Instructions for authors
About the Journal
Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. Please see the journal's Aims & Scope for information about its focus and peer-review policy.
Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology accepts the following types of article: ‘Original Articles’ and ‘Palaeontological Notes’ (normally short notes of special interest or brief taxonomical notes). Occasionally, ‘Review Articles’ may be commissioned by the editors..
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
All authors must provide e-mail addresses for contact purposes. The editorial office can not provide an English editing service for authors or undertake preparation of illustrations for manuscripts. Manuscripts with an inadequate standard of English and illustrations of insufficient quality will be returned immediately without refereeing. A high standard of illustration (both line and photo) is an editorial priority.
Open Access
You have the option to publish open access in this journal via our Open Select publishing program. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership and impact of your research. Articles published Open Select with Taylor & Francis typically receive 95% more citations* and over 7 times as many downloads** compared to those that are not published Open Select.
Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access. Visit our Author Services website to find out more about open access policies and how you can comply with these.
You will be asked to pay an article publishing charge (APC) to make your article open access and this cost can often be covered by your institution or funder. Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
Please visit our Author Services website if you would like more information about our Open Select Program.
*Citations received up to 9th June 2021 for articles published in 2016-2020 in journals listed in Web of Science®. Data obtained on 9th June 2021, from Digital Science's Dimensions platform, available at https://app.dimensions.ai
**Usage in 2018-2020 for articles published in 2016-2020.
Preparing Your Paper
Style Guidelines
Please refer to these quick style guidelines when preparing your paper, rather than any published articles or a sample copy.
FORMAT
Papers are to be written in concise, simple English and, in most cases, should be illustrated. Double spacing should be used throughout the MS for the title, abstract, text, references and explanations for illustrations. The abstract, main text and references should be in 12 pt font. Do not use page breaks. Leave 25 mm left and right margins; number all pages.
All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
Manuscripts must follow Alcheringa format throughout. For an example of a correctly formatted articles, please see here.
As this sample shows, any submissions must include:
a. A brief title, with only proper names capitalized; if possible begin the title with a word suitable for indexing or information retrieval;
b. Author’s name (or authors’ names) given in FULL CAPITALS;
c. Full reference to the paper;
d. A short abstract (400 words) describing the results of the work. Take special care with crafting the abstract as this is a concise summary of the paper and may be reproduced more widely in abstract lists. In the abstract, rather than say what the study aims to discuss, say what the study revealed. References should be avoided in the Abstract;
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