Note to
Authors
Nymphaea, Folia Naturae Bihariae, is the yearbook of the Natural Sciences Section of the Țării Crișurilor Museum (Museum of the Criș Rivers Region), Oradea, Romania. Scientific contributions submitted for publication should preferably be written in English, or some articles in the field of environmental protection, heritage, conservation, or restoration will also be accepted in Romanian, with an abstract in English.
Priority will be given to papers dealing with nature research in the Criș Rivers Region.
Before acceptance, all manuscripts will be evaluated by the editorial committee and the scientific reviewers. For this purpose, authors are requested to attach to the manuscript a list of at least 2 potential referees in the field and their address (e-mail).
Manuscripts (on a CD or electronically) will be sent to the editorial office:
Muzeul Ţării Crişurilor
str. Armatei Române 1/A, RO-410087 Oradea, Bihor, Romania
E-mail: nymphaea.folianaturae@gmail.com
Copyright
It is a prerequisite that submitted manuscripts have not been previously published and will not appear in other publications simultaneously. Nymphaea uses the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND license and the authors agree that, in the event of acceptance or publication of the work, the copyright of the work will transfer to the publisher.
Drafting instructions
The text of the manuscript should be arranged as follows: title; abstract; keywords (optional); the text of the article, including any acknowledgements to individuals or institutions; works cited; tables; figures; explanation of figures.
The title of the paper should be short and informative, in 12-point bold, centered; the authors’ surnames and names, in italics, should be accompanied by their addresses (including e-mail).
The informative abstract in English (plus the language in which the paper was written) will be in one paragraph, not exceeding 3% of the total length. It will contain the most important ideas of the article as well as the conclusions (abbreviations and citations of works should be avoided).
The full text of the manuscript should be written on two lines (Arial 10-point font), aligned (Justified), in A4 format, leaving at least 3 cm for the left and right margins; all pages should be numbered.
Works cited will be listed in alphabetical order (only works cited in the text). The following model will be used:
- Frost, DR. & Hillis, D. M. 1990 – Species in concept and practice: herpetological applications. Herpetologica 46: 87-104.
- Lindemann, R. & Yochelson, E. L. 1994 – Redescription of Stylolina (Incertae sedis). in: Landing, E. (ed.): Studies in Stratigraphy and paleontology. NewYork State Museum, Bulletin 481: 149-160, New York.
- Taylor, T.N. 1981 – Palaeobotany: An introduction to fossil plant biology (McGraw-Hill Book Co.) New York, 589 pp.
- Danciu, M. 1974 – Geobotanical studies in the southern Baraolt Mountains. PhD thesis, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, 175 pp.
Tables should be attached separately (portrait or landscape, saved in separate files: e.g., Table 1, 2, etc., preferably Excel or PDF), each on a separate, unpaginated sheet and should be provided with a table header. This will contain the table number and title (maximum size: 125×175 mm or 175×125 mm).
The figures shall be executed in electronic format and numbered consecutively (Fig. 1, Fig. 2 etc.). After shrinking the figure, the characters used must not be smaller than 2 mm. Figures (diagrams, drawings, photographs) in electronic format, with a maximum size of 125×175 mm, with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi for line drawings and 300 dpi for photographs will be accepted. Figures should be saved as separate files (Figure 1, 2, etc.). The preferred location of the figures should be marked in the manuscript on the right-hand side of the page concerned.
For each article published, each author receives one printed volume of “Nymphaea”.