INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS (Updated May 2019)
Thank you for your interest in the Journal of Fish Biology (JFB). We look forward to handling your submission. Please carefully follow these instructions to avoid unnecessary delay and possible rejection of your paper on technical grounds.
Swift consideration of your initial submission is possible because exact formatting of your manuscript to JFB style is necessary only after review and provisional acceptance for publication.
1. AIMS AND SCOPE
The aim of JFB is to publish exciting, high quality science that addresses fundamental questions in fish biology. All submissions must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal.
We publish four categories of papers:
An Original Research Article: This contains new biological insight into any aspect of fish biology, particularly those that report results and ideas of interest and value for our wide international readership. Hence, the novelty of the content of manuscripts should have relevance beyond a particular species or place in which the work was carried out.
A Brief Communication: This covers any subject within the scope of JFB but should be confined to a single topical point or issue of progress, such as an unusual occurrence, an interesting observation, a timely finding or an important technical advance. Again, relevance beyond the species or locality under consideration is needed..
A Review Article: This is a concise, critical and creative article that synthesizes and integrates available knowledge, and that stimulates topical debate and new research. Authors should submit a synopsis (two pages maximum) of their paper to an Associate Editor for consideration before submission.
An Opinion Piece presents a brief commentary on a topical or emerging issue in Fish Biology that has broad readership appeal.
A Comment to the Editor: A brief comment on a recently published research paper in JFB may be submitted for publication to the Editor-in-Chief. If accepted, it will be sent to the original authors to provide an opportunity for a Reply that will be published along with the comment.
The following topics are usually not considered for publication in JFB:
- Commercial fishery stock assessment.
- Basic studies on diet, reproduction, aquaculture techniques, new aquaculture species or toxicology for a single species or a narrow geographic area, unless they have broader significance/interest.
- New markers, unless they are accompanied by detailed work focusing on their usage and addressing relevant biological questions (e.g. population structuring, parentage and genetic mapping).
Special Issues of JFBare published regularly. These Special Issues comprise a coherent set of submissions on an emerging topic or theme that is of interest and value for our wide international readership. Special Issues are typically commissioned by the Editorial Team. In addition, an annual Special Issue presents key contributions that have been presented as part of the annual FSBI Symposium. Other Symposia are not normally considered for a Special Issue, especially if the topic is narrow. All the same, JFB welcomes a limited number of keynote contributions from conferences. These would be submitted as either a Regular Article or an Opinion, and provision would be made to acknowledge the title and location of the Symposium in published articles.
2. SUBMISSION PROCESS
A submission to JFB implies that the content has not been submitted for publication elsewhere or previously published except as either a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting/symposium or in a MSc/PhD thesis. JFB allows for the submission of articles previously available as preprints on servers provided they are non-commercial (such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, etc.). Authors may also post the submitted version of their manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. If the article is accepted for publication in JFB, authors will be requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
All categories of manuscripts are submitted online at http://jfb.edmgr.com, where a user ID and password are assigned on the first visit. Full instructions and support are available on this site. During submission, the manuscript text (with pagination, line numbering and a legible 12 pt font size) is uploaded as a text file (not as a .pdf). Separate files for any Tables (text files) and Figures (image files) are uploaded to the website independently. Authors must identify an appropriate subject area (‘Select Section/Category section) to assign a handling editor and suggest five potential referees (‘Suggest Reviewers’ section). Referees are expected to be established experts in the field and be independent of the research under consideration, including the source of funding and the authors’ institutions. We strongly recommend that authors use an ORCID iD (a unique author identifier) to help distinguish your work from that of other researchers (for more details visit: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/submission-peer-review /orcid.html). If you experience difficulty with your submission, please contact the Editorial Office at: JFBoffice@wiley.com (see Section 7).
3. PREPARING YOUR SUBMISSION
Article Preparation Support
Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.
Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.
3.1 Preparing an Original Research Article
Accepted papers will be converted to UK English (the standard is the Concise Oxford English Dictionary) during the production process, with the exception of exact quotations contained within quotation marks. Latin words, e.g., a genus and species, appear in italics. All text is double spaced and lines are numbered.
A cover letter is not mandatory.
An Original Research Article will have the following 12 essential parts.
3.1.1.Title page
The title page must contain the following information:
3.1.1.1. Title of the paper, which should be short, informative and avoid any geographical or regional references, unless they are fundamental to the scientific thrust of the paper. If a species name is used in the title, we require a common name (if available) followed by the full scientific name. Avoid the use of abbreviations unless they include the name of a group that is best known by its acronym (e.g., CONSORT statement). See Wiley's tips for search engine optimization: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/Prepare/writing-for-seo.html;
3.1.1.2. The family (or formal) name by which each author is known plus the given or familiar names and any initials (see Section 6 for criteria on author eligibility);
3.1.1.3. The address in full of each author’s primary affiliation (research institute, university, city, state/province, country) as a numbered list below the Author list;
3.1.1.4. The corresponding author’s name, full postal address and email address.
3.1.1.5 An author’s current address can be listed here if different from that at the head of the page.
3.1.1.6 Funding Information is listed here.
3.1.1.7 Joint first and/or senior authorship can be indicated by stating in a footnote that ‘X and Y should be considered joint first author’ or ‘… made an equal contribution to this work’.
3.1.2 Abstract and Key Words
The Abstract must be a concise and accurate summary of the significant findings of the paper without any introductory or contextual information. Abstracts should not be structured with headings. Methods can be identified only as part of a result (e.g., Respirometry revealed that exercise increased…; GWAS identified a significant number of SNPs…). A species name in the Abstract appears as in the title, a common name (if available) followed by the full scientific name.
Provide a list of up to 6 descriptive Key Words (maximum 100 characters) in alphabetical order. Specific geographical (e.g., Baffin Island, Amazon Basin) or regional references (e.g., south-east Asia) can be included here. Keywords are listed underneath the abstract and separated by commas.
3.1.3 Introduction
The Introduction alerts readers to literature relevant to the research discovery so that the originality of the research cannot be easily assigned. Also, the Introduction must state the intent of the research in the form of a research question or hypothesis so that no confusion arises as to what advance in fish biology is being sought. Footnotes to the text are not allowed.
3.1.3.1 Text citations of references use the style “author, date” and multiple references are list in alphabetical order.
For example: ‘…as demonstrated by McKenzie (2001) and by McKenzie and Farrell (2010)’; ‘…as suggested previously in some works (Sloman, 2010), but not others (McKenzie and Farrell, 2010)’; ‘…consistent with earlier studies (Blaber, 1975, 1988; Lujan, 2011a,b; Prodöhl, 1988)’. Three or more authors are cited with the name of the first author followed by et al. (in italics): e.g., (Sloman et al., 2002) or Sloman et al. (2002). Authors sharing the same surname and year of publication are distinguished by their initials: e.g., (Young, L., 2012; Young, T., 2012).
3.1.4 Materials and Methods
The Materials and Methods may contain up to two levels of sub-headings and must provide sufficient detail so that the work can be replicated by others. Established methods can be simply referenced, preferably acknowledging the original work (rather than a recent user of that method), even if minor methodological changes were made (which should be described). Materials and Methods must also include information on how observations were analysed to derive the quantitative results. Statistics should be based on independent biological samples. Technical replicates should be averaged before statistical treatment and not used to calculate deviation parameters. In the case of multiple comparisons (e.g., microarray data), the probability of false positives should be considered in the analysis. Citations to tables, figures, and equations are capitalized and not contracted (e.g., Table 1, Figure 3, Equation 5). Parts of figure should be in lowercase (a), (b), etc., in legend as well as in the figure. For example: Figure 1; Figure 2a; Figure 1a–c; Figures 2a–d and 5.
3.1.5 Results
The Results section presents a concise and accurate description of the results of the research. It may contain up to two levels of sub-headings. Figures and Tables, which are numbered consecutively in order of their mention in the text, increase the clarity and conciseness of the result presentation; excessive duplication of material in text, figures and tables is not permitted. All statements concerning quantitative differences between experimental conditions require quantitative data and adequate statistical treatment. The deviation parameter, the number of biological samples and the statistical procedures should be provided for each dataset either in the main text or as part of a Figure or Table.
3.1.6 Discussion
The Discussion, which may contain up to two levels of sub-headings, places the results of the study into a broader context so that the significance, quality and novelty of the work can be established with respect to existing literature. The Discussion should directly address the original research question or hypothesis, as stated in the Introduction. Excessive repetition of results is not permitted. The potential for future work or a brief perspective on the findings can be included.
3.1.7 Acknowledgements
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed here without titles or honorifics, e.g., A. P. Farrell, but not Prof. Tony Farrell. Thanks to editors and anonymous reviewers are not appropriate. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/
3.1.8 Contributions
The contributions of each author, including ideas, data generation, data analysis, manuscript preparation and funding, must be listed here using their initials only, e.g., A. P. F..
3.1.9 Significance Statement
The Significance Statement (no more than 75 words) will ultimately appear directly below the online title within the online table of contents (it is not in the published paper). It will be available for reviewers as part of the peer review process and should concisely and accurately explain the significance and relevance of the findings of the study to a broad readership. Suggested content includes: an introductory sentence and/or why a problem/unanswered question was important to address; what has been shown/what does the manuscript do to fill a gap in our knowledge; what it means to the field as a whole. A Significance Statement may undergo editorial revision.
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