Instruction to Authors

eWIS welcomes manuscripts that provide test results, technical tips, protocols, mutant and germplasm descriptions, map information, and any other information that may be useful in the lab and field.  The articles are informal, non-peer-reviewed, thus do not constitute formal publications.  Only manuscripts that require minimal editing will be considered for publication. 

Note well that the data and ideas published in eWIS are made available by their authors with the understanding that they will not be used in publications without the authors’ specific consent.  This means that the eWIS articles may not be cited without permission from the authors.  Copyright is retained by the author.

Manuscript Submission

Only manuscripts written in English will be considered for publication.  Follow the Instructions strictly.  Refer to the latest eWIS articles for the format. 

Electronic submission is mandatory.  All manuscripts should be submitted using the online manuscript submission system in the eWIS page (http://shigen.lab.nig.ac.jp/ewis/) that is linked from the “KOMUGI” page (http://shigen.lab.nig.ac.jp/ wheat/komugi/top/top.jsp/). 

Editorial Office will inform authors of the status of their manuscript via e-mail as quickly as possible.  The “eWIS online submission system” offers easy and straightforward web-based submission procedures.  For text writing, Microsoft Word is recommended.  Manuscripts should be double-spaced and page-numbered starting from the title page.  Do not use line numbers.  Figures including illustrations, photographs and color plates should be submitted as JPEG files.  PDF is not an acceptable file format.  

Manuscript Categories

eWIS accepts the following categories of papers:

(2) Research Opinion & Topics: Reviews, mini- reviews, trends and topics in wheat research.  Authors who wish to submit a (mini-)review should contact the Editorial Office prior to submission.

(3) Meeting Reports: Announcement of forthcoming meeting and reports on the meeting attended

(4) Others: Any other information useful for wheat researchers.

Title, Affiliation and Abstract

In the title page(s), the manuscript category (as mentioned above), a title, the names of the author(s), affiliation(s) and address(es) of the authors, and the e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers of the corresponding author must be clearly indicated.  The Abstract (100-250 words) may not contain references.

References

References should be cited in the text by the author(s) and year, and listed at the end of the text with the names of authors arranged alphabetically.  When an article has more than two authors, only the first author's name should appear, followed by "et al.", in the text.  The references should be formatted as follows.

Journal articles:

Payne PI, Holt LM, Law CN (1981) Structural and genetical studies on the high molecular weight subunits of wheat glutenin. Theor Appl Genet 60:229-236.

Book chapters:

Peacock WJ, Dennis ES, Gerlach WJ (1981) Molecular aspects of wheat evolution: repeated DNA sequences. In: Evans LT and Peacock WJ (eds.) Wheat Science - Today and Tomorrow. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 41-60.

Books:

Knott DR (1989) The Wheat Rusts - Breeding for Rust Resistance. Springer-Verlag, New York, USA.

Articles in preparation or articles submitted for publication, unpublished observations, personal communications, etc. should not be included in the reference list but should only be mentioned in the article text (e.g., K. Tsunewaki personal communication).

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be explained at first occurrence. 

Symbols and Units

It is important to differentiate between genes and proteins.  Gene names and loci should be italicized; protein should be upright.  The SI units (http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/contents.html) should be used throughout.

Nomenclature

Nomenclature of genes and chromosomes should follow the ‘Catalogue of gene symbols for wheat’ (McIntosh et al.: 10th Int. Wheat Genet. Symp. 2003). 

Nucleotide sequences

The DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank accession numbers must be provided for newly reported nucleotide sequences.

Tables

Tables must be numbered consecutively.  For Table writing, Microsoft Word is recommended.  Prepare a separate file for each table.  Refer to the latest eWIS articles for format.

Figures

Figures must be numbered consecutively.  Prepare a separate file for each figure.

Outline of the publication process

Authors of accepted manuscripts are informed by e-mail that a temporary URL has been created from which they can obtain their proof.  Proofreading is the responsibility of the author.  Authors should make proof corrections and send them to Editorial Office by e-mail.  After online publication, corrections can only be made in exceptional cases when Editorial Office permits the necessity.

The final version of accepted manuscripts will be published in the ‘Online First’ section of the eWIS web page upon receipt of proof corrections.  Editorial Office biannually gathers the accepted manuscripts published in the ‘Online First’ into a volume.  In ‘Archive’ of eWIS, all manuscripts are collected as PDF format, and open to all wheat researchers. 

No hard-copy edition will be supplied. For each volume, a PDF edition will be available for downloading.