International Journal of Zoological Sciences
peer-reviewed titles across every discipline, from flagship journals to focused specialist publications.
Author Guidelines
These guidelines apply to manuscripts submitted to International Journal of Zoological Sciences. Check first that your work fits the journal's Aims and Scope.
Before you submit
- The manuscript is original, has not been published elsewhere and is not under review at another journal.
- All authors have read and approved the submitted version and agree to its submission.
- Any study involving people or animals has ethics approval, and consent where it applies.
Article types
- Research articles reporting original results
- Review articles of about 3,000 words, not counting the abstract and references
- Case-based reports and technical notes
- Short communications
Preparing the manuscript
- Write in clear English and submit a Microsoft Word file.
- Use Times New Roman, 12 point, with 1.5 line spacing and margins of 1 inch on all sides.
- Arrange a research article in this order: title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements, funding, conflicts of interest, references.
- Write scientific names of plants and microorganisms in italics.
Title page
- Give the full title without abbreviations. Keep it short and informative.
- Give the full names and affiliations of all authors, and mark the corresponding author with an asterisk.
- Give the corresponding author's postal address, telephone number and email address.
- Supply the title page as a separate file, so that the main text can be reviewed without the authors' names.
Abstract and keywords
The abstract is a single paragraph of no more than 200 words. Give four to six keywords below it.
Main text
- Introduction: a concise account of the background, with the relevant earlier work cited.
- Materials and methods: enough detail for the work to be repeated. Name important materials and equipment with the manufacturer, and state the statistical methods and the level of significance used.
- Results and discussion: state the main results clearly, with tables and figures where needed, and relate them to what is already known. The two parts may be separate or combined.
- Conclusion: summarise the principal findings and their wider implications without repeating the abstract.
Tables and figures
- Number tables with Arabic numerals in the order they are cited, each with a short title above it.
- Number figures in the order they are cited, each with a caption below it that explains what the figure shows.
- Supply images at 300 dpi or higher, as JPEG, TIFF or PDF files.
References
- Cite sources in the text by author and year, for example (Hanson, 1980), (Hanson and Langmuir, 1978) or (Ashwal et al., 1998).
- List all cited sources alphabetically at the end under the heading References.
- For a journal article give: authors, year, article title, journal name, volume, issue and pages. For a book give: authors, year, title, edition and publisher.
- Give a DOI wherever one exists.
Declarations
Include statements on funding, conflicts of interest, ethical approval and data availability where they apply, and declare any use of AI tools as required by the Generative AI Policy.
How to submit
Send the manuscript by email to trpub.online@gmail.com, with the name of the journal in the subject line. See also the Submissions checklist.
Review and decision
Submissions are screened by the editor and checked for similarity with iThenticate before being sent to at least two independent reviewers under double-blind review; see the Plagiarism Policy. Authors receive the reviewers' comments with the decision.
Proofs
Proofs of an accepted article are sent to the corresponding author, who checks them and returns any corrections promptly.
Copyright and licence
Accepted articles are published open access under CC BY 4.0. Authors keep the copyright in their work; see the Copyright and Licensing Policy.
Charges
There is no submission fee. An Article Processing Charge applies after acceptance; see Article Processing Charges.