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International Journal of Primatology
Instructions for authors
The most common requests for revision
·Open the abstract with the theoretical context relevant to all primatology, not with your study species.
·Add general conclusions for primatology to the end of the abstract, to match the general introductory statement.
·Use the active voice, not the passive throughout the text (e.g., “I ate the donut” not “the donut was eaten”).
·Organise the introduction with the general context first, then the specific context of your study, rather than interweaving the two. End the introduction with the aim and study setup. Include hypotheses and predictions where relevant.
·Maintain the same order of material throughout your manuscript. For example, if you set out 3 aims, organise the data analysis section, the results, and the discussion, in the same way.
·Keep methods (what you did) in the methods, not the results (what you found).
·Keep discussion (what the results mean) in the discussion, not the results.
·Do not repeat values presented in tables in the text.
·Include the full results of all statistical tests, including those that are non-significant.
·Include information concerning the real-world, as well as statistical, significance of any findings by presenting summary statistics or a figure.
·Use proper paragraphs in the Introduction and Discussion. Avoid single sentences paragraphs.
·Replace ‘average’, with the specific measure of central tendency you calculated (e.g., mean, median, mode).
·Be consistent in the use of scientific and common names. If using common names, give the scientific name for a species the first time you mention the common name in the abstract and in the main text. If using scientific names, there is no need to give the common name.
Publication ethics
The International Journal of Primatologyis committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. We participate in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE,http://publicationethics.org/) and act in accordance with their guidelines relating to the integrity of the work submitted to, or published in, the journals.
Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage trust in the journal and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Authors can maintain the integrity of the research and its presentation by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include compliance with the following statements concerning manuscripts submitted to the journal:
·The manuscript has not been submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
·The manuscript has not been published previously (partly or in full), unless the new work expands on previous work.Where this is the case, authors must be transparentabout the re-use of material to avoid text-recycling (‘self-plagiarism’).
·Previous publication does not include pre-prints or conference abstracts. We encourage posting of preprints on preprint servers, authors’ or institutional websites (publisher’s policy on pre-print sharing).
·A single study is not split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (sometimes termed‘salami’ publishing).
·No data have been fabricated or manipulated (including images) to support the conclusions.
·No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the authors’ own (i.e., plagiarism). Proper acknowledgements of other works must be given.This includes material that is closely copied, summarised or paraphrased.Quotation marks must be used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions must be secured for copyrighted material. The journal routinely uses software to screen for plagiarism.
·All authors and any responsible authorities at the organisation where the work was carried out must have consented to manuscript submissionbefore the work is submitted.
·Authors whose names appear on the submission must have contributed sufficiently to the scientific work and therefore share collective responsibility and accountability for the results.
If we suspect misconduct, the Editor-in-Chief will conduct an investigation following the COPE guidelines. If, after investigation, the allegation seems to raise valid concerns, the Editor-in-Chief will contact the author and give them an opportunity to address the issue. If misconduct is proven, this may result in the implementation of the following measures, including, but not limited to:
·Rejecting the article, if it is still under consideration.
·If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction, the Editor-in-Chief will either place an erratum with the article or, in severe cases, retract the article. The reason will be given in the published erratum or retraction notice.
·Informing the author’s institution.
Authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data to verify the validity of the results on request. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, records, etc.
Authorship
Authorshipmeansholdingresponsibilityforawrittenpieceoftextorartwork.Inscience,it impliespersonalinvolvementinthedesign,conductandreportingofnewresearch.Anauthormusthaveparticipated intheresearch,understandthedataandthetext,andbeableto presentthecontentstoothers.Principlesofauthorshiparesometimesneglected,leadingto questionableassignmentofauthorshipanddiminution ofthecreditforthosewhodeserveauthorship. The International Journal of Primatology recommends the COPE document “How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers” as a guide to good authorship practice.
Providingfunds,supervisingorhostingresearchers,belongingtoaresearchconsortium,attendingameetingoraworkshop,offeringaccesstosamples,organismsorsites,providingtechnicalassistanceorpreparationofdiagrams andtablesdeserveappropriateacknowledgement,but donotautomaticallyentitleonetoauthorship.
We do not accept changes of authorship or in the order of authors after acceptance of a manuscript.
Requests to add or delete authors at revision stage are a serious matter and are considered only after receipt of written approval from all authors and detailed explanation. The decision to accept or reject the change rests with the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
All submissions to the International Journal of Primatology must include adeclaration of authorship.The declaration must include anexplanation of the contribution or activity of each author to the final product.Submit the declaration of authorship on the manuscript title page,using capitalinitialsofauthors.When twoormoreauthorssharethesameinitialsspelloutthelast (ormiddle) nameofeachto distinguishthem.
Followtheformatofthefollowingexamples:
AuthorContributions:AJTandSSWconceivedanddesignedtheexperiments.AJTandCRperformedtheexperiments. AJT,CR,FKBanalyzedthedata.AJT,CR,SSWwrotethemanuscript;otherauthorsprovidededitorialadvice.
AuthorContributions:JMoriginallyformulatedtheidea,BLZdevelopedmethodology,PDTconductedfieldwork,BLZgeneratedsequencingdataandmolecularanalyses,TTandBLZcollaboratedinimaginganalysis,ISSdevelopedthemathematicalmodels,BLZandISSperformedstatisticalanalyses,andBLZandISSwrotethemanuscript.
Formanuscriptswithasingleauthor,usethefollowingstatement:
AuthorContributions:SGJconceived,designed,andexecutedthisstudyandwrotethemanuscript.Noother personisentitledtoauthorship.”
We encourage use of the CRediT system: https://casrai.org/credit/.
TheEditor-in-Chiefreserves therighttorejectmanuscripts thatdo notcomplywiththeserequirements.Author(s)willbeheldresponsibleforfalsestatementsorforfailuretofulfiltheserequirements.
Disclosure of potential conflict of interests
Authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could influence or bias the work. Although an author may not feel there are conflicts, disclosure of relationships and interests affords a more transparent process, leading to an accurate and objective assessment of the work. Awareness of real or perceived conflicts of interests is a perspective to which the readers are entitled and is not meant to imply that a financial relationship with an organisation that sponsored the research or compensation for consultancy work is inappropriate. Examples of potential conflicts of interests that are directly or indirectly related to the research may include but are not limited to the following:
·Research grants from funding agencies (give the research funder and the grant number)
·Honoraria for speaking at symposia
·Financial support for attending symposia
·Financial support for educational programs
·Employment or consultation
·Support from a project sponsor
·Position on advisory board or board of directors or other type of management relationships
·Multiple affiliations
·Financial relationships, for example equity ownership or investment interest
·Intellectual property rights (e.g., patents, copyrights and royalties from such rights)
·Holdings of spouse and/or children that may have financial interest in the work
In addition, interests that go beyond financial interests and compensation (non-financial interests) that may be important to readers should be disclosed. These may include, but are not limited to, personal relationships or competing interests directly or indirectly tied to this research, or professional interests or personal beliefs that may influence your research.
The corresponding author should collect conflict of interest disclosures from all authors. In author collaborations where formal agreements for representation allow it, it is sufficient for the corresponding author to sign the disclosure form on behalf of all authors.
The corresponding author should include a summary statement in the text of the manuscript in a separate section before the reference list, that reflects what is recorded in the potential conflict of interest disclosure form(s).
Examples of disclosures:
Funding: This study was funded by X (grant number X).
Conflict of Interest: Author A has received research grants from Company A. Author B has received a speaker honorarium from Company X and owns stock in Company Y. Author C is a member of committee Z.
If no conflict exists, the authors should state this as follows:
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Taxonomy and names
·Statements regarding primate taxonomy should be supported with references to the primary, peer-reviewed, scientific literature.
·Use strepsirrhine; do not use prosimian.
·Be consistent in your use of scientific and common names. Do not use them interchangeably. If using common names, give the scientific name for a species the first time you mention the common name, both in the abstract and in the main text. If using scientific names, there is no need to give the common name. There is no need to include the authority.
·Do not abbreviate taxa except within a paragraph in which you have already written out the same taxon.
·Avoid nicknames such as chimps for chimpanzees, orangs for orangutans, ringtails for ring-tailed lemurs.
·Avoid abbreviations, such as WLGs for Western lowland gorillas. Instead, give the full common name the first time you mention a species, then use a shorter version.
·The International Union of Geological Sciences have recently moved the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary from 1.8 to 2.6 Ma, but there is opposition to that move among many researchers who work on late Cenozoic (post-Miocene) topics. We do not endorse either the old or the new definition but ask authors who use the terms Pleistocene and Pliocene to state in their Introduction which of the two current options they use, citing the relevant reference. The recognition of Neogene and Quaternary is at the discretion of the author.
Good statistical practice
The International Journal of Primatology endorses the 2016 statement of the American Statistical Association on the use of p-values (Wasserstein RL & Lazar NA. 2016. The ASA's statement on p-values: context, process, and purpose. The American Statistician, DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2016.1154108).
This statement identifies six principles:
1. P-values can indicate how incompatible the data are with a specified statistical model.
2. P-values do not measure the probability that the studied hypothesis is true, or the probability that the data were produced by random chance alone.
3. Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold.
4. Proper inference requires full reporting and transparency
5. A p-value, or statistical significance, does not measure the size of an effect or the importance of a result.
6. By itself, a p-value does not provide a good measure of evidence regarding a model or hypothesis.
The statement concludes “Good statistical practice, as an essential component of good scientific practice, emphasizes principles of good study design and conduct, a variety of numerical and graphical summaries of data, understanding of the phenomenon under study, interpretation of results in context, complete reporting and proper logical and quantitative understanding of what data summaries mean. No single index should substitute for scientific reasoning.”
See the editorial “Changes and clarifications to the policies of the International Journal of Primatology to promote transparency and open communication” (Setchell et al., 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s10764-016-9925-x)for further details.
See below for details of how to report statistical methods and results.
Types of submission and manuscript length
The International Journal of Primatology is a multidisciplinary forum devoted to the dissemination of current research in fundamental primatology. Publishing peer-reviewed, high-quality original articles which feature primates, the journal gathers laboratory and field studies from such diverse disciplines as anthropology, anatomy, ecology, ethology, paleontology, psychology, sociology, and zoology.
Original Research Articles address various aspects of primatology and the conservation of primates and their habitats. Articles reporting on Endangered or Vulnerable species are highlighted, to raise awareness of the plight of primates. A Research Article should not normally exceed 35 pages in total, including the title page, abstract, text, acknowledgements, references, tables, figure legends, and figures.
A Review Article should not normally exceed 45 pages in total. For longer manuscripts, please contact the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.
Book Reviews are usually solicited by the Book Review Editor. We also consider unsolicited reviews for publication. A book review should begin by stating the title, author(s), publisher, date, page count, price, and ISBN number of the work reviewed. The review should include no other front matter (title, abstract, key words), headings, tables, or illustrations. Place the reviewer's name and address at the end of the review.
Brief communications are short communications reporting new brief observations or results. These are limited to 1000 words and 5 references, with a maximum of one figure or table and no abstract. Short communications should have important implications for our understanding of primates and have theoretical significance beyond the species involved.
News & Views are critical commentaries on recently published papers in the International Journal of Primatology or other journals. These are limited to 1000 words and 5 references, with a maximum of one figure or table and no abstract. The author of the article that a commentary critiques will be given an opportunity to read the commentary and to respond. If the two manuscripts are found acceptable following review, the response will be published with the commentary, usually in the same issue of the journal.
Data descriptors are descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets. The anonymous main text should include: The title; Abstract; Background & Summary (indicative word count 700 words maximum); Methods (unlimited length); Data Records (unlimited length); Technical Validation (unlimited length, this should specifically address the data quality); Usage Notes (unlimited length, such that the data are easily interpretable); Code Availability (if required); References. Include figures and tables as necessary.Datasets must be deposited in an appropriate repository prior to peer review. If there’s no such repository, or if the available repositories don't support confidential peer-review, we ask authors to submit their data to a generalist repository (e.g., figshare or Dryad). During the peer-review process, editors and reviewers will evaluate the appropriateness of the repository chosen to hold the dataset, the completeness of the deposited datasets, and their utility. Authors will be required to release their datasets publicly when the Data Descriptor is published.We ask reviewers to concentrate on the technical quality of the procedures used to generate the data, the value of the resulting datasets, the completeness of the data description, and alignment with any existing community standards.
We welcome proposals for guest-edited Special Issuesor Special Sectionson a particular theme. A Special Issue is one whole issue of the journal and should include approximately 12-14 articles. A Special Section is a smaller collection of articles. Articles in a Special Issue or Section can include original research articles, reviews, commentaries and guest editorials. To propose a Special Issue, please send the following information to the Editor-in-Chief:
1. A proposed title
2. Proposed Guest Editors
3. A 250 word abstract that explains why the topic is important
4. A list of the intended contributions
5. An estimated timeline for submissions
If you have questions about our Aims & Scope, please contact the Editor-in-Chief.
Preparing amanuscript for submission
The International Journal of Primatology uses double-blind review. This means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. Double-blind peer review aims to make the review process as fair as possible by addressing issues relating to personal biases, such as those based on gender, seniority, reputation and affiliation. We acknowledge that the methods section, in particular, may help to identify authors. Nevertheless, most manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of Primatology are multi-authored, and employing double-blind review serves to remind reviewers of the need to avoid bias. Remember that guesses may be wrong.
To facilitate double-blind review, ensure that your manuscript does not reveal your identity. To do this, submit the following as separate files:
·the Title Page and Acknowledgements
·the Complete Anonymous Text with no author details
·Anonymised supplementary material
We do not require a cover letter.
Overall style and format
·Manuscripts should be well presented, with correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. The text should be clear, readable, and concise. You should not expect reviewers and editors to correct the English. Authors who are native English speakers must take responsibility for checking the submission for errors. Authors whose first language is not English should ask a native English speaker with experience in writing for scientific journals to check their use of English prior to submission. If the English is unsatisfactory, we will return the manuscript for correction without review.
·Read your manuscript through carefully before submission.
·Submit manuscripts in Word. Save your file in .docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or .doc format (older Word versions).
·Number pages consecutively.
·Use continuous line numbers starting on the first page.
·Do not use footnotes.
·Double-space the text throughout.
·Distinguish new paragraphs clearly with either an empty line or a clear indent.
·Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
·Use the equation editor or MathType for equations. Define all variables used in an equation.
·Use abbreviations sparingly. If you invent new ones, they will be familiar to you, but not to your reader, who will need to go back and look them up.
·Define all abbreviations at first mention in the abstract and again in the main text by giving the full term, then the abbreviation in parentheses. Use the abbrevation consistently thereafter.
·Use abbreviations that are self-explanatory to the reader rather than those that are not (e.g., ‘wet season’ rather than ‘period 1’).
·Always consider your reader. Make sure that the order and flow of your ideas is logical, and follow the same order throughout, i.e., in the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.
·Avoid colloquialisms, jargon and journalism.
·Capitalize IUCN threat categories, such as Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered.
·Be consistent with the use of tense. In general, use past tense for the Methods, the Results and the Discussion.
·Avoid beginning sentences with “Author (year) found…”. Instead, phrase this as “The finding you wish to highlight (Author, year).”
·Use the active voice throughout, not the passive. In other words, employ I/we in relating what you did, observed, etc. Every sentence should have an explicit subject. Use “I” or “we” as appropriate for the number of actors.
·Avoid parenthetic instructions to readers. In other words, avoid embedded fragments such as (see Darwin, 1859 for fuller discussion on the origin of species). The citation (Darwin, 1959) is sufficient to direct the reader to the source of information.
·Refer to Figures and Tables using an Arabic number (1, 2, 3, etc.) in the text and include them in the text, immediately following the paragraph in which you refer to them.
·Do not write “Results are presented in Table/Figure 1”. Instead, summarise the content of the table or figure and cite it parenthetically, for example: We found a significant difference in body mass between the sexes (Figure 2)”.
·Insert a space between numbers and the unit of measure (6 m, 14 ml).
·Use no more than three levels of headings. Do not number headings. Ensure headings are clear.
Consult papers of similar length and topic in a recent issue of the International Journal of Primatology when preparing your manuscript.
Title page and acknowledgements
Submit a full cover page with the title and the authors' names and affiliations followed by a page with the full acknowledgments.
The cover page should include the title; the full names of all authors (first and last) as they wish them to appear in print; the authors' institutional affiliations; the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the author responsible for receiving proofs, correspondence, and reprint requests; and the current address of any author(s) whose institutional affiliation has changed since the work reported was performed.
The acknowledgements should include a statement of grant and other support, with the full names of funding organisations. Include any disclaimers, conflicts of interest, and acknowledgement of contributions that do not attain the level of co-authorship. All individuals acknowledged should be aware of the fact and agree to inclusion. You may include a statement of the contributions made to the study by each of the listed authors. Acknowledge comments from reviewers and editors in any revision. This includes comments on previous drafts submitted to other journals.
Complete anonymous text
Remove names and affiliations from the Complete Anonymous Text. In addition:
·remove phrases like “as we have shown before”
·name files with care
·remove the acknowledgements
Title
·Provide a concise and informative title. We do not encourage journalistic or colloquial titles.
·If you include a species name in the title, also include the corresponding scientific name.
·Include a short running title.
Abstract
·The abstract should constitute a single paragraph of not more than 250 words that is complete without reference to the text.
·The abstract must summarise the entire paper, including the general research context, your aim, a concise account of the methods including an indication of sample size, a clear description of the most important results, and a brief presentation of the conclusions, including broad conclusions for primatology, in that order.
·Open the abstract with theoretical context relevant to all primatology, not with your study species.
·Do not begin the abstract with your aim or study taxon.
·Avoid vague statements such as: "We discuss the implications of our findings". Instead,provide a brief summary of that discussion.
·The abstract should not contain unexplained abbreviations or terms.
·The abstract should not normally contain citations, but if it does, they should be included in full, as not all readers are able to access the full text.
·We welcome a translation of the abstract in a second language.
Keywords
·Provide 4 to 6 keywords for indexing. These should not repeat the title.
Introduction
·The Introduction should put your study into context. It should begin broadly, with the general context of your study, then focus down to the specific question that you address. It is not appropriate to begin with your study species.
·Begin with a brief summary of current understanding of the question that you address.
·Review the literature that reports previous research on the subject, highlighting why the question is important and what is not yet known. The number of papers published on a topic is not usually a good way to begin a review.
·Avoid listing articles but providing no information about their content. Cite reviews where appropriate, rather than long lists of articles.
·Cite the original author for a hypothesis. Ensure that you cite the literature fairly. It is not appropriate, for example, to cite only work by your group when other groups also work on the same topic.
·Once you have reviewed the general context, introduce your case study (e.g., your study taxon), and describe why it is a particularly suitable choice to advance our knowledge of the question in hand. No further general introduction(i.e., material that applies more broadly than to your case study) should appear in this specific introduction to your case study.
·End the introduction by stating your aim clearly and explaining your approach to the question and study rationale succinctly. Provide either clear research questions or clearly stated hypotheses and predictions.Do not provide additional review material at this stage. Do not summarise your conclusions in the introduction.
·Avoid self-promotion and unnecessary claims of novelty (e.g., “we provide the first evidence” or “we are the first to show”. All studies present new findings, so such claims are not necessary. Instead, explain to the reader how the study contributes new understanding of a question and explain why the findings are of interest.
·Remember that we build on previous work. Review previous work fairly, rather than highlighting only any limitations of earlier work.
Methods
·The Methods should describe clearly how you carried out your study, including a description of your study site, details of the study subjects, study design and data collection, laboratory analysis and statistical analysis, as appropriate.
·Provide details of how you collected all data reported in the Results but do not include additional data collection for which you do not report data. Define all terms and use sub-headings to organise the content.
·Describe data collection and laboratory analyses in sufficient detail such that other researchers could repeat your work. This may involve repeating material from previous publications.
·Do not include results in the methods, with the exception of preliminary results used to design your study.
·Describe statistical analyses in a sub-section entitled ‘statistical analysis’. Describe how you tested your predictions in the same order as you introduced them, to help the reader. Include how you summarised data (means, etc.) and report variability (SEM, SD, etc.) and any transformations used. Justify the choice of all tests and provide details of all tests conducted.
·The International Journal of Primatology requires comprehensive details of data selection, data manipulation and all data analyses conducted as part of a study, such that analyses can be reproduced, replicated and fully understood.
·Authors using generalized linear models (GLMs), generalised linear mixed models (GLMMs) and the like should explainhow they have considered the assumptions of their models and have tested their datasets to ensure these assumptions are not violated.
Ethical note
·Address the ethical considerations of your study in a separate subsection of the Methods headed ‘Ethical Note’. Identify any ethical implications of the experimental design and procedures, and specify any licenses acquired to carry out the work.
·Describe procedures taken to minimise the welfare impact on subjects, including choice of sample sizes, use of pilot tests and predetermined rules for intervention, where relevant. Include any steps taken to enhance the welfare of subjects.
·If the study involved keeping wild animals in captivity, state for how long the animals were captive and whether, where and how they were returned to the wild.
·If you use radiotelemetry, give details of capture methods, and include how you removed devices at the end of the study.
·Where relevant, include a statement that (1) the research complied with protocols approved by the appropriate Institutional Animal Care Committee (provide the name of the committee); and that (2) the research adhered to the legal requirements of the country in which the research was conducted.
·Consult relevant guidelines, including the IPS Code of Best Practices for Field Primatology. "Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching" in Animal Behaviour, 2006, 71, 245–253 and the ARRIVE guidelines for the Reporting of In Vivo Experiments in Animal Research in PLoS Biology 8: e1000412. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000412.
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