Guidelines for Submissions to the Journal
of the Kentucky Academy of Science
[from the Kentucky
Academy of Science web site]
1.
Text of abstracts must be 250 words or less.
2.
Abstracts must be on white good quality paper (8.5 x 11 inches).
They must be single spaced throughout and have a margin of 1 inch all around.
3.
Use the same font style and size (10 or 12 point) throughout; do not use
bold.
Italics should be used only for scientific name of organisms and other
expressions
that conventionally appear in italic type.
4.
Do not justify the right-hand margin.
5.
Use a short and specific title.
6.
The address should contain the name of the author's department,
the name of the author's university or company, the name of the city,
the name of the state (use standard 2-letter abbreviations e.g., IN,
OH, KY, TN) and the zip code.
7.
In multi-authored abstracts, the name of the presenter of the paper
should be followed by an asterisk.
8.
Use standard, well-known abbreviations when the use of
abbreviations is necessary. When using abbreviations for chemical
compounds, spell out the name in full at the first mention and follow
with the abbreviation in parenthesis; use the abbreviation thereafter.
Do not abbreviate compounds in the title of the abstract.
9.
Any special symbols --e.g., Greek letters-- that are not on your
word processor must be carefully drawn in by hand with black ink.
10. Scientific
names of organisms should be in italics (not underlined).
Spell out generic names the first time they are used; afterwards
these names should be abbreviated to the first letter (plus a period)
when followed by a specific epithet unless confusion results with
another abbreviated generic name in the abstract.
11. Your abstract
must be sent with your Paper Submission Form to
the Program Coordinator as indicated at the bottom of the Paper
Submission Form.
12. In the upper
right-hand corner of the abstract, type in CAPITALS
the names of the section to which your paper belongs: |
