Journal of Arachnology (JoA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Header Picture Credits:(l to r) Green Lynx Spider, Bryan E. Reynolds; Mesobuthus gibbousus, Hans Hendrix (2001); Opilionid#1s Las Cruses, Fred Coyle (2000)

Journal of Arachnology (JoA)

The Journal of Arachnology (ISSN 0160-8202), ia a publication devoted to the study of Arachnida. It is published three times each year by the American Arachnological Society. Subscriptions accompany society membership or may be purchased by institutions. Learn about Membership here.

JoA On-line back to top

All issues are available on-line. Anyone can access the table of contents of any issue or any issue older than one year. Issues that have been published within the most recent year are only available to members unless the authors have purchased an open-access option.

AAS Members can access restricted papers by typing in the username and password provided on the back cover of the most recent issue of the Journal.

Access On-line issues here.

Instructions to Authors back to top

The Journal of Arachnology publishes scientific articles reporting novel and significant observations and data regarding any aspect of the biology of arachnid groups. Feature articles and short communications must be scientifically rigorous and report substantially new information. Submissions that are overly narrow in focus (e.g., local faunal lists), have poorly substantiated observational data, or that present no new information will not be considered.

Manuscripts must be in English and should be prepared in general accordance with the current edition of the Council of Biological Editors Style Manual unless instructed otherwise below. Use the active voice throughout. Authors should consult a recent issue of the Journal of Arachnology for additional points of style. Manuscripts longer than three printed journal pages (12 or more double-spaced manuscript pages) should be prepared as Feature Articles, shorter papers as Short Communications. One invited Review Article will be published in the first issue of each year at the discretion of the editors. Suggestions for review articles may be sent to the Managing Editor. Unsolicited review articles are welcomed and will be subject to the same review process as all other submissions.

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Submission: Submissions must be sent electronically in Microsoft Word (or Word compatible) format. Large plates and figures may be sent as pdf or jpg files. Send submissions to the Managing Editor of the Journal of Arachnology:

Douglass H. Morse, Managing Editor
Hermon Carey Bumpus Professor of Biology Emeritus
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Box G-W
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912 USA

Phone: 401-863-3152
Fax:     401-863-2166
E-mail: d_morse@brown.edu

The Managing Editor will acknowledge receipt of the manuscript, assign it a manuscript number and forward it to an Associate Editor for the review process. Correspondence relating to manuscripts should be directed to the Associate Editor and should include the manuscript number. If the manuscript is accepted, the author will be asked to submit the final copy electronically to the Associate Editor. Submission of final illustrations is detailed below. Authors are expected to return revisions promptly. Revised manuscripts that are not returned in a reasonable time period (no longer than six months for minor revisions and one year for major revisions) will be considered new submissions.

Voucher Specimens:  Specimens of species used in your research should be deposited in a recognized scientific institution.  All type material must be deposited in a recognized collection/institution.

Feature Articles

Title page - The title page includes the complete name, address, and telephone number of the corresponding author; a FAX number and electronic mail address if available; the title in upper and lower case, with no more than 65 characters and spaces per line in the title; each author's name and address; and the running head.

Running head - The author's surname(s) and an abbreviated title should be typed in all capital letters and must not exceed 60 characters and spaces. The running head should be placed near the top of the title page.

Abstract - The heading in capital letters should be placed at the beginning of the first paragraph set off by a period. A second abstract, in a language appropriate to the nationality of the author(s) or geographic region(s) emphasized, may be included.

Keywords - Give 3-5 appropriate keywords or phrases following the abstract. Keywords should not duplicate words in the title.

Text - Double-space text, tables, legends, etc. throughout. Three levels of heads are used.

Use only the metric system unless quoting text or referencing collection data. If English measurements are used when referencing collection data, then metric equivalents should also be included parenthetically. All decimal fractions are indicated by a period (e.g., -0.123). Include geographic coordinates for collecting locales if possible.

Citation of references in the text: Cite only papers already published or in press.

Citation of taxa in the text:  Include the complete taxonomic citation for each arachnid taxon when it first appears in the manuscript.

Literature Cited section -Use the following style and formatting exactly as illustrated; include the full unabbreviated journal title. Personal web pages should not be included in Literature Cited. These can be cited within the text as (John Doe, pers. website) without the URL. Institutional websites may be included in Literature Cited.

AAS webadmin's note to readers: the second and all remaining lines of the citations below should be indented 3 spaces . This may or may not show up in the web version of the citation foramtting given below, depending on how your browser is set up. Please see the downloadable pdf file for an accurate view.

Carico, J.E. 1993. Trechaleidae: a “new” American spider family Pp. 305. In Proceedings of the
     Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1983. (W.G. Eberhard, Y.D. Lubin &
     B.C. Robinson, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Huber, B.A. & W.G. Eberhard. 1997. Courtship, copulation, and genital mechanics in
     Physocyclus globosus (Araneae, Pholcidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:905-918.

Krafft, B.  1982.  The significance and complexity of communication in spiders. Pp. 15-66. In
     Spider Communications: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance. (P.N. Witt & J.S. Rovner,
     eds.). Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Platnick, N.I.  2006.  The World Spider Catalog, Version 7.0. American Museum of Natural
     History. Online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/INTRO1.html

Roewer, C.F. 1954. Katalog der Araneae, Volume 2a. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de
     Belgique, Bruxelles. 923 pp.

Footnotes -Footnotes are permitted only on the first printed page to indicate current address or other information concerning the author. All footnotes are placed together on a separate manuscript page. Tables and figures may not have footnotes.

Taxonomic articles -Consult a recent taxonomic article in the Journal of Arachnology for style or contact the Subject Editor for Taxonomy and Systematics. Papers containing original descriptions of focal arachnid taxa should be listed in the Literature Cited section.

Tables -Each table, with the legend above, should be placed on a separate manuscript page. Only horizontal lines (no more than three) should be included. Tables may not have footnotes; instead, include all information in the legend.

Illustrations -Original illustrations should be sent electronically when the manuscript is submitted, preferably in tiff or jpeg format.
--Distribution maps should be considered figures and numbered consecutively with other figures. (Authors wishing to submit figures as hard copies should contact the Editor-in-Chief for specifications.)
--At the submission and review stages, the resolution standards may be low as long as editors and reviewers can view figures effectively.
--Final illustrations must be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief, typically by e-mail or on a CD, to ensure that the electronic versions meet publication standards and that they match the printed copy.

--Color plates can be printed, but the author must assume the full cost paid in advance, currently about $1100 US per color plate.
--Alternatively, an author can opt to have a figure printed in black and white, but for $30/page have that figure appear in color in the online version of the journal.
--Most figures will be reduced to single-column width (9 cm, 3.5 inches), but large plates can be printed up to two-columns width (18 cm, 7 inches).

Address all questions concerning illustrations to the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Arachnology:

Robert B. Suter, Editor-In-Chief
Department of Biology
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604USA

Telephone: 845-437-7421; FAX: 573-882-0123
E-mail:suter@vassar.edu

Legends for illustrations should be placed together on the same page(s) and separate from the illustrations.

Each plate must have only one legend, as shown below:

Figures 1-4. A-us x-us, male from Timbuktu. 1, Left leg; 2, Right chelicera; 3, Dorsal aspect of genitalia; 4, Ventral aspect of abdomen.  Scale = 1.0 mm.

The following alternate Figure numbering is now acceptable:

Figures 1a – e. A-us x-us, male from Timbuktu. a. Left leg; b. Right chelicerae; c. Dorsal aspect of genitalia; d. Ventral aspect of abdomen. Scale = 1.0 mm.

Assemble manuscript. The manuscript should appear in separate sections or pages in the following sequence; title page, abstract, text, footnotes, tables with legends, figure legends, figures. If possible, send entire manuscript, including figures, as one Microsoft Word document.
If figures or plates are large, please separate them from the text and send them as a pdf or jpg file.

Page charges, proofs and reprints. Page charges are voluntary, but non-members of AAS are strongly encouraged to pay in full or in part for their article ($75 / journal page). The author will be charged for changes made in the proof pages. Hard copy or pdf reprints are available only from Allen Press and should be ordered when the author receives the proof pages. Allen Press will not accept reprint orders after the paper is published. The Journal of Arachnology also is available through www.bioone.org and www.jstor.org. Therefore, you can download the PDF version of your article from one of these sites if you or your institution is a member. PDFs of articles older than one year will be made freely available from the AAS website.

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Short Communications are usually limited to three journal pages, including tables and figures (11 or fewer double-spaced manuscript pages including Literature Cited; no more than 2 small figures or tables). Internal headings (Methods, Results, etc.) are omitted. Short communications must include an abstract and keywords.

Cover Artwork back to top

Authors are encouraged to send quality photographs (black and white or color) to the editor-in-chief to be considered for use on the cover. Images should be at least 300 dpi.

Immediate Web Access to Your Accepted JOA Articles back to top

Once your article is accepted, you will have the opportunity to purchase immediate open access to it on the AAS website. This means that anyone will be able to download your article as a pdf from the AAS website as soon as it is published there (usually just before the paper issues are mailed). Normally, JoA articles are embargoed for a year. For a reasonable price, you can make your article more available and help the AAS defray costs the society pays for on-line publication (pdf costs from Allen Press).

For paying by personal check:

  1. Please send an email to the AAS website administrator, Jan Weaver: weaverjc@missouri.edu, alerting her that you have chosen this option. Include first author's name and the title of the article.
  2. Download a pdf of the payment form and send it to the AAS treasurer: Dr. Karen R. Cangialosi, AAS Treasurer, Department of Biology, Keene State College, Keene, NH, 03435-2001, USA.

For paying on-line:

  1. Please send an email to the AAS website administrator, Jan Weaver: weaverjc@missouri.edu, alerting her that you have chosen this option. Include first author's name and the title of the article.
  2. Use the on-line order option below to pay for immediate access. If you are unfamiliar with PayPal, you can visit this link for instructions

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Feature article
$40.00

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Short Communication
$20.00
$40.00

 

Editors and Editorial Board back to top

Editor-in-Chief: Robert B. Suter
Department of Biology, Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, USA
Telephone: 845-437-7421; Fax: 000-000-0000 Email: suter@vassar.edu

Managing Editor: Prof. Douglass H. Morse
Hermon Carey Bumpus Professor of Biology, Emeritus, Department of Ecology & Evolutionay Biology
Box G-W, Brown University Providence, RI 02912, USA
Telephone: 401-863-3152; Fax: 401-63-2166; Email: d_morse@brown.edu

Associate/Subject Editors

Araneae Systematics Subject Editor: Dr. Ingi Agnarsson
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico
PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360, USA
Telephone: (787) 764 0000 ext 2908; E-mail: iagnarsson@gmail.com

Non-Araneae Systematics Subject Editor: Dr. Mark Harvey
Senior Curator, Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, Western Australian Museum
Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, AUSTRALIA
Telephone: Australia: (08) 9427 2737; International:+ 61 8 9427 2737
Fax: Australia: (08) 9427 2882; International: + 61 8 9427 2882
E-mail: mark.harvey@museum.wa.gov.au

Morphology and Physiology Subject Editor : Dr. Jason Bond
Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Howell Science- N211, Greenville, NC 27858 USA
Telephone: 252-328-2910; Fax: 252-328-4178; E-mail: bondja@ecu.edu

Behavior Subject Editor: Dr. Linden Higgins
Department of Biology, University of Vermont
109 Carrigan Dr, Burlington, VT 0540 USA
Telephone: (802) 656-9598; Fax: (662) 915-5144; E-mail: Linden.Higgins@uvm.edu

Ecology Subject Editor: Ass. Prof. Stano Pekar, PhD.
Institute of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University
Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
Telephone: +420 532 146 325; FAX: +420 532 146 213; E-mail: pekar@sci.muni.cz

Editorial Board

Alan Cady -- Miami University (Ohio)
Jonathan A. Coddington -- Smithsonian Institution
William Eberhard -- Universidad de Costa Rica
Rosemary Gillespie - University of California, Berkeley
Charles Griswold -- California Academy of Sciences
Marshal Hedin -- San Diego State University
Herbert W. Levi -- Harvard University
Brent Opell -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Norman I. Platnick -- American Museum of Natural History
Ann L. Rypstra -- Miami University, Ohio
Paul Selden -- University of Kansas
Matthias Schaefer -- Universitaet Goettingen (Germany)
William A. Shear -- Hampden-Sydney College
Petra Sierwald -- Field Museum
I-Min Tso - Tunghai University (Taiwan)

 

Undelivered and Back Issues back to top

Contact for Undelivered Issues

Jeffrey W. Shultz
Department of Entomology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 USA
Voice: (301) 405-7519, FAX: (301) 314-9290
E-mail: jshultz@umd.edu

Contact for Back issues, download a pdf of presently available issues here

Jim Carrel
209 Tucker Hall
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia MO 65211 USA
Telephone: 573-882-3037 E-mail: carrelj@missouri.edu

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