Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected. Please, read the author guidelines below to ensure that your article complies with the journal's standards and the editors' expectations.

Research ethics

Authors must have conducted their research in accordance with the ethical principles set out in current French and European legislation and regulations (e.g. directive no. 2010/63/EU, decree no. 2013-118). In the case of research using animals, the authors undertake to apply the three R principles: Replacement, Reduction, Refinement.

Integrity

Original research

Articles submitted must be original and not have been published in full or in part elsewhere. They must not be currently being evaluated in another journal.

Articles must also respect the intellectual property of the content re-used in their publication.

Research Data

The data collected as part of the research has not been invented, omitted or distort.

Authorship

Submission of a manuscript implies that all the authors have approved the paper and agree with its contents.

All authors must be listed at the time of submission.

In addition, the journal encourages authors to mention all persons who have contributed to the research according to the CRediT taxonomy. They will be mentioned in the "CRediT authorship contribution statement" section of the article.

Finally, the journal strongly encourages authors to provide their ORCID identifier as part of the submission process. This identifier is important because it improves the visibility of the author and his/her work, and is essential in the event of homonymy or name change. If the author(s) do not already have one, they can create one at the following address: https://orcid.org/register

Artificial intelligence

The journal asks authors to indicate whether or not they used artificial intelligence in the research process. If AI was used, the authors must explain why. It should be noted that artificial intelligence must not be used to generate images or videos. Nor should it be used for the important stages of research.

AI may be used sparingly in the writing of the article, and it is not necessary to mention its use to the journal or to justify it. Authors are responsible for the entire content of the publication. In addition, Vie et Milieu / Life & Environment draws authors' attention to the fact that an AI cannot be cited as a co-author and that its extensive use in the editorial process calls copyright into question: copyright cannot be claimed in the case of a publication produced largely by the AI.

Conflict of interest

The corresponding author must declare any conflict of interest to the journal concerning him/herself or his/her co-authors. Conflicts of interest are defined by COPE as « situations that have the potential to influence people’s judgements. Such situations may affect, or may be perceived to affect, every stage of research, from planning to applying for or allocating funding, conducting a study, interpreting data and reporting research. In publishing, conflicts of interest could influence peer review, editorial decisions and publication management. »

This includes financial (funding, employment) and non-financial conflicts of interest.

All fundings must be declared at the time of submission.

At the time of submission

To submit an article to the journal, the corresponding author must create an account on OJS . Articles are submitted in PDF format.

Please submit your publication in two files: one for the text and one for the figures and the tables. Figures must not be included in text.

All manuscripts are subject to peer-review. Authors are encouraged to suggest five referees (with  electronic addresses), but the Editors reserve the right to choose referees other than those suggested.

Manuscript

Writing and formatting

The text must include the following information:

• a concise and informative title in capital letters (omit author and date of any taxon names)
• authors' names in italics and capital letters;
• authors’ affiliations and addresses, including the e-mail address of the corresponding author and if possible the ORCID identifier;
• a running title, that must not exceed 55 characters and spaces;
• up to 6 keywords;
• an abstract about 200 words. It should state concisely the scope of the work and give the most significant findings. It must not include references.
• Articles limited to 10,000 words are preferred. 
• Sections: introduction, materials and methods, results (using sub-sections with short headings), discussion, acknowledgements and references (except for taxonomic authorities in systematic hierarchies). Do not mix discussion material with results - these are separate sections. Conclusions should be given within the discussion section.
• Legends of tables and figures must be provided separately at the end of the manuscript, after the references. They should not repeat the details given in the results. Legends must contain only alphanumeric characters.

Contributions for taxonomic papers and reviews may have other divisions.

Avoid footnotes.

Typography

Use italics for the scientific names of genera and species, and for any Latin terminology used: et al.; in vivo; in situ; etc.

At the first mention of a taxon, the authority(ies) must be added, using the International Codes of Nomenclature.

Use SI units and appropriate symbols (mm, not millimeter; µm, not micron; s, not sec; Ma for million years)

Data availability

Data availability should be mentioned in a "Data Availability Statement " at the end of the article, indicating whether the data is :

• freely downloadable
• available on request
• non-disclosable

When research data is not subject to confidentiality (industrial and commercial secrecy, protection of individuals, etc.), the journal Vie et Milieu / Life & Environment recommends that authors deposit the data relating to their research in a trusted repository (some examples).

References 

In the text, give references in the following forms: "x (2005) said"; "it has been shown by different authors (x & y 2004, z 1989, 2001)"; "x et al. 2004" for more than two authors.

Consecutive references must be separated by a comma. All authors quoted in the text should appear in the reference list. In the list, references should be given alphabetically by authors' names and chronologically under each author. Papers with two or more authors are listed in alphabetical order by second authors' last name.

In the reference list, the titles of the journals must be abbreviated. (http://library.caltech.edu/reference/abbreviations/

http://home.ncifcrf.gov/research/bja/

If the reference has a doi, please indicate it.

Examples:

Bouck L, Thistle D 2006.  Responses of two morphologically similar species of benthic copepod (Harpacticoida, Dioosaccidae) to an erosion rate that occurs during winter storms. Vie Milieu 56(1): 9-14

Lekve K, Stenseth C 2005. Climatic influences on marine fish community ecology. In Marine ecosystems and climate variation, Stenseth NC, Ottersen G, Hurell JW, Belgrano A eds, Oxford University Press: 252 p.

Clarke KR, Warwick RM 2001.Change in marine communities: an approach to statistical analysis and interpretation. Primer-E, Plymouth.

Tables

Tables should be compiled on separate pages and numbered with roman numerals according to their sequence in the text. They should not be included in the text. Long headings should be avoided. Horizontal lines should be inserted only above and below the column headings and at the foot of the tables. Do not use vertical lines. Long lists of species are undesirable. Footnotes in tables should be designated by symbols (*, †, #...).

Illustrations

Illustrations usually consist of line drawings and photographs. They are numbered with Arabic numerals and referred to consecutively in the text as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. Component parts of figures should be clear and large enough to allow reduction. Use scale bars with appropriate units (e.g., 0.2 mm), instead of magnifications or scale ratios. When reduced to final publication size, illustrations should fit into either one (8.1 cm) or two (17 cm) column widths. The type area of the journal is 17 x 24 cm (final size including legend). Illustrations should have a high contrast.

Electronic files

Lines drawings should be scanned at high resolution (at least 800 dpi) and saved as JPEG, PSD (Photoshop) or EPS (Photoshop Illustrator) formats. Other formats (Power Point, BMP, PICT...) are unsuitable. Photographs (halftones) must be scanned at least 300 dpi. Tables should be prepared in Word or Excel programs.

A PDF file of the manuscript proofs is sent to the corresponding author for checking prior to publication. At this stage, only essential alterations and correction of printing errors may be undertaken. Excessive and/or unnecessary corrections will be charged to the author(s). Galley proofs must be returned to the Editorial Office (vimilieu@obs-banyuls.fr) within 3 days of receipt. If the proofs are not returned to the Editorial Office within the 3 days, it will be assumed that the article can be published unchanged.

Reprints 

Authors may use the PDF in the following ways:

• Authors may share print or electronic copies of the paper with colleagues;
• Authors may use all or part of the article and abstract in personal compilations or other publications of your work;
• Authors may use the article for educational or research purposes, including use in course packages;
• Authors are authorised to post the PDF version of the article online;
• When using the PDF version of the article, it must always be cited with full bibliographic reference.

In summary, PDF articles are under a CC-BY version 4.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr

 

 

When you are satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.