Publishing in PAGEOPH - Mechanics

WHERE TO SUBMIT

All manuscripts, that are not part of a Special Topical issue, should be submitted to the Regular Issues Editor-in-Chief. Hard copy submissions should be addressed to

Electronic submissions should be sent to mitchbj@eas.slu.edu.

AUTHORSHIP

Submission of a manuscript implies

• that the work described has not been published before;

• that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere;

• that its publication has been approved by all coauthors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work was carried out.

• that, if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatically transfer the copyright to the publisher; and

• that the manuscript will not be published elsewhere in any language without the consent of the copyright holder.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Electronic submissions are encouraged. To do so attach a Word version of your paper to an email message to mitchbj@eas.slu.edu. Include the word "pageoph" (without quotes) in the subject line of your message. If your attachment does not transmit all characters correctly I will ask you to resend in pdf format. Please follow the directions below for the formatting, etc. of your submission.

For hard copy submission, authors should submit three copies of their manuscript, all of which should be formatted with double spacing and wide margins. Copies of the figures should be attached at the end of the manuscript. All manuscript pages, including references, tables, and captions, should be numbered consecutively, starting with the title page as page one.

The parts of the manuscript should be in the following order:

1. Title page

This page should include the title, author's name(s) and affiliation, and complete postal address. In addition, corresponding authors must provide their email address and fax number.

If the title is longer than 60 key strokes (characters and spaces), a short title for the page headings should be given.

2. Text

There should be a one-to-one correspondence between citations in the text and items in the reference list. The approximate position of each figure should be indicated in the text. Metric units should be used throughout the text, as well as in all figures and tables.

3. References

References should be listed in alphabetical order in the following style:

Journal article: Haurwitz, B., and Cowley, A.D. (1973), The Diurnal and Semidiurnal Barometric Oscillations, Global Distribution and Annual Variation, Pure Appl. Geophys. 102, 193-222.

Whole book: Bath, M., Introduction to Seismology (Birkhauser, Basel 1973).

Article in a book: Haurwitz, B., and Cowley, A.D., Barometric oscillations, In Introduction to Seismology (ed. Bath. M.) (Birkhauser, Basel 1973) pp. 193-222.

4. Tables

Tables must be presented on separate pages, with a brief title for each.

5. Figure captions

These should be listed on a separate page or pages and should be placed just in front of the figures.

6. Figures

Make sure that line thickness and lettering allow an adequate size reduction. All prints must be of high quality with sufficient contrast to to be easily readable. Color prints are permitted but authors will be charged for them.

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