The Veliger publishes original papers on any aspect of malacology. All authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy and originality of their papers.
Papers should include an abstract (approximately 5% of the length of the manuscript), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion. Short notes should include a one-sentence abstract. In taxonomic papers, all names of taxa must be accompanied by author and date of publication, and by a full citation in the bibliography. In papers on other subjects and in the non-taxonomic portions of taxonomic papers, author and date of names need not be accompanied by a full citation. All references to new molecular sequences must be linked to GenBank.
Each citation should consist of a complete list of authors, with initials, date of publication, full title of article of chapter, names of all editors of books, publisher and place of publication for all books, journal titles spelled out in full, volume number (and, where appropriate, issue number), and inclusive pagination. Authors must be consistent about punctuation. Every reference in the text must be accompanied by a citation in the bibliography, and all entries in the bibliography must be mentioned in the body of the paper. Authors should cross-check the bibliography with the text.
All manuscripts must be submitted as Word files, double spaced, plus one double-spaced paper copy. If you are submitting images on disc, please include a directory of the files and a hard copy printout of each figure. Halftones should be at least 300 ppi; graphics in TIFF or EPS format.
Send manuscripts, proofs, books for review, and correspondence on editorial matters to:
Geerat J. Vermeij
Editor, The Veliger
Department of Geology
University of California at Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616
Telephone: 530.752.2234
Fax: 530.752.0951
In the cover letter, authors should briefly state the point of the paper, and provide full and electronic addresses of at least three reviewers who have not previously seen the manuscript. If authors feel strongly that certain reviewers would be inappropriate, they should indicate reasons for their views.
