General regulations about submitting manuscripts to Journal of Palaeogeography

1. Journal of Palaeogeography is an academic Earth science journal. The journal mainly publishes research results and original academic articles focusing on palaeogeography and relevant disciplines by both Chinese and foreign scholars, including lithofacies palaeogeography,biopalaeogeography, stratigraphic palaeogeography, tectonopalaeogeography, physiogeographic palaeogeography,human history palaeogeography, past and present environments and human civilization, sedimentology, sedimentary environments, sedimentary facies, geochemistry, palaeoecology, ichnology, palaeoclimatology, palaeotectonics,palaeoseismology, palaeokarst, basin analysis, prediction and exploration related with oil, gas, coal and other mineral resources.

2. No strict limitation of the length for academic manuscript.

3. Constitution and order of manuscript. Title, author’s name, affiliation and address of the author, correspondence address, postcode, abstract (300-500 words), key words (4-8 words), text of the paper, acknowledgements, references.

4. Other requirements for manuscript. The figures,with the largest size of 170 mm × 240 mm, should be put in the text, and the resolution of the figure should be 600 dpi. Photos and figures are numbered according to the order. The photo title and figure title are arranged below the photo and figure. Illustrations of the photos and figures are written below the photo title or figure title. Tables with the largest size of 170 mm×240 mm, re arranged in the text.The table title is arranged above the table.

5. Requirements for references. References are cited in alphabetic order of the authors’ names and the authors’names coincide with the original references. Authors’ names of foreign countries are written according to international acpractice. Chinese authors’ names are written completely acording to the Chinese phonetic order. Chinese and foreign authors’ names and references should be cited as the follows:

Periodicals: Author’s name (all of the authors’names should be listed and separated by comma).Publication year. Manuscript title. Periodical’s name.Volume (issue). Starting and ending page numbers(original language).

With only one author, in the text, it should be cited as: (Robert, 1990), (Feng, 1999); References should be written as: Robert, H., 1990; Feng Zengzhao, 1999.

With two authors, in the text, it should be cited as:(Robert and Bada, 1990), (Feng and Wang, 2000); References should be written as: Robert, H., Bada, M.,1990; Feng Zengzhao, Wang Yuan, 2000.

With three or more authors, in the text, it should be cited as: (Robert et al., 1990), (Feng et al., 1990); All of the authors’names should be written in the references.

Books: Author’s name (according to the periodical’s requirement). Publication year. Book name. Publication place. Press. Starting and ending page numbers.(original language).

Collected works: Author’s name (according to the periodical’s requirement). Publication year. Manuscript title. In: Editors of the collected works. Name of the collected works. Publication place. Press. Starting and ending page numbers (original language).

6. Submission. The detailed address, post code, telephone number and email address of the author must be attached in the manuscript in order to keep contact. After submission,it is better for the author to call the editorial office. The domestic author must submit a manuscript with a detailed abstract in Chinese. Non-Chinese authors should submit only a manuscript. The telephone number of the editorial office is 86-10-62394320 (Wang Yuan). The email address of the editorial office is Jpalaeo2012@163. com.

7. Inquiring about manuscript. The author can contact the editorial office to inquire about submitted manuscripts. Authors should receive correspondence concerning the status of their manuscripts, as well as reviews, within one or two months of submission.

8. Copyright. All papers published in the journal will be collected on CD and the journal’s website. The journal owns copyright of all papers published in the journal and authors will receive copyright of their papers. Authors who do not state a copyright preference will be considered to be in agreement with the journal’s copyright policy.

9. Notice. We hope each author reads the regulations seriously and submits their manuscripts according to the general regulations. If you have any suggestions, please write to us. Thanks for your cooperation.