《中国海洋大学学报(英文版)》作者须知
Information for Authors
The Journal of Ocean University of China (Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research) is a comprehensive academic quarterly sponsored by the Ocean University of China, published one volume per year. This journal is devoted to the publication of the theoretical and applied research results on oceanography and marine fisheries. The fields covered include the physical, chemical, biological, geological, environmental, engineering and technological aspects of these sciences. The types of papers include research papers, notes, technical reports, science and technology letters, reviews and overviews, etc. It has been indexed by SCI-E since 2012.
1. Submission of paper
Authors are requested to submit original papers that have not been published previously and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere in the same form, in English or any other languages.
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2. Manuscript preparation
General: The language of this Journal is English, the spelling being British or American, but not a mixture of them. Two duplicate copies of manuscripts (in Word for Windows, 12 pt Times New Roman font) must be typewritten double-spaced with wide margins on one side of white paper of generally no more than 20 pages (A4 size). All pages must be correctly numbered. In addition, the papers must also be submitted electronically.
Title: The title of the paper should be informative. Authors should avoid using chemical or mathematical formulas in titles.
Author affiliation: Include name of the author(s), his/her institution, city, postcode and country. The E-mail address and telephone number of the first author or the corresponding author should be provided as footnote on the first page.
Abstract: The essential contents of the paper should be recapitulated briefly in an abstract of 250-300 words.
Keywords: Authors are required to submit 3-8 subject keywords.
Text: Follow this order when typing the manuscript: the title, author(s), work unit(s), abstract, keywords, main text, acknowledgements, appendix, references and figures (Tables should be inserted in proper positions in the main text). The main text should be divided into sections and subsections with their headings and properly numbered.
Units: Authors are requested to comply with the standard use of physical quantities and units of the System International of Units (S.I.). The Editors will alter some individual designations when necessary.
Figures: Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as “Figure(s)” and should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance. They should accompany the manuscript, but not be included within the text. All figures (with captions and illustrations) should be printed on separate sheets. Figures should be submitted in a TIF format and should have a minium resolution of 600 dpi. Their positions in the main text should be indicated.
Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements should follow the text and not appear as footnotes.
References: References should be arranged alphabetically by author’s last name. The text citation consists of the author’s name and year of publication, e.g., “according to Munk (1970)”or “This is in agreement with the results obtained later (Munk, 1976)”. References should be given in the following forms:
1) For periodicals: name of author(s), year, title of paper, name of periodical, Volume (No.): pages, [DOI].
2) For books: name of author(s ) or editor(s), year of publication, title of the book, publishing house, publishing location (city), pages.
Web articles should be cited in the References section using their DOIs.
Appendix: Items of interest that are too specific, lengthy descriptions of methods and experimental procedures or results, mathematical analyses, and other similar items of which the details are subordinate to the main theme of the paper, should appear in appendixes. Each appendix should have a title.
Footnotes: Unpublished papers cited, individual letters, internal data of certain institutions, supporting programs, etc., should be included as footnotes.
3. Copyright and Research Data Policy
Copyright: As the manuscript has been accepted, all authors should transfer the copyright of the article, including that of the printing and online version, to the publisher.
Research Data Policy: The journal encourages authors, where possible and applicable, to deposit data that support the findings of their research in a public repository.
Authors and editors who do not have a preferred repository should consult Springer Nature’s list of repositories and research data policy.
General repositories-for all types of research data-such as Figshare and Dryad may also be used. Datasets that are assigned digital object identifiers (DOIs) by a data repository may be cited in the reference list. Data citations should include the minimum information recommended by DataCite: authors, title, publisher (repository name), identifier.
Springer Nature provides a research data policy support service for authors and editors, which can be contacted at researchdata@springernature.com.
4. Contributions should be sent to
Editorial Office of Journal of Ocean University of China 238 Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, P. R. China.
Telephone: +86-532-66782408; +86-532-66782522
E-mail: xbywb@ouc.edu.cn
Website: http://www.ouc.edu.cn/xbywb/
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