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2021年6月25日星期五
期刊编辑邮箱【官网信息】
Editor
Jeffrey C. Wolf , Experimental Pathology Laboratories
45600 Terminal Road
Sterling, VA 20166
jwolf@epl-inc.com
Associate Editors
Wes Baumgartner - Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi University, MS
baumgartner@cvm.msstate.edu
Joanna Danuta Borucinska - University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
borucinsk@hartford.edu
Sascha Hallett- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
halletts@science.oregonstate.edu
Thomas P. Loch - Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, East Lansing, MI
lochthom@msu.edu
Esteban Soto Martinez - Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, Davis, CA
sotomartinez@ucdavis.edu
Thomas Waltzek - College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL
tbwaltzek@ufl.edu
投稿须知【官网信息】
Author Guidelines
Editorial Policy
The Journal of Aquatic Animal Health serves the North American and international communities of scientists concerned with the health of aquatic organisms. We encourage the submission of papers dealing with the causes, effects, treatments, and prevention of diseases of marine and freshwater organisms, particularly fish and shellfish. We also welcome manuscripts describing biochemical and physiological investigations into fish health that relate to assessing the impacts of both environmental and pathogenic factors.
Papers concerning fisheries science per se should be submitted to the American Fisheries Society’s (AFS) sister publication Transactions of the American Fisheries Society; those dealing with management should be submitted to the North American Journal of Fisheries Management; those dealing with aquaculture should be submitted to the North American Journal of Aquaculture; and those with a focus on marine and estuarine species and habitats should be submitted to Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science.
Authors are also cautioned not to republish original data without full attribution and explicit permission; see “Dual Publication of Scientific Information” in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 110:573–574, 1981.
Authors must also confirm that all of their research meets the ethical guidelines and legal requirements of the country in which it was performed. For investigators in the United States, AFS has developed the document "Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Research," which addresses both field and laboratory research with fish. A free version of this document is available for viewing and/or downloading at http://fisheries.org/policy-media/science-guidelines/guidelines-for-the-use-of-fishes-in-research/.
Please note that this journal uses CrossRef Similarity Check (Powered by iThenticate) software to screen papers for unoriginal material. By submitting your paper, you are agreeing to any necessary originality checks your paper may have to undergo during the peer review and production processes.
Manuscript Submission and Review
Manuscript Categories
Manuscripts may be submitted in any of the following categories: (1) Articles are reports of substantial, controlled research that will be judged on their scientific merit. Critical reviews of timely topics will also be considered in this category. Articles should ordinarily not exceed 5,000 words, excluding references and tables (about 20 double-spaced manuscript pages), but longer ones will be considered. (2) Communications are shorter papers based on more restricted study objectives, sometimes without extensive statistical data, but with sound biological observations; promising work that may lead to additional in-depth studies; thorough testing of a technique; or case histories. Such papers will be evaluated as much for their practical utility as for their scientific quality. Communications should generally not exceed 3,000 words (about 12 double-spaced manuscript pages). (3)Comments are critiques of papers published by this journal, responses to which will be invited from the original authors; brief presentations of experiences or additional data related to previously published papers; or short discussions of technical issues pertinent to the aquatic animal health community.
Papers that are judged to be especially topical, important, and/or likely to be of wide interest may be “featured,” that is, given special treatment that includes accelerated production; waiver of page charges and publication fees; waiver of the fee for printing figures in color (if applicable); free online access for two months; and special promotion. Authors who wish to have their papers featured should indicate that at the time of submission, briefly explaining why their papers merit such treatment. Decisions about featuring papers rest with the editors.
Submission Procedures
Manuscripts and associated correspondence should be submitted at the journal’s online submission and tracking site, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jaah (this site may also be accessed through the Publications section at the American Fisheries Society’s Web site, www.fisheries.org). Detailed instructions, including acceptable file formats, are available at the site.
Although the submission site permits authors to include a cover letter, such letters are generally not necessary; they should be included only when they contain information that cannot easily be incorporated into the standard submission form.
Review Process
Submitted papers will be critically reviewed by at least two experts in the relevant discipline(s) and evaluated by one of the journal’s editors. A manuscript may be returned to its author without review if it is judged to be of poor quality or inappropriate for this journal.
All submissions are electronically screened for the inappropriate use of material from previously published sources. In submitting a paper, you are stipulating that, except where explicitly indicated otherwise, all of the statements, data, and other elements reflect your own work and not that of others. All allusions to the work of others should be properly cited; exact quotations from other sources should be in quotation marks. Authors are also cautioned not to repeat long passages from their own publications. Failure to follow these requirements may result in rejection of the paper and, in extreme cases, restrictions on publishing in this journal.
Authors have the option of not having their names revealed to the reviewers (to facilitate the selection of reviewers, however, the editor and associate editor will always be aware of the authors’ identities). If authors wish to exercise this option, they should (1) check the appropriate block on the submission page, (2) put the title page in a separate file that can be excluded from the manuscript file that the reviewers receive, and (3) remove from their manuscript any other information that may reveal their identities.
Review of manuscripts relies on volunteers. We strive to get decisions to authors in 9–12 weeks. If revisions are requested, authors should make them promptly, normally within 30 days of receiving the editor’s decision (short extensions will be allowed if there are justifiable delays). If a revision is not received within the allowed time, the paper will be considered withdrawn; late revisions will be treated as new submissions and may have to go through the review process again.
Revisions should be accompanied by detailed, point-by-point responses to the reviewers’ and editors’ comments. These responses should be put in a separate file designated “Response to Decision Letter” rather than in the cover letter. This file will automatically be included in a PDF containing the revised text, tables, figures, and supplementary material (if any) that is available to the reviewers and associate editor as well as the editor; otherwise, only the editor will have access to the responses.
Rejected papers.—If a paper is rejected, authors should not submit a revised version unless the editor has specifically invited them to do so. However, authors may request reconsideration of rejected papers when they believe that the review process was flawed in some way (e.g., suspicion of bias or inadequate understanding of the paper on the part of the reviewers and/or the associate editor). Such requests should be directed to the editor or AFS staff and should include a detailed statement as to why the paper should be reconsidered along with supporting material as necessary. They should also indicate the author’s preferred remedy, which may range from a simple reexamination of the reviews and recommendation by the original editor to a completely fresh review by a new editor, associate editor, and reviewers. Decisions about requests for reconsideration will be made by the director of publications in consultation with the original editor and/or the editor-in-chief. Every effort will be made to give authors a fair hearing.
Publication Charges
Traditional publication.—Publication charges are US$100 per printed page (or $150 per published page for special section articles) and will be billed when the paper is in proof. Full and partial subsidies are available to voting members of the American Fisheries Society who certify that grant or agency funds are not available. Manuscript reviews are not affected by requests for subsidies; however, at least one author must be an AFS member by the time that the paper is published. Every paper published in the journal is subject to a $30 fee to offset processing costs. If you choose to include color figures in the print edition, please note the fee is $500 per figure.
Open access.—Authors may make their papers open access by paying a fee of $3,000 (+ valued-added tax [VAT]). Waivers will not be granted for open access papers. Page charge and color figure fees still apply.
Reprints.—Authors will get free access to their article on Wiley’s Author Services. They will be able to share their article for free with up to 10 other people. Authors may also purchase reprints of their articles from the printer when they receive their proofs.
Manuscript Preparation
Components
A typical manuscript will have the following components:
Title page.—The title page should give the title of the paper and the name(s) and complete mailing address(es) of the author(s). In addition to accurately reflecting the content of the paper, the title should be short (preferably no more than 12 words) and to the point. A suggested running head (shortened version of the title) should also be included on the title page. Keywords are not used in this journal, however, and so should not be included.
Abstract.—Articles and communications require abstracts; comments do not. The abstract should consist of one paragraph (up to 300 words for an article and up to 200 words for a communication) that concisely states why and (generally) how the study was done as well as what the results were and what they mean. Because abstracts tend to be more widely read than complete papers, authors should take care to make them comprehensive, clear, and interesting. It should not simply outline the contents (e.g., avoid statements to the effect that such-and-such is presented) or present the methods in detail. Citations and footnotes are not allowed in abstracts, and abbreviations should be used sparingly. Detailed statistical results (e.g., P-values) should be reserved for the main text.
Introduction.—The introduction should provide a context for the work to be reported, particularly its purpose and importance. In doing so, it should present at least a summary review of previous literature on the subject.
Methods.—Descriptions of the methods employed in the study should be detailed enough to enable readers to repeat it. Previously published descriptions may be cited in lieu of presenting complete new ones provided that the sources are readily available (in general, avoid citations to theses, dissertations, agency reports, and similar sources in this instance). If more than one method was used or a particular method entails a series of major steps, present each method or step in a separate subsection. Appropriate tables and figures can reduce the need for detailed verbal descriptions of methods. Papers focusing entirely on techniques or models do not require a separate section on methods.
Results.—As a rule, it is preferable to present detailed results in tables and/or figures and to devote the text to summary statements and analyses. Display data in tables if numerical precision is important, in figures if trends are paramount. Although the presentation of a large amount of raw data is generally not meaningful, data should not be refined to the point that the reader cannot verify the analyses or use the information for other purposes. In presenting the results of statistical tests, report the type of test, the test statistic, the degrees of freedom, and the significance level (P-value). Although the value 0.05 is commonly used as the threshold in hypothesis testing, we have no specific requirements in this area; in the interest of providing useful information, authors should report all P-values. It is very important that statistical designs and models be appropriate for the studies in which they are used; we encourage authors to have a statistician review their work before submitting a paper for publication. Lastly, statistical results should be presented in biologically meaningful terms rather than in purely statistical jargon.
Discussion.—The merits of a paper can be greatly enhanced by a good discussion. In it authors should indicate the significance of their research, how it relates to current knowledge, and any avenues that it suggests for further research. Informed speculation is acceptable as long as it is clearly identified as such. Authors should avoid merely restating their results and/or (re)summarizing the literature.
Acknowledgments.—In this section authors may acknowledge the sources of their funding and thank those who contributed directly to the project or the preparation of the manuscript. Dedications and acknowledgment of emotional support from family and friends are not appropriate. If all authors are employees of the U.S. Government, this section should state that the mention of specific products does not constitute endorsement by their agency.
References.—References should be selected with a view to relevance and availability, with preference given to peer-reviewed publications that are widely available. Internal reports, papers presented at conferences, articles in preparation, and so forth should be treated as unpublished and cited like personal communications (i.e., parenthetically in the text alone). Authors should obtain written permission to cite such material. Common reference formats are given below; a more complete list is given in chapter 8 of the AFS style guide, which is available at the AFS Web site (https://fisheries.org/books-journals/writing-tools/style-guide/) as well as the manuscript submission site.
Footnotes.—Footnotes should be kept to a minimum. Typically, they are used to report changes of address for authors, identify additional sources of data, or explain technical nomenclature (e.g., ages of anadromous fish and structures of fatty acids).
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