Instruction for Submission : The article to be organized as :—1. Title;
2.
Author/Authors
along with the address clearly mentioning the corresponding Author and Affiliation,
E-mail
address; 3. Abstract; 4. Key Words; 5. Introduction; 6. Material and Methods; 7.
Systematic
Accounts; 8. Results and Discussion; 9. Acknowledgements, 10. References; 11. Tables
and Figures with appropriate title and legends on separate sheets.
The File size should not exceed 20MB
Format of Manuscript : Submission of a Manuscript implies that the
report is
original,
unpublished and is not being considered/disqualified for Publication elsewhere.
Manuscript in English should be computer-typed, double-spaced with 1.5-inch right-hand
margins on one side in A4 size (210 × 297 mm). Font size 10-12 points, Times New Roman.
Text should be justified. Footnotes should be avoided. All units of measurement are in
metric. All Manuscript sheets must be numbered successively. The maximum length of the
paper should not be more than 10 pages. No portion of the Article should be underlined.
The Latin
names of Genera and Species should be in Italic. Submit on the Online Submission Portal
of ATS
Website https://zsi.org.in/ in MS Word,
photo/map/chart/drawings in jpg (300dpi).
Abstract : An abstract is to be provided in all the Articles.
Key Words : combination of 4-5 words used in the Title and Abstract of
the
Article to make it
searchable and ensure that it may get more Citation.
Introduction section should clearly describe the objectives of the study and provide
enough
background information to make it clear why the study was undertaken. Lengthy literature
review is discouraged. Some earlier references of work may be cited.
Material and Methods should provide the readers with all the necessary information to
repeat
the work. For modification of published Methodology, only modification needs to be
described with reference to the original source.
Under material examined the following format should be followed strictly for e.g. :
Material Examined : Holotype or Paratype : Female : India, Kerala, Calicut University
Campus, Altitude ALS, 3-xii-1994, coll. T. C. Narendran and Party (Reg. No. ........)
Results and Discussion to be presented by referring to the tables and figures (if any).
Discussion should include a concise statement of the findings, a discussion of the
variety
of
observations, a discussion of the findings in the light of other published works dealing
with the same or allied subjects.
Acknowledgements: To thank and acknowledge the persons who helped and assisted in the
course of study of the Project and Funding Agency.
References should be cited as follows :
Title of Periodicals should be abbreviated as in the latest edition of World List of
Scientific
Periodicals, London.
Entries under “Reference” should not include any reference which is not cited in the
text.
Examples :
Journal Article : Das, A., Pathania, P.C. and Shah, S.K. 2019. Reporting
of
Discophora
sondaica (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) from Sundarbans, West Bengal, India
along with an updated species list from the region. Records of the Zoological Survey of
India, 119(2): 120–127.
Book
Singh, N. 2019. Moths of Bihar and Jharkhand, Records of the Zoological Survey of India,
Occasional Paper No., 400: 1–180 (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India,
Kolkata).
Book Chapter
Das, A., Mazumder, A., Pathania, P.C. and Singh, N. 2020. Insecta: Lepidoptera:
Heterocera (Moths). In: Fauna of Haryana, State Fauna Series, 24: 307–330 (Published by
the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).
Tables - Each table should be typed on a separate sheet and must have an
explanatory
title. All numbers is in Arabic numerals.
Figures - All figures should be appropriately lettered and labeled with
letters and numbers
in Arabic numerals, the maximum dimension of figures is 131×193 mm. All figures should
be
submitted in the original, no xerox copy/copies would be entertained.
Photographs - All Photographs to be submitted in the original. For Maps
- fresh
maps shall be
encouraged. The Maps and Photographs taken from other sources (if any), the sources must
be mentioned along with the Manuscript and permission to be obtained for production of
the
same. In case of Digitized/Scanned photo it should be in jpg/photoshop.
Referee comments : Once the Manuscript is received back from the
Referee, it
will be
communicated to the Author with the comments on its suitability and required to be
resubmitted along with the revised Manuscript incorporating all the
suggestions/comments. Failing
which, it will be assumed that the Author is not interested for its Publication and the
case
will
be closed without any further intimation.
Proof Reading : Soft copy (PDF) will be delivered to the corresponding
Author
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the receipt of the proofs (PDF).
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