Journal Details
Bird Study
Instructions for Authors
The instructions below are specifically directed at authors that wish to submit a manuscript to Bird Study. For general information, please visit the Publish With Us section of our website.
Bird Study considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Bird Study, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which Bird Study incurs and their papers will not be published.
Contributions to Bird Study must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.
Manuscript preparation
1. General guidelines
- Description of the Journal's article and reference styles
- Guide to using mathematical symbols and equations
3. Table and Figures
To view the journal's Figures Guidelines please click here
To view the journal's Table Guidelines please click here
4. Colour
There are a limited number of colour pages within the annual page allowance. Authors should restrict their use of colour to situations where it is necessary on scientific, and not merely cosmetic, grounds. Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree on an appropriate number of colour pages. If the colour page budget is exceeded, authors will be given the option to provide a financial contribution to additional colour reproduction costs. Figures that appear in black-and-white in the print edition of the Journal will appear in colour in the online edition, assuming colour originals are supplied.
5. Reproduction of copyright material
Contributors are required to secure permission for the reproduction of any figure, table or extensive extract (more than fifty words) from the text of a source that is copyrighted or owned by a party other than Taylor & Francis or the contributor. This applies to direct reproduction as well as ‘derivative reproduction', where the contributor has created a new figure or table that derives substantially from a copyrighted source. Authors are themselves responsible for the payment of any permission fees required by the copyright owner. Copies of permission letters should be sent with the manuscript upon submission to the Editor(s).
6. Supplementary online material
Authors are welcome to submit animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.
Manuscript submission
Submissions should conform to the guidelines which are found in the Instructions & Forms section on the opening page of that web site. These instructions can also be found on this site by following the Guideline for Authors link on the British Trust for Ornithology's homepage (http://www.bto.org/membership/author-notes.htm).
General enquiries about the submission process and about the suitability of subject matter for inclusion in Bird Study can be sent to the Editor, Professor Graham Martin, Centre for Ornithology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, at g.r.martin@bham.ac.uk
Click here for Information regarding anonymous peer review
Copyright and authors' rights
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to The British Trust for Ornithology. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at http://www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Exceptions are made for 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.
Reprints
Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in the Journalcan be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk.
Page charges
There are no page charges to individuals or institutions.
iOpenAccess
Authors whose manuscripts have been accepted for publication have the option to pay a one-off fee of US$3100 to make their article free to read online via the Bird Study website. Choosing this option also allows authors to post their article in an institutional or subject repository immediately upon publication.
