Ecological Monographs
Author Guidelines
Manuscript Submission
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Types of contributions
The pages of Ecological Monographs are open to integrative original research papers and synthetic reviews. As a condition for publication of a manuscript in Ecological Monographs, all data associated with the results reported in manuscripts must be made available in a permanent, publicly accessible data archive or repository. For new manuscript submissions as of 1-February-2021, authors must adhere to the ESA open research policy available here. Papers submitted prior to 1-Feb-2021, and revisions/accepted versions of these submissions, should continue to adhere to the policy in place at the time of the original submission, as shown here.
Submissions to Ecological Monographs should be accompanied by a detailed cover letter outlining the content of the manuscript and discussing how the work meets the new goals of the journal. Although authors should identify the ESA journal to which a manuscript is being submitted, the final decision as to which ESA subscription journal an accepted manuscript is published rests with the Editors-in-Chief and ESA.
Papers submitted to Ecological Monographs will be examined carefully to ensure that they meet the goals and scope of the journal. Manuscripts sent out for review will be handled by the Editor-in-Chief or by members of the Editorial Boards of Ecology and Ecological Applications.
All papers for Ecological Monographs are generally over 50 manuscript pages (16 typeset PDF pages). Abstracts should be no longer than 350 words.
Articles.
Articles published in Ecological Monographs are original research papers documenting complex, original observational, experimental, or theoretical studies that by their very integrated nature defy dissolution into shorter publications focused on a single topic or message. The latter are more appropriately submitted to Ecology or Ecological Applications.
Reviews.
Papers submitted as Reviews should be comprehensive and synthetic papers that establish new benchmarks in the field, define directions for future research, contribute to fundamental understanding of ecological principles, and whenever possible, derive principles for ecological management in its broadest sense (including, but not limited to: conservation, mitigation, restoration, and pro-active protection of the environment). Reviews should be more than simple compilations of facts and overviews of the literature. Rather than focusing only on the recent literature and highlighting trendy topics, Reviews should reflect the development of a topic and encompass relevant natural history, observational and experimental data, analyses, models, and theory.
Concepts and Synthesis.
The Concepts and Synthesis section publishes papers that conceptually advance the field of ecology. These papers are expected to go well beyond works being reviewed and include discussion of new directions, new syntheses, and resolutions of old questions.
Submission requirements
Cover Letter. The cover letter should explain how the manuscript fits the scope of the journal, and more specifically how it advances the field, while having broad appeal. If the manuscript relates to any previous submission to an ESA journal, that must be explained as well. There is a required text box for the cover letter. Uploading a cover letter as an attachment is optional.
Author List. All authors and co-authors must be present in both the online submission form and on the title page of the manuscript. State each author’s affiliation(s) on the title page, usually the institutional affiliation of the author during the period when all or most of the data were collected. Present address(es), if different, should appear in parentheses.
There can be only one corresponding author for a manuscript. During peer review, the corresponding and contact authors can be the same person, or you can have two different authors for the two roles. Statements of author roles may be provided within the paper's Acknowledgments section if you feel author contributions should be specifically noted.
Contact author: Will handle all correspondence during the submission and review process.
Corresponding author: Will handle all correspondence with the publisher following acceptance and be the official correspondent of the published version of the manuscript. The Corresponding Author will be the author that works with the publisher during production; this author will be responsible for signing the license agreement, approving proofs, naming a billing contact, and will be listed as the correspondent on the published version.
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