The instructions below are specifically directed at authors that wish to submit a manuscript to International Journal of Pest Management. For general information, please visit the Publish With Us section of our website.

International Journal of Pest Management publishes original research papers concerned with pest management in the broad sense. The geographical scope of the journal is worldwide.

The journal also publishes reviews on various areas of pest management, particularly reviews concerned with the ecology and management of major pests.

Another feature is the publication of taxonomic keys and diagnostic tools for the identification of pests and control agents of major economic importance.

The journal has an occasional FORUM section aimed at facilitating discussion and debate between readers and authors on important issues in pest management.

International Journal of Pest Management considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that: (i) they have been submitted only to International Journal of Pest Management; (ii) that they have not been published already; (iii) they are not under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. Authors who fail to adhere to this condition will be charged with all costs which International Journal of Pest Management incurs and their papers will not be published.

Contributions to International Journal of Pest Management must report original research and will be subjected to review by referees at the discretion of the Editorial Office.

Authors are advised to review and familiarise themselves with the journal's Ethical Guidelines.

Manuscript preparation

1. General guidelines

• Papers are accepted only in English. The standard of English must be high.
• British English spelling and punctuation are a requirement.
• Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
• 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 pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
• Abstracts of up to 175 words are required for all papers submitted.
• Abstracts must not include statistical parameter (e.g. P) values
• Each paper should have five to twelve keywords.
• Section headings should be concise and numbered sequentially, using a decimal system for subsections.
• For all manuscripts non-discriminatory language is mandatory. Sexist or racist terms should not be used.
• 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 ™.
• Author Guidelines on Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis
• Helsinki Declaration. Where applicable, authors must supply a verifiable statement that their practical procedures have strictly adhered to international ethical standards. This applies particularly to studies on vertebrates. Studies must be conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.

2. Style guidelines

• Description of the Journal's article style. Please note: uncolumned manuscripts should be submitted
• Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
• Guide to using mathematical symbols and equations
• Any consistent spelling style is acceptable. Use double quotation marks with single within if needed.

• It is in the author's interest to provide the highest quality figure format possible. Please be sure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour.
• Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file.
• Files should be saved as one of the following formats: TIFF (tagged image file format), PostScript or EPS (encapsulated PostScript), and should contain all the necessary font information and the source file of the application (e.g. CorelDraw/Mac, CorelDraw/PC).
• All tables and figures must be numbered with consecutive Arabic  numbers in the order in which they appear in the paper (e.g. Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, Figure 2). In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Table 1(a), Table 2(b), Figure 1(a), Figure 2(b)).
• Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the paper, and numbered correspondingly.
• The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.

4. Colour

The Journal has no free colour pages within its annual page allowance. Authors of accepted papers who propose publishing figures in colour in the print version should consult Taylor & Francis at proof stage to agree a financial contribution to 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).

• Copyright permission letter template

6. Supplementary online material

Authors are welcome to submit animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication.

• Information about supplementary online material

Manuscript submission

All submissions should be made online at the International Journal of Pest Management Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Online user guides and access to a helpdesk are available on this website.

Manuscripts may be submitted in any standard format, including Word, PostScript and PDF. Please do not submit manuscripts in double columns. These files will be automatically converted into a PDF file for the review process. LaTeX files should be converted to PDF prior to submission because Manuscript Central is not able to convert LaTeX files into PDFs directly. This journal does not accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents. Please use Word's "Save As" option to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.

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 Taylor & Francis. 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 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 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.

• Further details and FAQs on Taylor & Francis's policy on copyright and authors' rights

Reprints

Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com). Reprints of articles published in the Journal can 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.