Manuscript submission website: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/evo
The journal Evolution publishes articles in all areas of evolutionary biology. We welcome manuscripts presenting significant and original results that extend our understanding of evolutionary phenomena and processes. Papers follow several formats:
Regular papers report either important additions to evolutionary theory or methodology, or careful empirical studies that bear on significant questions in evolutionary biology. They should include an abstract that summarizes the results and their implications. Demonstrating a well-established phenomenon in another taxon or context may fall short of being acceptable. Similarly, papers that simply apply existing models are less likely to be accepted than those that materially extend our understanding or provide practical applications.
Perspectives express new points of view or set out speculations based on a scholarly review of recently published works. They must go beyond the works being reviewed and include discussions of new directions, new syntheses, and/or resolutions to old questions. Perspectives will normally be solicited, but authors may submit proposals to the Editor.
Reviews are papers that survey recent developments or major advances in an emerging discipline within evolutionary biology. They must be of interest to a broad audience and should highlight future directions in the field.
Brief Communications are short papers reporting new data or ideas. They should be 15 or fewer typed pages (including literature cited) and include up to two figures and two tables. They should include abstracts no longer than five percent of the paper's length.
Comments are short papers referring to papers recently published in Evolution that contain new analyses, corrections, criticisms, or alternative interpretations of the data in these papers. They should start with a summary sentence or two and strive to be concise.
Book Reviews evaluate recently published books or monographs and set the reviewed work in the context of the field. Book Reviews are normally solicited, but aspiring reviewers may propose writing a review to the Book Review Editor.
MS Preparation
Manuscripts must be in English and double spaced. Manuscripts follow The Chicago Manual of Style, The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, and the style and format of recent articles published in Evolution. The names of journals in the Literature Cited section must be abbreviated according to BIOSIS. Do not hyphenate words at the right margin or justify the right margin. Footnotes to text should be avoided; they can usually be included in the text (parenthetically if necessary). Include line numbers to allow reviewers to refer to the text. All tables (including appendices) must be double spaced. Do not separate tables from their footnotes. Mathematical expressions must be clearly typed; leave two blank lines before and after each equation. Illustrations, when published, will be reduced to a maximum of 88 mm (single column) or 180 mm in width and 230 mm in length; calculate line thickness and symbol sizes accordingly. Figure legends must be double spaced.
Submission instructions
Manuscripts should be submitted via the following web site:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/evo
Before submitting, gather the following information: contact information for all authors, including first names, middle names/initials, last names, addresses, work telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses; title; running title; abstract; key words; and manuscript files in Word, WordPerfect, LaTeX, or RTF format. Detailed submission instructions are on the web site. If you have questions regarding your submission, contact the Editorial Office.
After a paper has been reviewed by Associate Editors and outside reviewers, the Editor will decide whether to accept or reject it. Acceptance is based on the quality of the work and writing, and significance of the article to our understanding of evolution. Each paper must stand on its own merits and be a substantial contribution to the field. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to send a final copy of the manuscript, tables, and figures plus a signed copyright release form to the Editorial Office.
Long appendices or supplementary data will be archived online, unless it is critical that the data appear with the printed article. The URL for accessing this supplementary data will be added by the publisher. This material should be included in a separate section. If references are cited in the online material, please prepare a separate bibliography for the supplemental material. At the top of the online material, please include the manuscript title and authors' names. References in the test to the online material should state parenthetically: "See Appendix/ Supplementary Material available online." Underlying research data is expected to be made available to the scientific community. Any impediments to data sharing should be brought to the attention of the editors at the time of submission.
Data storage
We require authors to submit DNA sequence data to GenBank and phylogenetic data to TreeBase.
Statement on authorship
Authorship of a paper carries with it responsibility as well as credit. All those whose names appear as authors should have played a significant role in designing or carrying out the research, writing the manuscript, or providing extensive guidance to the execution of the project. They should be able to present and defend the work in a public forum. Honorary authorship is to be avoided. All authors must be in agreement on both the submission and full content of any article carrying their name. Any violation of these conditions represents academic misconduct and will be dealt with accordingly.
Page and other charges
Authors are billed $55.00 per printed page. Each member of the Society for the Study of Evolution is entitled to publish up to 12 pages per volume free of page charges. Others will be billed $55.00 per printed page. Authors with research grants are expected to pay page charges. Page charges are mandatory for papers over 12 printed pages in length. In addition, authors will be billed mandatory charges of $3.15 per change for excessive changes (more than 10) on proofs. Proofs must be corrected and returned to the Editorial Office within 48 hours of receipt via express courier service. Late proofs may cause a paper to be delayed to a subsequent issue. Reprints are ordered from the printer on forms provided with proofs.
