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ÍNSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Fróóskapurrit is the joumal of the Fróðskapur - Faroe
University Press. Papers from all areas of natural and
medical sciences, and the humanities are invited in any
language as long their thopics pcrtain to the Faroes.
All manuscripts received will be evaluated by the
board of editors and/or independent referees. This style
guidc must be followed or elsc thc papcr will be retumed
to the author for revision.
Submit the manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief as a
paper copy or by email to: doreteb@ngs.fo including a
CD in Winword if the manuscript contains several pic-
tures and/or tables.
Author will receive page in pdf-format for correction
and the corrected proofs should be retumed within 72
hours to the Editor-in-Chief. Alternation should be kept
to a minimum, and extensive changes will be charged for.
You will be sent a pdf of the paper, which you arc
free to place on your website or distribute as you wish.
The pdf will be locked and its content cannot be changed
or revised.
Style Guide
Manuscripts should follow the general rules accepted
within the respective scientifíc fíeld. However, endnotes
should be kept to a minimum and especially footnotes
should be avoided - the full explanation be given in the
text.
Italics (which can also be indicated in the text by under-
liningl should be used for:
1) References to titles of books and periodicals
2) Latin names of plants and animals
The titlc of thc paper in bold, UPPER and lower case
and the author/s name in Italic, UPPER and lower case
followcd by two line spaces.
Levcl 1 subtitle: Bold, UPPER and lowcr case fol-
lowed by onc line space.
Levcl 2 subtitle: Bold, UPPER and lowcr case fol-
lowed by no space.
Level 3 subtitle: Italics, UPPER and lower case fol-
lowed by no space.
The title, author’s namc with postal and Email should
be on the fírst page, followed by an abstract of the paper,
not exeeding 175 words amplifying but not repeating the
title. It should outline the purpose of the paper, the work,
details and important results and conclusions. An extra
summary should be provided to be translated into Faroese
or English depending on the language of the papcr.
The text should ideally contain: Introdution, Materi-
als and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion,
but other concepts may be accepted. In the text the In-
temational Systems of Units are followed (Sl-Units, e.g.
meter as m; degree C as °C). Figures: Tables and Figures
(including photographs) should bc listed after the text,
and they should be explained in the caption (not as: ..see
text). In Tables the tabulator miist be used, never spaces.
Figures must be submitted in EPS, TIFF or JPEG fíle
format or printed on white paper. Photographs in black
and white or colour plates must bc supplied as dias or
glossy prints, not larger than A4 in size or sent by email.
In the text, references should not be cited by num-
bering, but as Joensen (1963), or when more convenient
(Joensen, 1963). More than one reference should be writ-
ten as Joensen (1963; 1970) or (Joensen, 1963; 1970) or
(Svabo, 1783; Joensen, 1963). References to specifíc
pages should be given as (Joensen, 1963: 123-134). Two
authors should be referred as (Joensen and Táning, 1970)
and more than two authors as (Enckell et al., 1986). See
below for references written in full. The list of refer-
ences should not be numbered but placcd in alphabcti-
cal ordcr, the titles of books given in full, and journals
with thc abbreviations used by thc actual joumal, as fol-
lows:
Benjaminsen, T. and Christensen, I. 1980. The natural
history of the bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon am-
pullatus (Fostcr) In: Winn, H.E. and Olla, B.L. (cds).
Behavior ofMarine Animals 3: 143-158.
Enckell, P.H., Bengtson, S-A., Douwcs, P., Niklasson,
M., Stille, B. and Wiman, B. 1986. The dispersal pat-
tern of an anthropochorous species: Genetic varia-
tion in populations of Lumbricus terrestris L. (Lum-
bricidae) in the Faroe Islands. Hereditas 104: 253-
261.
Svabo, J.C. 1783 (1959). Indberetninger fra en Rejse i
. Fcerøe 1781 og 1782. Selskabet til Udgivelse af
Færøske Kildeskrifter og Studier. København.
Udkast til Lov for Færøcrne om Jagt, Fuglefangst m.m.
1911. Forslag og Betænkninger afgivne af Den
Fcerøske Landbokommision. København: 303-314.
Submit manuscripts to Dorete Bloeh, Editor-in-Chicf of
Fróðskaparrit, Foroya Náttúrugripasavn, Musemu of
Natural History, EO-100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands,
Phone: +298 352320, Fax: +298 352321, email:
doreteb@ngs.fo.