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Title: Word Template File for Earth, Planets and Space
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Author #1: full name, institutional address, email address
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Author #2: full name, institutional address, email address
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Author #3: full name, institutional address, email address
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Author #4: full name, institutional address, email address
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Indicate the corresponding author
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Please note that EPS does not allow changing the author list after the submission.
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Version 20140917
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Abstract
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The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 350 words. Please minimize the use of
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abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract. Below are guideline summaries.
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If you are submitting your article to “letters” or to “frontier letters”, the entire
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manuscript should not exceed 11,000 words. Each figure or table not exceeding one A4
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page equals 500 words. For example, if you have a manuscript with 4,500 words, four
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figures and one table, the total equivalent number of words is 4,500 + (4+1) *500 =
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7,000. There is no explicit limit on the length of articles submitted for “full papers” and
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“technical reports”.
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Currently, Earth, Planets and Space can only accept manuscripts written in English.
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Spelling should be US English or British English, but not a mixture.
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Figures should be provided as separate files, not embedded in the text file. Each figure
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should include a single illustration and should fit on a single page in portrait format. In
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contrast, tables should be embedded in the text file. Please do not upload your tables as
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additional files (supplementary files), if your tables are parts of the main manuscript.
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Keywords
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Three to ten keywords representing the main content of the article.
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Background (or Introduction)
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The Background section should be written in a way that is accessible to researchers
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without specialist knowledge in that area and must clearly state - and, if helpful,
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illustrate - the background to the research and its aims. The section should end with a
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brief statement of what is being reported in the article.
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For citing a reference, please follow “Basic Springer Reference Style”. For example,
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Miller (1998a), Miller and Smith (2001), Miller et al. (1999) are for papers with one,
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two and more than two authors. You may also write the citations like this (Miller 1998a,
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b; Miller and Smith 2001; Miller et al. 1999).
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Figures should be uploaded as separate files and should not be embedded in the
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manuscript. A figure is referenced as “Figure 1”. In contrast, tables must be embedded
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in the manuscript file as below (Table 1). If you upload your table files as “additional
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files”, they will not appear in the final PDF version.
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Year
Authors
Title of the paper
2012
Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka,
Development of a portable
Tomohisa Uchida, Manobu
assembly-type cosmic-ray muon
Tanaka, Hiroshi Shinohara, and
module for measuring the density
Hideaki Taira
structure of a column of magma
Toshiaki Mishima, Tetsuro
Changes to magnetic minerals caused
Hirono, Norihiro Nakamura,
by frictional heating during the 1999
2011
Wataru Tanikawa, Wonn Soh, and Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake
Sheng-Rong Song
2009
Thomas Hobiger, Ryuichi
Ray-traced troposphere slant delays
Ichikawa, Tomoji Takasu,
for precise point positioning
Yasuhiro Koyama, and Tetsuro
Kondo
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Table .1 Recent recipients of the EPS award.
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Methods
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The methods section should include the design of the study, the type of materials
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involved, a clear description of all comparisons, and the type of analysis used, to enable
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replication.
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For further details of the journal's data-release policy, see the policy section in 'About
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this journal'.
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Results and Discussion
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The Results and discussion may be combined into a single section or presented
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separately. The Results and discussion sections may also be broken into subsections
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with short, informative headings.
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Conclusions
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This should state clearly the main conclusions of the research and give a clear
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explanation of their importance and relevance. Summary illustrations may be included.
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List of abbreviations
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If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use, and a
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list of abbreviations can be provided, which should precede the competing interests and
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authors' contributions.
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Competing interests
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A competing interest exists when your interpretation of data or presentation of
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information may be influenced by your personal or financial relationship with other
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people or organizations. Authors must disclose any financial competing interests; they
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should also reveal any non-financial competing interests that may cause them
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embarrassment were they to become public after the publication of the manuscript.
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Authors' contributions
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In order to give appropriate credit to each author of a paper, the individual contributions
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of authors to the manuscript should be specified in this section.
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Authors' information
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You may choose to use this section to include any relevant information about the
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author(s) that may aid the reader's interpretation of the article, and understand the
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standpoint of the author(s). This may include details about the authors' qualifications,
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current positions they hold at institutions or societies, or any other relevant background
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information. Please refer to authors using their initials. Note this section should not be
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used to describe any competing interests.
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Acknowledgements
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Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the article by making substantial
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contributions to conception, design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of
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data, or who was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for
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important intellectual content, but who does not meet the criteria for authorship. Please
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also include the source(s) of funding for each author, and for the manuscript preparation.
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Authors must describe the role of the funding body, if any, in design, in the collection,
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analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision
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to submit the manuscript for publication. Please also acknowledge anyone who
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contributed materials essential for the study. If a language editor has made significant
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revision of the manuscript, we recommend that you acknowledge the editor by name,
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where possible.
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Authors should obtain permission to acknowledge from all those mentioned in the
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Acknowledgements section.
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Endnotes
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Endnotes should be designated within the text using a superscript lowercase letter and
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all notes (along with their corresponding letter) should be included in the Endnotes
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section. Please format this section in a paragraph rather than a list.
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References
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Examples of the Earth, Planets and Space reference style as below.
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Article within a journal
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Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med
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965:325-329
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Article by DOI (with page numbers)
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Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine
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production. J Mol Med 78:74-80. doi:10.1007/s001090000086.
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Article by DOI (before issue publication and with page numbers)
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Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine
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production. J Mol Med. doi:10.1007/s001090000086
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Article in electronic journal by DOI (no paginated version)
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Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine
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production. Dig J Mol Med. doi:10.1007/s801090000086
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Journal issue with issue editor
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Smith J (ed) (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126-233
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Journal issue with no issue editor
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Mod Genomics J (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126-233
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Book chapter, or an article within a book
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Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern
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genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York
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Complete book, authored
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South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
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Complete book, edited
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Smith J, Brown B (eds) (2001) The demise of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
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Complete book, also showing a translated edition [Either edition may be listed first.]
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Adorno TW (1966) Negative Dialektik. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt. English edition: Adorno
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TW (1973) Negative Dialectics (trans: Ashton EB). Routledge, London
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Chapter in a book in a series without volume titles
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Schmidt H (1989) Testing results. In: Hutzinger O (ed) Handbook of environmental
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chemistry, vol 2E. Springer, Heidelberg, p 111
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Chapter in a book in a series with volume titles
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Smith SE (1976) Neuromuscular blocking drugs in man. In: Zaimis E (ed)
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Neuromuscular junction. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, vol 42. Springer,
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Heidelberg, pp 593-660
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OnlineFirst chapter in a series (without a volume designation but with a DOI)
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Saito, Yukio, and Hyuga, Hiroyuki. (2007) Rate equation approaches to amplification of
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enantiomeric excess and chiral symmetry breaking. Topics in Current Chemistry.
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doi:10.1007/128_2006_108.
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Proceedings as a book (in a series and subseries)
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Zowghi D (1996) A framework for reasoning about requirements in evolution. In: Foo
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N, Goebel R (eds) PRICAI'96: topics in artificial intelligence. 4th Pacific Rim
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conference on artificial intelligence, Cairns, August 1996. Lecture notes in computer
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science (Lecture notes in artificial intelligence), vol 1114. Springer, Heidelberg, p 157
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Article within conference proceedings with an editor (without a publisher)
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Aaron M (1999) The future of genomics. In: Williams H (ed) Proceedings of the
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genomic researchers, Boston, 1999
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Article within conference proceedings without an editor (without a publisher)
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Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid
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deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. In: Abstracts of the 3rd international
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symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin,
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Madison, 4-9 June 1978
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Article presented at a conference
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Chung S-T, Morris RL (1978) Isolation and characterization of plasmid
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deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. Paper presented at the 3rd
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international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of
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Wisconsin, Madison, 4-9 June 1978
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Patent
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Norman LO (1998) Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998
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Dissertation
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Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California
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Book with institutional author
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International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee (1966) Nomina anatomica.
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Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam
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In press article
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Major M (2007) Recent developments. In: Jones W (ed) Surgery today. Springer,
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Dordrecht (in press)
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Online document
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Doe J (1999) Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their
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effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. Available via DIALOG.
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http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 Jan 1999
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Online database
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Healthwise Knowledgebase (1998) US Pharmacopeia, Rockville.
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http://www.healthwise.org. Accessed 21 Sept 1998
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Supplementary material/private homepage
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Doe J (2000) Title of supplementary material. http://www.privatehomepage.com.
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Accessed 22 Feb 2000
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University site
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Doe J (1999) Title of preprint. http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/mydata.html. Accessed 25
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FTP site
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Doe J (1999) Trivial HTTP, RFC2169. ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2169.txt. Accessed
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Organization site
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ISSN International Centre (2006) The ISSN register. http://www.issn.org. Accessed 20
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Feb 2007
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Preparing illustrations and figures
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Illustrations should be provided as separate files, not embedded in the text file. Each
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figure should include a single illustration and should fit on a single page in portrait
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format. If a figure consists of separate parts, it is important that a single composite
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illustration file be submitted which contains all parts of the figure. There is no charge
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for the use of color figures.
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Please read our figure preparation guidelines for detailed instructions on maximising the
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quality of your figures.
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Formats
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The following file formats can be accepted:
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PDF (preferred format for diagrams)
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DOCX/DOC (single page only)
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PPTX/PPT (single slide only)
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EPS
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PNG (preferred format for photos or images)
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Figure legends
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The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file at the end of the
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document, rather than being a part of the figure file. For each figure, the following
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information should be provided: Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals -
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i.e. Figure 1, 2, 3 etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words); detailed legend, up to
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300 words.
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Please note that it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from
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the copyright holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been
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published elsewhere.
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Preparing tables
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Each table should be numbered and cited in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table
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1, 2, 3 etc.). Tables should also have a title (above the table) that summarizes the whole
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table; it should be no longer than 15 words. Detailed legends may then follow, but they
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should be concise. Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
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These will be typeset and displayed in the final published form of the article. Such
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tables should be formatted using the 'Table object' in a word processing program to
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ensure that columns of data are kept aligned when the file is sent electronically for
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review; this will not always be the case if columns are generated by simply using tabs to
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separate text. Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct by ensuring
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that the borders of each cell display as black lines. Commas should not be used to
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indicate numerical values. Color and shading may not be used; parts of the table can be
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highlighted using symbols or bold text, the meaning of which should be explained in a
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table legend. Tables should not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Larger datasets or tables too wide for a portrait page can be uploaded separately as
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additional files. Additional files will not be displayed in the final, laid-out PDF of the
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article, but a link will be provided to the files as supplied by the author.
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Tabular data provided as additional files can be uploaded as an Excel spreadsheet (.xls )
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or comma separated values (.csv). As with all files, please use the standard file
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extensions.
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Preparing additional files
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Although Earth, Planets and Space does not restrict the length and quantity of data
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included in an article, we encourage authors to provide datasets, tables, movies, or other
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information as additional files.
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Please note: All Additional files will be published along with the article. Do not
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include files such as patient consent forms, certificates of language editing, or revised
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versions of the main manuscript document with tracked changes. Such files should be
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sent by email to editorial@earth-planets-space.com, quoting the Manuscript ID number.
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Results that would otherwise be indicated as "data not shown" can and should be
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included as additional files. Since many weblinks and URLs rapidly become
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broken, Earth, Planets and Space requires that supporting data are included as
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additional files, or deposited in a recognized repository. Please do not link to data on a
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personal/departmental website. The maximum file size for additional files is 20 MB
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each, and files will be virus-scanned on submission.
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Additional files can be in any format, and will be downloadable from the final published
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article as supplied by the author. We recommend CSV rather than PDF for tabular data.
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Certain supported files formats are recognized and can be displayed to the user in the
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browser. These include most movie formats (for users with the Quicktime plugin),
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mini-websites prepared according to our guidelines, chemical structure files (MOL,
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PDB), geographic data files (KML).
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If additional material is provided, please list the following information in a separate
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section of the manuscript text:
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(including name and a URL of an appropriate viewer if format is unusual)
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Additional files should be named "Additional file 1" and so on and should be referenced
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explicitly by file name within the body of the article, e.g. 'An additional movie file
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shows this in more detail [see Additional file 1]'.
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Additional file formats
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Ideally, file formats for additional files should not be platform-specific, and should be
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viewable using free or widely available tools. The following are examples of suitable
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As with figure files, files should be given the standard file extensions.
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Mini-websites
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Small self-contained websites can be submitted as additional files, in such a way that
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they will be browsable from within the full text HTML version of the article. In order to
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do this, please follow these instructions:
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1. Create a folder containing a starting file called index.html (or index.htm) in the
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2. Put all files necessary for viewing the mini-website within the folder, or
sub-folders.
3. Ensure that all links are relative (ie "images/picture.jpg" rather than
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"/images/picture.jpg" or "http://yourdomain.net/images/picture.jpg" or
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"C:¥Documents and Settings¥username¥My
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Documents¥mini-website¥images¥picture.jpg") and no link is longer than 255
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characters.
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4. Access the index.html file and browse around the mini-website, to ensure that
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the most commonly used browsers (Internet Explorer and Firefox) are able to
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view all parts of the mini-website without problems, it is ideal to check this on a
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different machine.
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5. Compress the folder into a ZIP, check the file size is under 20 MB, ensure that
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index.html is in the root of the ZIP, and that the file has .zip extension, then
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submit as an additional file with your article.
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For further details, please refer to the following web pages.
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http://www.earth-planets-space.com/authors/instructions/fullpaper
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http://www.earth-planets-space.com/authors/instructions/frontierletter
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http://www.earth-planets-space.com/authors/instructions/letter
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http://www.earth-planets-space.com/authors/instructions/technicalreport