Guide to Authors
Submissions
for the journal are open
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Manuscript Types
Research Articles
High quality, short format, research or review articles that undergo blind
review by 2–3 peer experts:
- About 5000 words*, excluding references and figure captions
- About 5 full-color figures and/or tables
*We
encourage authors to utilize the minimum number of words needed to
thoroughly report their scientific work. TSR Research Articles, therefore,
may range from a few thousand up to ~5000 words, but strict adherence to
word count is not necessary. Similarly, strict adherance to the number of
figures is not necessary either. If you have questions about whether or
not your manuscript would be classified as “short format”, please
reach out to the
editors, as we do not consider full length manuscripts.
Early Research Advances (ERA)
High
quality but early stage research, meant to share preliminary results,
data-driven hypotheses, or to broadly reach out to the community with
important results that otherwise would not be published*; ERA articles do
undergo blind review by 2–3 peer experts, but we clearly state the
guidelines and scope for these articles in reviewer solicitations:
- Up to ~2500 words, excluding references and figure captions
- Up to 2 full-color figures and/or tables
*We
originally envisioned this type of article to facilitate dissemination of
data from student theses or studies that produced interesting results but
did not necessarily fit into a broader narrative warranting a full-length
or short-format research article. However, this article type has been
somewhat controversial, depending on reviewer expectations. Please reach
out to before submitting ERA articles if you have
any questions regarding the scope and appropriateness.
Editorials
TSR also
occasionally publishes non-peer reviewed opinion-based articles related to
Earth Sciences. These are generally invited, but feel free to reach out to if you have an idea for an editorial.
Manuscript
Formatting
The
manuscript may be prepared using the authors’ preference of MS Word or
Google Docs with figures and captions embedded within the text file to
facilitate a more convenient reviewer experience. However, upon acceptance,
we will request that each figure and table is individually uploaded as a
separate file to facilitate more convenient typesetting of the manuscript.
Text
style:
- MS
Word or Google Docs format preferred (not PDF)
- Double-spaced
(abstract, text, references, figure captions)
- Serif-style
font, size 11, black typeface only
- Include
page numbers and line numbers
A
title page, listing the authors and their affiliations should come first
followed by the abstract and text.
Headings
and subheadings should not be numbered; the following heading styles are
preferred:
First-order headings: BOLD
CAPITALS; second-order headings: Bold,
lower-case letters; third-order headings: Italic,
bold, lower-case letters
Citations
in the text should be listed with author name and date, for example,
Lester (2010). Multiple citations should be listed chronologically (e.g.,
Lester 2010; Anderson et al. 2011; Lee and Riding 2018).
The reference list should come after the manuscript text.
Figure captions belong with the figures, and these should be embedded
within the text.
Reference
List Formatting*
Because
we typeset articles using LaTeX, reference formatting is merely a
convenience for reviewers and not something that should be
anxiety-inducing.
Algeo, T.J., Lyons, T.W., Blakey, R.C., and Over, D.J., 2007, Hydrographic
conditions of the Devono-Carboniferous North American seaway inferred from
sedimentary Mo–TOC relationships. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeoecology, v. 256, p. 204–230. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.035.
Sonnenberg,
S. A., Theloy, C., and H. Jin, 2017, The giant continuous oil accumulation
in the Bakken Petroleum System, U.S. Williston Basin. In, Merrill, R.K.
and Sternbach, C.A. (Eds.), Giant Fields of the Decade 2000–2010,
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 113, Tulsa, p.
91–120. doi: 10.1306/13572002M113508.
Berner,
R.A., 2004, The Phanerozoic carbon cycle: CO2 and O2. Oxford University
Press, Oxford, 150 p.
Browne,
T. N., Malkowski, M.A., Hofmann, M.H., and Sperling, E.A., 2019, Redox
geochemical study of the Devonian-Carboniferous Sappington Formation,
Southwest Montana: paleoenvironmental conditions in the Sappington
Formation and comparison to the Bakken Formation. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, 51/5. doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-340964.
Ettensohn,
F.R., Lierman, R.T., and Mason, C.E., 2009, Upper Devonian–Lower
Mississippian clastic rocks in Northeastern Kentucky: evidence for Acadian
alpine glaciation and models for source-rock and reservoir rock
development in the Eastern United States. American Institute of
Professional Geologists—Kentucky Section Spring Field Trip April 18,
2009, 63 p.
*The
inclusion of a separate Bibtex file (.bib) is greatly appreciated but not
necessary.
Figure
Formatting
Formatting:
Images need to be prepared at print resolution (at least 300 dpi for their
anticipated size). Maximum width for figures in portrait orientation is
about 18cm; in rare cases, landscape-oriented figures will be accepted
with a maximum width of 24cm.
PDF or EPS figure formats are preferred; if this is not possible, JPG is
the best choice for photos, whereas PNG is the best choice for diagrams.
Labels:
Figure labels need to be capitalized (A, B, C, etc.), and should be placed
in the upper left corner of the figure.
Use clear, sans serif typeface (e.g., Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica); all
lettering should be at least 1 mm height after reduction.
Supplementary
Material
The
Sedimentary Record supports the publication of supplementary material on
the website links.
Authors are encouraged to submit supplementary material that may not be
easily accommodated in print format (due to space limitations). These
supplementary materials could include, but are not limited to:
supplementary methods and discussions, large data tables, color graphics,
video, applications, or interactive tools. Preferred file formats include:
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), MS Word document (.doc, .docx), MS Excel spreadsheet
(.xls, .xlsx), digital images (.jpg, .jpeg, .gif), QuickTime movie (.mov),
or MPEG/MPG animation (.mpg, .mp4, .mp3).
Publication
Typesetting
Draft
manuscripts will be sent to reviewers in the format received by the
authors (MS Word or Google Doc preferred – not PDF). However, the final
publication will be typeset using LaTeX. The editors of TSR prepare
articles for publication as an act of volunteer service to the society and
appreciate your help in making the typesetting process more efficient. If
you are familiar with LaTeX formatting and would like to submit your
article as a .tex file, please contact Jenn
Pickering or Jeong-Hyun
Lee for the relevant formatting files.
Submission
Deadlines
TSR currently
publishes continuously online. There are no deadlines associated with
manuscript submission. We aim to keep the peer review process under 6
weeks from submission, and the publication of an accepted article
generally occurs within 2 week of receiving the final revised manuscript.
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