2. A short guide to publishing in European Journal of Soil Science EJSS wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

3. Step One Make sure the topic is relevant –EJSS is an international journal for original research papers or reviews on basic soil science Remember to:  Check journal website and read author guidelines  Look at an example of a paper in the journal  Follow the author guidelines carefully when you prepare your manuscript wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

4. Step Two Ask yourself “is my paper topic suitable and relevant?” Including:  Are the experimental design and analysis of data adequate and appropriate?  Is the information new or novel?  Is it of international interest?  Does it improve the understanding of soil processes?  Is the statistical analysis of your data adequate and properly interpreted?  Have you taken advice from colleagues or a professional statistician?  Has your work been submitted or published elsewhere?  Is your work too applied for EJSS? If so consider Soil Use and Management – go to: wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/sum wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

5. Step Three – make sure your manuscript  is not too long – word limit is about 6500 words for normal articles – reviews can be longer  is not too short  is not too descriptive  contains good English– non-English speaking authors should obtain help from a native English speaker or go to: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/english_language.asp  follows the formatting style of the Journal Further checks you should make: wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

6. More details on manuscript preparation  remember, you should consult the detailed description of what to do in guidelines to authors or Style file at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/specialarticles/ejsauthortempl ate.doc http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/specialarticles/ejsauthortempl ate.doc or sample paper at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/ejs510.pdf http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/ejs510.pdf  submit manuscripts electronically through the ScolarOne website at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ejss as a Word 2003 file.http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ejss  if you have any problems contact: ejsoffice@edn.blackwellpublishing.com  the following slides highlight some of the key presentational problems that you should check on wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

7. EJSS presentational style Presentation is very important: check that you are using the correct font throughout and  follow exact instructions for titles, running head, names of authors and addresses etc  use Roman font for normal text and SI units, symbols for chemical elements and compounds  use Italic font for Latin expressions, names of plants and animals and titles of scientific journals and books and Scalar variables  use Bold lower case Roman for vectors and BOLD CAPITALS for matrices  refer to full guidelines for all further details wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

8. EJSS presentational style Units of measurements- make sure you follow the full instructions for these. For example  adhere to SI standards (see Tables 1 – 3, on the full instructions)  make sure you use the following: –Gas concentrations: µmol mol -1, or µl l -1 ; and nmol mol -1 or nl l -1 NOT ppb. or ppbv. –Time: SI unit is the second(s), but for longer time periods use: minutes, hours, days, weeks and years written in full. –Numbers: Integers from one to ten are written in full; larger integers are as arabic numerals: 11, 12, …. At beginnings of sentences write all numbers in full. –Grouping of digits: separate large numbers by spaces and in groups of three digits, e.g. 1 500 000  you should also check the correct use of litre, percentage, parts per million (ppm), and M for molar wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

9. Also make sure that you:  number your equations  check the correct use of statistics (refer to full guidelines for sources of additional information on this or get expert guidance)  provide Tables separate from text, one per page  provide Figures in the format requested, number each one and put captions on a separate page wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss EJSS presentational style

10. Citations Check these very carefully  in research papers use no more than 30–40 references  the text cite by author(s) and year; in the text use Smith & Jones (2001), and Smith et al. (2002) for more than two authors  where several references appear together – arrange chronologically and then alphabetically  for websites – check that it still exists and then cite it together with date accessed  in the reference list – give name(s) and initial(s) of author(s), but if  6 list only first 6 names followed by et al.  Note that Works 'In press' must have been accepted wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss

11. Finally: authorship and copyright  provide a covering letter indicating that each author has participated in the research and that all authors have seen and agreed to the submitted version.  you must be very clear that your paper has NOT been published previously in any language and has not been submitted to any other journal wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ejss