Instruction for Authors :

The editor CJPAS welcomes original contributions and also commentaries and reviews. By submission of a manuscript an author certifies that the work is original and is not being considered simultaneously by other journals.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Manuscript must be submitted in three copies, double spaced, with numbered pages and margin of at least 2.5 cm. Three quality copies of figures must be provided, as well as the originals. Figures and tables should be kept separate from the text. Overseas authors can submit their manuscript by e-mail.

TEXT

Papers should be written in clear, concise language and consist of an abstract (summarizing the essential results and conclusions), introduction, material and methods, results and discussion. The title must be sufficiently informative. Please provide a short running title and (additional) key words. The full name and the address
of each author should be given. Provide, also, with the e-mail address of first and/or the corresponding author so that an immediate communication with the editor is possible.

This e-mail address also appears on the first page of the printed article.

All papers cited in the text, tables, and figures must be included in the references and all papers cited the references section should be cited in the text. Authors should monitor references at all phases of manuscript preparation.

References in the text should be cited by author and year: Mckay, (1994), or Fedor and Uhlenbeck, (1995), or Taylor et al. (1996); et al., must be used when referring to more
than two authors.

FIGURES

Hand made drawings should be in black ink (clearly readable after reduction to page width, column width or in between). Photographs should be mounted and clearly
labeled, with label size adequate after reduction. A scale bar should give the magnification. Indicate in pencil, on the reverse side of each figure, the number of figures, name of the author(s) and title of the paper. Photocopies of photographs or figures are not acceptable. Indicate the preferred location of each figure in the margin of the manuscript. Figures are referred to in the texts by "Fig. n" (capital F and full stop).

The legends to the figures are provided on a separate sheet. Color prints are at the author's expenses.

TABLES

The sizes of tables should take account of page width and length, or column width. Tables are referred to in the text by "Table n" (with capital T). The legend to a table is given on top of the table. Indicate the preferred location of each table in the margin of the manuscript.

SPECIES NAMES

Species names and the names of genera should be in italics. Names of species (and names of higher taxa in taxonomic papers) should be followed, on the first occasion of use, by the name of the author who described the species or introduced the taxon name (in lower case) and the year. This rule does not apply for names of plants. If a table of all the species names used in the text is provided, the author names can be mentioned there. Do not use the genus name to indicate a species or individuals of a species!

REFERENCES

In the references section citation should be arranged alphabetically and must include names of all authors, and titles of journal article and books.

Examples of literature citations:

Cogalniceanu, D. and Claude, M. 2003. Populaion age structure and growth of four syntopic amphibian species inhabiting a large river floodplain. Canadian Journal of
Zoology. 81:1096-1106

Kevin, JG. 2000. Global patterns in biodiversity. Nature. 405:220-227.

Law, FCP. 1999. A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for predicting the withdrawal period of oxytetracycline in cultured chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha). In: Metabolism of Xenobiotics in Fish. eds. Smith, D.J. Gingerich W.H. and M. Beconi-Barker. p.105-121. Plenum Publishing Corp. New York, N.Y.

Moon, BR. 2000. The mechanics of swallowing and the muscular control of diverse behaviours in gopher snakes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 203(17): 2589-2601

Taylor, JS., Durkin, JMH. and Breden, F. 1999. The death of a microsatellite: A phylogenetic perspective on microsatellite interruptions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:567-572.

Unpublished reports, M.S theses, etc… are not considered publications and should be referred to as "unpublished data" or "personal communication" in the text. A report can be given in a footnote. Ph.D. theses are accepted in the reference list.

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Short communication does not exceed three printed pages (incl. figures and tables). They are the appropriate form for new findings of temporary importance, comments on
papers published in the journal, important new records. They should be written as a continuous text without the various divisions of regular papers (and without an abstract). Short notes will be reviewed as normal papers.

PROCESSING

Manuscripts should be sent to the editor. On receipt of the manuscript, the corresponding author is notified by e-mail, and will receive the number under which the manuscript has been registered. Please mention this MS No. in the subject of e-mails and in the names of all files subsequently sent to the editor. The MS is then sent to two referees, and a reply may be expected five to seven weeks after receipt. If the MS is accepted, the author is requested to prepare the final version, taking into accounts the remarks of the referees. One hard copy and the electronic versions are then sent to the editor.

After final acceptance, the manuscript will be passed to the production team to be copyedited and prepared for printing. Authors will be charged Canadian $115 for the
page printing upto 5 pages.

MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be written in English and submitted to the Editor Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, via e-mail or postal mail 7845 15th Street Burnaby, BC
Canada V3N 3A3. E-mail. editor@cjpas.net

Authors can expect a first decision within 30 days of submission (if submission via email).

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

The impact of all scientific articles, and the effectiveness of the search-and-retrieval capabilities offered by their publication will depend upon the care used by authors in
preparing their manuscripts. It is essential that authors prepare manuscripts according to the Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (CJPAS) established format and
style specifications (see the instructions for authors).

Writing your paper

Title Page

This should contain the manuscript title, a running head not exceeding 50 characters (including spaces), and full contact details of the authors. One corresponding author should be identified, whose email address is provided.

Abstract

An Abstract of around 200 words should precede the introduction. The abstract should be clear and informative, giving an indication of the scope of and results contained in the paper.

Keywords

3-6 words related to your MS.

Materials and methods

Briefly describe the experimental system and procedures used.

Results and Discussion

Describe the observations.

Conclusions

Indicate in one or two sentences the conclusion of the paper.

Authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically. To submit papers by email, combine all of the elements of your article—title page, text, references, lowresolution black and white figures, captions, and tables—into one file. Name the file with the journal acronym (CJPAS), and the last name of the lead author. Submit your article as an e-mail attachment to editor@cjpas.ca , editor@cjpas.net
Include the journal name, article title, and your contact information within the text of the e-mail, and add the word “Submission” to the subject.