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Author Guidelines

To submit a new paper to our journal:

  1. Register on the Journal website; we encourage you to register also as a Reviewer at the same time;
  2. Follow the Guidelines for Authors for preparation of your manuscript;
  3. Read our Editorial Policies and our Competing Interest policies.
  4. Log in;
  5. Click on the "NEW SUBMISSION" button to start the online procedure.

To submit a revised version:

  1. Log in;
  2. Click on the title of your paper;
  3. Next to the heading "REVISIONS", upload your revised paper by using the "UPLOAD FILE" button;
  4. Inform the Editors that a revised version has been uploaded.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • Prepare your manuscript for the single-blind peer review. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or OpenOffice document file format. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); lines are left numbered in continuum;  all illustrations, figures and tables are placed at the end of the manuscript
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Authors are required to carefully check the bibliographic requirements.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in the submission cover letter).
  • We fight plagiarism: please understand that your article will be checked with available tools for discovering plagiarism.
  • I understand that this journal charges an Article Processing Fee for publication. I confirm that I will pay the amount due in case my manuscript is accepted for publication.
  • Mandatory: Authors are to suggest potential reviewers (name, affiliation and e-mail) for their manuscript and/or opposite reviewers. They must be indicated in the field "Comments for the Editor". Providing a list of relevant people who would be able to make objective and constructive criticism will quicken the review process.
  • Metadata are crucial for the indexing of the paper and of authors and for attribution of copyright to ALL authors. Pay attention to add ALL authors during the submission procedure using the button "ADD CONTRIBUTORS" with capital letters only for the first letter of authors’ names. Be sure to add ALL the affiliations of ALL the Authors of the article because otherwise they will not appear online. The author names and affiliations inserted in the online submission system will be those that will be published in PubMed, Scopus, WoS, etc. The Editorial staff is therefore not responsible for eventual inaccuracies or mistakes in the affiliations inserted during the submission process.

Original Articles

Original Articles (abstract 400 words max; text: suggested around 5000 words;  references: suggested around 50 references; 8/10 tables and/or figures max): Original Articles should be divided into: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References. Tables and Figures must be placed at the end of the manuscript; line numbering is compulsory for the peer-review process. 
A maximum of 10 authors is permitted and additional authors should be listed in an ad hoc Appendix.

Reviews

Reviews (abstract 400 words max; text: 5500 words max; 40 to 90 references; 3/5 tables and/or figures): They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Following a short Introduction, putting the study into context and defining the aim, reviews will concentrate on the most recent updates in the field and summarize the state-of-the-art literature. A review should clearly describe the search strategy followed (key words, inclusion, exclusion criteria, search engines, ...). No particular format is required; headings should be used to designate the major divisions of the paper.

Tables and Figures must be placed at the end of the manuscript; line numbering is compulsory for the peer-review process. 

Short Communications

A Short Communication is a concise report representing a significant contribution to limnology, which is however not suited as a full research article. It should not include subheadings (Introduction, Methods, etc.) but should follow this pattern, if appropriate. The total length of the article should not exceed 2500 words in text with a maximum of 15 references and a total of 2 figures and/or tables.
The Abstract for rapid communication should not exceed 110 words.

Data Papers

Data Papers are searchable publications, describing data and metadata for one or more datasets, published in the form of peer-reviewed articles in a scholarly journal. It takes effort to prepare, curate and describe data. Data Papers provide recognition for this effort by means of a citable scholarly article.

Special Collection on Macrophytes in Italy

To improve the available knowledge on this topic, a national project called iMAD and funded by the NBFC (Spoke 3) began in November 2024. In the frame of this initiative, we are organizing a special issue of the Journal of Limnology focussing on “updating knowledge on the distribution of macrophytes in Italy, their ecology more generally, the drivers of their spatiotemporal patterns and the conservation status of rare/threatened taxa”, with the aim of creating a strong, mutual synergy. Contributions on the following topics are particularly encouraged:

  • Review and updating of distributional and ecological data of macrophytes.
  • Responses of macrophyte to natural and anthropic drivers.
  • Macrophyte functional investigation.
  • Analysis of the conservation status of macrophytes and conservation priorities.

We welcome manuscripts on any inland water and transitional ecosystems. Contributions from islands, mountainous areas and agroecosystems, also relating to protected areas or areas of particular biogeographical relevance, will be prioritized. Short Communications will be considered, only if they significantly increase knowledge on macrophytes at a national scale.
Reviews are accepted by invitation only.

Fast track for students

A letter from your supervisor certifying your status as Masters or PhD student is mandatory to submit the manuscript in this section. 

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