v Introduction: Hervé Maisonneuve Section 1. EDITING 1-1 Editorial policy 1-1.1: Developing an editorial policy, part 1: The new and the intimate (Elise Langdon-Neuner) 1-1.2: Developing an editorial policy, part 2: Bringing policies into the instructions to authors or public domain (Elise Langdon-Neuner) 1-1.3: Editorial boards (Harvey Marcovitch and Alex Williamson) 1.1.4: Scientific authorship (Roderick Hunt) 1-1.5: Developing editorial staff (Tim Albert) 1-2 Procedure 1-2.1: Editing conference proceedings (Elisabeth Heseltine) 1-2.2: Editing an electronic journal (Edward J Huth) 1-2.3: Copy editing scientific papers (Maeve O'Connor and Margaret Cooter) 1-2.4: Editing texts by non-native speakers of English (Joy Burrough-Boenisch) 1-2.5: On-screen editing, part 1: Background and technical requirements (Kathleen Lyle) 1-2.6: On-screen editing, part 2: The process (Kathleen Lyle) 1-2.7: Editorial processing (John W Glen) 1-3 Reviewing 1-3.1: Guidelines on good refereeing practice (Pehr H Enckell) 1-3.2: Dealing with referees -- judges or colleagues? (Pehr H Enckell) 1-3.3: Book reviews (Peter Lomax) 1-3.4: Writing and editing book reviews (James Hartley) 1-3.5: Peer review systems (Elizabeth Wager) 1-3.6: Writing and issuing grey literature: old and new responsibilities (Paola De Castro and Sandra Salinetti) 1-4 Ethical issues 1-4.1: The ethics of scientific publication (Povl Riis) 1-4.2: How to be prepared for fraud (Stephen Lock) 1-4.3: How should fraud be dealt with (Povl Riis) 1-4.4: Conflict of interest: declaring more or less? (Hervé Maisonneuve) 1-4.5: Editors and the biomedical industry (Elizabeth Wager) 1-5 Journal management 1-5.1: Establishing a new journal (Matko Marusic, Ana Marusic, Ruth King and Pritpal S Tamber) 1-5.2: Journal impact factor (Jane Moody) Section 2. STANDARDS AND STYLE 2-1 Presentation 2-1.1: Requirements and preferences for the first page of journal articles (AJ (Tom) van Loon) 2-1.2: Requirements and preferences for individual issues and entire volumes (AJ (Tom) van Loon) 2-1.3: Layout and principles of lists (AJ (Tom) van Loon) 2-2 Illustration 2-2.1: Illustration basics (Anthony G Bowley) 2-2.2: Multipliers in axis labels of graphs and column or row headings of tables (Dong Geng and John W Glen) 2-2.3: Editing and design of tables (Yateendra Joshi) 2-2.4: Editing graphs (Naomi B Robbins) 2-3 Format 2-3.1: Common statistical errors in scientific articles (Tom Lang) 2-3.2: References (Roderick Hunt) 2-3.3: Advertising standards in scientific, technical and medical journals (Mark Powlson) Section 3. NOMENCLATURE AND TERMINOLOGY 3-1 General aspects 3-1.1: Using units and quantities correctly (Arjan KS Polderman) 3-1.2: Numerals (John W Glen and Arie A Manten) 3-1.3: Symbols for physical quantities (Göran I Ågren) 3-2 Chemistry 3-2.1: Nomenclature and typography in chemistry and pharmacy (Arjan KS Polderman) 3-3 Medical sciences 3-3.1: Anatomical nomenclature (Jenny Gretton) 3-4 Biology 3-4.1: Bacteriological nomenclature (Jan B Ursing) 3-4.2: Virus nomenclature (Marc HV Van Regenmortel) 3-4.3: Zoological nomenclature (Peter C Barnard) 3-4.4: Botanical (including fungal) nomenclature (David L Hawksworth) 3-4.5: Genetics nomenclature (John Pettigrew) 3-5 Earth sciences 3-5.1: Mineralogical nomenclature (Andrew M Clark) 3-5.2: Nomenclature of igneous rocks (AJ (Tom) van Loon) 3-5.3: Nomenclature of sedimentary rocks (AJ (Tom) van Loon) 3-5.4: Nomenclature of metamorphic rocks (AJ (Tom) van Loon) 3-5.5: Stratigraphic nomenclature (AJ (Tom) van Loon) Section 4. PUBLISHING AND PRINTING 4-1 Office management 4-1.1 Peer review and manuscript tracking (Philip J Daly) 4-1.2: Last but not least -- the index (Jill Haliday) 4-2 Printing issues 4-2.1: Understanding paper (Jenny Gretton) 4-2.2: Understanding pre-press, printing and binding (Tim Williams) 4-3 Communication 4-3.1: Dealing with the media (David Sharp and Richard Lane) 4-3.2: Organizing the editorial office and educating contributors (Ana Marusic and Matko Marusic) 4-3.3: Promotion of journals, especially small scholarly journals ( Ana Marusic and Matko Marusic)

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