Journal Description: The International Journal of Forensic Anthropology publishes original contributions in the many different scientific disciplines pertaining to forensic anthropology. Fields include pathology and histochemistry, chemistry, biochemistry and toxicology, biology (including the identification of hairs and fibres), serology, odontology, physical sciences, firearms, and examination of archaeological material of value to forensic anthropology. IJFA deals with forensic anthropology and all its scientific developments (genetic, elemental and toxicological analyses, pathology, mass disasters, traffic accidents, ballistics, projectiles and wounds, tool marks, identification, entomology, palynology, archaeology and paleopathology). The aim is to improve the scientific armamentarium necessary for the elucidation of crime and for related forensic applications when only a skeletal or mummified material is conserved. Content consists of Review articles (tracing development in specific areas and providing up-to-date analysis of them), Original articles (discussing recent research results of a high standard), Case reports (describing interesting and exceptional cases), Letters to the Editor (in which the readers have the opportunity to express their comments on new results reported or other matters), Book reviews (short independent review deealing with a recent book of forensic anthropology) and Technical notes (designed to provide a forum for discussion of innovative protocols and methodologies. Papers submitted for publication should provide clear and concise information on the advantages over existing methods and/or new data. DNA manuscripts can also deal with short validation studies, population data, quality control studies, etc.). Editorial Board: EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Eric Baccino Professor CHU Forensic Department Montpellier, France DEPUTY EDITOR AND FOUNDING EDITOR Philippe Charlier AHU Department of Forensic AP-HP, UVSQ University Hospital R. Poincaré University of Lille 3 France EDITORIAL BOARD Luc Brun MCU Department of Pathology University of Parakou Benin Christina Cattaneo Professor Department of Forensic University of Milano Italy Eugenia Cunha Professor Department of Anthropology University of Coimbra Portugal Jean-Bernard Huchet Entomologist Laboratory of Anthropology University of Bordeaux I France Yasar Iscan Professor Institute of Forensic Sciences Istanbul University Turkey Georges Leonetti Professor Department of Forensic CHU Marseille France Bertrand Ludes Professor Forensic and Genetic Department University of Strasbourg France Piers Mitchell Senior Lecturer College of Medical and Dental Sciences University of Birmingham United Kingdom Joël Poupon PH Department of Toxicological Biology CHU Lariboisière Paris, France Gerald Quatrehomme Professor Forensic Department CHU of Nice Sophia Antipolis France Daniel Rougé Professor Department of Forensic CHU Toulouse France Clotilde Rougé-Maillard MCU-PH Forensic Department CHU Angers France Andreas Schmeling Professor Forensic Department Münster, Germany Douglas Ubelaker Professor Department of Anthropology Smithsonian Institution Washington, USA Eske Willerslev Professor Niels Böhr Institute Copenhagen, Denmark Notes For Contributors: TYPES OF PAPERS Content consists of: - Review articles (tracing development in specific areas and providing up-to-date analysis of them); - Original articles (discussing recent research results of a high standard); - Case reports (describing interesting and exceptional cases); - Letters to the Editor (in which the readers have the opportunity to express their comments on new results reported or other matters); - Book reviews (short independent review dealing with a recent book of forensic anthropology); - Technical notes (designed to provide a forum for discussion of innovative protocols and methodologies. Papers submitted for publication should provide clear and concise information on the advantages over existing methods and/or new data. DNA manuscripts can also deal with short validation studies, population data, quality control studies, etc.). CONFLICT OF INTEREST All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. SUBMISSION DECLARATION Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder. SUBMISSIONS Submission to this journal proceeds totally online as an e-mail to the deputy editor (ijfanthropology@yahoo.com). Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail. PREPARATION OF THE ARTICLE LANGUAGE Please write your text in English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Use decimal points (not decimal commas); use a space for thousands (10 000 and above). ORGANIZATION OF THE ARTICLE Article should be constructed with the following parts: - Introduction: State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. - Materials and methods: Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described. - Results: Results should be clear and concise. - Discussion: This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often 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. TITLE PAGE Title page must contain essential information: - Title: Must be concise and informative. Please avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. - Author names and affiliations: Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author. - Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. ABSTRACT A concise and factual abstract is required, that states briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. References should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but, if essential, they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. KEYWORDS Provide a maximum of 8 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgements should be collated in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and should not, therefore, be included on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.). FIGURES Figures will only be published in black and white in the journal. Figures files should be in an acceptable format (.tiff or .jpg files) and with the correct resolution (minimal 300x300 dpi). Because of technical complications which can arise by converting color figures to "gray scale" please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations. Each figure file must be sent separately with the article. TABLES Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. REFERENCES Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications cannot appear in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as "in press" implies that the item has been accepted for publication. Reference style should be as follows: - Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given. For example: "..... as published [2,7]. Gourevitch and Thillaud [13] found a new case of ...." - List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text. - Reference to a journal publication: [1] Robinson C., Eisma R., Morgan B., et al., “Anthropological measurement of lower limb and foot bones using multi-detector computed tomography”, J. Forensic Sci., 2008, 53 (6) : 1289-1295. - Reference to a book: [2] Aufderheide A.C., Rodriguez-Martin C. (ed.), The Cambridge encyclopedia of human paleopathology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998. - Reference to a chapter in an edited book: [3] Boessneck J., "Osteological differences between sheep (Ovis aries Linn.) and goat (Capra hircus Linn.)", in Brothwell D., Higgs E. (eds), Science in archaeology. A survey of progress and research. London, Thames and Hudson, 1969, pp. 331-358. ACCEPTANCE DECISION After a decision given by one or two anonymous reviewers belonging to the IJFA collaborators, an e-mail of rejection or acceptance will be sent to the corresponding author directly by the deputy editor (in case of acceptance: direct acceptance, acceptance pending minor or major revisions). PROOFS After acceptance, one set of page proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author that may be accompanied by a query form. Please list your corrections quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then mark the corrections and any other comments (including replies to the query form) on a printout of your proof and return by fax, or scan the pages and e-mail, or by post. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the deputy editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that the editorial board of the IJFA may proceed with the publication of your article if no response is received. CONTRIBUTOR COPIES The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided a PDF file of the final form of the article via e-mail. AUTHOR INQUIRIES For inquiries relating to the submission of articles please visit this journal's homepage. In case of any questions relating to all the publication process, you may send an e-mail directly to the deputy editor at the following address: ijfanthropology@yahoo.com |
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