Ecological Society of America

Ecology, Ecological Applications, and Ecological Monographs

 

• Processing
  [What to expect]

• Preparation of final manuscript
  [Close adherence to the instructions will avoid delays in the publication of your manuscript.]

• Preprints
  [Authors may choose to have a preprint of their article posted soon after acceptance.]

• Availability of data
  [The editors and publisher expect authors to make the data underlying published articles available.]

• No prior publication
  [All submissions must be original contributions.]

• Transfer of copyright
  [Authors agree to transfer copyright for the paper (or equivalent rights) to ESA.]

• Permission to use previously published material
  [Authors must obtain permission of the copyright holder of any previously published material]

• Advance publicity: ESA's embargo policy
  [The paper must remain a privileged document and should not be released to the press or the public before publication (or posting of a preprint on the esajournals.org website.]

• Financial arrangements
  [Authors must agree to pay page charges, or must obtain an ESA page-charge grant.]

• Reprints
  [PDFs available after an article is published.]

• Adherence to the ESA Code of Ethics
  [Authors agree to conform to the ESA Code of Ethics.]

• Animal welfare
  [Authors using experimental vertebrate animals must certify that their care was in accordance with institutional guidelines. ]

• Endangered species
  [Authors must certify that research involving endangered species was conducted in conformance with all applicable laws.]

rev. 10/11/10