GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

The Journal of Marine Research publishes articles, either theoretical or descriptive, dealing with investigations pertaining to problems of the sea. Its pages are open to contributors from all countries, but publication is in English only and a foreign author should so prepare his paper. The Journal of Marine Research does not publish material that has been, or will be, published elsewhere.

General Instructions

Manuscripts (double-spaced, single-sided, 12-point font,1-inch margins all around) should be sent to the Editor at the JMR office or via email (in WORD or PDF format only). When submitting manuscripts via mail, please send three copies. An un-numbered cover page should include the title and authors’ names, addresses and email addresses. Manuscripts submitted to JMR should contain: Abstract, Text, Acknowledgments, Appendix (if necessary), References, Figures and Tables. Units should be in International System of Units (SI) format and set in roman font preferably using exponents (e.g., m s^-1 not m/s). Figures and Tables must be cited in the text.

Text

Sections in the text should be divided and numbered consecutively. Headings should be placed on separate lines. [e.g., 1. Heading (bold); a. section; i. subsection(italic)]

References

References are listed alphabetically according to the senior author’s last name. Sample formats follow:

Journal article: Last name, followed by initials of senior author; co-authors should be listed with the initials or first name preceding the last name; year of publication; complete title listed verbatim in lower case; Journal name is roman; volume number is italic; first and last page numbers.

[Boudreau, B. P. and R. L. Marinelli. 1994. A modeling study of discontinuous biological irrigation. J. Mar. Res., 52, 947-968.]

Book: Last name, followed by initials of senior author; co-authors should be listed with initials or first name preceding the last name; year of publication; title of book, publisher’s name and total pages.

[Salmon, Rick. 1998. Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Oxford University Press, 378 pp.]

Chapter/article in Book: Last name, followed by initials of senior author; co-authors should be listed with initials or first name preceding the last name; year of publication; title of article; in name of book, editors’names, publisher’s name and article page numbers.

[Bryden, H. L. 1983. The Southern Ocean, in Eddies in Marine Science, A. R. Robinson, ed., Springer Verlag, 265-277.]

Figures, Tables, Captions

Since all illustrations are subject to reduction, it is important that the proper size characters be used. Lettering and markings on figures should be as large as possible to allow for reduction of the figure to page width (maximum of 5 inches). Captions for figures and tables are to be typed (double spaced) in sequence on one or more sheets. Figure originals should not have captions and there should be one figure per page.

Publication charges

There are no page charges for publishing in JMR. One hundred reprints usually cost around $200. JMR cannot absorb the cost of printing color figures and this charge is the authors’ responsibility.

Submission

Three copies of a manuscript should be sent to:

Editor, Journal of Marine Research
Yale University
P.O. Box 208109
210 Whitney Avenue - KGL
New Haven CT 06520-8109