Systematic & Applied Acarology
ISSN 1362-1971
An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society

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NOTICE TO AUTHORS
Aims and scope
Systematic and Applied Acarology (SAA) is an international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society (SAAS). The journal is intended as a publication outlet for all acarologists in the world. There is no page charge for publishing in SAA.

SAA publishes papers reporting results of original research on any aspects of mites and ticks. Submission of a manuscript implies that the results have not been published and are not being considered for publication elsewhere. The journal assumes that all authors of a multi-authored manuscript agree to its submission. All papers are peer-reviewed before acceptance for publication.

Presentation
All manuscripts must be in English. Authors should make sure that the manuscript is written in good and concise English. A manuscript must start with a concise title followed by the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s). An abstract of no more than 500 words should be included before the text. Up to 6 key words should be provided. Headings such as Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, and References may be used. The text is followed by tables, appendices (if any), figure captions, and figures, all of which must be numbered consecutively. Scientific names with authors should be given when names of any animals are first mentioned. Manuscripts should be double spaced with at least 2 cm margins.
Systematic manuscript
Taxonomic revisions and phylogenetic studies are preferred, although manuscripts that simply describe a single new species are also considered for publication. New taxa, new combinations and new synonyms should be indicated as fam.nov., gen.nov., sp.nov., com. nov. and syn. nov. The data for holotype and paratype(s) and their depositories must be provided in the original descriptions. All material examined should also be listed.
Illustrations
Illustrations should have author(s') name(s) and the figure numbers on the back. When preparing the illustrations, authors should bear in mind that the journal has a matter size of 22 cm x 14 cm and is printed on 26 cm x 19 cm paper. Photographs should be used only when necessary and the original prints should be submitted.
References
References are cited in the text in the format: Xin (1988) or (Xin 1988), Shih and Huang (1991) or (Shih & Huang 1991); Zhu et al. (1995) or (Zhu et al. 1995). All dated references cited in the text should be listed in alphabetical order and the ones not cited should not be listed. The names of all authors should be given and the titles of the journals should be in full and not abbreviated. The references are arranged alphabetically in the following format for book chapters (A), books (B) and journal articles (C).
 
A  Shih, C.I.T. & Huang, J.S. (1991) Functional responses of Amblyseius womersleyi preying on the kanzawa spider mites. In: Dusbabek, F. & Bukva, V. (eds.) Modern Acarology Vol. 2 . Prague, Academia and The Hague, SPB Academic Publishing bv. pp. 481-484.
B Xin, J.-L. (1988) Agricultural Acarology . Shanghai, Fudan University Press. 466pp.
C Zhu, X.X., Zhang, W.Y. & Oliver, J.H. Jr. (1995) Immunocytochemical mapping of FMRFamide-like peptides in the argasid tick Ornithodoros parkeri and the ixodid tick Dermacentor variabilis . Experimental & Applied Acarology, 19, 1-9.
Submission
If the text and illustrattions of the manuscript are all available in the e-format, please submit the ms by e-mail.

Manucripts on ticks should be sent to 
Richard G. ROBBINS, DPMIAC/AFPMB, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA

Manucripts on chiggers and other medical mss by authors in China should be sent to 
ManucriotTinghuan WEN, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, CHINA

All other manuscripts should be submitted to one of the three listed below:

Anne S. BAKER, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK

Owen SEEMAN, The Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, AUSTRALIA

Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand; FAX: 64 9 849 7093

The text file should be in RTF format. Figures are best in TIFF format (halftone images may be saved in jpg). Line drawings should be scanned at 600 dpi. Halftone images should be scanned at 300 dpi.  If printed version is submited, please send three copies to the above address.

All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed before acceptance.  Rejected papers may be re-submitted once.

Authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit an electronic version of the manuscript for publication.

Reprints
Authors of each paper receive receive a gratis e-reprint. Paper reprints may be ordered at cost to authors.
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