ITIS Letters - Instructions to Authors
 

Always use the latest Instructions to Authors that is available from the web site.

Each letter should be introduced by three to five keywords as well as a self-contained abstract of no more than 150 words not containing formulas. Please make sure the letter is submitted in its final form. The max length of the letter should be 2000 words. Hyperlinks can be used where possible. The main body of text may include any publicly available Web supported technologies such as movies, sound, etc. Footnotes should be avoided if possible. References should be listed alphabetically in the following order:

  1. Hyperlinks to Web documents
  2. Books
  3. Journals
  4. Refereed papers
  5. Communications and unpublished papers

Please supply a digitised photograph and a short biography of each author. This will be hyperlinked to the authors list. The biography may also include a hyperlink to authors home page.

To submit an article prepare the following:

  • Create an HTML file that contains your article with the structure that follows below. It must be a text only file. It may not exceed 2000 words.
  • Create additional files graphics, audio, etc. Use common web file formats only. Each file must be mentioned in the pubattach list in the article. Do not forget to reference to the file from within your article by using an HTML tag.
  • Check that the combined sizes of all files does not exceed 1 Mbyte.
  • Zip all the files into one Zip archive.
  • Send an e-mail to the editor, announcing your article with the Zipped file as an attachement. You should get a confirmation of receipt within one week.

File format for article submission

Text between <!-- and -->is comment, you do not have to include that in the article.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
title of the article
</TITLE>
<pubvm>
<pubauthor name="name and affiliation" >
   <!-- Enter the name and affiliation of the author.
   Use comma's to seperate items. When there are more authors,
   use semicolons to separate them.
    -->
<pubpart name=ITIS issue="1998" >
<!-- Indicates the article is for ITIS Letters-->
<pubattach name="filename" description="text file 1">
<pubattach name="filename2" description="text file 2">
    <!-- When you attach additional files with for instance
       graphics, list them here. Use one line for each file you attach.
    -->
</pubvm>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<publead>
    The 150 word abstract of the article
</publead>
<publeadshort>
    The 3-5 keywords for your article, seperated by comma's
</publeadshort>
<publeadcon>
    The CV of the author or authors.
</publeadcon>
<pubmain>
    Article main text . You can use any HTML 3 tag you need here.
</pubmain>
<pubref>
    <ol>
       <li> Reference 1
       <li> Reference 2
       <li> >...
    </ol>
</pubref>
    <!-- Give the references alphabetically and in category order
    -->
</BODY>
</HTML>