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Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology

Publisher: Academic Journals Inc., USA

Guide to Authors

General Format

Before submission of the new manuscript authors should consider the following general rules for preparation of the manuscript. Please read these instructions carefully and follow the guidelines strictly.

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 Fonts: Important – Use Times or Times New Roman 12 point size only (other sizes as specified), and Symbol font for mathematical symbols (in the text and in the figures).
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 Justification should be set to full (or left only, if preferred).
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 Do not underline: Use italics, bold or bold italics instead.
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 Line spacing should be set at 2 (Double).
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 Leave a line space between paragraphs and sections.
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 Leave a line space between section titles and text.
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 Leave only one space after a full stop.

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 Manuscripts must be typed on A4 (210 × 297 mm) paper, double-spaced throughout and with ample margins of at least 2.5 cm. All pages must be numbered consecutively. Starting with the title page as p.1, the text, which begins with p.2, is to be arranged in the following order: abstract, brief introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, references, figure legends, tables.
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 The first page of the full manuscript must begin with the title of the paper centered on the page in 14 point Bold Title Case (title case means first letter of each main word capitalized), the names of the authors (Initials – followed by a period each – Family Name) with the main author’s name mentioned first, the names and locations of the authors’ affiliations (Title Case), and the e-mail address of the main author. The title page must provide the title in English, a short title of not more than 45 characters (including spaces) to be used as running head, up to five topical key words in English for subject indexing, the full postal address of the corresponding author to whom proofs will be sent. The title should be brief and should indicate the species studied. Subtitles are not encouraged.
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 The abstract should not exceed 250 words, should be one paragraph and should be free of references and abbreviations. It should indicate clearly the scope and main conclusions of the paper.
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 The introduction should give the pertinent background to the study and should explain why the work was done.
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 The materials and methods (or methodology) should give essential details, including experimental design and statistical analysis.
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 The results should present the findings of the research. They should be free from discussion. Results should be written in the past tense.
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 The discussion should cover, but not simply repeat the new findings and should present the author's results in broader context of other work on the subject interpreting them with a minimum of speculation.
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 The acknowledgements should be as brief as possible.