CHECK LIST OF COMMON POINTS FOR STYLE REVISION OF PAPERS

 

JOURNAL OF ****

( ) Supply statement that material is original and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere.

 

TITLE PAGE

( ) Supply running head (41 characters and spaces).

( ) Supply address for proofs and telephone and FAX numbers.

 

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

( ) Arrange in short numbered paragraphs (should be numbered page l).

 

FOOTNOTES

( ) Type on a separate sheet, double-spaced, using numbers instead of symboIs

( ) Retype acknowledgement on a separate sheet.

 

REFERENCES

( ) Retype list in alphabetical order.

( ) Use author name and year vhen listing references in the text.

( ) Supply: (a) article title, (b) inclusive pg. nos. for references .

( ) Retype list in Journal style (see 'Infornation for Contributors' in the Journal) .

( ) Retype list double-spaced.

( ) Delete from list 'unpublished observations,' 'unpublished data,' 'personal communication,' 'manuscript in preparation,' 'to be published . ' Ref . .

( ) Delete from list ceference(s) unless accepted prior to this ms.

 

TABLES

( ) Retype, double-spaced.

( ) Supply titles for Tables

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

( ) Supply 3 sets of figures (at least 2 sets on glossy paper

( ) . DO NOT MOUNT FIRURES ON CARDBOARD.

( ) In figures--- reletter figs., symbols or graph lines proportionate to each other in size.

( ) Figure(s)----- will not reproduce: (a) too gray (b) fuzzy lines (c) damaged.

( ) DO� NOT use a dot matrix printer for figures. If using computer-generated laser prints, use paper of the highest recommended gloss.

( ) DO� NOT use typewritten letters or numerals on figures.

( ) Inset will be illegible vhen figure is reduced.

( ) When reproducing graphs, use plain or blue-lined paper to eliminate cross-hatching from background.

( ) It is APS policy not to publish photographs of animals. Line drawings are more informative.

( ) Supply legends typed double-spaced on a separate sheet.

 

NOTE: Page size is now 8-1/2 x ll". This may affect the presentation of your figs (1 col = 3-1/2" wide; 2 cols = 7-3/8' wide: col length = 9-1/4').