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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission to Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) and its contents have not been previously published and have not been considered by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • There is no conflict of interest among the co-authors of the submission.
  • The text files of the submission are anonymous, in Word format and according to the Editorial Guidelines provided on the home page of Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie).
  • In the "Literature cited" the references comply with all the requirements of the Editorial Guidelines section provided in the Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) home page. In addition, the URLs and available DOI of all citations mentioned in the manuscript were included.

Author Guidelines

Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie)

Any article/essay submitted to AZM must comply the following specifications (see detail in Editorial Guidelines):

  • AZM publishes original scientific articles and essays in Spanish and English about the results of terrestrial fauna research.
  • Articles and essays must be unpublished and original, that have not been submitted previously or simultaneously to other journals for the same purpose.
  • Contributions submitted separately as small contributions or notes are not accepted.
  • The accuracy of information in the manuscripts, including authorship of photographs, figures, graphs and bibliographic citations, is the full responsibility of the author(s). All material must be unpublished or the original author's permission and/or electronic reference of origin must be submitted.
  • THE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR MUST BE WHO SENDS THE SUBMISSION THROUGH THE OJS PLATFORM.
  • OJS submission requires that the corresponding author register ALL CO-AUTHORS and provide the data in the corresponding fields (complete name, email, institution, country, ORCID).
  • Every submission received in OJS generates an immediate email, including the registration number of your manuscript and the link to access it through OJS.
  • Upon entering OJS, the manuscript undergoes an initial review to verify that it complies with the Editorial Guidelines. After, the manuscript will be submitted to a double-blind peer review system.
  • In case of disagreement, it will be submitted for review by a third reviewer.
  • Article acceptance is based on scientific content and information presentation.
  • Articles that have been rejected will not be accepted by AZM (with exceptions).
  • The order of publication is according to the dates of receipt and acceptance of the submission.

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