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REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY is an international, peer-reviewed journal covering all
aspects of reproduction in vertebrates. The journal is published three times per year
in the months of March, July and November. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY invites original research
papers, short communications, review articles and commentaries dealing with reproductive physiology,
endocrinology, immunology, molecular and cellular biology, receptor studies, animal breeding as well
as andrology, embryology, infertility, assisted reproduction and contraception. Papers from both basic
and clinical research will be considered.
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Address for submission
Manuscripts should be sent to Prof. S.Stoklosowa, Editor-in-Chief, Reproductive Biology,
ul. Romana Ingardena 6, 30-060 Krakow, Poland (Tel: 48-12-6332455, Fax: 48-12-6340785,
e-mail: stanislawa.stoklosowa@uj.edu.pl) or to the North American Receiving Editor:
C.Rick Barb, Animal Physiology Research Unit, USDA-ARS Russell Research Center,
P.O. Box 5677, Athens, GA 30604-5677, USA (Fax: 706 546 3586, e-mail: richard.barb@ars.usda.gov).
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Copyright
By submitting a paper to REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY, the authors imply that the copyright for
their article is transferred to the publisher if the article is accepted for publication.
The copyright includes the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article.
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General instructions
Authors must give written assurance that no part of their manuscript reporting original
work is being considered for publication, in whole or in part, by another journal.
The corresponding author must affirm that all of the authors have read and approved
of the manuscript.
Three full copies of the manuscript (including figures, photographs and tables),
written in English, are required. Manuscripts should be typed (preferably in a
Times font, with a size of at least 12 points), double spaced, on one side of the
paper only, with at least 2 cm margins on all sides. Pages should be numbered in
the top right-hand corner. It also is possible to submit a paper by e-mail.
Manuscripts should be arranged in the following order: Title page, Summary,
Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements,
References, Tables, Figure legends, and Figures. Lengthy papers may require
subheadings for clarification. The lines should be numbered down the left-hand
edge of each page.
Manuscripts should be concise and consistent in style, spelling,
and use of the abbreviations. Spelling should follow that used in
Webster's Dictionary. The use of SI units is required. All abbreviations
must be defined individually the first time they occur. Abbreviations
with more than one meaning should be avoided.
A page charge has been established at the rate of 10 EUR per page.
Authors will be charged for the costs of English corrections and color figures.
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Original research papers
Including figures, tables, and references, original contributions should
not exceed 20 manuscript pages. A printing charge of
25 EUR per page will be levied when the paper exceeds the limit.
Title page: should include the following: the title of the article
(concise but explicit), the surname and forenames (in full) of each author,
the affiliation of the authors, a short title (running head) of no more than
50 characters (including spaces),
and corresponding author's address, telephone, fax number and e-mail address.
Summary: a single paragraph of not more than 250 words, should state the
objective of the study and the methods used, and should contain the main findings
of the paper and the conclusions reached. Footnotes, references, cross-references
to figures or tables, and undefined abbreviations are not allowed. The summary
should be followed by 5 to 10 key words.
Introduction: should set the study in context of the subject. Brief
presentation of the relevant findings in the field of the study together
with an explanation why the study was done should be followed by a clear
statement of the objectives of the study.
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Materials and Methods
Animals: common names and correct taxonomic names should both be included
if the organism is not well known. The breed or strain and source of animals
should be stated and details of age, weight, sex and housing should be provided.
Experiments with animals should be performed according to approved national
guidelines for animal care. Details of procedures and anaesthetics used and
doses given should be provided.
Human subjects: Authors must include an assurance that the work was
approved by a medical ethics committee and that consent has been obtained from patients.
Methods: tthis section should contain a careful description of the experimental
design. Description of methods and procedures should include all information needed
for other workers to reproduce the results. If well established methods are used,
a reference to the technique should be given. If the methods used are new or
substantially modified, a full description of any modification should be provided.
Materials should be named specifically, including the manufacturer, city, state,
or country where the equipment or supplies were obtained. The generic name, dose,
and route of administration should be given for drugs. The composition of buffers
or culture media should be specified. For international units "iu" should be used.
For solutions, the term % must be defined as w/v or v/v.
Statistics: The design of the study and the data sources should be clearly
identified. Sufficient details of the statistical analyses should be given to
enable a reader to asses their adequacy and validity for testing the hypotheses
of interest. If nonstandard methods or analyses have been applied, additional
details or relevant references should be provided. The numbers of experimental
units and the way in which they have been allocated to treatments should be
described. If observations have been omitted from the analysis this must be
justified.
Results: should be presented in text, tables, and figures as appropriate.
All data displayed in the tables or figures should not be repeated in the text,
only important observations should be emphasized or summarized. Tables and figures
should be cited in the text in numerical order.
Discussion: the meaning of results should be discussed in this section.
Observations should be related to relevant studies. New and important aspects of
the study should be emphasized. Theoretical and practical implications of the
findings should be outlined. The authors are asked to avoid statements and
conclusions that are not supported by the data. The conclusions should be
clearly linked with the objectives of the study and they should be summarized
in a brief statement.
Footnotes: should be avoided if possible but if essential should be
designated by superscript Arabic numerals. Each footnote should be placed
at the bottom of the manuscript page where reference to it is made.
Acknowledgement: acknowledgement of technical help and of financial
support may be mentioned in this section.
References: all entries in the reference list must correspond to
references in the text and vice versa. Referenced articles must
have been published in peer-review publications that are generally
accessible. Articles that are accepted for publication but are not yet
published may be listed as "in press" in the reference list. Three copies
of papers quoted as "in press" in the reference list must be provided for
the referees. Papers presented at meetings and symposia as well as abstracts
are not acceptable as references. Exceptions include articles that are three
pages long or have been published in a journal. Unpublished work (manuscripts
in preparation, manuscript submitted but not yet accepted for publication,
personal communication) should be referred to in the text in the following way:
(W. Jones, unpublished) or (C. Smith, personal communication).
In reference list: the references should appear in alphabetical order,
preceded by an Arabic numeral. The authors' names are listed in alphabetical order,
and in chronological order for each author. If there is more than one author, the order
is as follows: publication of the single author in chronological order; publication of
the same author with one co-author in alphabetical order of the second author, and in
chronological order; publications of the author with more than one co-author in
chronological order. Journal titles should be given in full. References should be
in the format of the following example:
- Journal article: (all authors must be mentioned)
Naz RK 1999 Involvement of protein serine and threonine phosphorylation
in human sperm capacitation. Biology of Reproduction 60 1402-1409.
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Book:
Sambrook J, Fritsch E, Maniatis T 1989 Molecular Cloning. Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press, New York.
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Chapter in a book:
Leymarie P, Martial J 1993 The corpus luteum from cycle to gestation.
Reproduction in Mammals and Man, pp 413-433. Eds Thibault C, Levasseur M-C,
Hunter RHF. Ellipses, France.
In text: The references are cited in the text with appropriate numbers
enclosed in square brackets. When authors are cited in the text, within a phrase
and not just between brackets, the following form should be used: Smith [reference number],
Jones and Brown [reference number], Williams et al. [reference number].
Tables and figures: should be typed (double-spaced) on separate pages,
numbered consecutively, with Arabic numerals in order of mention in the text.
The tables and figures, including photographs, should be referred to in the text
by their number (tab. 1, fig. 1). The numbering of the tables must not be combined
with that of the figures. All terms, abbreviations, and symbols must correspond to
those in the text. Each figure should be self-explanatory. Each figure/table should
be clearly identified, in pencil, on the reverse by its number, the name(s) of the
author(s), and, if necessary, indication of its top. Figure legends should be
submitted on a separate sheet.
Tables: Each table should have a full and informative heading.
Any additional explanatory material should appear as footnotes.
Line-drawings and photographs:Photographs and drawings submitted for publication
with the manuscript must be sharp and of high contrast. Line drawings should have a white
background and should not be enclosed in boxes. Photographs should be presented in the form
of plates to be reproduce without reduction (maximum size for "full page"
illustration: 16.5 x 24 cm). Photographs should be originals (i.e. not already reproduced).
Their suitability for reproduction is decided by the publisher; special request of the authors
will be taken into account if possible.
Color illustrations: Authors are responsible for the cost of color figures.
Information on the amount of printing costs will be given by the publisher.
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Short communications
Short communication of results that are of current interest and significance should
yield not more than six manuscript pages, including figures, tables and references. An
abstract of not more than nine lines is required. In other aspects submitted manuscripts
should comply with the instructions for original research papers. Envelopes and correspondence
should be clearly marked as "short communication". The date of acceptance assigned to the paper
will be that on which the final version suitable for inclusion in the journal is received.
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Review articles
Reviews will be considered and subjected to the usual refereeing process. Many, but not
all reviews are invited, authors wishing to submit a review should contact the Editor.
There are no special requirements for the organization of review material, but papers
should in general conform with the requirements of the original research papers.
The Editorial Board retains the right of returning, before evaluation, manuscripts
to authors who do not comply with these recommendations.
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Reviewing process
All manuscripts are reviewed by at least two referees and the Editor decision
is based on their evaluation. In some instances the opinion of members of the
Editorial Board is solicited. Following the return of the reviewed manuscripts,
the authors are given three months to submit a revised version. After this
deadline, revised papers are treated as new manuscripts and go through a new
review process. Editor may return to authors without review any manuscript
deemed to be of inadequate quality or inappropriate for REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY.
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Manuscripts on disks
After article has been accepted for publication and after any revision has been completed,
authors should supply a full copy (text, tables: MS Word; figures: MS Excel or
Corel Draw) of the accepted manuscript on a floppy disk, CD or by e-mail. A hard copy printout
of the manuscript that exactly matches the disk files should be supplied. Every diskette or
CD should be clearly labeled with name of the journal, author and title, file content, format,
software and program version number. Authors are advised always to keep a copy of the disk, as
no responsibility can be accepted for loss.
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Proofs and reprints
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. They should be carefully corrected and returned
to the publisher within 72 h of reception. If this period is exceeded, the galleys will be
proofed only by the editorial staff of the publishing house and printed without the author's
corrections. The proof stage is not the time to make extensive corrections, additions or
deletions. The cost of changes introduced by the author that are deemed to be excessive will
be charged to the author.
Ten reprints per contribution are available free of charge. An order form for additional
reprints - and, if required, for the publication of color figures - will accompany the proofs.
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