Author Guidelines
Manuscript preparation instructions for the journal “Environmental Dynamics and Global Climate Change”
- The limit volume of the manuscript depends on its type:
- Experimental works – no more than 11 pages
- Theoretical works – no more than 11 pages
- Reviews and lectures – no more than 17 pages
- Discussions – no more than 11 pages
- Reviews of books and other publications – no more than 3 pages
- Short communications – no more than 4 pages
- Personalities – no more than 3 pages
- Editorial notes – no more than 3 pages
- Chronicles – no more than 11 pages
However, at the request of the authors (with the consent of the editors, reviewers or editorial board), the volume of individual manuscripts may be increased.
- The main text of the manuscript should be typed in Word, font – Times New Roman (if necessary, Courier New font can be used for program code), line spacing – 1 (single). Page format – A4. Margins at the top, bottom, right and left should be 2 cm. The font size of the main text, footnotes and abstracts in Russian and English should be 11, 9 and 10, respectively. Text alignment should be justified. Paragraph indention should be 1 cm. The names of headings inside the manuscript should be typed in capital letters (11 font), preceded by a break in 2 lines and followed by a break in 1 line; the names of subheadings should be highlighted in bold (lowercase letters, 11 font size), preceded by a break in 1 line. If necessary, third-level headings are acceptable (they should be typed in bold italics and preceded by a break in 1 line).
Footnotes should be designated in numbers and numbered consecutively, and the text of the footnotes should be located at the bottom of the page.
In decimal fractions, a dot should be placed after the whole numbers.
Geographic coordinates should be given in a single format - in decimal degrees (without minutes and seconds).
The names of administrative units of Russian Federation in Russian (http://constitution.ru/10003000/10003000-5.htm) and English (http://constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm) languages must be given in accordance with Chapter 3 of the Constitution of Russian Federation in the latest edition.
References
Literature references in the text should be given only in Latin (for manuscripts in Cyrillic - in transliterated form) in square brackets, for example: “as V. L. Komarov stated [Komarov, 1909]”, “as stated previously [Komarov, 1909]”. If several works are cited, then they should be listed in chronological order, for example: [Karol’, 1996; Glagolev, Smagin, 2003; Ipatov et al., 2010]. If several works of the same author, published in the same year, are cited, then in the text and in the list of references these works should be specified by letter indices of the Latin alphabet, for example: Gordon, 2000a, b, c.
When citing works published in Cyrillic, the bibliographic reference should indicate the transliterated name of the author(s) of the manuscript (if there are more than two authors, then «et al.» should be placed after the name of the first author) or the first word of the title of the publication (monograph, collection, etc.), if the reference to this publication does not contain the names of authors or editors. If the publication in Russian contains transliterated names of the authors, then the aforementioned options can be used.
Examples of references in the manuscript:
[Cao et al., 1998] – to papers written by 3 or more authors;
[Arah, Stephen, 1998] – to papers written by 2 authors;
[Grant, 1998] – to papers written by 1 author;
[Sovremennye..., 1987] – to publications where neither authors nor editors are indicated (if a publication has editors, and it is required to provide a reference to the entire edition, and not to a separate paper from it, then the editors should be indicated in the reference. For example, if the editors of the collection are Orlov and Frolov, then the reference - [Orlov, Frolov, 1897]).
The manuscript should include References to all publications mentioned in the text. The exception is secondary citations. In this case, the bibliographic reference should be given in the form of a footnote indicating the publication from which it is cited, for example:
1Root H.T., McCune B. 2010. Forest floor lichen and bryophyte communities in thinned Pseudotsuga menziesii – Tsuga heterophylla forests. The Bryologist 113(3):619–630. - cited
For publications in Russian, after the author's name in transliterated form and the English bibliographic reference, the full citation in Russian should be given in square brackets (see REFERENCES FORMAT).
For the convenience of the reader (in case of interest in the cited material and willingness to turn to the original source), specific pages containing the cited information should be indicated in the reference. The pages should be separated by a comma after the year of publication (notably, in publications in English and Russian, “p.” and “c.” should be placed before the page number, respectively; if necessary, several pages can be indicated in one reference). All the above recommendations should be applied to volume editions, such as books; for short publications (for example, conference abstracts), pages may not be indicated. If it is necessary to put several references in a row, then they should be placed in historical sequence inside the same square brackets separated by a semicolon. If the course of narration in the manuscript requires deviating from the historical sequence (in particular, for pedagogical purposes), then such deviation is permitted in case of an appropriate explanation, for example
“...mathematical models of this process are easy to learn “from simple to complex”: [Run’kov, 2023; Il'yasov, Kupriyanova, 2022; Glagolev et al., 2006; Sabrekov et al., 2021]…“
Transliteration
Transliteration into Latin should be used when writing personal names, geographical names, names of administrative units, names of journals and books.
Tables
When authors provide a finalized manuscript, tables with their captions should be placed at the very end of the file - after the text of the manuscript. The names of the tables should be written in font 11, the word “Table” and its number - in bold, the font of the tables themselves – not less than 8 according to the author's choice. The table number and name should be placed above the table. In case if the table contains notes, their font size should one or two units smaller than that of the table itself, but not less than 8.
Figures/tables (color or b/w at the author's choice).
The captions should be written in 10 font size. The word “Figure” and the numbers of figures should be highlighted in bold italics. The figure numbers and captions should be placed below the figure. In a finalized manuscript provided by authors, figures/tables and their captions should be located between individual paragraphs in the text as they are mentioned and should not break the sentence.
In addition, figures must be presented in separate graphic files (one figure - one file). These graphic files must have the following names: the name of the first author of the manuscript and the figure number (for example, Ivanov_fig.1). The information in the figures should not duplicate the information available in the tables (of course, the choice of presenting information - in the form of a table or in the form of a figure - remains with the author). If the author believes that it is necessary to provide the same information both in the form of a figure and in the form of a table, then he must still place either a table or a figure in the main text of the manuscript. However, another form of presenting information can be used in the electronic appendix to the article on the journal’s website.
The numbering of tables and figures must be separate, each table/figure must have a name/caption, each table/figure must have a reference in the text of the manuscript.
The only figure/table in the text should not be numbered.
Formulas
At the authors' choice, formulas can be placed in the center or on the left in the text. If necessary, formulas can be numbered in parentheses, for example, (1), (2), ..., and the formula number is placed at the right margin of the page, in the same line as the formula itself. All quantities in formulas must be described either right before or immediately after the formula (unless they have not been described earlier in the text for previous formulas). If quantities have a dimension, then this dimension (separated by commas or in parentheses) should also be indicated using only multiplication and exponentiation. Complex formulas should be created in the formula editor.
Abbreviations
If any abbreviations are used in the manuscript, then they should be deciphered in the special section “Abbreviations used” before the “INTRODUCTION” section. Font size 9.
Dash
A hyphen (the shortest one “-” without spaces) can be used between numbers, dates, and pages in the references. To indicate a range of numbers, it is acceptable to use the “÷” sign. An dash (“–”) can be used in a sentence with spaces before and after this dash.
Quotes
Use double quotation marks when quoting: “and” for texts in English, and single quotation marks to denote terms.
Linguistics, from Lat. lingua – ‘language’ – definition.
If a Russian text is quoted, and quotation marks are already used in this text, then the quoted text should be enclosed in «», and “” should be used inside this text, for example:
As P. Coelho wrote, «The main idea of my book “The Alchemist” lies in... »
If an English phrase or terms are quoted in a Russian text, then the quoted text should be enclosed in “”, for example:
The authors call this parameter “oxidation rate”.
Italics
Italics is used in writing:
- Latin names of genera and lower taxa (for example, Bryum pseudotriquetrum).
- Latin words and expressions (eg in vitro), excluding abbreviated words (eg cf., etc.).
- Mathematical parameters denoted by Latin letters. However, there is the following specificity here: subscript and superscript characters should be written in italics only if they are indices that can take numeric values. For example, if some Ki is entered, where (i) is a subscript, then there can be two situations. If (i) can take values, for example, 1, 2, 3, then (i) should be given in italics (Ki). And if (i) is a letter from a word, for example, ‘input’, i.e. (i) cannot take any numeric values, then (i) should be written not in italics, but in regular font (Ki). K is located simply on the line, so it should be written in italics in any case. This all applies only to Latin letters; Greek letters should not be written in italics.
- Authors can use italics (and/or bold italics) to highlight some important parts of a sentence or entire most important sentences in the text of the manuscript.
Dates
Dates should be written in the following format: day.month.year (for example, 18.12.1972 or December 18, 1972). Years should never be abbreviated (eg 2003 rather than 03).
References Format
In References all literature sources are included in a single list. References to the latest scientific publications are welcome. In References the font size 9 should be used.
The Reference list is arranged in the Latin alphabet order of the authors' surnames (regardless of the language in which the paper was published) and chronologically if there are several papers by the same author.
Single-author publications must precede multi-author publications written by the same first author, regardless of date.
All authors of the cited publication should be indicated, regardless of their number.
Transliteration
Transliteration for Russian references should be performed strictly according to the transliteration standard (see above). If the Russian edition already contains transliterated surnames and initials of the authors, then these options should be taken.
The place of publication should be always indicated in full; for the place of publication, the generally accepted translation of the toponym into English rather, then transliteration should be given (for example, Moscow, not Moskva).
If the title of the paper in a publication (edition) is in English, then only this title should be given; if not, then the title of the paper should be translated into English and given together with the title in Russian that should be in square brackets.
Only full names of journals indicated in the journal itself should be used. The name of the periodical should be given in italics, in full and only in transliterated form; if the periodical has an accepted transliterated or English name, then this name should be used.
DOI for all literature sources, if available, should be indicated. DOI should begin with https://doi.org/ and must be valid - when clicking on the links, the pages of the corresponding publications on the websites must open.
Examples of formatting references, formulas, tables and figures are on the official website of the journal EDGCC.
(https://edgccjournal.org/EDGCC/about/submissions).
EXAMPLES OF REFERENCES FORMATING
Journal article:
- Charney J.G., Halem M., Jastrow R. 1969. Use of incomplete historical data to infer the present state of the atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 26: 116-120.
- Dyukarev E., Zarov E., Alekseychik P., Nijp J., Filippova N., Mammarella I., Filippov I., Bleuten W., Khoroshavin V., Ganasevich G., Meshcheryakova A., Vesala T., Lapshina E. 2021. The multiscale monitoring of peatland ecosystem carbon cycling in the middle taiga zone of Western Siberia: the Mukhrino bog case study. Land, 10(8): 824. DOI: 3390/land10080824
- Bastviken D., Cole J., Pace M., Tranvik L. 2004. Methane emissions from lakes: Dependence of lake characteristics, two regional assessments, and a global estimate // Global biogeochemical cycles, 18(4): GB4009. DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002238
- Fang H.J., Yu G.R., Cheng S.L., Zhu T.H., Wang Y.S., Yan J.H., Wang M., Cao M., Zhou M. 2010. Effects of multiple environmental factors on CO2 emission and CH4 uptake from old-growth forest soils. Biogeosciences, 7(1): 395-407. DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-395-2010
Book:
- Schofield W.B. 1992. Some common mosses of British Columbia.Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, 394 pp.
- Press W.H., Teukolsky S.A., Vetterling W.T., Flannery B.P. 1995. Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN. The Art of Scientific Computing. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge etc.
- Fahey T.J., Knapp A.K. (eds.). 2007. Principles and standards for measuring primary production. Oxford University Press.
Chapter in a book or article in a collection:
- Vitt D. H. 2007. Estimating Moss and Lichen Ground Layer Net Primary Production in Tundra, peatlands and forests. In: Principles and standards for measuring primary production, (T. Fahey, A. Knapp, eds.), pp. 82-105, Oxford University Press, New York.
- Clymo R.S., Hayward P.M. 1983. Bryophyte ecology. In: The Ecology of Sphagnum, (A.J.E. Smith, ed.), pp. 229-289, Springer, Dordrecht, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5891-3_8
Examples of references to one of the parts or volumes of a monograph published in several parts or volumes:
- Anderson D., Tannehill J.C., Pletcher R.H. Computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Vol. 1. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, New York, 599 pp.
- Landolt E., Bäumler B., Erhardt A., Hegg O., Klölzli F., Lämmler W., Nobis M., Rudmann-Maurer K., Schweingruber F. H., Theurillat J., Urmi E., Vust M., Wohlgemuth T. 2010. Flora indicativa. Ökologische Zeigerwerte und biologische Kennzeichen zur Flora der Schweiz und der Alpen, Vol. 2. Haupt Verlag, Bern etc.
Internet Document:
- Filippova N., Kosykh N. 2023. Sphagnum annual growth and primary production measurements (Mukhrino field station, West Siberia) (2018-2022). Version 1.12. Yugra State University Biological Collection (YSU BC). Occurrence dataset. URL: https://doi.org/15468/fcz7at (Last accessed 04.05.2023).
- Wickham H. 2016. ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis. Springer-Verlag, New York. URL: https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org (Last accessed 06.2023).
Example of references to an abstract and dissertation:
- Turunen J. 1999. Carbon accumulation of natural mire ecosystems in Finland – Application to boreal and subarctic mires. University of Joensuu. Publication in Sciences, 55. PhD thesis. Joensuu. 79 pp.
Examples of references to an article in a collection of scientific papers or conference proceedings:
- Dyukarev E.A. 2003. Software for plotting distribution of plant residues and peat types by depth. In: Proceedings of the Vth Siberian Meeting on Climatic-Ecological Monitoring, p. 171, TNC SB RAS, Tomsk (in Russian).
