For the first submission, authors just have to provide a first page including
title, author(s) name(s), author(s) affiliations, and date of submission. The
abstract should provide pertinent details of the research and conclusions, and
should not include references. The subsequent structure should follow the usual
structure: Introduction, *Methods, *Results, *Discussion, Conclusion,
Acknowledgments, and References Cited. Titles marked with an asterisk are not
mandatory because they may depend on the work performed, and on the type of
article submitted.
Instructions_for
accepted version
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The letter size is 12pt, except for the title (15pt). The letter type is
optional. Please avoid excess formatting the text. Use as less indenting,
bolding, underlines, and title formats as possible.
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All text, including title, subtitles, and author names should be in capital
and lowercase letters.
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Use space between lines of 1,5 within the entire manuscript, including
abstract, text, references, as well as explanations of figures, tables, and
appendices.
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Do not justify the right margin.
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Do not create columns.
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Figures, tables, and appendices must be cited in consecutive order in the
text.
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Do not use footnotes.
First page
The first page should have the (following this order):
1. Title
2. Author(s)
name(s)
3. Author(s)
affiliations
4. Date
of submission
5. Abstract:
The abstract should provide pertinent details of the research and conclusions.
Authors should avoid statements such as "will be discussed herein."
Do not include references
6. The
introduction can start in the first page
Text
headings and subtitles
All text headings and subtitles are flush left, written in bold, on a line of
their own.
First order are bold, underlined, with all capital letters, and with an empty
line below. Second order headings are bold, with capital and lower-case letters,
and an empty line below. Third order headings are bold, with capital and
lower-case letters, and the text following on the subsequent line.
Example:
INTRODUCTION (First Order)
Introduction text after an empty line.
Adhesives
(Second Order)
Adhesives text after an empty line.
Acid preparation
(Third Order)
Text continuing here, without empty line.
References and citation
All citations should be included in the chapter “references cited”, and
vice-versa.
When possible in citations, the page number should be given after the
publication date: (Smith, 1973: 89), indicating the page rather than (Smith,
1973).
Single author: (Smith, 1973: 89).
Two authors: (Smith and Jones, 1973: 89).
Three or more authors: (Smith et al., 1973: 89).
In press reference: (Smith, in press).
Personal communication: (Smith, personal commun., 1995).
Reference to a quotation: (Smith, 1973: 16).
Portion of text written by a subordinate author: (Smith in Jones, 1973)
Communication cited in a previously-published paper: (Smith cited in Jones 1973)
Notes: Initials are used only if the same surname occurs more than once in the
text, (e.g., Smith, A.A., 1973; Smith, B.M., 1984).
Citation style for the references section is JVP, with authors and year in bold.
JVP styles can be downloaded for reference managers like Zotero.
Examples:
Beiner, G. G., and R. Rabinovich. 2013.
An elephant task—conservation of elephant remains from Revadim Quarry, Israel.
Journal of the Institute of Conservation 36:53–64.
Bromage, T., G., and S. Werning. 2013.
Image Standardization in Paleohistology; pp. 161–175 in K. Padian and E.-T. Lamm
(eds.), Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods. University of California Press,
Oakland, CA, USA.
Campeny, G., B. Gómez de Soler, and J. Agustí. 2012.
Memòria de L’excavació Al Camp Dels Ninots (Caldes de Malavella, La Selva).
Campanya de 2012. Dept. de Cultura, Generalitat de Catalunya, Catalunya, Spain,
196 pp.
JPT allows references from websites and conference communications:
Davidson, A. 2012.
Cavity mounts for safe storage & handling. Available at
http://preparation.paleo.amnh.org/assets/Davidson-cavitymountsFinal.ppt
(May 2014).
Val, S., C. Cancelo, B. Vila, and A. Sallés.
2010.
Preparation of dinosaurs eggshells: New insights to traditional techniques. 3Rd
annual Fossil Preparation & Collections Symposium, The Field Museum Chicago,
Chicago, USA.
JPT invites all authors to contribute and profit from the
open Zotero group on paleontological techniques:
https://www.zotero.org/groups/paleo_techniques
Images
The images should
be of good quality, with no less than 300 dpi, a width of 9 cm (one column) or
18 cm (whole page), and without compression. The formats AI, JPEG, TIFF, PDF are
accepted, but the preferred format for figures is jpg files. Figures must be
submitted as separate files, not embedded in manuscript text.