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Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology publishes original Research Papers, Technical Reviews or Notes concerned on all aspects of Mycology, including lichens, with preference to systematics, ecology and biodiversity, genomics and proteomics, and molecular phylogeny and evolution.  

Other appropriate subjects for the journal include bioinformatics, physiology and biochemistry, pathology, morphology development, cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, fungal enzymology, fungal metabolites and new techniques. 

The geographical scope of the journal is worldwide. 

Manuscripts must be written to the highest standard of English. 

1. Introduction

It is essential that authors prepare their manuscripts according to established specifications. Failure to follow them may result in your paper being delayed and the effectiveness of the search capabilities offered by electronic delivery will depend upon the care used by authors in preparing their manuscripts. Therefore, contributors are strongly encouraged to read these instructions carefully before preparing a manuscript for submission, and to check the manuscript for compliance with these notes before submitting it for publication.

2. Submitting a Paper to Mycology

All submissions should be made via the Mycology Manuscript Central site.

3. General Guidelines

Mycology considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Mycology that they have not been published already, or that they are under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Mycology incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to Mycology must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editors in Chief.

Writing your paper

• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
• Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
• Each paper should have five to twelve keywords.
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• Papers are accepted only in English, with English (not American) spellings, e.g. ‘moult' not ‘molt'.
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the cover page of manuscripts.
• Abstracts of up to 175 words are required for all papers submitted and should precede the text of a paper - see Notes on Style.
• Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual sheets); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
• Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicised.
• When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark authors must use the symbol ® or TM or alternatively a footnote can be inserted using the wording below:

Exceptions are made for authors of Crown or US Government employees whose policies require that copyright cannot be transferred to other parties. We ask that a signed statement to this effect is submitted when returning proofs for accepted papers.

6. Notes on Style

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10. Page Charges

There are no page charges to individuals or institutions.

11. Ethical Guidelines

The ethical obligations of Editors of Scientific Journals

• Editors shall give unbiased consideration to all manuscripts, judging each on its merits without regard to the race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the Author(s).
• Editors shall make best efforts to process manuscripts with speed and efficiency.
• Editors shall take sole responsibility for acceptance or rejection of a manuscript. Although the Editor may seek guidance via peer review, she or he may reject a manuscript without review if considered inappropriate for the journal.
• Editors shall make their best efforts to keep the peer-review process confidential.
• Editors shall make their best efforts to avoid conflicts of interest.
• If an Editor is presented with convincing evidence that the main substance of a published article is erroneous, the Editor must facilitate publication of an appropriate correction or in the extreme, withdraw the article.

The ethical obligations of Authors who publish in Scientific Journals

• Authors shall strive to present an accurate account of the research performed, and offer an objective discussion of its significance.
• To the extent possible, the article shall contain sufficient detail about procedures to permit the author's peers to replicate the work.
• Authors shall cite all relevant references.
• Authors shall identify significant risks that arose in conducting the research.
• Authors shall attempt to declare conflicts of interest.
• Authors shall avoid fragmented or piecemeal publication (i.e., the separation of a single article into a series of articles that overlap substantially in content).
• Authors must not submit the same or similar manuscripts to any other Journal or publication medium while they are under review with Mycology.
• Although an experimental or theoretical study may sometimes justify criticism of the work of another scientist, personal criticism is inappropriate.
• A “co-Author” is defined as any person who has made a significant scientific contribution to the work reported, and who shares responsibility and accountability for the results.

The ethical obligations of Reviewers of Scientific Journals

• Reviewers are expected to give unbiased consideration to all manuscripts, judging each on its merits without regard to the possible race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the author(s).
• Reviewers shall make their best efforts to process manuscripts with reasonable speed and efficiency.
• Reviewers shall judge the quality of the manuscript, its experimental and theoretical work, its interpretations, and its exposition as objectively as possible, with due regard to the maintenance of high scientific and literary standards..
• Reviewers shall keep the manuscripts and the peer review process confidential.
• Reviewers shall respect the proprietary rights of the Authors of manuscripts they review.
• Reviewers shall inform Editors about conflicts of interest.
• Reviewers should explain and support their judgments; any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported must be accompanied by the relevant citation, and unsupported assertions must be avoided.
• Whilst the review of a manuscript may justify criticism, even severe criticism, under no circumstances is personal or malicious criticism of the author appropriate or acceptable.

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