Ants of India  

GUIDELINES *(download-PDF)

HALTERES--a peer reviewed journal (published annually by Organisation on Conservation and Biodiversity-CSBD) focuses mainly on entomological research from India and Indo-Malayan/Oriental region. The thrust areas include insect taxonomy, biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics, physiology and conservation etc. Papers concerning revisionary studies on bio-diversity would be preferred.

Only those manuscripts will be considered for publication, which provide the following declaration duly signed by all authors:

‘That the findings/interpretations presented in manuscript are original in nature except where stated otherwise and no part of work has been submitted for publication elsewhere, and that all authors have agreed to submission, hold ethical and moral responsiblity regarding authenicity of work“.

FORMAT/PATTERN

1. Manuscripts should be submitted by email as MS-Word files along with one hard copy to be sent by surface mail.
2. Text should be typed in Palatino Linotype font (Regular) with font size 12 with 3cm margin on each side on A4 paper with all the pages numbered at the upper right hand corner.
3. Title should be concise and title page should contain keywords (not more than 6), with full names and addresses of authors.
4. Abstract should be on the second page with no more than 150 to 200 words reflecting the major outcome of the work to be published.
5. Digital photographs, graphs and hand drawings (scanned at 300dpi for clarity in publication) should be submitted in Tag Images File Format (TIFF). Figures, drawings and Digital images should be tagged with magnification line and should be numbered with Arabic numbers.
6. For measurements metric system(SI) should be used.
7. The use of species names should follow the ICZN 2000 (http://www.iczn.org).
8. References should be on the following pattern (full name of Journal should be given):

        Reference to article in journal:

      Bharti, H. 2003. Queen of the Army Ant Aenictus pachycerus (Hymenopetra,   Formicidae, Aenictinae). Sociobiology 42(3): 715-718.

Reference to book:
Bingham, C.T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and        Burma. Hymenoptera 2. Ants and cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor & Francis. 506 pp.

            Reference to chapter in book:

      Watanasit, S. 2003. Evaluation of sampling method techniques for ants in rubber plantations. In: Mohamed, M., Fellowes, J. and Yamane, S. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2nd ANeT Workshop and Seminar, University of Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: 87-94.

        Reference to article on the Internet:

         ICS. 2008.The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), 2008. Accessed online at  http://www.stratigraphy.org/

Manuscript should not exceed ten printed pages (including figures and tables). Short communications (without abstract) may not exceed three printed pages (including illustrations).

Summary of Sections:

1. Title page with keywords, names and addresses of authors
2. Second page with Abstract
3. Introduction
4. Materials and Methods (if any)
5. Results followed by discussion
6. Acknowledgements
7. References
8. Declaration letter

Review Policy:

The Editors will initially evaluate the manuscript. If the manuscript is considered relevant, then it will be subject to a peer review by two independent experts preferably from the same area/specilisation. On the basis of assessment and subsequent recommendation by reviewers; the Editors will take a final decision.

Cost of Journal (Proofs and reprints):           

Publisher: Organisation on Conservation and Biodiversity-CSBD

Allotted ISSN: 0973-1555 

Number of issues per year: One

Print frequency: Annual

Month of publication: December

Submission of articles/subscription: csbdngo@gmail.com/himenderbharti@gmail.com 

Chief Editor: Dr. Himender Bharti