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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 work has not been previously published or submitted for consideration to any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the editor).
  • The manuscript follows the mandatory sections for article type or the structure for short notes.
  • The sent file is in Microsoft Word format.
  • The text of the manuscript is double-spaced and the number of pages do not exceed 20 (except in very specific cases). The font used is standard, with a size of 12 points.
  • The manuscript pages and lines are continuously numbered.
  • Tables and figures are sent on separate pages.
  • The captions of tables and figures are included at the end of the manuscript and written in both languages (that of the manuscript and that used for the summary).
  • Tables are in Microsoft Word table format and written in the language of the manuscript.
  • Verify the correct use of commas and periods in decimal numbers, according to the language.
  • Check the texts in the figures have an acceptable size and are in the same language of the manuscript.
  • The names of taxa and syntaxa appear in italics and are followed by the name of the author when they are first used in the text
  • All the material examined is cited in the manuscript, as well as the herbarium / herbaria where the sheets were deposited. In case of publication of new taxa, a sheet of the type must be sent to the MGC Herbarium.
  • Citations in the text follow the recommendations of the author's guide and the references are presented according to the APA 2019 6th version bibliographic style norms. Whenever possible, URLs must be provided.
  • The corresponding author agrees to include the names, surnames and affiliations of all authors in the submitted manuscript, as well as all emails and ORCID codes (if available) in the platform metadata. All authors must be previously registered on the journal platform.

Author Guidelines

Acta Botanica Malacitana publishes, on an annual basis, original articles related to any field of Botany and Mycology.

The authors are responsible for the fact that the data included in the articles submitted have not been previously published in any scientific journal.

The manuscripts will be sent through the online platform of Acta Botanica Malacitana available at the following address: http://www.revistas.uma.es/index.php/abm

In order to process the sending of new manuscripts, it will be necessary to register previously on this platform at the following link: http://www.revistas.uma.es/index.php/abm/user/register

 

The entire process of sending, reviewing and publishing will be done online. Therefore, authors can track the status of their manuscripts at any time. Authors will indicate, where appropriate, the fixed section in which they wish to include their work: Articles Section or Notes Section (taxonomic, chorological, historical, ecological, phytosociological, biogeographic, etc.). The final decision regarding the inclusion in one of the two sections will depend on the Editorial Committee, as well as the advisors.

 

The manuscripts may be written in Spanish, English or French, provided that the following indications regarding the language are followed. The manuscript must be sent in text format (preferably Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer), never in PDF format. Therefore, the reviewers can highlight and control the changes when making modifications. Authors must use double spacing and the number of pages must not exceed 20 (except special cases). Pages and line must be numbered from the first to the last one. A standard font (Arial, Times New Roman, Symbol, Helvetica, Times) and a size of 12 points should be used. All figures and tables must be cited in the text and numbered consecutively in order of citation. Title, summary, keywords, as well as the captions of figures and tables, must be sent in two languages, at least one of which will be English.

 

 

Manuscripts sent to the Articles Section (standard format of scientific article) should be organized in the following sections: title, authors and affiliation (specifying the author for correspondence), summary (maximum 250 words), keywords, introduction, objectives, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments and bibliography.


Manuscripts sent to the Notes Section will not necessarily follow this structure (see articles published in previous issues). This section is devoted to short articles on taxonomic, chorological, historical studies, etc. that can complete a previous investigation and / or do not justify the publication of a complete article. It requires a title, keywords and a brief summary (maximum of 100 words), objectives explanation and the main result of such note.

 

In both sections, figures and tables, together with their respective captions (written in the two languages used), should (each one) be placed on separate pages at the end of the document. The texts, numbers or symbols contained in the figures (mainly graphics and maps) should keep a sufficient size in order to avoid the need to increase the image on the screen. Tables must always be made in Microsoft Word table format, situated at the end of the manuscript, numbered and accompanied by their respective caption (above) and symbology or annotations (below). Black and white and colour photographs at high resolution (300 dots per inch) may be included, which must be in png or tiff format. Figure files must be sent to the journal platform (one png or tiff file per figure), even if these are included at the end of the manuscript.

 

Phytosociological tables and syntaxonomic schemes should follow the model presented in the latest volumes of the journal.

 

Names of the taxa and syntaxa should appear in italics, followed by the name of the author when they are first used in the text. In the manuscript, the examined material must be mentioned, as well as the herbarium / herbaria where the sheets of the material studied were deposited. In case of publication of a new taxa, a sheet of the type material of the taxon must be sent to the MGC Herbarium whose herbarium number will be required in the final publication of the article. The sending of this type may be omitted in duly justified situations.

 

Citations in the text will follow the format indicated below, depending on the number of authors: Aedo (2018), (Aedo, 2018), Winterfell & Devesa (2013), (Winterfell & Devesa, 2013), Tyberghein et al. (1991), (Tyberghein et al., 1991), (Ramírez et al., 1991; Tyberghein et al., 2012).

 

Bibliography will be alphabetically sorted and will be written as follow in accordance with the APA 2019 Version 6 standards.In all cases, regardless of the number of authors, the symbol "&" and not "y" will be used before the last author:

 

  • Journal article:
    • Aedo, C. (2018). Ajustes nomenclaturales en Geranium L. (Geraniaceae). Acta Botanica Malacitana, 42(2), 297-298. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.24310/abm.v42i2.2750    
    • Invernón, V. & Devesa, J. (2013). Revisión taxonómica de Centaurea sect. Seridia (Juss.) DC. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Acta Botanica Malacitana, 38, 49-102. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.24310/abm.v38i0.2629
    • Tyberghein, L., Verbruggen, H., Pauly, K., Troupin, C., Mineur, F. & Clerck, O. De (2012). Bio?ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21(2), 272–281. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00656

 

  • Book: Finney, J. (1970). Time and again. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
  • Book chapter: Hemingway, E. (1999). The killers. In J. Updike & K. Kenison (Eds.), The best American short stories of the century (pp.78-80). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Online consultations: The web-bibliography will only be accepted in cases of reputable websites or online databases of a scientific nature. The name of the resource should be cited, as well as the web link and the date of consultation. Most biodiversity database websites give recommendations on how to cite their electronic resources. Practice that is advised to follow and respect. Examples:

 

    • CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico (2019). CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Colección de Plantas Vasculares (MA). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mug7kr accessed via GBIF.org on YYYY-MM-DD.
    • Anthos. [consultation year]. Sistema de información de las plantas de España. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC- Fundación Biodiversidad. Recurso electrónico en www.anthos.es. Consulta realizada en [fecha de la consulta].
    • Hassler M. (2020). World Plants: World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, [2020-01-10] Beta (Roskov Y.; Ower G.; Orrell T.; Nicolson D.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; DeWalt R.E.; Decock W.; Nieukerken E. van; Penev L.; eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.

 

For the abbreviations of the authors of the different taxa, the following sources will be used:

 

  • The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. http://www.theplantlist.org/
  • Castroviejo, S. (coord. gen.). 1986-2020. Flora iberica 1-18, 20, 21. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org
  • Kirk, P. M. & Ansell, A. E. (1992). Authors of Fungal Names (Index to Fungi Supplement). CAB International, Wallingford.

 

 

For herbaria abbreviations, "Index Herbariorum" will be used. Thiers, B. [continuously updated]. Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/.


The Editorial Committee will review, in the first instance, the subject, presentation and style of the manuscripts. Accepted manuscripts will be submitted to a peer scientific review. The reviewers will always be external to the journal's Editorial Committee. The manuscripts accepted by the reviewers will be sent to the authors for performing, if applicable, the (major or minor) modifications suggested. The modified manuscripts should be returned to the Editorial Committee within a maximum period of one month before their final acceptance.

 

Authors may suggest to the Editorial Committee the names of two possible external reviewers for their manuscript, including their affiliation, address, email and a brief justification. Members of the same research team will not be accepted as reviewers.

 

Articles

Section for sending papers with the standard format of scientific article.

Should be organized in the following sections: title, authors and affiliation (specifying the author for correspondence), summary (maximum 250 words), keywords, introduction, objectives, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments and bibliography.

Notes

This section is devoted to short articles on taxonomic, chorological, historical studies, etc. that can complete a previous investigation and / or do not justify the publication of a complete article. It requires a title, keywords and a brief summary (maximum of 100 words), objectives explanation and the main result of such note.

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a. The authors will retain their copyrights and guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 license whose full text can be found at <http: // creative commons .org / licenses / by-nc / 4.0> that allows third parties to share the work as long as its author and its first publication are indicated, and as long as it is not for commercial purposes.

b. Authors may adopt other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the version of the published paper (e.g., deposit it in an institutional telematic file or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication in this journal be indicated.

c. Authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work through the Internet (e.g., in institutional telematic archives or on their websites) before and during the submission process, which can produce interesting exchanges and increase citations of the published work. (See The effect of open access)

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