Ecosphere Author Guidelines
New Submissions
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Author Profiles
We expect authors to update their profile information in ScholarOne in order to keep the editors and staff informed of changes in their contact information. The corresponding author will be notified of receipt of the manuscript. Before submitting a manuscript, please be sure your profile information is current. (In ScholarOne, click on your name in the upper right and then on “Address” in the drop-down menu. Add an alternate e-mail address in the “Primary CC Address” field if you would like to insure receipt of e-mail communication.) Please request that your co-authors update their profiles as well. Please do not put in a co-author's email address (or that of another colleague) as your secondary email address.
Types of contributions
Articles typically follow the format of a traditional research paper (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions). Although there are no page limits, concise writing is expected. All parts of a manuscript, including appendices, are to be included as part of the manuscript file for review and are published with the article in Wiley’s Online Library as Supporting Information.
Concepts and Theory papers conceptually advance the field of ecology. These papers are expected to go well beyond works being reviewed to include discussion of new theories and conceptual frameworks that lead to new research directions and resolutions of old questions. These papers may be primarily conceptual, supported by published data, and without the presentation of new data.
Synthesis and Integration papers are intended to provide a synthesis of a field or subfield AND an integration of those findings. These papers can begin by reviewing a topic but then the papers must go beyond the review to provide a new synthesis and blending of those ideas and data in new ways.
Innovative Viewpoints are thought-provoking articles that advocate important future directions, new ideas, or emerging frameworks. Viewpoints can also revisit historic ideas with a modern twist. Novel, cutting-edge linkages between ecology and other disciplines that have the potential to transform science or impact policy are encouraged. Papers submitted as Innovative Viewpoints should be defended with citations or data sufficient to warrant publication. Authors interested in submitting Innovative Viewpoints should first e-mail a one-paragraph proposal (<300 words) to the Editor-in-Chief. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and subject to the same publication cost as other manuscript types.
Emerging Technologies papers are those reporting on the use of a wide array of methods, approaches, and technologies to address ecological questions or test hypothesis. These technologies can include, but are not limited to, applications of machine learning (e.g., computer visualization, acoustic recognition, game and decision theory), robotics and devices (e.g., location tracking, wireless sensor networks), and integrated software solutions (including human–computer interactions and visualization engines). Papers may also report on new developments or refinements in traditional technologies, such as statistical methods, simulation models, and image analysis.
Comments and Replies. A Comment points out errors of fact or interpretation in an article that previously appeared in Ecosphere, although we will consider Comments on papers published in other (non-ESA) journals. Submissions should not contain more than 16 manuscript pages.
No abstract is necessary.
The title of a Comment or Reply should be of the form “[Title of the original paper up to the first colon]: Comment.”
Comments will be assigned to a Subject-matter Editor for evaluation. As with regular articles, typically two reviews will be sought. Every effort will be made to expedite the review process.
At the time a Comment is assigned to a Subject-matter Editor, a copy will be sent by the Publications Office to the corresponding author of the paper upon which the Comment is based. The authors of the paper being commented upon will be offered the opportunity to submit a signed review to the Subject-matter Editor, who will view such a review as supplemental to and not a replacement for the regular reviews. The signed supplemental review will be forwarded to the author(s) of the Comment, together with the two regular reviews and the Subject-matter Editor’s decision letter.
When the Comment is first sent to the authors of the manuscript being commented upon, they will be informed that at such time as the Comment is accepted for publication, they will be sent a copy of the final version and will be invited to prepare a response. The Reply must be completed within four weeks if simultaneous publication is to be guaranteed. Authors should submit the response online and it will be sent to the same Subject-matter Editor who handled the Comment.
We will attempt to publish a Comment and its Reply in tandem. We generally neither invite nor publish responses to responses.
Special Features are intended to address various aspects of a theme that are likely to be of broad interest to ecologists. Ideally, a feature should inform a large audience about an unfamiliar topic or an area in which there has been considerable recent progress or it can reexamine an issue in new ways. An advantage to an online journal is that papers in a Special Feature do not need to be published in the same issue. The papers will be linked using on-line key words. A typical Special Feature will consist of 4–10 papers. A synthesis paper may be used to summarize key findings across papers and identify new research directions. Proposals for Special Features should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief prior to the submission of manuscripts.
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