Author Guidelines
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Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Fennia accepts only online submission using the OJS. Benefits of online submission include:
- Convenient: Upload your manuscript online. All you need is Internet connection and email.
- Easy: Produce your paper on any word processor and save text as RTF or Word.
- Fast: Submission, review and communication take place online. Review process takes typically four weeks.
- Responsive: Decisions are sent by email. Revisions are made online. An email is dispatched at the moment a decision is taken. You can respond to the comments and submit a revised version online.
- Transparent: You can track the current status of your submission online.
To be accepted, a paper must make a significant contribution to geographic research and be grounded in the relevant literature.
Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscripts professionally edited before submission to improve the English. Editing services are paid for and arranged by the author.
Manuscript style and length
Manuscripts should be prepared with 1.5 line spacing and 12 pt font. There is no absolute maximum target length of papers, but a limit of 10 000 words is normally considered maximum. Papers that exceed the target length may be returned. Should you have a longer contribution in your mind, please contact the Editor.
Title page
Title page should appear separate, as papers are submitted anonymously to referees, and consist of (1) informative brief title in minuscule (lower case or small) letters (14 pt bold), (2) author name(s) in capital letters, (3) abstract with bibliographic notes, and (4) author's professional address with email.
Abstract and key words
An abstract not exceeding 300 words is required. Include six key words: one for locality, one for topic, one for method and three others.
Headings
Only the first letter and proper names are capitalized. A maximum of two levels may be used, formatted as follows:
This is a first-level heading (in bold)
First-level headings are flush left on a separate line. The first text line following is flush left.
This is a second-level heading (in italics)
Second-level headings are flush left on a separate line. The first text line following is flush left.
Illustrations and tables
In the digital journal, the use of colour, particularly for complex maps and diagrams, is encouraged. However, when choosing the colour scheme, consider the reproduction of colours on black-and-white prints and photocopies.
Images should be included as separate image files (NOT embedded in the text document) in encapsulated postscript (EPS) or good resolution raster format (continuous tone images as TIF/JPG at 300 dpi, line art of combination line/tone as EPS at 800 dpi). They should be of a form and size suitable for the page layout (width 149 mm, height 195 mm). Ensure that heavy lines in line art are saved as pure black, and avoid using uncommon fonts and too small letters in illustrations. All maps should feature a north arrow, scale and indication of geographic location (e.g., lat/long, UTM).
Tables must be included as a separate file typed using few horizontal rules and no vertical rules.
Illustrations, as well as tables, are numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals (e.g., Figure 4, and Table 1).
Figure and Table captions must be typed on a separate document. They should be concise, but as informative as possible. The approximate position of Tables and Figures in the text should be marked, e.g. [Figure 1].
Equations should be numbered consecutively with bracketed Arabic numerals in the right-hand margin. Authors must provide instructions for any special typeface required (e.g., bold, italic, Greek, etc). Careful attention must be paid to sub- and superscript symbols, and upper- and lower-case letters.
Measurements must all be given in SI metric system. Numerals should be used in the text for all full units of measurement, but words should be used for quantities of objects, persons, etc. and for numbers from one to ten.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary electronic material that can be published online is welcomed. This material must be important, ancillary information that is relevant to the parent article.
Copyright
It is the author's responsibility to obtain copyright permission for the reproduction of images, tables or supplementary material and to ensure adequate acknowledgement.
Footnotes / Endnotes
Informational notes must be restricted to the minimum; instead, incorporate the material into the text.
References
Fennia follows the name-year ("Harvard") system in referencing. In the typescript, references should be indicated by giving the author's name and the year of publication (for example: Batey et al. 1993; Moon & Curtis 1998; Haggett 2001; IGBP 2009). References are listed alphabetically at the end of the paper under the heading References. References must be separated by a 1 cm hanging indentation from the second line. The author is responsible of adding the DOI codes to the references (http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/).
Typography
Care must be taken to follow the typographical style as in the examples below.
Names of journals and separate books as well as Internet addresses should be italicised. Unpublished theses, reports and manuscripts should not be italicised.
Author initials are written after surname without spaces and punctuation. Publication years are without parentheses. Avoid capital letters but for first words of a sentence and proper names. Give journal titles in full plus volume: number, inclusive pages. Page numbers are separated with the en-dash (longer than the hyphen).
Examples:
Journal paper
Batey PWJ, Madden M & Scholefield G 1993. Socio-economic impact assessment of large-scale projects using input-output analysis: a case study of an airport. Regional Studies 27: 3, 179-191
Book
Haggett P 2001. Geography: a global synthesis. Pearson Education, Harlow
Chapter of book
Moon G & Curtis S 1998. Health and health policy in Europe. In Unwin T (ed). A European geography, 291-310. Longman, Harlow
World Wide Web page
[IGBP] International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme 2009. <www.igbp.kva.se> 20.10.2009
Other publications
Where there is doubt (e.g., occasional papers), include all bibliographical details.
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