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SRL Submissions
Article Submission Options
Submissions to the ES-SSA
Section of the SRL
Color Charges in SRL
Submission of Artwork in Electronic
Form
Guidelines for the Line Art and Combination Files
Electronic Supplements Guidelines
Submissions to the Seismological Research Letters
Seismological Research Letters (SRL) is a journal containing articles and items of broad appeal on topics in seismology and earthquake engineering. Articles submitted to SRL should be informational in nature and should be of current interest to a cross-section of the SSA membership. Articles expressing some particular view about seismology or seismological research will also be accepted. Articles that contain original research results should be submitted to the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA). News/notes, special reports on particular earthquakes, seismic network summaries, information on computer hardware or software pertinent to seismology, seismological equipment information, book reviews, and letters to the editor are also solicited for publication in SRL.
Articles should not exceed 20 pages of double-spaced text unless approved by the editor. This rule excludes figures, which you are allowed up to 10 per article. Supplemental electronic supplements can now be considered for SRL; please review the policy for details.
Historical Seismology submissions should be 1 – 2 pages and include a photo if possible.
Earthquake Lites should be kept to one page or less.
Opinion articles should not exceed 1,000 words, minimum references, no equations and no figures.
Comments should be kept to less than the length of the original article and should be focused.
Memorials should be kept to 1 to 3 pages and include a limited biography and photographs.
Article Submission Options
There are three acceptable formats to send your article:
- E-mail submissions are preferred, with the article in .DOC format. E-mail submissions should include the first author's name in the subject line.
- Mail three copies of your article to the Editor including mailing contact information.
- CDROM submissions via mail are also accepted, including the article in .PDF format with figures embedded.
All submissions should be sent to the editor.
Luciana Astiz
E-mail: lastiz [at] ucsd.edu
Mailing Address:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gillman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225
USA
Submissions to the ES-SSA Section of the SRL
The ES-SSA section of SRL is devoted to the seismology of continental interiors. Articles pertaining to eastern North American earthquakes, intraplate seismotectonics, and earthquake engineering are particularly encouraged.
Three copies of articles for this section should be sent to the ES-SSA editor:
Martin C. Chapman
Telephone: (540) 231-5036
E-mail: mcc [at] vt.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Geological Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic & State University
4044 Derring Hall
Blacksburg,
VA 24061
USA
Appropriate review articles and tutorials are encouraged, as well as news and notes pertaining to the Eastern Section of SSA. Referees are sought on all ES-SSA papers exceeding four published pages in length. Page charges for articles in the ES-SSA section are $25 for each printed page. The editor may allow exceptions to the page charges under certain circumstances.
Color Charges in SRL
The rates for color in SRL are:
- First page: $1,050
- Second page: $600
- Each additional page: $90
- Color separation per page: $155
Submission of Artwork in Electronic Form
Electronic submission of artwork with articles is encouraged. We prefer the following file formats:
- TIFF
- Native Adobe Photoshop files
- JPEG (as long as compression is avoided or minimized)
- GIF
If your graphic is in a different format, please e-mail Mary George, srl [at] seismosoc.org, to determine compatibility.
For color images, use CMYK color mapping instead of RGB. (CMYK often looks less bright than RGB, but since it will be printed using CMYK, that is a better representation of what it will look like in the journal.) Color scans should be made at 300 dpi or greater resolution.
Grayscale and halftone images should be 3% highlights and 85% shadows.
For photos that include a few arrows and legends, you may make a combination file, but also include the original photo in one of the above formats. That way, if there is trouble with the combination file, we can use our software to recreate the legends and arrows.
Guidelines for Line Art and Combination Files
When possible, use PostScript fonts. The journal is set in Helvetica and Adobe Garamond (and their stylistic variations), but Times is also fine. The best file formats by far are:
- Native Adobe Illustrator files
- EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
- PS (plain PostScript, including PostScript "job" or "printer" files)
- Adobe Acrobat PDF files
Formats that sometimes work but which frequently get corrupted in minor to major ways are PICT, CorelDraw, and figures pasted into a Microsoft Word document. Older versions of Word seem to behave better. Again, for color work use a CMYK color model when possible. For black and white work, avoid color (it will appear gray). Instead use solid black and gray scales between 20% and 70%. (Shades outside this range can be used, but be aware that shades darker than 70% may appear black, especially when used in thin lines, and shades lighter than 20% fade on printing and may not be easily visible.)
Most graphics software will produce usable PostScript files if you select a PostScript printer driver (whether or not you have a PostScript printer) and print a file to disk. These files can be quite large, however. CorelDraw produces fairly unreliable PostScript, especially when raster-image files are included.
Last Update: 17 August 2006