INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Ciencias Marinas is a peer-reviewed, quarterly bilingual journal that publishes original papers on research in all areas of marine
science. Four categories of contributions are accepted:
1. Research papers report findings of original research. Papers should be clear and concise. They should not exceed 25 pages
(21.5 × 28.0 cm), typed double-spaced in 12-point font (Times New Roman), including text, figures and tables. Longer articles
will be published on rare occasions. Systematic lists are not accepted.
2. Research notes report scientific results that are of particular importance and merit rapid publication. They should not be used
for preliminary results. Papers should not exceed 10 pages (typed double-spaced in 12-point font, Times New Roman) and must
contain sufficient data to establish that reliable and significant results have been obtained.
3. Review articles provide a comprehensive and novel assessment of an important region or particular discipline in marine
sciences. Strict criteria are applied to this contribution category regarding quality, importance, potential controversies, general
interest, and relevance for future research. Review articles must be submitted in English and are accepted for revision only after
prior consultation with the editor-in-chief.
4. Comments on a previously published paper. The author of the original paper will be given the opportunity to present a reply.
The comments and reply will then be published together. Papers are open for written discussion for up to one year following their
original publication.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
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 elsewhere, that its publication is approved by
all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be
published elsewhere in the same form without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Authors should register (free of charge) at www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx and submit their electronic manuscripts in portable
document format (PDF) following an easy five-step submission process in their newly created Author account.
Authors must also attach a file containing the names and corresponding information (institution, address, phone number, and
e-mail) of five potential reviewers. These reviewers should not be associated to the author's institution and at least two of these
five individuals must belong to an institution in a country different from that of the author's institution.
Ciencias Marinas charges a publication fee of US$15.00 per final printed page. All papers are published in Spanish and English
and must be submitted in either or both of these languages (except review articles). Once the manuscript has been accepted,
translation into either language can be provided, if requested by the author, at a cost of US$15.00 per double-spaced Word page.
Authors will be charged for the editing of poor translations. Color illustrations are published at the author's expense.
Presentation of the manuscript
• The manuscript must have line numbers in all its parts.
• Title page. The first page should show the title, name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s) and full postal address(es), running title, and
the name, address, e-mail, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. The running title should not exceed 60 characters
and should be as close as possible to the full title.
• Page one. The page with numeral one should include the title of the contribution, abstract and a maximum of five key words.
The abstract should be concise, informative and should not exceed 300 words. Authors must also provide the abstract (resumen)
and key words (palabras clave) in Spanish even if they subsequently request to have the paper translated.
• Text. The body of the manuscript should be divided into sections (e.g., introduction, material and methods, results, discussion)
and, if necessary, subsections. Words or letters to be printed in italics should be indicated. The International System (SI) of units
and abbreviations should be used. Footnotes should not be used in the body text. Information presented in tabular form in the text
itself should be of single column width; anything larger than this should be presented in the form of a table. All figures and tables
must be cited in numerical order in the text.
• Acknowledgments.
• References. Care should be taken that all those quoted in the paper are included. The following examples may be used to cite
within the text: (Morales 2009a, 2009b), (Morales and Pérez 2010), (Morales et al. 2009). Unpublished material should not be
used as references, though personal written communications may be acknowledged, in parentheses, in the text if necessary. The
accuracy of the references is the responsibility of the author. In the case of authors who use two surnames, both should be cited
and, to avoid confusion, they should be hyphenated when referred to in the text. Refer to the following examples:
Journal paper: Hidalgo-González RM, Álvarez–Borrego S. 2008. Water column structure and phytoplankton biomass
profiles in the Gulf of Mexico. Cienc. Mar. 34: 197–212.
Book: MacGinitie GE, MacGinitie N. 1968. Natural History of Marine Animals. McGraw–Hill, New York, 523 pp.
Chapter: Rice ME. 1980. Sipuncula and Echiura. In: Morris RH, Abbott DP, Haderlie EC (eds.), Intertidal Invertebrates
of California. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California, pp. 490–498.
If a publication has an assigned Digital Object Identifier (DOI), then the DOI should be included in the reference as a URL. To
link a DOI add the DOI to the string http://dx.doi.org/. For example, the DOI for Korhonen et al. (2012) is 10.7773/
cm.v38i4.2034; after linking the string, the URL is http://dx.doi.org/10.7773/cm.v38i4.2034. The reference should be given as
follows:
Korhonen LK, Macías-Carranza V, Abdala V, Figueroa FL, Cabello-Pasini A. 2012. Effects of sulfide concentration, pH
and anoxia on photosynthesis and respiration of Zostera marina. Cienc. Mar. 38: 625–633.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7773/cm.v38i4.2034
• Appendices (if any).
• Tables. Tables should be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals; they should be presented on separate pages and given a
concise title. Vertical rules should be avoided. All text within the tables should be in English; only the captions will appear in
both languages.
• Figures and figure captions. For the peer-review process, illustrations should be saved as images and included in the same PDF
file as the text, tables, and figure captions. Figures should be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals and all the descriptive
text should be in English only. Once the manuscript has been accepted for publication, each figure file should be delivered
separately in digital editable format as a supplementary metafile (Windows Metafile, wmf). Original electronic versions of
figures in Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, Excel and Sigma Plot are also accepted as final versions for publishing. By editable, we
mean that all figure elements (objects, lines, legends, axes, letters, numbers, etc.) should be independent to be modified
separately as required. All figure files should indicate the figure number. Photographs should be provided with a resolution
greater than 300 dpi and without any legend or symbol, together with a copy indicating the symbols required, such as scale-bars,
arrows or letters, and numbers. Figure captions should be typed on a separate page at the end of the text.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Manuscripts returned to authors should be revised and sent back to the editor within a period of two weeks.
After that, they will be treated as new manuscripts and the review process will begin again. Manuscripts and illustrations that do
not comply with these guidelines will be returned to the authors.
SENDING FINAL VERSION FOR PRINTING Once a manuscript has been accepted, authors should send, either via e-mail or the journal's website, the electronic version of the
manuscript (Spanish and English, or indicate whether the translation will be required), in Microsoft Word or RTF, and the
editable files of the figures. The manuscript should be arranged as follows: title, author(s), affiliation(s) and address(es), running
title, information of the corresponding author (including e–mail), abstract (resumen) and key words (palabras clave) in both languages
even if the translation is requested, body text, acknowledgements, references, tables, figure captions and figures. Each
page of the manuscript should be numbered consecutively.
Once manuscripts have been accepted, they become the property of Ciencias Marinas and originals will not be returned.
Proofs and offprints
Authors will receive page proofs for correction via e-mail in PDF format. Corrections to the text other than typesetting errors
must be kept to a minimum. Major changes will be done at the author's expense. Proofs should be returned promptly via e-mail.
Authors will be able to access and download a PDF copy of the final, published version of their article directly from the Ciencias
Marinas website (www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx).
For queries or further information, please contact:
Alejandro Cabello Pasini, editor Ciencias Marinas, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, UABC, Apartado Postal 45,
Ensenada 22800, Baja California, México. Tel/Fax: +52 (646) 174-54-51. E-mail: cmarinas.journal@gmail.com.
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