Ecosystems – Instructions for Authors
Electronic Submissions
We use an online system of manuscript tracking called ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly Manuscript Central) that allows quick, efficient processing of your manuscript.
Please use the link "Submit Online" on the journal's homepage to upload your manuscript, or log directly onto the site
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/eco
and upload your manuscripts following the instructions given on the screen.
Please note: if you have submitted to this journal before or served as a referee, please use the Password Help option. You will then receive an automatic e-mail with your user id and password. Otherwise please create a new account and then follow the instructions given on the screen.
Author Accounts:
Authors entering the journal's ScholarOne site can either create a new account or use an existing one. When you have an existing account, use it for all your submissions and you can track their status on the same page.
Getting Started:
Once you have logged into your account, ScholarOne will lead you through the submission process in a step-by-step orderly process. If you cannot finish your submission in one visit, you can save a draft and reenter the process at the same point for that manuscript.
While submitting your electronic manuscript, you will be required to enter data about your manuscript in the system. These include title, subtitle, author names and affiliations, and so forth.
Support for special characters is available. At any point during this process, there are Help buttons available to see common questions and a support link to ask a specific question via email.
Uploading Files:
Electronic files can be uploaded as PDF, PostScript, Word or RTF. PDF and PostScript files should already contain the graphics within the file. (PostScript files are converted by the system into PDF so that Editors and reviewers may share them. RTF (Rich Text Format) is a common export property of most popular word processors. Check your word processor to see if it can export or "Save As" your file in RTF format. MS Word and WordPerfect both contain this function. After uploading the RTF for text, you will be prompted for uploading graphics. Common graphics files such as GIF, JPEG, EPS, TIFF and many others are supported. After uploading the parts of the article in this manner, the system will convert the files to PDF. You will see the result of the conversion with the Acrobat plug-in in your browser. Keep copies of your word-processing and graphics files. You may want to revise the manuscript during the review process and you will need the original files if your manuscript is accepted. At any point during this process, there are Help buttons available to see common questions and a support link to ask a specific question via email.
You will also be notified by email that your submission was successful.
Keeping Track:
After submission, you may return periodically and monitor the progress of your submission through the review process.
ECOSYSTEMS Editorial Office:
Suzann McClenahan
1002 Stonebriar Drive
Verona, WI 53593, USA
E-Mail: ecosys@zoology.wisc.edu
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/eco
Types of Contribution
RESEARCH ARTICLES:
Most manuscripts published in Ecosystems report original research within the domain of ecosystem-level science. Studies should address questions in ecosystem science that are of general interest to an international audience, and research goals and findings should be placed in the context of current understanding of patterns and processes of ecosystems or land- and seascapes.
Ecosystems publishes research from terrestrial, freshwater or marine ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Ecosystems also welcomes interdisciplinary studies that integrate biotic, abiotic and social data.
Articles that focus on other levels of ecological science (e.g., population or community ecology) must make connections to ecosystem science or management to be considered for publication in Ecosystems.
MINI-REVIEWS:
Periodically, Ecosystems publishes mini-reviews on recent or emerging topics in ecosystem science that are of wide interest. Most mini-reviews are invited by the editors in chief, but contributed minireviews are also published. Effective mini-reviews are not just summaries of the literature; rather, they synthesize current understanding to generate new insights and advance the field. Exhaustive review is not the goal, although it is important to provide context and summarize relevant history of the topic. Figures, including conceptual figures that help explain or organize information, are encouraged. Mini-reviews should also identify future research directions and take a point of view.
Authors interested in preparing a mini-review should submit a short prospectus for consideration by the editors. Manuscripts follow standard
guidelines.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Special features are collections of related papers (typically four to six) that address aspects of a current topic in ecosystem science. Individual articles must be complementary and each must also stand on its own merit. Most special features are invited, but prospective authors also may submit a prospectus for consideration. Special feature papers are 3000-4000 words in length.
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