Authors are requested to read these guidelines carefully before preparing and submitting a manuscript to the Journal of Fauna Biodiversity (JFB).
One author must be designated as the corresponding author and should provide a valid email address and full institutional or postal address.
Manuscripts should be prepared using Times New Roman, 12-point font, with double line spacing, and pages should be numbered consecutively. Authors should carefully check their manuscripts for clarity, spelling, grammar, and punctuation before submission.
All figures and tables must be cited in the text and provided with appropriate captions or titles. All references listed in the reference section must be cited in the text, and all references cited in the text must appear in the reference list.
Authors must provide declarations concerning conflicts of interest, funding, and ethical approval or research permits where applicable.
Plagiarism and Originality
Manuscripts submitted to JFB must represent original work and must not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Submitted manuscripts may be screened for textual similarity using iThenticate or other appropriate similarity-detection software. Suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other forms of publication misconduct will be handled in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement and applicable COPE guidance.
Article Types
JFB considers the following principal types of manuscripts:
Taxonomic revisions, annotated checklists, type catalogues, faunistic surveys, species distribution records, and other contributions relevant to the journal's aims and scope may also be considered.
Article Structure
Abstract
The abstract should provide a concise and informative summary of the purpose of the study, methods, principal findings, and conclusions.
Abstracts should normally not exceed 300 words for Original Research Articles and Review Articles and 150 words for Short Communications.
References should generally not be cited in the abstract.
Keywords
Authors should provide 4–8 keywords immediately following the abstract. Keywords should accurately represent the principal subject matter of the manuscript. Unnecessary abbreviations should be avoided.
1. Introduction
The Introduction should provide sufficient background to establish the context and significance of the study and should clearly state its objectives or research questions. An unnecessarily extensive review of the literature should be avoided.
2. Materials and Methods
The Materials and Methods section should provide sufficient information to allow the study to be understood and, where appropriate, reproduced.
Previously published methods should be appropriately cited. Any modifications to established methods should be clearly described.
Where applicable, this section should include information concerning ethical approval, animal welfare, fieldwork authorization, specimen collection permits, or other relevant permissions.
3. Results
Results should present the findings of the study clearly, accurately, and concisely. Tables and figures should be used where they improve the presentation and interpretation of the results.
4. Discussion
The Discussion should interpret the findings in relation to the objectives of the study and relevant published literature. Authors should explain the significance and implications of their findings while avoiding unnecessary repetition of the Results.
Where appropriate, the Results and Discussion may be presented as a combined section.
5. Conclusions
The Conclusions should summarize the principal findings and their significance without unnecessarily repeating information presented in the Results and Discussion.
References
References must be listed at the end of the manuscript. Authors must ensure that every reference cited in the text appears in the reference list and that every reference included in the reference list is cited in the text.
Only published works, works formally accepted for publication, and appropriate scholarly sources should normally be included in the reference list.
Accepted articles that have not yet been published may be cited as “in press.”
Personal communications and unpublished observations should generally be cited only in the text and only when they provide information essential to the manuscript. Authors are responsible for obtaining appropriate permission where necessary.
Authors are encouraged to provide the DOI for references whenever available.
Journal Article
Kearse, M., Moir, R., Wilson, A., Stones-Havas, S., Cheung, M., Sturrock, S., Buxton, S., Cooper, A., Markowitz, S., Thierer, C.D.T., Ashton, B., Meintjes, P. & Drummond, A. (2012). Geneious Basic: an integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data. Bioinformatics, 28, 1647–1649.
Book
Davie, P.J.F. (2002). Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2: Anomura, Brachyura). In: Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (Eds.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 1–641.
Online Resources
Online resources should include the author or responsible organization, title, year where available, complete source information, URL, and date accessed.
Submission Checklist
Before submitting a manuscript, authors should ensure that:
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One author has been designated as the corresponding author and appropriate contact details have been provided.
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The manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration by another journal.
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The manuscript is prepared in Times New Roman, 12-point font, with double line spacing and consecutively numbered pages.
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The manuscript has been checked for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and clarity.
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An abstract and 4–8 keywords are provided.
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All figures are cited in the text and include appropriate captions.
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All tables are cited in the text and include appropriate titles and explanatory notes where necessary.
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All references cited in the text appear in the reference list and vice versa.
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A conflict of interest statement is included.
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A funding statement is included.
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Ethical approval and/or permit information is provided where applicable.
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Supplementary material is provided where applicable.
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A cover letter is provided where required.
Funding
Authors must disclose all sources of financial support for the research and/or preparation of the manuscript, including the name of the funding organization and grant number, where applicable.
If the research received no specific funding, authors should state:
“This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
Conflicts of Interest
Authors must disclose any financial, professional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research or its interpretation.
If no conflicts of interest exist, authors should state:
“The authors declare no conflict of interest.”
Ethical Approval and Research Permits
Research involving animals must comply with applicable institutional, national, and international standards for animal welfare and ethical research. Where ethical approval is required, relevant approval information should be provided in the manuscript.
Field studies, specimen collection, handling, transport, and use of biological material must comply with applicable laws and regulations. Where collection permits, research permits, or other authorizations are required, relevant permit information should be provided.
Research involving protected, threatened, or endangered species must comply with applicable conservation legislation and ethical standards.
Changes to Authorship
Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be sent to the Editor by the corresponding author.
The request must explain the reason for the proposed change and include written confirmation from all affected authors that they agree with the change.
Authorship changes after acceptance will be considered only in exceptional circumstances and must comply with the journal's publication ethics policies.
Article Processing Charges
The Journal of Fauna Biodiversity (JFB) does not charge authors any submission, article processing, or publication fees.
Proofs
Following acceptance and production, electronic proofs will be sent in PDF format to the corresponding author for verification.
Authors should carefully check the proofs for typographical and production errors. Substantial changes to the manuscript are normally not permitted at the proof stage unless approved by the Editor.
Authors are requested to return all proof corrections in a single communication within the period specified by the journal.