Author Guidelines

We accept manuscript in Spanish or English through the OJS platform of the Servicio de Publicaciones of the Universidad de La Laguna (SPULLwebs). Once we receive the manuscript it will be considered for the editors who have the right to reject it or to submitted to reviewers. The main reason for a direct rejection could be do not follow general authors guidelines or the incoherence of the manuscript with the main scope of the journal.

If the manuscript passes the first evaluation it will be submitted to two specialized reviewers of the scientific council who could suggest a third or a fourth reviewer. Once we receive the reviewer comments, the editors would accept the manuscript with no changes, with minor changes, with major changes or to reject it. Once the authors have received editor and reviewer’s comments will have a prudential time of one month to re-submit their corrections to the journal.

All the accepted papers will have a digital object identifier (DOI) and will be published online immediately. These will be uploaded to the web page of the Servicio of SPULL in pdf format and will be open access with Creative Commons-Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional.

Scientia Insularum wants to be a fast-publishing electronic journal with a short review and publication process of papers. It is also planned to compile specific volumes that would be published in paper format.

Types of contribution

Articles

Manuscripts of between 10 and 30 manuscript pages (double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, including everything from the title page through the last figure). Longer submissions (those between 30 and 50 manuscript pages) should be accompanied by a detailed justification for the length in the cover letter at the time of submission. The abstract can have a maximum of 300 words.

Text sections: initial page, abstract, key words, introduction, material and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, authors contribution, references, tables, figure captions and figures.

Notes

Notes are short articles that present significant new observations and methodological advances. Notes may contain preliminary results that are of considerable potential significance. Submissions may contain up to 10 manuscript pages (double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, including everything from title page through the last figure). Including just one figure and one table. The abstract can have a maximum of 200 words.

Text sections: initial page, abstract, key words, text with no divisions, acknowledgements, authors contribution, references, table, figure captions and figure.

Synthesis

This type of contributions are review papers that provides a synthetic overview of a scientific aspect related to the objective of the journal. These papers are expected to go well beyond works being reviewed and offer a new view, resolution or syntheses to old scientific questions. The abstract can have a maximum of 350 words.

Text sections: initial page, abstract, key words, text with subdivisions, acknowledgements, references, tables, figure captions and figures.

Natural history

More divulgative articles that pretend to captivate a less specialized audience. The writing should be of a great quality to reach this goal. The text will include an abstract figure that clearly represent the main idea of the article or to highlight a key aspect. This type of contribution should present an interesting scientific aspect, not previously known or a surprising case that generate new questions and generate debate. Manuscripts may contain up to 1500 words and one figure. Two authors maximum. A video could also be included.

Text sections: initial page, text with no subdivisions, references, figure captions and figure.

General format instructions

- Title, abstract and key words in Spanish and in English.

- File format should be Microsoft Word.

- Font Time New Roman 12.

- Doubled spaced lines.

- Numered lines.

- Numered pages.

- Page size A4.

- Margens of 2.5 cm.

- Sections according to contribution types, previouly specified.

- Initial page should include title, authors, afiliation and the email of the corresponding author.

- Be sure that all the citations are included in the reference list.

- Tables and Figures should be embedded within the text of the manuscript where they are first mentioned.

- Send figures in jpeg, tiff or EPS format, 300dpi quality.

- Table format: simple, horizontal black lines of 0.5 mm. Time New Roman font of 8-10.

- Figure format: grey scale and color images. Should be simple, no lines in the background, no framework. Black lines of 0.25 for the axis and insert the legent in the graph when possible. As symbols use circle, triangules and quadrats. Lines of the axis are the framework of the graph and inside secondary axis marks.

- For more details about how to elaborate a graph: Kosslyn SM. 2006. Graph Design for the Eye and Mind. Oxford Univerity, Nueva York, EEUU.

General instructions for references

Follow the norms of Council of Science Editors (https://www.councilscienceeditors.org) to cite in the text and for the reference format in the final list.

References in the text

To cited in the text the format surname-year will be used, it consisnt in write the suername of the author of the work follow by the year between parenthesys.

Examples

• One author: (Hernández 2017).
• Two autores: (Fernández-Palacios and Hernández 2017).
• Various autores: (Fernández-Palacios et al. 2017).
• Organization: (FAO 2010).
• Multiple cites: (Ebert 2009; Pearse et al. 2015; Lawrence and Hernández 2017).
• Multiple cites of the same author in different years: (Fernández-Palacios 1999, 2000, 2002; Fernández-Palacios et al. 2001, 2002).
• Multiple cites of the same author during the same year: (Hernández 2008a; Hernández 2008b; Fernández-Palacios et al. 1999a).
• Multiple cites of the same author but with different collaborators: (Hernández, Fernández-Palacios, et al. 2012; Hernández, Afonso, et al. 2012).

Reference list

• Authors' first names are rendered as capitals after their surnames: Lessios H, Hernández JC, Ebert TA
• The reference list is organized alphabetically by author's last name. When there is more than one work by an author, those works are organized chronologically:
• Fernández-Palaciós JM. 2002
• Lessios H, Hernández JC, Ebert TA. 2001
• Lessios H, Hernández JC, Ebert TA. 2002
• Pearse J, Lawrence JM. 2000
• For english references: only the first word of a book or article title should be capitalized.
• Titles are not italicized. However, species names are italicized.
• To save space, journal titles are abbreviated according to the ISO 4 standard, shortening significant words and omitting insignificant words. Read more and search the List of Title Word Abbreviations at ISSN.org.
• Year of publication and volume number are required for all references to articles. Issue number is strongly recommended. To save space, use no spaces to separate an article's date, volume, and page.

Examples

- Book: Hernández JC, Fernández-Palacios JM, deNascimento L, Sangil C. 2050. The Dodo Raphus cucullatus. Laguna (CAN): CAN Press 69 p.
- Book chapter: Fernández-Palacios JM. 2050. Where is the Dodo? En: Hernández JC, deNascimento L, Sangil C, editores. Islands as laboratories. Laguna (CAN): CAN Press. p. 69-169.
- Article: Fernández-Palacios JM, deNascimento L. 2050. We wont find the Dodo´´´  s print. Appl Environ Biol. 69(69):6969-6979.
- Online article:  Hernández JC, Fernández-Palacios JM, deNascimento L, Sangil C. 2050. The predatos of poor Dodo`. J Island Sci [Internet]. [cited 12 Sep 2013];69(69). Disponible en: islandscience.org/12.30
- Online resorce: Sangil C. 2050. I am the Dodo [Internet]. Madison (WI): University of Wisconsin-Madison; [cited 2059 Sep 12]. Available from http://labs.sangil.ull.edu/pddc/files/Fact_Sheets/FC_PDF/I am the Dodo.pdf
- Oficial document: Working Group on Dodo´´´  s Diversity Research Workforce (CAN). 2050. Draft report diversity research workforce [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Dodo (CAN); [cited 2050 Sep 12]. Available from http://acd.od.nih.gov/Diversity%20in%20the%20Research%20Workforce%20Report.pdf

- Thesis: deNascimento L. 2050. I know where the Dodo is [Tesis doctoral]. University of Laguna. 269 p.
- Symposium: Hernández JC. 2050. I am still looking for the Dodo. Paper presented at: Puerto de La Cruz 69. Proceedings of the 69th Dodo Symposium; Laguna, CAN.