Checklist for authors
✓ Have you noticed the SALAMANDRA regulations concerning publication fees and do you agree with these?
✓ Is the content of the manuscript covered by the journal scope?
✓ Has the English language been checked by a native speaker or professional?
✓ Have you suggested at least 3 potential and suitable reviewers for the peer-review process, which are not very close collaborators?
✓ Does the chosen text format agree with either the Major Article category or the Correspondence category as required by Salamandra?
✓ Has only one corresponding author been labelled?
✓ Do the key words provide additional information to the title, not a repetition of it?
✓ Are headings and subheadings properly indicated?
✓ Are all scientific species and genus names in italics, but no other words?
✓ Have large tables or extensive data been formatted and presented as supplementary files?
✓ Is all literature cited in the text listed in "References" and vice versa?
✓ Does the format of your reference list correspond with the style and standards you have identified from a current SALAMANDRA issue?
✓ Are collection numbers and localities of voucher specimens mentioned properly?
✓ Have necessary permits been mentioned and listed in acknowledgements?
✓ In case of taxonomic novelties or changes involved, has the work been pre-registered at ZooBank and the LSID been provided?
✓ Do figures appear in order 1, 2, 3, 4… throughout the text (not 1, 2, 4, 3…)?
✓ Is text within the figures and graphs large enough and still readable even when reduced to column width?
✓ Did you save all figures in the required minimum size and resolution (minimum 170 mm width at 300 dpi)?
⇒ Provide a MS Word file of the manuscript in *.docx format
⇒ Use 1.5 lines spacing, Times, font size 12 pt
⇒ Use 2.5 cm space at all margins
⇒ Use British (preferred) or American English, but be consisten with one of the two options
⇒ Do not use syllabifications
⇒ Do not use double or more spacing between words and after sentences
⇒ Do not capitalize first letters of words in title, headings and subheadings
⇒ Use Small Captitals for authors' and person names – if you do not have an option for small capitals, use usual types only (NEVER use CAPITALS)
⇒ Never use numbers or abbreviations in the beginning of a sentences: “Twenty”, not “20”; “Lacerta”, not “L.”.
⇒ If you use special characters (e.g. from other languages) or symbols, these shall be indicated on the first manuscript page
⇒ Do not use a comma between author(s) and year in citations, except when they are author(s) of a taxon
⇒ Do not use academic titles (e.g. Dr., Prof.) in Acknowledgements
⇒ At initial submission, do not submit figures as separate files, but include them in low resolution in the manuscript file
⇒ In References, spell out full journal titles, no abbreviations please