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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Instructions to authors

Fróðskaparrit is the journal of the Faroese Society of Sci-

ences and Humanities. Papers from all areas of natural and

medical sciences, and the humanities are invited in any Scan-

dinavian language or English as long as their topics pertain

to the Faroes.

All manuscripts received will be evaluated by the board

of editors and/or independent referees. This style guide must

be followed or else the paper will be returned to the author

for revision.

Submit the original and two copies of the manuscript to

the managing editor, preferably also as a file on a 3 1/2"

diskette in WordPerfect or Word or as an ASCII-fiIe.

Authors will receive page proofs for correction and the

corrected proofs should be returned within one week to the

managing editor. Alterations should be kept to a minimum,

and extensive changes will be charged for.

Authors will receive 50 offprints free and can order for

more.

Style Guide:

Manuscripts should follow the general rules accepted within

the respective scientific field. However, endnotes should be

kept to a minimum and especially footnotes should be avoid-

ed - the full explanation be given in the text.

Italics (which can also be indicated m the text by underlin-

ing) should be used for:

1)   References to titles ofbooks and periodicals

2)   Latin names ofplants and animals

The title of the paper in bold, upper and lower case and the

author/s name: ltalic, upper and lower case followed by two

line spaces.

Level 1 subtitle: Bold, upper and lower ease followed by

one line space.

Level 2 subtitle: Bold, upper and lower case followed by no

space.

Level 3 subtitle: ltalics, upper and lower case followed by no

space.

The title and Figure and Table legends in Faroese and

English.

The title and author's name should be on the first page,

followed by an abstract of the paper, not exceeding 175

words amplifying but not repeating the title. It should outline

the purpose of the paper, the work, details and important re-

sults and conclusions. An extra summary should be provided

to be translated into Faroese or English depending on the lan-

guage of the paper. Full name and address of author/s should

be placed after the list of references, including phone and fax

numbers and e-mail address.

The text should ideally contain: Introduction, Materials

and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions, but oth-

er concepts may be accepted. In the text the International

Systems of Units are followed (Sl-Units, e.g. meter as m; de-

gree C as °C). Figures: Tables and Figures (including pho-

tographs) should be listed after the text, and they should be

explained in the caption (not as:.. see text). In Tables the tab-

ulator must be used, never spaces. Fignres must be submitted

as a EPS or TIFF file or printed on white paper. All lettering

and numbering will be added by the printer's computer. Pho-

tographs in black and white or colour plates must be supplied

as dias (6cm x 6cm) or glossy prints, not larger than A4 in

size.

In the text, references should not be cited by numbering,

but as Joensen (1963), or when more convenient as (Joensen,

1963). More than one reference should be written as Joensen

(1963; 1970), or (Joensen, 1963; 1970), or (Svabo, 1783;

Joensen, 1963). References to specific pages should be giv-

en as (Joensen, 1963: 123-134). Two authors should be re-

ferred as (Joensen and Taning, 1970) and more than two au-

thors as (Enckell et al., 1986). See below for references writ-

ten in full. The list of references should not be numbered but

placed in alphabetical order, the titles of books given in full,

and journals with the abbreviations used by the actual jour-

nal, as follows:

Benjaminsen, T. and Christensen, I. 1980. The natural histo-

ry of the bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus (Fos-

ter). In: Winn, H.E. and Olla, B.L. (eds.). Behavior of Ma-

rine Animals vol 3: 143-158.

Enckell, P.H., Bengtson, S.-A., Douwes, P., Niklasson, M.,

Stille, B. and Wiman, B. 1986. The dispersal pattern of an

anthropochorous species: Genetic variation in populations

of Lumbricus terrestris L. (Lumbricidae) in the Faroe Is-

lands. Hereditas 104: 253-261.

Joensen, A.H.  1963. Ynglefuglene pá Skúvoy, Færøerne,

deres udbredelse og antal. Dansk Ornith. Foren. Tidsskr.

57: 1-18.

Joensen, H.D. 1970. Fuglamyndir eftir Díðrik á Skarvanesi.

Fróðskaparrit 18: 275-296.

Joensen, J.S. and Táning, A.V. 1970. Marine and Freshwater

fishes. In: Sparck. R.t andTuxen, S.L. (eds.). 1928-1971.

The Zoology ofthe Faroes III(I): LXII-LXIII. 1 -241.

Svabo, J.C. 1783 (1959). Indberetninger fra en Reise iFærøe

1781 og 1782. Selskabet til Udgivelse af Færøske Kilde-

skrifter og Studier. København.

Udkast til Lov for Færøerne om Jagt, Fuglefangst m.m. 1911.

Forslag og Betænkninger afgivne af Den Færøske Land-

bokommision. København: 303-314.

Williamson, K. 1970. (2nd ed). The Atlantic Islands. A study

ofthe Faroe Life and Scene. London.

Submit manuscripts to Dorete Bloch, Managing Editor

Fróðskaparrit, Føroya Náttúrugripasavn, Museum of

Natural History, FR-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands,

Phone: +298 18588, Fax: +298 18589,

Email: doreteb@ngs.fo.