Guide for Authors
CATENA publishes original contributions in the fields of:
Geoecology, the geoscientific-hydro-climatological subset of process-oriented studies of the present ecosystem
- the total environment of landscapes and sites
- the flux of energy and matter (water, solutes, suspended matter, bed load) with special regard to space-time variability
- the changes in the present ecosystem, including the earth's surface and
Landscape Evolution, the genesis of the present ecosystem, in particular the genesis of its structure concerning soils, sediment, relief, their spatial organization and analysis in terms of paleoprocesses;
- soils: surface, relief and fossil soils, their spatial organization pertaining to relief development
- sediment with relevance to landscape evolution, the paleohydrologic environment with respect to surface runoff, competence, and capacity for transport of bed material and suspended matter, infiltration, groundwater and channel flow
- the earth's surface, relief elements and their spatial-hierarchical organization in relation to soils and sediment
- the paleoclimatological properties of the sequence of paleoenvironments.
Types of paper
CATENA publishes multidisciplinary studies as well as monodisciplinary papers that are of interest to other disciplines and are of relevance to landscape studies.
1. Original research papers (Regular Papers)
2. Review articles
3. Technical Notes
Original research papers should report the results of original research. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form.
Review articles should cover subjects falling within the scope of the journal and which are of active current interest. They may be submitted or invited.
A Technical Note is a short article on new developments, significant advances and novel aspects of experimental and theoretical methods and techniques relevant to the scope of Catena. A technical note can also include novel software developments and computational methods. The Technical Note should be used for information that cannot be adequately incorporated into an Original Research Article, and that is of sufficient value to be brought to the attention of the readers of the Journal. The note should describe the nature of the new method, technique or procedure and clarify how it differs from those currently in use, citing relevant literature. Technical Notes should be no more than 5 Journal pages (~5000 words and 2 Figures or Tables). Technical notes are sent for full peer review. Electronic Supplements such as programming code, validation data or user manuals can be added to a Technical Note.
Submission checklist
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
Supplemental files (where applicable)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements
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