How to submit an article?

Instructions for submitting an article to AZM

Manuscripts must be submitted using the journal’s Open Journal System (OJS): https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/login

To submit a manuscript, follow the steps below and refer to the guide below: Quick guide for authors

- Access the website of the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. INECOL

- Click on the banner of Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie)

or:

- Access the OJS Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie)

- If this is your first time using AZM OJS system, click on Register, found in the fifth column on the banner. In this section, basic data of the author submitting the manuscript are requested (Corresponding author). Pay special attention to your email because the system generates a password to access the site for any future management, of this and other manuscripts you wish to submit. Your username and password will be automatically sent to your email address.

- Once registered, you can log in to your account here: Login enter username and password.

- Next, a window opens with: Submissions -> My list -> New submissions -> submit an article.

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- Step 1, complete the required sections for the submission.

- Step 2, all files belonging to the submission must be uploaded. Upload file -> Article Components (select the appropriate) -> Upload file -> Continue -> Metadata (edit name in both languages) -> Continue -> Complete/Send another file:

  1. PDF file with COVER LETTER
  2. Word file with SUBMISSION DATA
  3. Word file with MANUSCRIPT to submit
  4. TIFF/JPEG FIGURE flies and/or Word TABLE and/or SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL files. In this case, they will be uploaded one by one (two figures, two independent files)

- Save and continue.

- Step 3, add Title (original language in both fields), Abstract (original and second languages).

If there is more than one author, add all authors in order of appearance. Add contributor -> Fill names, email, country, institution, ORCID, and other data -> Save.

- Save and continue.

- Step 4, Confirmation.

- Step 5, Following steps.

 

Here you can access the Quick guide for authors. Handling of manuscripts in OJS."