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Instruction to Authors

The Jordan Journal of Natural History (JJNH) is an open access international scientific journal publishing original research and reviews in nature history in its broadest sense. This is taken to include conservation biology, botany, geology, paleontology, zoology, and ecology, including a broad range of systematics papers encompassing traditional taxonomic revisions and descriptions, cladistics analyses and molecular phylogenetic. The Jordan Journal of Natural History is published by the Nature Conservation Monitoring Centre at the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Jordan.

Type of Manuscript

The journal publishes high-quality original scientific papers, short communications, correspondence, methodology and case studies. Review articles are usually by invitation only. However, review articles of current interest and high standards will be considered. Manuscripts, or the essence of their content, must be previously unpublished and should not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal. The authors should also declare if any similar work has been submitted to or published by another journal. They should also declare that it has not been submitted/published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. The authors should also declare that the paper is the original work of the author(s) and not copied (in whole or in part) from any other work. All papers will automatically be checked for duplicate publication and plagiarism. If detected, appropriate action will be taken in accordance with International Ethical Guideline. By virtue of the submitted manuscript, the corresponding author acknowledges that all the co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript. The corresponding author should provide all co-authors with information regarding the manuscript, and obtain their approval before submitting any revisions. Electronic submission of manuscripts strongly recommended, if the text, tables and figures are included in a single Microsoft Word file. Submit manuscript as e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at [email protected]. After submission, a manuscript number will be communicated to the corresponding author.

Peer-Review Process

It is requested to submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of at least 4-6 potential reviewers. It is the sole right of the editor to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers to be used. The reviewers’ comments will be sent to authors within 6-8 weeks after submission. Manuscripts and figures for review will not be returned to authors whether the editorial board decision is to accept, revise, or reject. All Case Reports and Short Communication must include at least one table and/or one figure.

Manuscript Format

Title Page

The title page should include concise title; a short running title, author(s) full name(s), affiliation, complete postal address, e-mail addresses, (phone, and fax numbers if available) of the author to whom all correspondence should be addressed. The title page should include concise title; a short running title, author(s) full name(s), affiliation, complete postal address, e-mail addresses, (phone, and fax numbers if available) of the author to whom all correspondence should be addressed.

Abstract

An abstract not exceeding 300 words, summarized account of the subject, results and conclusions should be given

Keywords

Three to seven keywords should be included for each paper. Use of abbreviations should be avoided, only standard abbreviations, well known in the established area may be used, if appropriate. These keywords will be used for indexing.

Introduction

Should include a short introduction to the background, a brief literature survey, the scope and aim of the work done

Materials and Methods

Give adequate information to allow the experiment to be reproduced. Already published methods should be mentioned with references. Significant modifications of published methods and new methods should be described in detail. Subheading can be used.

Results

Results should be concise and should not include discussions. Text, tables and figures should not duplicate the same information. Newly described taxa must be distinguished from related taxa. For newly described species, the holotype should be deposited and numbered in a recognized museum.

Discussion

Concise discussion without repeating the results with the significance of the present work should be provided. Citations should be given in support of the findings.

Acknowledgment

A brief acknowledgment section may be given after the conclusion section just before the references. The acknowledgment of people who provided assistance in manuscript preparation, funding for research, etc. should be listed in this section.

References

References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Every reference referred in the text must be also present in the reference list and vice versa. In the text, a reference identified by means of an author’s name should be followed by the year of publication in parentheses (e.g. (Brown, 2020). For two authors, both authors’ names followed by the year of publication (e.g. (Nelson & Brown, 2017). When there are more than two authors all authors should be listed separated by and before the last author as in (Amer, Z., Katebeth, A. and Hamidan, N. A. (2019) When two or more works of an author has been published during the same year, the reference should be identified by the letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc., placed after the year of publication. This should be followed both in the text and reference list. e.g., Hilly, (2002a, 2002b); Hilly and Nelson, (2004). Articles in preparation or submitted for publication, unpublished observations, personal communications, etc. should not be included in the reference list but should only be mentioned in the article text (e.g., Al-Eisawi D. M, University of Jordan, personal communication). Titles of journals must be given in full according to the latest edition of the World List of Scientific Periodicals. The author is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the references and for their correct textual citation. Failure to do so may result in the paper being withdraw from the evaluation process.

Reference Style

Journal Article

Ogunseitan, O A. 1998. Protein method for investigating mercuric reductase gene expression in aquatic environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 64 (2): 695-702.


Rabia, B and Attum O. 2018. Shoreline encounter and stranding rates of cetanceans and loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in North Sinai, Egypt. Jordan Journal of Natural History, 5 (1): 75-78.

Hamidan, NA, Geiger, MF and Freyhof, J. 2014. Garra jordanica, a new species from the Dead Sea basin with remarks on the relationship of G. ghorensis, G. tibanica and G. rufa (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (3): 223-236.

Book

Brown WY and White SR. 1985. The Elements of Style, 3rd ed. MacMillan, New York.

Book Chapter

Mettam, GR and Adams, L B. 2010. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones, B S and Smith, R Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Netherlands, Pp. 281–304.

Conferences and Meetings

Embabi, N. S. 1990. Environmental Aspects of Distribution of Mangrove in the United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the First ASWAS Conference. University of the United Arab Emirates. Al- Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Figures and Tables

It is in the author’s interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the file. Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application. All figures and tables must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2) and their position should be indicated in the text. In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)). Tables should be numbered using Arabic numerals. Both black and white and colored photographs are accepted. However, these photographs need to be of high quality, and minimum of 300 dpi resolution. They should not to be submitted within the text, but as a separate attachment with a file name refers to the figure location within the text (e.g Figure 1).

Manuscript Style

Times New Roman font size 12 should be used. Lines should be doubled spaced. Titles and subtitles should be bold, font size 14, with first word and proper nouns cap only, and paragraphs should be indented. After final acceptance of the manuscript, the author(s) should sign a copyright form for the journal. No page charges are due for publishing in the journal.

Disclaimer

DisclaimerArticles, communication, or editorials published by JJNH represent the sole opinions of the authors. The publisher shoulders no responsibility or liability what so ever for the use or misuse of the information published by JJNH.

Authorship Policy

A statement should be provided during the submission process outlining their individual contributions of all authors to the paper and will appear above the acknowledgement section of the published paper. Any changes in authorship prior to or after publication must be agreed upon by all authors, including those being added or removed. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to obtain confirmation from all co-authors and to provide evidence of this to the editorial office with a full explanation about why the change was necessary.