Guide for Authors
CETACEAN POPULATION STUDIES (CPOPS) is an English peer reviewed on-line journal which
publishes scientiﬁc articles on cetaceans and other marine mammals in the form of (1) Original study– Full paper, (2) Original study – Short note, (3) Review of studies, (4) Photo gallery with explanatory note as well as (5) Others, subject to authorization by the Editor-in-Chief in advance of formal
submission. CPOPS welcomes contributions from accredited scientists in any country. Copyright forarticles published in CPOPS is transferred to CPOPS when the article is accepted for publication. Articles published in CPOPS may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission fromCPOPS. CPOPS does not charge any submission or publication fee.
Full paper and Short note
A Full paper is a self-contained piece of work composed of systematic analyses which are scientiﬁcally organized using a signiﬁcant number of samples or a signiﬁcant quality of information. For clariﬁcation of structure, the paper should be subdivided into meaningful sections such as introduction,materials and methods, results and discussion, etc. The paper should include an appropriate abstract(less than 300 words) and keywords (less than 6 words), and a list of references cited in the text.
A Short note should be composed of important information or analyses which are also scientiﬁcallyorganized, but it is not necessary that the information is based on a suﬃcient number of samples orobservations. The short note contents do not need to be subdivided by sections as in the case of a fullpaper. It should include an appropriate abstract (less than 100 words) and key words. The short noteshould not exceed 6 printed pages in length and include some thoughtfully selected tables and ﬁgures.
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Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be original work not previously published. Manuscripts must (in principle) be
prepared in Microsoft WORD or PDF ﬁles and submitted to the email address below.
cpopspaper@gmail.com
The information obtained through paper submission will not be used for purposes other than those of
publication without the consent of the author himself/herself.
Manuscripts are peer-reviewed typically by three anonymous referees nominated by the EditorialBoard. Contributors, if they wish, can suggest speciﬁc names of up to two experts with suﬃcientknowledge and experience to review the paper. The Editor-in-Chief will attempt to include one
reviewer from the nominated experts.
When contributors are requested to revise their manuscripts, they can resubmit, within 30 days, therevised manuscript incorporating comments and suggestions by referees, together with an attachednote describing how the revision has been carried out. The ﬁnal decision on acceptance or rejection for
publication is that of the Editor-in-Chief in consultation with other members of the Editorial Board.
You can ﬁnd the Instructions to Contributors, Organization of Manuscripts, General Instructions andthe Cover Page Template for manuscript submission in the following link.
https://cpops.jp/paper_submission/index.html
The Instructions to Contributors may be revised from time to time according to development ofCPOPS and discussions in the Editorial Board.
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