1. Scope, style and targeted audience of GEOMORPHOMETRY.ORG Articles

The article has to be directly related to geomorphometry.org and its activities. The following short communications are especially encouraged: shorter discussions, book reviews, technical communications (e.g. description of geomorphometric algorithms) and similar. The articles that are uploaded to the website will remain exclusive responsibility of the members and do not reflect the opinion of the geomorphometry.org research group and this group is not responsible for any use that can be made of this information. All users are invited to edit and update their profile regularly in order to ensure accurate and up-to-date information.

2. Preparation of a PDF

Geomorphometry.org will only accept articles that have been prepared using the latex document format. You should first download the following template files to your computer:

• template.tex --- the template (sample) document with code examples of how to write computer codes, how to insert figures and how to cite sources (see the PDF output);
• autart.cls --- Elsevier two-column article document style definition;
• elsart-harv.bst --- Bibliography style document;

By carefully comparing the tex sample document and the PDF output, you should be able to understand what do certain commands mean/do. Detailed instructions on how to write in latex can be found also here. To generate PDF from the latex template document you will need an ASCII text editor. We advise you to use WinEdt or Texnic. Now, you will be able to edit the text, but if you have not installed a tex generator (e.g. MikTex), you will not be able to generate a PDF output. Optionally, you can also obtain the MathType to prepare the equations in latex format, and BibTeX to prepare the references. An extensive bibliographic library of publications in geomorphometry can be downloaded from here. See also the more extensive review of bibliography on geomorphometry by R.J. Pike. Edit your chapter and slowly test the output. Iteratively, you will learn how to use LaTeX and improve you chapter.

3. English language and graphical editing

Before uploading your article, please make sure you have spell-checked the English language and provided images of highest possible graphical quality. To ensure the maximum quality of your article, please go through this check list:

• Manuscript has been prepared using the provided templates and following the instructions for authors.
• Manuscript has been "spell-checked" (see the English common language dictionary).
• Figures are prepared in maximum quality (at least 200 DPI for rasters); vector graphics should be inserted as PDF files;
• References are in the correct format.
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web sources).
• The article does not exceed the suggested limits (<2000 or >8000 words or >5 MB file size).

Note that if you have problems with producing a PDF of your article, you can always request a limited support.

4. Upload and updating of articles

Once you have proof-read your article and line-edited all small type and grammatical errors, you can prepare a PDF file which is now ready for upload. You can now login to geomorphometry.org and select "ADD NEW ARTICLE" button at the left menu. You will need to insert a running title, full title, abstract, keywords and then load a PDF file. The PDF file must NOT exceed 5 MB of file size otherwise you will not be able to upload it to the system. If your document does exceed this size limit, try to compress/reduce your figures e.g. by providing them in compressed JPG format.
Once an article has been uploaded, it can always be improved and replaced by a newer version by the original author. During the each new upload, the authors need to follow the same procedure/instructions as provided here.

5. Misuse, poorly prepared and biased articles

The following are ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENTS to accept your article for publication at geomorphometry.org:

• The topic of the article needs to be related to the geomorphometry.org activities;
• The article needs to present original materials which have not yet been previously published, or that if it has been published in whole or part, any permission necessary to publish it in the GEOMORPHOMETRY.ORG Articles has been obtained and provided to web-administrator together with a statement of the original copyright notice.
• The article needs to be complete, correct and logically structured (this guide might help you to achieve this);
• The article needs to be prepared using the template.tex (see above);
• The article needs to be written using grammatically correct English language (dictionary); English language editing is responsibility of the authors;
• The size of article needs to be >2000 words and <8000 words; Articles that are larger than 8000 words should be split in parts and uploaded separately;
• The size of the PDF file can NOT exceed 5 MB;

Articles that do not comply with these rules WILL BE REMOVED from the website without a previous notice. In addition, articles that are incorrect, incomplete or are or of questionable quality will also be removed from the website. For any additional information please contact chair and vice chair of the geomorphometry.org research group.

6. How to cite GEOMORPHOMETRY.ORG Articles

Please cite the articles publish at geomorphometry.org as on-line documents:

Hengl T., Pike, R. and Evans, I.S., 2007. GEOMORPHOMETRY.ORG Articles - a digital journal for free exchange of scientific information. Geomorphometry.org Articles, www.geomorphometry.org [last updated: 14-Jun-2007], 6 pp.

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