Instructions for Authors
IJO (International Journal of Odonatology) is a peer-reviewed international online journal publishing high-quality, original research. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly. Please take the time to read and follow them as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the journal’s requirements.
IJO uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions; https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tijo. Further, specific guidelines for submitting to IJO are provided below.
International Journal of Odonatology considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that
• the manuscript is your own original work, and does not duplicate any other previously published work, including your own previously published work.
• the manuscript has been submitted only to International Journal of Odonatology; it is not under consideration or peer review or accepted for publication or in press or published elsewhere.
• the manuscript contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory, libelous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.
Open Access
IJO is an open access journal. 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 as open access typically average more citations and downloads compared to those that are not open access.
The Worldwide Dragonfly Association pays for all APCs (article publishing charges), but we require that the corresponding author is an active member, in good standing, of WDA. We strongly encourage all authors of submissions to become members.
Manuscript preparation
1. General guidelines
§ Manuscripts are accepted only in English. Any consistent spelling style may be used. Although editors will try to help correct some grammar and syntax, we cannot correct or rewrite an entire manuscript and will not be able to send out manuscripts for peer review that are not largely in correct English. Authors not fluent in English should have their manuscripts checked for correct use of language before submission.
§ A typical manuscript will not exceed 35 printed pp. Manuscripts that greatly exceed this will be considered on their merits but will be critically reviewed with respect to length and their date of publication may be adjusted to avoid exceeding space limitations for an issue. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
§ Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; references: appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
§ If appropriate to the subject matter, the body of the text should be arranged as following: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, and References.
§ The present tense is appropriate mainly in the Introduction and Discussion sections. The past tense should be predominantly used in the other sections of the paper.
§ Abstracts must not exceed 250 words and are required for all manuscripts submitted.
§ Each manuscript should have a maximum of 10 keywords and should always include the words ‘Odonata’ and ‘dragonfly’, unless these already appear in the title. Faunal listings and short notes are not within the scope of the journal.
§ If your paper introduces new zoological taxa at family-group level or below you will be prompted to register your paper with ZooBank at proof stage in order to validate electronic publication of these taxa. Individual new taxa need not be registered before publication; this can be done subsequently should you wish.
After publication, you will need to amend your ZooBank record of your paper to reflect the date of publication.
§ Section headings should be concise.
§ All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author. Please give the affiliation where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after the manuscript is accepted. Please note that the email address of the corresponding author will normally be displayed in the article PDF online.
§ All persons who have a reasonable claim to authorship must be named in the manuscript as co-authors; the corresponding author must be authorized by all coauthors to act as an agent on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript, and the order of names should be agreed by all authors.
§ Biographical notes on contributors are not required for this journal.
§ Please include embedded hyperlinks to urls and DOIs in the manuscript.
§ You may use call out boxes for definitions and similar material. See Norling, U.
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