Every journal has a format for outlay, headings, references
and so on. It is always a good idea to prepare
your paper in the exact format of the relevant journal
before submitting it. Editors tend to be unimpressed if
you are not even prepared to take this trouble and
reviewers usually are unsympathetic towards such
authors. Some high class journals like Science, Nature
or Geology have extremely strict rules for the format
of submission and their electronic submission system filters
automatically all submissions that do not follow
these rules. Such journals also have a simpler structure
of publications and limited page and reference numbers,
which makes writing more difficult. They deal with a
very high number of submissions and no time can be
wasted on format problems. It is thus essential to know
and to follow the rules in every detail.
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