Journal Sections

-Research article: It presents the results of a complete and innovative research study
Title: max. 200 characters
Running title: max. 50 characters
Abstract: max. 200 words.
Main text: max. 7000 words
Structure of the manuscript: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion.

-Review article: It provides a comprehensive overview of a research field that is of current interest to the topics covered by Scientia Marina
Title: max. 200 characters
Running title: max. 50 characters
Abstract: max. 200 words.
Main text: max. 7000 words
Structure of the manuscript: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion

-Perspective: It provides a forum for presenting discussion and viewpoints on marine conservation issues that does not meet the criteria for a review: emerging topic, issue or discipline reasoning the need for a new direction in research. It offers the authors the opportunity to present criticism or address controversy, but not preliminary results
Title: max. 200 characters
Running title: max. 50 characters
Abstract: max. 200 words.
Main text: max. 3500 words
Structure of the manuscript: Free

-Reply article: In a reply or response paper, authors should critically respond to one paper published in Scientia Marina. Authors should not share a personal or emotional response but rather to provide a critical response to the paper. Authors are encouraged before submission to read the paper by Simmons MP (2015): Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Reply Paper. PLoS Comput Biol 11(10): e1004536. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004536
Title: max. 200 characters
Running title: max. 50 characters
Abstract: max. 200 words.
Main text: max. 3500 words
Structure of the manuscript: free

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