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Publication rules

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

QUATERNAIRE is an international journal published by the AFEQ. Papers on all aspects of Quaternary research are accepted, multidisciplinary studies are recommended. The opinions expressed are solely the responsibility of their authors. Manuscripts are submitted to the editor committee and sent to two reviewers. Modifications might be asked to the authors.

QUATERNAIRE publishes short articles (4–6 pages maximum, including illustrations), thesis summaries (~3 to 4 pages including references and illustrations), long articles (15–20 pages maximum, including illustrations), as well as book reviews. One printed page (size 21 x 29.7 cm) corresponds broadly to 6000 letters and spaces. Short papers are published quickly i.e. the next author issue, long papers are printed according to the program of the journal. Thesis summaries should indicate the full reference of the dissertation, the awarding university, the date of the defense, the number of pages, the supervisors, and a link to a PDF version (HAL, …).

Download template and instructions (instructions in English start at page 8).

Manuscripts submitted to Quaternaire should be sent to the Editor (christian.crouzet@univ-savoie.fr) or Co-Editor (leduc@cerege.fr)

Text – QUATERNAIRE accepts papers in French or English. Title, abstract, key-words and figure captions must appear in French and English. The text must be typewritten on one side of standard-sized paper (21 x 29.7 cm), double spaced and with a 3 cm left margin. Manuscript should be arranged in the following order: title (informative but brief, in French and in English); author’s name; professional address and e mail; abstract in English and in French (“résumé”); key-words in French and English (“mots-clés”); main text; references; captions of illustrations (in English and in French), in the same file but after the end of the paper. Footnotes are not accepted.

Illustrations – Illustrations should be reducible to a maximum size of 17 x 24 cm and must under no circumstances exceed A4 format, unless prior approval has been obtained from the editor-in-chief. It is recommended that figures be constructed either for the entire width of the type area (17 cm) or for the column width of 8 cm. High-quality files of figures (at least 600 DPI), preferably reduced to the final size, will be provided with the final version of the manuscript. Photographs are to be sharply contrasted, grouped on the same plate and scaled. Colour photographs and illustrations are permitted. All illustrations (figures, tables and plates) should be numbered in Arab numerals. When previously published illustrations are used, the author must have got the permission of publication directly with the rightful owners. Copy of this permission must be sent with the manuscript.

References – All publications cited in the text, the figures and the captions should be listed. References should be presented in alphabetical and chronological order, journal names must not be abbreviated, examples:

BRIDGLAND D.R. &  D’OLIER B., 1995 – The Pleistocene evolution of the Thames and Rhine drainage systems in the southern North Sea basin. In R.C. Preece (ed.), Island Britain: a Quaternary perspective. Geological Society Special Publication, London, 96. The Geological Society, London, 27-45.
GIRET A., 1995 – Etude des déformations quaternaires du Roussillon. Quaternaire(3-4), 121-137.
PUISSÉGUR J.J., 1976 – Mollusques continentaux quaternaires de Bourgogne. Mémoires Géologiques de l’Université de Dijon, 3. Doin, Paris, 241 p.

Files of bibliographic style can be dowloaded for Endnote and Zotero/Mendeley.

Terms of acceptance and publication – The manuscript must be sent in one copy as a PDF file (text and figures) to the Editor-in-Chief.

The final manuscript must be provided in digital form (file formats: text in WORD-PC or RTF; tables in Excel PC; illustrations at 600 dpi in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop, or in EPS, PICT, TIFF, or JPEG format). Proofs will be sent to the first author. Significant author’s corrections (that is, changes altering the meaning of the final manuscript text) will be charged. A free PDF file will be provided after publication.

To help you format your bibliographic references if you use reference management software such as Zotero, Mendeley, or Papers, the style sheet available here ensures compliance with the journal’s article style. Please note that the style sheet has not yet been adapted for theses, reports, monographs, or books.