AUTHORS GUIDELINE
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION OVERVIEW
1. General Publication Home View
The Insight Ecoright (IE-WEER) is an international journal which publishes papers in all fields of
Wetlands Ecology, Wetlands Biology, Conservation, Earth Environmental studies, Environmental
Health and Agroecology. The Journal publishes papers reporting original contributions to scientific
knowledge. While submitting the manuscript, the Author (s) should clearly indicate his/her field of
specialization. Research articles in a language other than English are NOT entertained. Correction
of the English language is not the responsibility of the Editorial board of IE-WEER. Authors (s) not
fluent in English are asked to get their manuscripts checked by a high qualified English-speaking
colleague or professional editors.
Insight Ecoright has no restrictions on the length of manuscripts, provided that the text is concise
and comprehensive. Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be
reproduced. Insight Ecoright requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full
datasets available where possible.
Manuscripts must represent original work and may be written in English. All text should be typed
double-spaced, the references, as well as table and figure captions.
Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before,
is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has been read and approved by all authors.
The submission of the manuscript by the authors means that the authors automatically
agree to assign exclusive copyright to the journal if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication.
This work shall not be published elsewhere in any language without the written consent of the
journal. The articles published in this journal are protected by copyright, which covers translation
rights and the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute all of the articles printed in the journal. No
material published in the journal may be stored on microfilm or videocassettes or in electronic
databases and the like or reproduced photographically without the prior written permission of the
journal.
Manuscripts are submitted to reviewers for evaluation of their significance and soundness. After
submitting your manuscript you will receive a receipt with a tracking number. Please refer to this
number in all correspondence with the Editorial Office. Authors will generally be notified of
acceptance, rejection or need for revision within two months. Decisions of the editor are final.
Manuscripts are edited to improve communication between author and reader. Authors will receive
electronic proofs via e-mail, together with the original manuscript and a copyright-form. Correct
only printer’s mistakes.
2. Types of Publication
Manuscripts submitted to Insight Ecoright should neither be published previously nor be under
consideration for publication in another journal. The following article types of contributions will be
accepted:
Original research papers
Review articles
Short notes and studies
Viewpoint articles
Letters to the Editor
Book Reviews
3. Manuscript Preparation
i. General Considerations
- manuscripts should be in Standard English; either American spelling or British versions are accepted
but consistency must be maintained. - Concise, well-thought-out, and prepared papers adhering to the style of the Journal are likely to be
published sooner than those in need of extensive editing and revision. The Journal will enforce its
style on papers accepted for publication. It is the responsibility of authors to ensure adherence to
guidelines outlined in these “Author’s Guideline”. - The authors should declare that the paper sent is original and no part of it has been published before
or is being considered for the publication in any other journal. - Author(s) shall be committed to make financial effort in the publication of accepted articles in the
Journal. - The article should be paginated, starting with the Title, Abstract page and ending with the Reference
page(s). Page numbers should appear in the top right hand side of the pages. Figures and Table
captions should be inserted within the text at the appropriate places. - Manuscripts must be type written with double spacing and wide margins (1inch) at all sides. A font
type of “Times New Roman” and size of “12 points” is required. The document format should be in MS word, or LaTeX. - Names of the authors and their affiliations must be centralized followed by abstract in one column.
The text should also be in one column in justified pattern. - Words to be printed in italics should appear as italics in the manuscript. Genus and species must be
italicized. - All manuscripts become property of the Journal and are not returned to authors, even if a
manuscript is rejected. Original manuscripts and illustrations are discarded two months after
publication, unless a prior arrangement is made with the Editor-in-Chief. - Acronyms/Abbreviations/Initialisms should be defined the first time they appear in each
of three sections: the abstract; the main text; the first figure or table. When defined for the
first time, the acronym/abbreviation/initialism should be added in parentheses after the
written-out form. - SI Units (International System of Units) should be used. Imperial, US customary and other
units should be converted to SI units whenever possible. - Accession numbers of RNA, DNA and protein sequences used in the manuscript should be
provided in the Materials and Methods section. - Equations: If you are using Word, please use either the Microsoft Equation Editor or the
Math Type add-on. Equations should be editable by the editorial office and not appear in a
picture format. - Research Data and supplementary materials: Note that publication of your manuscript
implies that you must make all materials, data, and protocols associated with the publication
available to readers. Disclose at the submission stage any restrictions on the availability of
materials or information. - Pre-registration: Where authors have pre-registered studies or analysis plans, links to the
pre-registration must be provided in the manuscript. - Old and New Species Description: Manuscripts that describe old, new or revised taxon
names must be registered in Herbaria and / or ZooBank , as required by the International
Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature (ICZN), after article acceptance following peer review. This ensures that your
article is officially recorded as the first paper to describe the new species. The Herbarium
Identification Code and ZooBank unique identification code (LSID—Life Science
Identifier) should be provided at the final proofreading stage, on the first page of your
manuscript, following the affiliations, so that it is included in your published article. An
LSID is represented as a uniform resource name (URN) with the following format:
urn:lsid: <Authority>:<Namespace>:<ObjectID>[:<Version>]. Authors will be asked to alert
Herbarium and ZooBank with the final citation following publication. - Scientific names: Give the scientific names (with authority) for plants, animals,
microorganisms, with generic names in full at the first mention, e.g. Aspilla Africana with
AUTHORITY. - Thereafter, abbreviate them in the text, e.g. A. africana; give them in full (without authority)
in the headings of sections, tables, figures and key words. Where appropriate, cultivars
should be specified and should be in italics.
ii. Manuscript Structure
The text should be divided into Title page, introduction, materials and methods, results,
discussion, conclusions, an acknowledgment, conflict of interest and references. Fused results
and discussion are acceptable only for a short article. The text is followed by figure captions,
tables, figures.
Title Page:
The title page should include the following information:-
Title of the article should be in title cased letters, brief, informative, attractive, unambiguous
and related to the subject of the article and with a short running title at the top right hand
side of header; the name(s) of the author(s), the affiliation(s) and address (es) of the author(s)
and the e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers of the corresponding author which should
be identified with a superscript asterisk *
Abstract
Provide an abstract of not more than 300 words. The abstract should not contain any
undefined abbreviations and references. The Abstract should be informative and completely
self-explanatory, briefly, present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate
significant data and point out major findings and conclusions. Please remember that the
abstract must be usable as a stand-alone document which presents the major results and
conclusions of the article, using simple, factual statements.
- Keywords: Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes
Introduction
The introduction should state the reason for carrying out the study presented in the article,
the questions under consideration, significance of envisaged result and it should outline the
essential background.
Materials and Methods
The materials and methods section should provide sufficient details about the applied
methods and techniques to allow replication of all parts of the study. Standard techniques and
approaches do not need to be described in detail; use references to previously published
methods and techniques instead.
Results
The results section should state the results in a logical way, drawing attention to important
details shown in tables and figures. Please use factual statements and avoid discussing the
results in this section.
Discussion
The discussion section should point out the significance of the results in relation to the
questions and hypotheses presented in the introduction, and it should place the new findings
in the context of other relevant work with citations.
Conclusion
In this section, authors may concisely describe the main contribution / outcome of the
research and give a clear explanation of its importance and relevance.
Acknowledgments
Should state gratitude to persons first, who actually made efforts to help you in conducting
the experiments or improving the manuscript, then funding foundations, institutions and
agencies.
Author Contributions:
Each author is expected to have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the
work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; or the creation of new software used in
the work; or have drafted the work or substantively revised it; AND has approved the submitted
version (and version substantially edited by journal staff that involves the author’s contribution to
the study); AND agrees to be personally accountable for the author’s own contributions and for
ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even ones in
which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and
documented in the literature.
For research articles with several authors, a short paragraph specifying their individual contributions
must be provided. The following statements should be used “Conceptualization, X.X. and Y.Y.;
Methodology, X.X.; Software, X.X.; Validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; Formal Analysis, X.X.;
Investigation, X.X.; Resources, X.X.; Data Curation, X.X.; Writing – Original Draft Preparation,
X.X.; Writing – Review & Editing, X.X.; Visualization, X.X.; Supervision, X.X.; Project
Administration, X.X.; Funding Acquisition, Y.Y.”, “Authorship” must include and be limited to
those who have contributed substantially to the work.
Statement of Competing Interests:
Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as
influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. If there is no conflict of
interest, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Any role of the funding sponsors
in the choice of research project; design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of
data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in
this section.
Figures, Tables and Maps
Figures
- Figures/Graphics should be clear with a short descriptive legend that allows readers to
understand the figure without referring to the text. - All non-standard symbols and abbreviations should be defined. For graphics, the unit in the
two axes should be clearly indicated. Figures should be numbered consecutively and cited
appropriately in between the manuscript. - Figures should be numbered serially, appear in the text in order and written as "fig." in text.
- All composite figures should be mounted together and the parts labeled (a), (b), (c), etc.
page size montages of photographs count as a single figure. Avoid mixed montages of
photographs and line drawings. - All figures should be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be
numbered following their number of appearance (figure 1, scheme i, figure 2, scheme ii,
table 1, etc.). - All figures should have a short explanatory title and caption.
Tables
- Tables should be kept to a minimum.
- All tables should have a concise descriptive title set above the body of the table.
- Footnotes can be used to explain abbreviations for all tables.
- The unit of measurement used in a table should be stated.
- Tables should be numbered consecutively and cited appropriately in the manuscript.
- Citations in the table should be indicated using the same style as the one in the text.
- Tables should be organized in Microsoft Word or Excel spreadsheet.
- Tables shall appear without inside vertical and horizontal grid lines. Only the first row with
headings of the Table should follow a horizontal line. The Table should be closed with a
horizontal line. - Tables should be numbered serially and should appear in the text in order without breaking
paragraphs. - All Tables should be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be
numbered following their number of appearance. - All Tables should have a short explanatory title and caption.
- All table columns should have an explanatory heading. To facilitate the copy-editing of
larger tables, smaller fonts 10 pt. in size may be used. Authors should use the Table option
of Microsoft Word to create tables.
Maps
Maps and field sketches must include a metric bar scale. Regional maps must include a
North arrow and at least 2 latitude and 2 longitude numbers on each of its respective sides;
National Grid numbers may also be used. Map keys should be given on map or figure, not as
numbered boxes.
References
References are to be verified against original sources and identified in the text by the author’s
name and year of publication, examples. Double check that all references in the manuscript
text are in the references list and vice-versa and that they agree in spelling and year.
In the text, cite references in chronological order (oldest first); within a given year, order
them alphabetically (e.g., Edwin-Wosu and Edu, 2010, 2014) (e.g., Ashton et al., 2011; Brown,
2011 and Jackson, 2012, 2014). Single author: Michael (2014) or (Michael, 2014).
Two authors: Edwin-Wosu and Edu (2014) or (Edwin-Wosu and Edu, 2014). More than two
authors: Edwin-Wosu et al. (2014) or (Edwin-Wosu et al., 2014). Manuscripts accepted for
publication but not yet published: Edwin-Wosu (in press) or (Edwin-Wosu, in press).
In the references list at the end of the paper, references should be listed alphabetically by authors
and chronologically under each author. References by single authors should always precede those by
the same authors in combination with others irrespective of the chronological sequence. Appropriate
links to the referenced articles should be included wherever available. Authors should ensure that at
least 30% of the cited references are within the last 5 years.
The following general guidelines should be strictly adhered to by the authors.
• All cited references should be listed in the reference list.
• An unpublished work that has been accepted in a reputable journal can be cited.
• For review article, author must cite his or her previous work in the related field.
• Too many self-citations are not allowed.
• Numbered references are not allowed.
• Unavailable and unpublished work not yet accepted should not be cited.
All listed references should be formatted in APA citation style. See the Examples below:
For Journals
[Author (1), author (2), author (3)]. [(year)]. [Title of the article]. [name of journal] [volume no
(Issue no), page no (from x1-to x8)].
Edwin-Wosu, N.L., Owhutu, G.E. & Victor. N.S. 2017. The Influence of Sand Mining / Dredged
Spoils on the Phytodiversity Succession of Riparian Vegetation along New Calabar River, at Isiodu,
EMOLGA, Rivers State, Nigeria. Journal of Nigerian Environmental Society, 11(2):121-137.
For Book Chapters
[Author (1), author (2), & author (3)]. [year]. [Title of the book]. [Name of the publisher], [Edition].
[page no from-to].
Edwin – Wosu, N.L. (2019).Cryptogamic Gallery: A Reference Field Guide – The Ferns and Fern
Allies of Nigeria. (Editors: Prof. A.T. Owolabi and Prof. N.A. Bartholomew) ACOTEC
Technologies, (First Edition), Port Harcourt. 187 Pp.
Verklig, A.J. & Schat, H. (1990). Mechanisms of metal tolerance in plants. In: Shaw, A.J. (Ed.).
Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Pp. 179-193.
Conference or Symposium:
Al-Hasan, R. (2000). Oil accumulation by picophytoplanktons from the Arabian Gulf. Proceedings
of the 4th Asia Pacific conference on Algal Biotechnology. The Asia-Pacific Society for Applied
Physiology. Hong Kong, China.
Dissertation:
Redha, A. (1998). Induction and analysis of chromosome doubling of microspore derived wheat
haploids. Ph.D. thesis, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.
Websites Citations
Heap, I. (2006). The international survey of herbicide resistant weeds [online]. Website
http://www.weedscience.com [accessed 00 Month Year].
Holmgren, P.K. & Holmgren, N.H. (1998). onward (continuously updated). Index
Herbariorum. New York Botanical Garden. Website http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/-Index
Herbariorum.asp [accessed 00 Month Year].
In-text Reference Citations
Use the author/date system of references. In the text, refer to the author(s) name (without initials)
and year of publication:
• Examples for a single author: Henry (2004) has shown that … This is in agreement with results
obtained by several authors (Chinedu, 1995; Michael, 1997; John, 1998).
• Examples for two authors: Briggs and Smith (2000) reported that… This was later found to be
incorrect (Rowland and Cynthia, 2002).
• Examples for three or more authors (use the first author’s name and then et al.): Okime et al.
(1999) stated that… Similar results were reported recently (Jude et al., 2003).
4. Citation Policy
Authors should ensure that where material is taken from other sources (including their own
published writing) the source is clearly cited and that where appropriate permission is obtained.
Authors should not engage in excessive self-citation of their own work.
Authors should not copy references from other publications if they have not read the cited work.
Authors should not preferentially cite their own or their friends’, peers’, or institution’s
publications.
Authors should not cite advertisements or advertorial material.
Summary of Template format
Following the appropriate review and effected corrections use the Journal Template to
format the article by applying the embedded styles in the exemplified Table 1 to each
paragraphed level in your manuscript.
| Table 1: Font sizes for Papers | |||
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Font-size |
Appearance in (Time New Roman) |
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Regular |
Bold |
Italics |
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14 |
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Title |
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11 |
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(Upper case) All level 1
headings (Abstract,
Introduction, Materials &
Methods, Result, Discussion,
Conclusion,
Acknowledgments, Conflict
of interest, References. |
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10 |
Body of all level
headings |
Authors name
All level 3 headings |
(Title case) All level
2 headings |
|
9 |
Author affiliation |
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Author email address |
|
9 |
Cell in a table
Reference item (Write
journal title in full) |
Table caption
Figure caption |
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9 |
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Key words |
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8 |
Corresponding Author |
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Article history |
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