Instructions for Authors

Please download and follow the Checklist for Contributors fillable PDF file in preparing your manuscript for submission. Manuscripts not prepared per this style sheet will likely be returned to the author without review. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the templates that are now available for regular manuscripts, taxonomic treatments and specimen citation lists, and Notes/Botanists’ Corner submissions.

Before Submitting:

• The intended readership is professional botanists, educators, conservation biologists and serious amateurs.
• Submission of a manuscript implies it is not being considered for publication elsewhere, either in whole or in part.
• Prior to publication authors will be required to sign a Transfer of Copyright Agreement.
• It is the author’s responsibility to verify all information included in the manuscript.
• Brevity is urged for all submissions. If manuscripts are returned with considerable rewriting necessary, additional peer review is typically sought by the Editor.
• The manuscript should be checked against these instructions. Manuscripts not properly prepared may be returned for revision prior to review.
• Rhodora has no publication page charges or color image fees.

What to Submit via Scholastica:

• Manuscript in Word format. The text of the manuscript must be submitted as a single file (including tables, figure captions, and appendices).
• Completed Checklist for Contributors
• Notes for any special instructions, author contribution statement (if more than one author), and any conflict of interest.
• Names and email addresses of 3–4 possible objective reviewers and any opposed reviewers. Objective reviewers should not include members of your laboratory/department, recent coauthors (within one year), or people with whom the authors are actively collaborating on a research project or manuscript.

Submit manuscripts via Scholastica, a journal submissions management system. Please note that Scholastica has a $10 submission fee.

• Editor-in-Chief
• Dr. Melanie Schori
• editor@rhodora.org

For questions not covered by the information in this checklist, please refer to recent issues of the journal or contact the Editor-in-Chief by e-mail.