Nordic Hydrology - Instructions to Contributors

Hydrology Research
Instructions to Contributors

General policy	Hydrology Research is a peer-reviewed journal. It publishes articles within hydrology in its widest sense, with an emphasis on water quantity and quality aspects of the hydrological cycle. Papers that draw upon adjoining sciences are embraced as well. Hydrology Research is intended to be a link between basic hydrological research and the practical application of scientific results within the broad field of water management. Manuscripts submitted to Hydrology Research must not have been published or simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must obtain permission to incorporate any material protected by copyright. On acceptance of a paper, authors will be asked to sign a Transfer of Copyright Agreement releasing copyright of the paper to IWA Publishing. Provision is made on the form for work performed for e.g. the United States Government (for which copyright cannot be assigned) and other extenuating circumstances. Proofs will be sent to the listed corresponding author. Any corrections must be returned within two days of receipt and should only cover typesetting errors. Authors will be required to pay for major alterations from their original manuscripts, and it may sometimes be necessary to disallow excessive changes. Proofs should be returned to Emma Gulseven at IWA Publishing in London.
Manuscript submission	Manuscripts should be submitted online through the website http://www.editorialmanager.com/hydrology/ Manuscripts should be submitted in correct English in a concise style; if English is not your first language, you might find it helpful to have your work checked and corrected by a native English speaker to avoid rejection on the grounds of poor grammar and style. Submitted papers should be formatted with wide margin and in double space. All pages in papers and items in other forms should be labelled consecutively. Articles should not normally exceed 7500 words.
Article content and format	(a) Title Page The first page should contain a concise but informative title, the name(s) of the author(s), and the institution with which the author is associated. The full postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address must be included for the corresponding author to whom communications and proofs are to be sent. If the title is longer than 40 letters and spaces, a short title should be given for use in the running heads. (b) An Abstract of no more than 200 words should appear under the authors’ names and addresses, briefly specifying the aims of the work, the methods used, the main results obtained and the conclusions drawn. (c) Under the abstract up to 6 Key words should be listed in alphabetical order. (d) Main text: for clarity this should normally be subdivided into: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References. (e) A Conclusions section is particularly valuable to readers and should always be included in papers. Do not number or letter section headings in printed contributions. Do not indent the first paragraph under a heading, but indent subsequent paragraphs. Leave no spaces between paragraphs. References in the text to tables, figures, and numbered equations should be in the form: ... Table 1, Fig. 2, Eq. (1), Eqs. (1)-(3).
Figures	All illustrations are considered as figures, and each graph, drawing, or photograph should be numbered in sequence with Arabic numerals with top and bottom clearly indicated. Each figure should have a legend, and these should be on a separate sheet and numbered correspondingly. They should be written so that the general meaning of each illustration can be understood without reference to the text. Figures should be planned to fit the proportions of the printed pages. Any lines, numbers, or lettering in the figure should be of a quality acceptable for reproduction and large enough in size for the necessary reduction.
Tables	These should only be used to clarify important points. They should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Each table should be typed on a separate sheet, with due regard for the proportions of the printed page. Tables should have legends, which make their general meaning comprehensible without reference to the text.
References	should be given in the text in the form: "as mentioned by Hoover (2002)" or "as stated elsewhere (Kerr and Chung 2001)". If the paper has more than two authors, the names of all the authors should be given in the reference list; citations should appear as: "Metcalf et al. (2002)". All references cited in the text are to be listed in alphabetic order at the end of paper. Examples: Sun, H., Cornish, P. and Daniell, T. M. (2003) Digital elevation hydrological modelling in a small catchment in South Australia. Nord. Hydrol. 34(3), 161-178. McIntosh, A. C. (2003) Asian Water Supplies. IWA Publishing, London. pp. 183-196. WWC (2000) A Water Secure World: Vision for Water, Life, and the Environment. Report of the World Water Council. World Water Council, Paris.
Abbreviations and Notations	Nomenclature must be listed at the beginning of all printed paper contributions and conform to the system of standard SI units. Acronyms and abbreviations must be spelled out in full at their first occurrence in the text and summarized at the start of the contribution. Write equations in dimensionless form or in metric units.
Electronic text and figures	The main text, list of references, tables and figure legends should be stored in separate text files with clearly identifiable file names. Word is preferred, but other common word processing packages are also acceptable. Illustrations should be logically named and saved as individual files in .tif or .eps formats. They should not be embedded within the typescript, but their approximate position should be indicated at the appropriate position in the text.
Reprints	After publication, thirty offprints will be supplied free of charge for each article. Additional offprints can be ordered on the offprint order form, which will accompany the proofs.

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