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They consist of a short collection of bullet points that capture the novel results of your research as well as new methods that were used during the study if any. Please have a look at the examples here: example Highlights. Highlights should be submitted in a separate editable file in the online submission system. Please use 'Highlights' in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet points maximum 85 characters, including spaces, per bullet point. Abstract A concise and factual abstract is required, with a restriction of words.
The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author s and year s.
Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Graphical abstract A Graphical abstract is optional and should summarize the contents of the article in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership online.
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These keywords will be used for indexing purposes. Also for software: program language, program size; for data: form of repository database, files, spreadsheet , size of archive, access form. Note that "Contact the author" is not acceptable for software or data access. Please use online data and software storage and retrieval systems such as GitHub, BitBucket, FigShare, HydroShare or others to make your data and software readily available. Links to commercial software and data access web sites are also acceptable.
When a software component is an essential part of the paper, authors should be prepared to make it available to reviewers during the review process. To preserve the anonymity of reviewers, the authors should make the software available for a download, protecting it if needed by a password that is communicated to the editors. Introduction State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
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In the case of software papers, the Methods section should include the software design as well as the experimental design for testing the software. Results Results should be clear and concise. In the case of software papers, results should provide both the implementation of the software and the results of the experimental test cases. Discussion This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them.
A combined Results and Discussion section can be appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. Conclusions The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Appendices If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A. Abbreviations Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote.
Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article. Acknowledgements Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
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During the proofing process for accepted papers, authors must upload high resolution figures. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color online e.
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Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'.
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When copying references, please be careful as they may already contain errors. Use of the DOI is highly encouraged. A DOI is guaranteed never to change, so you can use it as a permanent link to any electronic article. Aseismic continuation of the Lesser Antilles slab beneath northeastern Venezuela. Please note the format of such citations should be in the same style as all other references in the paper.
Web references As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.
Web references can be listed separately e. Data references This journal encourages you to cite underlying or relevant datasets in your manuscript by citing them in your text and including a data reference in your Reference List. Data references should include the following elements: author name s , dataset title, data repository, version where available , year, and global persistent identifier. Add [dataset] immediately before the reference so we can properly identify it as a data reference.
The [dataset] identifier will not appear in your published article. References in a special issue Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list and any citations in the text to other articles in the same Special Issue. Reference management software Most Elsevier journals have their reference template available in many of the most popular reference management software products. These include all products that support Citation Style Language styles , such as Mendeley.
Using citation plug-ins from these products, authors only need to select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article, after which citations and bibliographies will be automatically formatted in the journal's style. If no template is yet available for this journal, please follow the format of the sample references and citations as shown in this Guide. If you use reference management software, please ensure that you remove all field codes before submitting the electronic manuscript.
More information on how to remove field codes from different reference management software. Reference formatting There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission. If you do wish to format the references yourself they should be arranged according to the following examples: Reference style Text: All citations in the text should refer to: 1.
Single author: the author's name without initials, unless there is ambiguity and the year of publication; 2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication; 3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.
Citations may be made directly or parenthetically. Groups of references can be listed either first alphabetically, then chronologically, or vice versa. Examples: 'as demonstrated Allan, a, b, ; Allan and Jones, …. Or, as demonstrated Jones, ; Allan, … Kramer et al.
More than one reference from the same author s in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc. Examples: Reference to a journal publication: Van der Geer, J. The art of writing a scientific article. Reference to a journal publication with an article number: Van der Geer, J. Reference to a book: Strunk Jr.
The Elements of Style, fourth ed. Longman, New York. Reference to a chapter in an edited book: Mettam, G. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.
E-Publishing Inc. Reference to a website: Cancer Research UK, Cancer statistics reports for the UK. Reference to a dataset: [dataset] Oguro, M. Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions. Mendeley Data, v1. Reference to software: Coon, E. Journal abbreviations source Journal names should be abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations.
Video Elsevier accepts video material and animation sequences to support and enhance your scientific research. Authors who have video or animation files that they wish to submit with their article are strongly encouraged to include links to these within the body of the article.
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