ABC Taxa - Notice to referees

ABC Taxa - Notice to referees <h3>Editorial practices</h3> To allow objective and standardised revision of manuscripts Abc Taxa has developed an ‘<a href="/gti/gti_abctaxa/referees/gti/gti_abctaxa/referees/instructions_for_referees-2.doc" title="Instructions for referees, 1">instruction for referees' document that can here </a><img src="/gti/gti_abctaxa/referees/getContentTypePicture?id=application/msword" alt="Worddoc" /> be downloaded. Each referee is asked to conscientiously fill in all the sections on the instructions for referees form. At the same time we encourage peers to annotate the manuscript under review with more detailed comments. The latter is preferentially done electronically. Comments on the manuscript may also be added on the hard copy of the manuscript, preferably in red ink.   To avoid unneeded delay in the publication of appropriate manuscripts, we ask the referees to send their peer review back to the responsible series editor within one month, preferentially by email. If the files are too large for email, <a href="/gti/urls/yousendit" target="_blank" title="YouSendIt">use freeware such as available here</a>.   The responsible editor will then transfer the referee's criticism to the author(s) who may accept or refute the peers' comments. In the latter case, the author(s) must provide argumentation to the responsible editor who will take the final decision (eventually after discussion with the peer). Upon acceptance for publication, the full coordinates of the peer referee will be listed on the Abc Taxa website.   Peer referees will be invited to write 15 to 20 lines of text that stress the importance of the volume of Abc Taxa that they refereed. This text, signed by the peer referee will figure on the back cover of the particular volume of Abc Taxa. If the peer referee does not respond to this invitation the responsible editor will either write this explicative text himself or search for another expert.   Peer referees will receive two free copies of the volume they have refereed as soon as the volume is released.   At no time will peers be financially rewarded for their work.   Transferring of large files over the Internet can be done via freeware such as <a href="/gti/urls/yousendit">YouSendIt</a>   <hr /> <h3>Past referees</h3> Each volume of the series receives an in depth peer review by a ‘state of the art' colleague. For the volumes that have appeared so far, the peers are:   SAMYN Y., VANDENSPIEGEL D., MASSIN C. (2006). Taxonomie des holothuries des Comores. Abc Taxa, vol 1, i-iii, 130 pp. Volume refereed by Dr F.W.E. ROWE - pro <a href="/urls/australian-museum-sydney-australia" target="_new" title="Australian museum, Sydney">Australian museum, Sydney</a>, Australia.   DE PRINS, R., ROUR. E. (traduction) (2007). Détérioration des collections de coquilles. Abc Taxa, vol 2, i-iii, 60 pp. Volume refereed by Dr J.L. VAN GOETHEM- <a href="/urls/royal-belgian-institute-natural-sciences-brussels" target="_new" title="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences">Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences</a>, Brussels, Belgium.   DE MORAES, P.L.R. (2007). Taxonomy of Cryptocarya species of Brazil. Abc Taxa, vol 3, i-v, 191 pp. Volume refereed byDR H. VAN DER WERFF - <a href="/urls/missouri-botanical-garden" target="_new" title="Missouri Botanical Garden">Missouri Botanical Garden</a>, USA.   DIAZ, L.M., CADIZ, A. (2008). Guia taxonomica de los anfibios de Cuba. Abc Taxa, vol 4, i-vi, 294 pp. (with audio CD) Volume refereed by Prof Dr A. AMEZQUITA - <a href="/urls/university-los-andes-bogota-colombia" target="_new" title="University of Los Andes, Bogota">University of Los Andes, Bogota</a>, Colombia.   KOK, P.J.R., KALAMANDEEN, M. (2008). Introduction to the taxonomy of the amphibians of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana. Abc Taxa, vol 5, i-ix, 278 pp. Volume refereed by Dr R. HEYER - <a href="/urls/national-museum-natural-history-smithsonian" target="_new" title="National Museum of Natural History">National Museum of Natural History</a>, Smithsonian Institute, USA.   COPPEJANS, E., LELIAERT, F., DARGENT, O., GUNASEKARA, R., DE CLERCK, O. (2009). Sri Lankan Seaweeds - Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. Abc Taxa, vol 6, i-viii, 265 pp. Volume refereed by Dr W.F PRUD'HOMME VAN REINE - <a href="/urls/nationaal-herbarium-nederlandleiden-netherlands" target="_new" title="Nationaal Herbarium Nederland">Nationaal Herbarium Nederland</a>, Leiden, The Netherlands.   EARDLEY, C., KUHLMANN, M., PAULY, A. 2010. The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa, vol 7, i-vi, 138 pp. Volume refereed by Prof. Dr. M.S. ENGEL, FLS - <a href="http://www.nhm.ku.edu/ksem/staff-students/engel/engel.html">University of Kansas Natural History Museum</a>, USA   EYMANN, J., DEGREEF, J., HÄUSER, Ch., MONJE, J.C., SAMYN, Y., VANDENSPIEGEL, D. (Eds). 2010. Manual on field recording techniques and protocols for All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories and Monitoring. Abc Taxa, vol 8, i-iv, 330 pp (part 1); i-iv, 333 pp. Volume refereed by over twenty different anonymous referees. Overall referee effectuated by Dr P. BRIDGEWATER, Chair of the <a href="http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-4128">UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee</a>, UK.   EARDLEY, C., KUHLMANN, M., PAULY, A. 2010. Les genres et sous-genres d'abeilles de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Abc Taxa, vol 9, i-vii, 144 pp. Volume refereed by Prof. Dr. M.S. ENGEL, FLS - <a href="http://www.nhm.ku.edu/ksem/staff-students/engel/engel.html">University of Kansas Natural History Museum</a>, USA   NDONG, H.E., DEGREEF, J., DE KESEL, A. 2011. Champignons comestibles des forêts denses d'Afrique centrale ) Taxonomie et identification. Abc Taxa, vol 10, i-viii: 254 pp. Volume refereed by Prof. B. Buyck - <a href="http://www.mnhn.fr/oseb/-Personnel-statutaire-">Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle</a>, France. 2011-10-14T15:05:25Z tag:www.abctaxa.be,2011-10-14:/referees http://www.abctaxa.be/misc_/CHM2/Site.gif NFP-GTI ABC Taxa Note for intelligent proof readers tag:www.abctaxa.be,2011-10-10:/referees/note-intelligent-proof-readers 2011-10-10T11:03:49Z hdekoeijer kvrancken

Instructions for referees tag:www.abctaxa.be,2011-10-10:/referees/instructions_for_referees-2.doc 2011-10-10T11:03:49Z Yves Samyn Yves Samyn