Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available and appropriate, DOIs or URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is double-spaced throughout; uses at least a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end of the text.
- You have used line numbers throughout your submitted manuscript to assist reviewers with their work. You have included page numbers on all pages.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
Natural History & Observations
Natural history observations are short – typically about two pages maximum – pieces outlining entomological observations such as (but not exclusively) insect outbreaks, population collapses, observations in unexpected locations, novel behaviors, etc.
The purpose of these papers will be to record potentially important phenomena – that may otherwise be overlooked – for the use of future researchers. Papers of this sort were common in many of the earlier years of the journal, and we feel that they still have a place, particularly as we move further into the Anthropocene.
Natural History and Observations pieces will be subject to peer review. While not necessarily required, pieces that supply photographic, video, audio, two-witness, voucher specimens, and/or other rigorous evidence of the observation will be more likely to be accepted.
Photographs will be included in the journal. Video, audio, or other such files should be deposited in a DOI-based repository (such as figshare, Dryad, or an institutional repository) with the DOI noted in the written piece. Voucher specimens should be deposited in recognized musuems with a notation to that effect in the text.
The JESBC encourages entomologists and other naturalists working in British Columbia and the surrounding jurisdictions to consider submitting their observations as part of the long term record of our regional entomological natural history.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with the Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
