General regulations about submitting manuscripts to Journal of Palaeogeography

1.Journal of Palaeogeography is an academic Earth science journal.The journal mainly publishes research results and original academic articles focusing on palaeogeography and relevant disciplines by both Chinese and foreign scholars, including lithofacies palaeogeography, biopalaeogeography, stratigraphic palaeogeography, tectonopalaeogeography, physiogeographic palaeogeography, human history palaeogeography, past and present environments and human civilization, sedimentology, sedimentary environments, sedimentary facies, geochemistry, palaeoecology,ichnology, palaeoclimatology, palaeotectonics, palaeoseismology, palaeokarst, basin analysis, prediction and exploration related with oil, gas, coal and other mineral resources.

Journal of Palaeogeographyis an Open Access (OA)publication journal with APC fully covered by China University of Petroleum (Beijing).

2.No strict limitation of the length for academic manuscript.

3.Constitution and order of manuscript.Title, author’s name, affiliation and address of the author, correspondence address, postcode, abstract (300-500 words), key words (4-8 words), text of the paper, acknowledgements, references, supplements (if applicable).

4.Other requirements for manuscript.The figures,with the largest size of 170 mm × 240 mm, should be put in the text, and the resolution of the figure should be 600 dpi. Photos and figures are numbered according to the order. The photo title and figure title are arranged below the photo and figure. Illustrations of the photos and figures are written below the photo title or figure title. Tables with the largest size of 170 mm × 240 mm, rearranged in the text.The table title is arranged above the table.

5.Requirements for references.References are cited in alphabetical order of the authors’ names and the authors’names coincide with the original references. Both Chinese and foreign authors’ names are written according to international convention. Only full articles that have been published or are ‘in press’ may be included in the reference list. In the text, references should be cited by giving the author’s name with the year of publication in parentheses,and should be listed according to publication time order(e.g. Jones 1982; Adams 1985). When reference is made to a work by three or more authors, the first name followed byet al. should be used in the text on all occasions. If several papers by the same author and from the same year are cited, a, b, c,etc. should be put after the year of publication.References should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the paper in the following standard form:

Periodicals:Author’s name (all of the authors’names should be listed and separated by comma),Publication year. Manuscript title. Periodical’s name(italicized), Volume (issue), Starting and ending page numbers (original language).

With only one author, in the text, it should be cited as: (Robert 1990), (Feng 1999); References should be written as: Robert, H., 1990; Feng, Z.Z., 1999.

With two authors, in the text, it should be cited as:(Robert and Bada 1990), (Feng and Wang 2000); References should be written as: Robert, H., Bada, M.,1990; Feng, Z.Z., Wang, Y., 2000.

With three or more authors, in the text, it should be cited as: (Robertet al. 1990), (Fenget al. 1990); All of the authors’names should be written in the references.

Books:Author’s name (according to the periodical’s requirement), Publication year. Book name. Press,Publication place. Starting and ending page numbers.(original language).

Collected works:Author’s name (according to the periodical’s requirement), Publication year. Manuscript title, in: Editors of the collected works, (Eds.), Name of the collected works. Press, Publication place. pp. Starting and ending page numbers (original language).

In the references, papers with two authors should follow those of the first named author, arranged in alphabetical order according to the name of the second author. Papers with three or more authors should be ordered following the name of the first author in chronological order.

6.Submission.The detailed address, post code, telephone number and email address of the author must be attached in the manuscript in order to keep contact. The domestic author must submit a manuscript with a detailed abstract in Chinese. Non-Chinese authors should submit only a manuscript.The submission system is https://www.editorialmanager.com/jopg/default.aspx.

7.Inquiring about manuscript.The author can contact the editorial office to inquire about submitted manuscripts. Authors should receive correspondence concerning the status of their manuscripts, as well as reviews, within one or two months of submission.

8.Copyright.Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a ‘Journal Publishing Agreement’.Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. Permission of the society is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations (please consult jpalaeo2012@163.com). If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article.

9.Notice.We hope authors read the regulations seriously and submit their manuscripts according to the general regulations. If you have any suggestions, please write to us.Thanks for your cooperation.