of the research, so that he could decide whether the complete text of the paper would be worth reading.
The editors suggest the authors to concentrate their attention on the content of the abstract and to adhere to the following rules when compiling it:
- Avoid repeating the title of the paper. If the latter is like “Such-and-such specific features of exogenic processes there and there”, do not begin the abstract with “The paper deals with such-and-such characteristics of exogenic processes…”. Take the bull by the horns and begin: “Exogenic process are proved to be absent from such-and-such region!”.
- Avoid statements of the type: “Studies of this and that were performed”. If you are submitting the paper, it implies that some kind of studies had been performed. If you insist on stressing the fact that your results had not been taken out of thin air, you may begin with: “Such-and-such investigations resulted in…”
- In general, avoid writing a kind of “report on activities” presented to a certification committee. Don’t write how much and how hard you worked – just state the results of the work.
- If your studies gave some quantitative data (erosion rate, a quantity of stages in the landform evolution and their age, a number of terraces, etc.), don’t restrict yourself to a simple statement of the fact. It is better to cite the numeric results in the abstract, e.g. 2.87–3.12 mm per year (of course, if there are not too many numbers). If you have found a certain manifestation of a general law, do not write: “Climatic characteristics of the region have been found to exert an influence on the relief-forming processes” – specify what this influence consists of.
- In general it should be made clear from the Abstract (and from the title of paper) what (and where) had been studied, what methods were applied, what results have been obtained, and (if possible) what conclusions of more general character might be drawn from the results. If the paper deals with methods and procedures, the latter should be described concisely. In case you indulge in reflections on the future of geomorphology, you might as well indicate where (in your opinion) lies its way to recovery and what the greatest peril is.
Acknowledgments is given in Russian and English. Examples:
Acknowledgments.The study was supported by the USA National Science Foundation, project No. 11-11-11111.
In the end of the article author should give (in English and in Russian) the full name, place of work, academic title and position, home and work address, phone numbers and e-mail.
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