Scope

    Original research papers dealing with any aspects of life sciences are considered for publication.

Submission of manuscripts

    Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before, is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has been read and approved by all authors. Submission of manuscripts by the authors means that the authors automatically agree to assign exclusive copyright to the journal if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. This manuscript shall not be published elsewhere in any language without the written consent of the journal. For reviewing purpose, please specify your manuscript to be either a research article or a short note, and also belong to which one of the following category:

1. Anatomy and Morphology
2. Cell Biology and Physiology
3. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Animal Behavior
4. Genetics, Molecular and Developmental Biology
5. Biodiversity

Manuscript should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format to the Editorial Office (taiwania@ntu.edu.tw). Or, submit the manuscript in hard copy (three copies) to:

Ms. Su-Wei Fan, Managing Editor
TAIWANIA Editorial Office
College of Life Science
National Taiwan University
No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road
Taipei 106, Taiwan

Form of manuscript

    Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word compatible format or be typewritten, with wide margins of high quality bond paper, using double spacing throughout. The first page should contain only the title, the author’s name, and full address. Correspondent author should include name, full address, numbers of phone and fax, and an email address. A proposed running head of no more than 30 characters and keywords of no more than ten words should be included. The title should be brief and contain words useful for indexing and information retrieval. The second page of the manuscript contains the abstract. Subdivision of articles into Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, and Literature Cited, is recommended. Abstract should be limited to 250 words. Keep acknowledgements short. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the bottom right-hand corner. The last page must be in Chinese containing title, abstract, key words, author’s name and full address.

Tables

    Tables should be typed on separate pages, numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers and arranged at the end of the manuscript. All tables must have titles, legends and descriptive headings and should be understandable without reference to the text. The abbreviations used in tables should be explained.

Illustrations

    Illustrations should be limited to materials essential for the text, and line drawings should be used wherever possible. Previously published illustrations are not accepted except under special circumstances. All figures, whether photographs, micrographs or diagrams, should be numbered consecutively and used unit scale bar.

Please submit on separate sheets arranged at the end of manuscript. Photo- or micrographs which are appearing as a group should be mounted together with small spaces between the individuals, and identified by bold uppercase Arial letters (A, B, C, etc.). Line drawings must be original works and should be submitted as good-quality prints. They should be drawn clearly in deep-black lines on white background and each illustration should be provided with a concise but descriptive caption. The caption format for composite figures should be, for example: Fig. 1. Trabrooksia applanata. A: Fruiting bodies. B: Spores, surface view. Abbreviations: fb, fruiting body; s, spore. Scale bar: A = 325 μm; B = 4 μm. Color plates may be included as the authors’ expense. Plan your illustrations for the smallest size possible.

Nomenclature of organisms

    Binomial Latin names, with authorities, should be used in accordance with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature or the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Binomials should be underlined in the type-written copy. A brief Latin diagnosis for each new taxon is preferred to a complete Latin description and should be accompanied by appropriate illustrations. A specific name should not be used without an accompanying capitalized generic name. The generic name for each species should be written in full where it first occurs in the text, and again in the summary or abstract. Where the generic name appears frequently in the text it may be abbreviated by using the initial letter.

Abbreviation and Units

    Use SI units as far as possible. Only standard abbreviations should be used. Abbreviations should be checked for consistency. Periods are used after all abbreviations except metric measures, compass directions, and herbarium acronym.

Literature Cited

    The list of References should include only publications cited in the text. The references should be cited in alphabetical order under the first author's name, listing all authors, the date of publication, the full title of the paper, the abbreviated title of the journal, the volume number and the first and last page numbers. References to books should include the number of edition, the name of the publisher, city and country of publication, pages numbers. In the text a reference should be quoted by the author's name and the date placed in brackets, e.g. Chen and Huang (1980) or both author's name and the date placed in brackets, e. g. (Chen and Huang, 1980). Please consult recent articles in the journal for further information.

Chen, S.-H. and T.-C. Huang. 1980. Aeropalynological study of Taipei Basin, Taiwan. Grana 19: 147-155.
Lin, C.-Y., T. J. Guilfoyle, Y.-M. Chen, R. T. Nagao and J. L. Key. 1974. The separation of RNA polymerase I and II achieved by fractionation of plant chromatin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 60: 498-506.
Robson, Narman K. B. 1996. Guttiferae. In: Huang, T.-C. et al. (eds.), Flora of Taiwan, 2nd ed. 2: 694-714. Editorial Committee, Dept. Bot., NTU, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ackery, P. R. and R. I. Vane-Wirght. 1984. Milkweed Butterflies, Cornell Univ. Press, New York, USA. 425pp.
Huang, T.-C. 1972. Pollen Flora of Taiwan. Dept. Bot., NTU, Taipei, Taiwan. pp. 63-64.

Proof and Reprints

    For accepted paper, we would like to receive your manuscript and artwork in electronic form. Please do not embed figures in Word document. Save vector graphics (line art) in Portable Document Format (PDF), or bitmap files (half-tones/photographs) in JPG, PNG, GIF or TIF. The maximum printed size for a full page figure is 16.7 cm by 22.3 cm, and the resolution of figures should be at least 300 dpi (at reproduction size). Combination figures can also be saved in jpg or metafile (EMF) format. Corresponding authors will receive page proof and will be charged for alternations on illustration. Reprints over 50 may be purchased at cost plus postage.

Copyright Assignment Form must be completed for all accepted paper before publication.