Acta Parasitologica
Submission guidelines
Instructions for Authors
Authorship Policy
Authorship should incorporate and should be restricted to those who have contributed substantially to the work in one or more of the following categories:
• Conceived of or designed study
• Performed research
• Analyzed data
• Contributed new methods or models
• Wrote the paper
Types of Papers
Original ArticlesOriginal Articles should present novel and original data as result of an independent, cohesive study.The manuscripts have to be structured to contain a structured Abstract, List of authors with affiliations, Keywords (5) describing the content, Introduction, Material and Methods , Results, Discussion, Statement of author contributions, Acknowledgements, Legends to Figures and Tables, References.Manuscripts can be any length. There are no restrictions on word count, number of figures, or amount of supporting information. We encourage you to present and discuss your findings concisely.
Short CommunicationsShort Communications should present brief observations which do not warrant the length of a full paper. However, they have to present completed studies and to follow the same scientific standards as Original Articles.The manuscripts have to be structured to contain a structured Abstract, List of authors with affiliations, Keywords (5) describing the content.The text of a short communication is written without sections and without extra spacing between paragraphs. The length of such submissions is limited to 1500 words for short communication and 2000-3500 words for research note.
CommentsComments on published papers and replies. Limited to 2500 characters.
ReviewsMini-Review article are limited to 3000 words with two figures and two tables.Full Review article are limited to 5000 words with no limitations on figures and tables and a maximum of 150 references.
Nomenclature
The authors should follow the international rules of nomenclature in the names of organisms they describe. Recommendations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, London 1999 should be strictly adhered to.
Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Online Submission
Please follow the hyperlink “Submit manuscript” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
Please ensure you provide all relevant editable source files. Failing to submit these source files might cause unnecessary delays in the review and production process.
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