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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of Micropalaeontology (JM).

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Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

However, if you aim to have the graphical abstract included in the article PDF file, it has to be unnumbered and must be placed directly after the text abstract.
Abstract: the abstract should be intelligible to the general reader without reference to the text.

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An abstract should be short, clear, concise, and written in English with correct spelling and good sentence structure.
If the graphical abstract should be part of the paper, it has to be unnumbered and must be placed directly after the text abstract.
For preprints, since these have no key figure, graphical abstracts must always be included in the paper as unnumbered graphic placed directly after the text abstract.
The following files are required: the abstract to be pasted into the upload form where requested.
The following files are required: the complete manuscript (title, authors, affiliations, abstract, text, tables, figures) as a *.pdf file with embedded fonts in portrait format following the standards for sectioning and structure as given below in the manuscript composition with full first names for all authors.
They need to be defined in the abstract and then again at the first instance in the rest of the text.

Reference style

Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
The citation in the figure caption must indicate the adaptation (e.g. "(adapted from Smith et al., 2014)") and the reproduction rights must be granted before submission.

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However, when the reference comes at the beginning of a sentence, the unabbreviated word "Equation" should be used, e.g.: "Equation (14) is very important for the results; however, Eq. (15) makes it clear that.".
For references, please do not use the DOI as label.
Reference citations should not be included in this section, unless urgently required, and abbreviations should not be included without explanations.
No citation is needed and no reproduction rights must be obtained.
A citation must properly indicate the original source and reproduction rights must be granted before submitting your manuscript.
Papers should make proper and sufficient reference to the relevant formal literature.
Works cited in a published manuscript should be published already, accepted for publication, or available as a preprint with a DOI.
Such works should not be cited in the final, accepted manuscript, unless published, accepted for publication, or available as preprint with a DOI.
Please do not use bold or italic writing for in-text citations or in the reference list.
If geoscientific samples which are registered as International Geo Sample Number ( IGSN ) have been used for the manuscript, authors are required to include the IGSN in the reference list, cite it in the article, and provide a statement on how to access the sample by adding a section "Sample availability" to the manuscript.
These include data sets, movies, animations, or computer programme codes, for which a persistent identifier, ideally a DOI, should be mentioned in the "data availability" section of the manuscript.
Assets are data sets, model code, or video supplements corresponding to your manuscript and should be submitted to a reliable repository including the receipt of a DOI and the citation in your manuscript.
Reproduction and reuse of figures and tables: authors must secure the right to reproduce any material that has already been published or copyrighted elsewhere, and corresponding citations must be included in the text as well as in the captions.
Reproduction and reuse of maps and aerials: authors must secure the right to reproduce any material that has already been published or copyrighted elsewhere, and corresponding citations must be included in the text as well as in the captions.
In addition to literature, data and software used should be referenced (citations should appear in the body of the article with a corresponding reference in the reference list).
After the list of authors, the complete reference title needs to be named: journal names should be abbreviated, followed by the volume number, the complete page numbers (first and last page), the digital object identifier (DOI), and the publication year.
The following files are required: data sets, model code, video supplements, or other assets to your manuscript should be submitted to a reliable repository receiving a DOI, cited in your manuscript, and included in your reference list.

Figure and table rules

Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
Place each figure after its first clear citation.

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Place each table after its first clear citation.
These should be labelled with capital letters: Appendix A, Appendix B etc. Equations, figures and tables should be numbered as (A1), Fig. B5 or Table C6, respectively.
The figures should be labelled correctly with Arabic numerals (e.g. f01, f02,., f11).
Individual figures should not exceed 5 MB, and the overall size of all submitted files excluding supplements should not exceed 30 MB.
Please note that the word "Table" is never abbreviated and should be capitalized when followed by a number (e.g. Table 4).
Individual figures in the *.pdf format should not exceed 2 MB, file types other than *.pdf should not exceed 5 MB per figure, and the overall size of all submitted files, excluding supplements, should not exceed 30 MB.
When supplements are justified, the following will apply: Equations, figures and tables in supplements should be numbered as (S1), Fig. S5 or Table S6.
Should figures or tables occupy entire manuscript pages, these must follow the portrait format and page dimensions of the entire manuscript *.pdf file.
Footnotes to tables should be marked by lowercase letters.
Composite figures containing multiple panels should be collected into one file before submission.
Figure captions: each illustration should have a concise but descriptive caption.
The abbreviations used in the figure must be defined, unless they are common abbreviations or have already been defined in the text.
Figure captions should be included in the text file and not in the figure files.
Tables: they should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals.
Tables should be self-explanatory and include a concise, yet sufficiently descriptive caption.
Horizontal lines should normally only appear above and below the table, and as a separator between the head and the main body of the table.
If distribution licences other than CC BY are applied, corresponding statements must be included in the captions.
If authors adapt figures from other authors they must still cite the original authors and indicate that the figure was adapted.
Sometimes a map does not need any specification in the map itself or in the caption, sometimes a credit must be given, and sometimes a full copyright statement is needed.
If the map itself already contains an explicit credit or copyright statement, nothing additionally must be done in the caption.
But if nothing is given in the map itself, authors must decide whether they need to add a credit or copyright statement to the caption or to the map itself.
A legend should clarify all symbols used and should appear in the figure itself, rather than verbal explanations in the captions (e.g. "dashed line" or "open green circles").
Keep in mind that the usage of regular, italic, bold, and bold-italic of one font family already leads to four different fonts that must be embedded or adjusted by our image processors in case of text corrections within figures.
Figure content guidelines: in order to facilitate consistency with our language and typesetting guidelines applied to the text of the manuscript, please keep the following in mind when producing your figures: Spaces must be included between number and unit (e.g. 1 %, 1 m).
Figure content guidelines: in order to facilitate consistency with our language and typesetting guidelines applied to the text of the manuscript, please keep the following in mind when producing your figures: Units must be written exponentially (e.g. W m –2 ).
Coloured table cells should be avoided.
Therefore, please keep the following in mind: Nomenclatures should be written using the table environment.
Therefore, please keep the following in mind: Please provide only one figure file for figures with several panels, and please do not use \subfloat or similar commands.
Figure content guidelines: in order to facilitate consistency with our language and typesetting guidelines applied to the text of the manuscript, please keep the following in mind when producing your figures: Labels of panels must be included with brackets around letters being lower case (e.g. (a), (b), etc.).
Tables submitted as a PDF or an image file cannot be processed.
There are three cases: Figures entirely taken from another author: such figures do not follow the distribution licence of the manuscript.
Tips for producing high-quality line graphics: If the processing of your vector figures requires an exceptional amount of time due to multiple fonts or hidden objects, we reserve the right to convert your *.eps or *.pdf figures into *.png files for the further production process.

Funding statement

Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
If there are possible conflicts of interest, authors must state what competing interests are relevant to the submitted work: " Author A has received research funding from Company Y.

Competing interests

Add or confirm the author-written Competing interests statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
Add or confirm the author-written Conflict of interest statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.

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If there are no competing interests in their submitted manuscripts, authors should state: " The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. ".
Competing interests: a declaration of all potential conflicts of interest is required by Copernicus Publications as this is an integral aspect of a transparent record of scientific work.

Data availability statement

Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
The manuscript must then include a section entitled "Code availability" or, in the case of data and code, "Code and data availability".

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This must be placed in the section "Data availability" at the end of the manuscript before the acknowledgements.
package = "rticles", edit = FALSE rmarkdown:render(input = "MyArticle/MyArticle.Rmd") The created file MyArticle.Rmd includes a YAML file header with a number of configurations and required metadata, such as authors and affiliations, running title, and special sections (e.g. code/data availability, acknowledgements).

Ethics statement

If the data are not publicly accessible, a detailed explanation of why this is the case is required (e.g. applicable laws, university and research institution policies, funder terms, privacy, intellectual property and licensing agreements, and the ethical context of the research).
the provision of unrestricted access to all data and materials underlying reported findings for which ethical or legal constraints do not apply.

Blinded manuscript

Include or confirm the blinded manuscript required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Author contributions

Add or confirm the author-written Author contributions statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
Author contribution: authors are required to add a section "Author contribution" before the acknowledgements in which the contributions of all co-authors are briefly described.

Supplementary files

Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
In general, supplementary material that can be hosted in alternative sites such as FAIR-aligned data repositories should be placed there.

Title page and author information

Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
Title page: the title page must include the title (concise but informative, avoidance of abbreviations), author first and last names, full institutional addresses of all authors, and correspondence email for proofs.

Preprints and prior publication

Include or confirm the preprints and prior publication required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Other submission requirements

It will be shown in article lists as avatar in the dimension of 80 x 80 pixels and can be expanded to a maximum of 600 pixels width or height.
They can be submitted in *.pdf, *.ps, *.eps, *.jpg, *.png, or *.tif format and should have a resolution of 300 dpi.

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Equations should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right-hand side, e.g. (1), (2).
These should be written out and not be formatted with negative exponent if placed in the denominator (e.g. 10 kg per week).
In addition, the SI and IUPAC recommendations should be followed: IUPAC Green Book, 3rd edition.
Use all numerals in a series or range containing numbers 10 or greater (e.g. 5, 7, and 13 experiments) or in a parallel construction.
We recommend not to hyphenate modifiers containing abbreviated units (e.g. "3-m stick" should be "3 m stick").
Please note that manuscript files must use the 1-column format as it is preconfigured in our WORD template as well as in the LaTeX template when applying the manuscript document class and that the file size is limited to 50 MB.
The width should not be less than 8 cm.
Regarding the notation, if units of physical quantities are in the denominator, contain numbers, and are abbreviated, they must be formatted with negative exponents (e.g. 10 km h -1 instead of 10 km/h).
Use numerals with units and expressions when used in a scientific or mathematical sense (e.g. increased 2-fold, 1 standard deviation, 3 orders of magnitude, 2 times the height (but the beaker was rinsed two times), a factor of 3).
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Use the tab "Upload" and fill out the upload form.
Moderate-size data sets may be presented as supplements, but this should be cleared with the editor.
All pages must be numbered consecutively and line numbers must be included.
URLs must be spelled out instead of hyperlinking parts of the text.
The following files are required: a short summary as a 500-character (incl. spaces) non-technical text that may be used to promote your work to a broader audience.
Please use the Microsoft equation editor and not the graphic mode when compiling your equations.
If absolutely necessary, they should be numbered consecutively.
Please do not include this latter statement extension in your original manuscript.
Please cite this source when using the package.
However, if authors use vector graphics, readers can download such files labelled "high-resolution" from the full-text HTML version online.
Tips for producing high-quality line graphics: The first choice should be vector graphics in *.eps or *.pdf format.
Tips for producing high-quality line graphics: If the usage of vector graphics is not possible, a bitmap image should be saved in a "non-lossy" format (e.g. *.png).
Tips for producing high-quality line graphics: The *.jpg format should only be used for photos.
If *.jpg files must be used please save them with high quality.
For the production of the accepted manuscript, they should be submitted as MS WORD or included in the LaTeX file.
In order to depoliticize scientific articles, authors should avoid the drawing of borders or use of contested topographical names.
The way a map must be shown in your manuscripts depends on the way it was created.
A range of numbers should be specified as "a to b" or "a.b".
Units: for units of physical quantities, the metric system is mandatory and, wherever possible, SI units should be used.
SI-derived units must also be written out when they do not contain a number.
Units of non-physical quantities must not be abbreviated and if they are in a denominator, they must also not be exponentially notated (e.g. two cars per household).
In addition, the SI and IUPAC recommendations should be followed: SI brochure.
In addition, the SI and IUPAC recommendations should be followed: IUPAC Gold Book.
However, the variety should be consistent within each article.
For example, if "characterize" is spelled as such, then the -z- variant should be used for all such words throughout the article.
The use (or lack thereof) of the Oxford (serial) comma should also be consistent.
CE (common era) and BCE (before the common era) should be used instead of AD and BC since CE and BCE are more appropriate in interfaith dialogue and science.
If there is more than one of the item in question, it is probably not a proper noun and should not be capitalized.
Cardinal directions should only be capitalized when part of a proper noun (e.g. South Dakota, Northern Ireland, North America, but eastern France).
Use words for instances such as "tens of millennia" and "non-zero".
Latin phrases should not be hyphenated (e.g. "in situ", not "in-situ").
Review: Other possible review files include the following: The author's response in case of revisions must be submitted as one separate *.pdf file (indicating page and line numbers), structured in a clear and easy-to-follow sequence: (1) comments from referees/public, (2) author's response, and (3) author's changes in the manuscript.
If some authors are members of the editorial board of the journal, a sentence should be included for the sake of transparency: " Some authors are members of the editorial board of journal X. ".
Fonts must be embedded.
Proper nouns should be capitalized.
The overall file size of such a supplement is limited to 50 MB.
Therefore, please keep the following in mind: Any source code excerpts included in the paper should be typeset using the verbatim environment or \texttt.
Therefore, please keep the following in mind: Please do not use \paragraph{}; only \subsubsection{} is allowed.
Keep the file size at or below 2GB.
Review: Other possible review files include the following: The marked-up manuscript version highlighting the changes (track changes in Word, latexdiff in LaTeX) must be submitted as one separate *.pdf file.
When supplements are justified, the following will apply: The overall file size of a supplement is limited to 50 MB.
Please do not insert additional ones in your *.tex file.
Please keep in mind that appendices are part of the manuscript whereas supplements (see below) are published along with the manuscript.
Please make sure that the *.pdf files do not contain hidden objects.
Spell out numbers when they begin a sentence or when the sentence cannot be reformulated.
Plot data: authors are encouraged to publicize the data needed to create the plots, which are included in the manuscript, in order to enable reviewers and readers to reproduce the plots.
Units do not need to be defined.
Capitalize generic geographic terms, such as "river", when they are part of a place name, but do not capitalize the generic term when it appears on its own, when it follows a capitalized generic term, or when it is in the plural (e.g. Mississippi River, Mississippi River basin, Mississippi and Missouri rivers).
Therefore, please keep the following in mind: Please do not define new commands.

Artificial-intelligence disclosure

Should you have used AI tools to generate (parts of) your manuscript, please describe the usage either in the Methods section or the Acknowledgements.

Manuscript structure

The manuscript must then include a section entitled "Interactive computing environment" providing details on how an ICE can be accessed and executed.
It should highlight your main conclusions and results, and what the implications are.

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Sections: the headings of all sections, including introduction, results, discussions or summary must be numbered.
Footnotes should be avoided in the text, as they tend to disrupt the flow of the text.
Do not use hyphens between an adverb ending in –ly and the word it is modifying (e.g. "statistically based results", not "statistically-based results").
Ideally, such plot data is treated like any other research data and should be deposited in FAIR-aligned data repositories that assign persistent identifiers (see section data sets).

Article type and manuscript length

Normal size figures, tables, as well as technical or theoretical developments that do not need to be included in the main text should be included as appendices.
Figures and tables as well as their captions must be inserted in the main text near the location of the first mention (not appended to the end of the manuscript) and the figure composition must embed any used fonts.

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Appendices: all material required to understand the essential aspects of the paper such as experimental methods, data, and interpretation should preferably be included in the main text.
Supplementary material is reserved for items that cannot reasonably be included in the main text or as appendices.

Submission forms and permissions

Authors must adhere to the individual redistribution permissions.
The copyright/attribution and distribution licences of such maps must be visible in the maps themselves.

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If applicable, maps from map providers such as Google (Google Maps/Earth/Street View), ESRI, or OpenStreetMap used in manuscripts must include the required copyright/attribution and distribution licence statements of the map provider.
Maps and aerials must include the copyright statements or credits following the requirements of the provider.

Language and text style

In the text, equations should be referred to by the abbreviation "Eq." and the respective number in parentheses, e.g. "Eq. (14)".
The abbreviation "Fig." should be used when it appears in running text and should be followed by a number unless it comes at the beginning of a sentence, e.g.: "The results are depicted in Fig. 5.

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Regarding the abbreviation of such units, SI base units and SI-accepted units must be abbreviated in conjunction with numbers (e.g. the velocity is 10 km h -1 ) and must be written out without numbers (e.g. the velocity is given in kilometres per hour).
The summary must be written in English and in paragraph form without lists.
The abbreviation "Sect." should be used when it appears in running text and should be followed by a number unless it comes at the beginning of a sentence.
Super- or subscripted variables should also be italics.
Abbreviations should be avoided in the title, depending on the length and familiarity of abbreviation.
Italic font may be used for emphasis, although this should be used sparingly (e.g. data were almost consistent).
Use double quotation marks in all instances, unless quotation marks are also required within material surrounded by double quotation marks.
Please note that quoted material should be punctuated with quotation marks but not italicized.
In quotations from printed sources, the spelling, capitalization, and punctuation should normally follow the original.
Commas and periods should be positioned outside the end quotation marks.
In order to avoid ambiguity, abbreviations that could have numerous meanings must be defined (e.g. "GCM" could stand for "global climate model" or "general circulation model").
The following titles should be surrounded by quotation marks in running text: journal articles, book chapters, and series titles (special issues).
Foreign words, phrases, and abbreviations that cannot be found in any English dictionary (this does not apply to proper nouns) are italicized.

Authorship and originality

Deceased co-authors should be marked accordingly.

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What your package checks

Title page: separate file

Declarations: Data availability, Funding, Competing interests, Conflict of interest, Author contributions, Acknowledgements

Source transparency

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