Checklist

For submissions to research journals published by The Royal Society of New Zealand

Before submitting your paper, please pay attention to the following requirements on content and presentation. This checklist is for your convenience: please use it.

GENERAL

• The paper has undergone (institutional) peer review

• The topic of the submission is within the scope of the Journal as described on the inside front cover

• The full manuscript has not been submitted/published elsewhere (including on the Internet)

• All co-authors (where applicable) agree to the submission

  PRESENTATION

• At least one copy of the manuscript including all tables and figures are provided

• One low-resolution PDF file of the manuscript (with line numbering included), tables, and figures is submitted on disk, as electronic mail attachments, or via the journal submission web form

• Double line spacing throughout (include. references, captions); tabs not spaces used in table formatting

• All pages are numbered, printed on one side only

• Full title, running head, and all authors’ names and addresses are provided on the title page

• The abstract is c. 150 words (max. 200)

• Keywords are listed

• The entire paper (excl. tables) is under c. 5000 words unless an explanation for greater length is given

• All figures, tables, and references are cited in the text; all cited items are supplied

• The bibliographic references are entirely in unabbreviated form (authors’ initials excepted)

• The style of the manuscript, references, tables and figures follows as far as possible the “Instructions for Authors”, printed in the first journal issue of each volume (year)

• Up-to-date postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address (where applicable) for the corresponding author are supplied