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2、投稿方式：在线投稿。

3、官网网址：

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/palaeoworld

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https://www.editorialmanager.com/palwor

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6、官网电话：025-83282197

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8、出刊日期：双月刊，一年出版六期。

2026年1月29日星期四

Guide for authors

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Before you begin

Types of article

Contributions

falling into the following categories will be considered for

publication: Palaeoworld Perspectives, Rapid Communication, Original

technical research papers and case studies, Review articles (normally

invited), Collections of articles on a special theme, Letters to the

Editors, Book reviews.

Please

ensure that you select the appropriate article type from the list of

options when making your submission. Authors contributing to special

issues should ensure that they select the special issue article type

from this list.

Manuscripts

should be written clearly and concisely, and in general should not

exceed 30 printed pages in the Palaeoworld format; in the case of longer

manuscripts, please contact the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.

All manuscripts (except book reviews) are subject to peer-review.

Contributions should be original and largely contain previously

unreported material and a significant amount of new information; the

overlap between related papers should be minimal. Review articles should

contain a substantial amount of new information and/or new

interpretations, and not merely be summaries of earlier work.

Manuscripts

that are not set out according to the house style of Palaeoworld, are

poorly written and/or otherwise poorly prepared will be returned to

authors for revision before they are dispatched for review.

Submission checklist

You

can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before

you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section

in this Guide for Authors for more details.

Ensure that the following items are present:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

   E-mail address

   Full postal address

All necessary files have been uploaded:

Manuscript

   Include keywords

   All figures (include relevant captions)

   All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)

   Ensure

all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided;

Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print

Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)

Supplemental files (where applicable)

Further considerations:

   Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'

   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 Internet)

   A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare

   Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed

For further information, visit our Support Center.

Ethics in publishing

Please see our information on Ethics in publishing.

Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing

Authors must declare the use of generative AI in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.

Elsevier

recognizes the potential of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies

(“AI Tools”), when used responsibly, to help researchers work

efficiently, gain critical insights fast and achieve better outcomes.

Increasingly, these tools, including AI agents and deep research tools,

are helping researchers to synthesize complex literature, provide an

overview of a field or research question, identify research gaps,

generate ideas, and provide tailored support for tasks such as content

organization and improving language and readability.

Authors

preparing a manuscript for an Elsevier journal can use AI Tools to

support them. However, these tools must never be used as a substitute

for human critical thinking, expertise and evaluation. AI technology

should always be applied with human oversight and control.

Ultimately, authors are responsible and accountable for the contents of their work. This includes accountability for:

   Carefully

reviewing and verifying the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and

impartiality of all AI-generated output (including checking the sources,

as AI-generated references can be incorrect or fabricated).

   Editing

and adapting all material thoroughly to ensure the manuscript

represents the author’s authentic and original contribution and reflects

their own analysis, interpretation, insights and ideas.

   Ensuring

the use of any tools or sources, AI-based or otherwise, is made clear

and transparent to readers. If AI Tools have been used, we require a

disclosure statement upon submission; please see example below.

   Ensuring

the manuscript is developed in a way that safeguards data privacy,

intellectual property and other rights, by checking the terms and

conditions of any AI tool that is used.

Finally,

authors must not list or cite AI Tools as an author or co-author on the

manuscript since authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can

only be attributed to, and performed by, humans.

The

use of AI Tools in the manuscript preparation process must be declared

by adding a statement at the end of the manuscript when the paper is

first submitted. The statement will appear in the published work and

should be placed in a new section before the references list.

An example:

   Title of new section: Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the manuscript preparation process.

   Statement:

During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME OF TOOL /

SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the

author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full

responsibility for the content of the published article.

The

declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools, such as tools

used to check grammar, spelling and references. If you have nothing to

disclose, you do not need to add a statement.

Please

read Elsevier’s author policy on the use of generative AI and

AI-assisted technologies, which can be found in our generative AI

policies for journals.

Please

note: to protect authors’ rights and the confidentiality of their

research, this journal does not currently allow the use of generative AI

or AI-assisted technologies such as ChatGPT or similar services by

reviewers or editors in the peer review and manuscript evaluation

process, as is stated in our generative AI policies for journals. We are

actively evaluating compliant AI Tools and may revise this policy in

the future.

Submission declaration and verification

Submission

of an article implies that the work described has not been published

previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or

academic thesis, see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for

more information), that it is not under consideration for publication

elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly

or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried

out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the

same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically

without the written consent of the copyright-holder. To verify

compliance, your article may be checked by Crossref Similarity Check and

other originality or duplicate checking software.

Use of inclusive language

Inclusive

language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is

sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Content

should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any

reader; contain nothing which might imply that one individual is

superior to another on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity,

culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition; and use

inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is

free from bias, stereotypes, slang, reference to dominant culture and/or

cultural assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using

plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever

possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We recommend avoiding

the use of descriptors that refer to personal attributes such as age,

gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or

health condition unless they are relevant and valid. When coding

terminology is used, we recommend to avoid offensive or exclusionary

terms such as "master", "slave", "blacklist" and "whitelist". We suggest

using alternatives that are more appropriate and (self-) explanatory

such as "primary", "secondary", "blocklist" and "allowlist". These

guidelines are meant as a point of reference to help identify

appropriate language but are by no means exhaustive or definitive.

Reporting sex- and gender-based analyses

Reporting guidance

For

research involving or pertaining to humans, animals or eukaryotic

cells, investigators should integrate sex and gender-based analyses

(SGBA) into their research design according to funder/sponsor

requirements and best practices within a field. Authors should address

the sex and/or gender dimensions of their research in their article. In

cases where they cannot, they should discuss this as a limitation to

their research's generalizability. Importantly, authors should

explicitly state what definitions of sex and/or gender they are applying

to enhance the precision, rigor and reproducibility of their research

and to avoid ambiguity or conflation of terms and the constructs to

which they refer (see Definitions section below). Authors can refer to

the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines and the SAGER

guidelines checklist. These offer systematic approaches to the use and

editorial review of sex and gender information in study design, data

analysis, outcome reporting and research interpretation - however,

please note there is no single, universally agreed-upon set of

guidelines for defining sex and gender.

Definitions

Sex

generally refers to a set of biological attributes that are associated

with physical and physiological features (e.g., chromosomal genotype,

hormonal levels, internal and external anatomy). A binary sex

categorization (male/female) is usually designated at birth ("sex

assigned at birth"), most often based solely on the visible external

anatomy of a newborn. Gender generally refers to socially constructed

roles, behaviors, and identities of women, men and gender-diverse people

that occur in a historical and cultural context and may vary across

societies and over time. Gender influences how people view themselves

and each other, how they behave and interact and how power is

distributed in society. Sex and gender are often incorrectly portrayed

as binary (female/male or woman/man) and unchanging whereas these

constructs actually exist along a spectrum and include additional sex

categorizations and gender identities such as people who are

intersex/have differences of sex development (DSD) or identify as

non-binary. Moreover, the terms "sex" and "gender" can be

ambiguous--thus it is important for authors to define the manner in

which they are used. In addition to this definition guidance and the

SAGER guidelines, the resources on this page offer further insight

around sex and gender in research studies.

Author contributions

For

transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author

contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The

CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each

contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles

are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding

acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;

Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization;

Roles/Writing - original draft; and Writing - review & editing. Note

that not all roles may apply to every manuscript, and authors may have

contributed through multiple roles. More details and an example.

Changes to authorship

Authors

are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before

submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors

at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or

rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only

before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the

journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the

following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change

in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all

authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In

the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation

from the author being added or removed.

Only

in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition,

deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been

accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the

manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been

published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will

result in a corrigendum.

Declaration of competing interests

All

authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with

other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or

bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:

   Employment

   Consultancies

   Stock ownership

   Honoraria

   Paid expert testimony

   Patent applications or registrations

   Grants or any other funding

The declarations tool should always be completed.

Authors with no competing interests to declare should select the option, “I have nothing to declare”.

The

resulting Word document containing your declaration should be uploaded

at the “attach/upload files” step in the submission process. It is

important that the Word document is saved in the .doc/.docx file format.

Author signatures are not required.

Article transfer service

This

journal is part of our Article Transfer Service. This means that if the

Editor feels your article is more suitable in one of our other

participating journals, then you may be asked to consider transferring

the article to one of those. If you agree, your article will be

transferred automatically on your behalf with no need to reformat.

Please note that your article will be reviewed again by the new journal.

More information.

Copyright

Upon

acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal

Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be

sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript

together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the

online version of this agreement.

Subscribers

may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including

abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions.

Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution

outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including

compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works

are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the

copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has

preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases.

For

gold open access articles: Upon acceptance of an article, authors will

be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (more information). Permitted

third party reuse of gold open access articles is determined by the

author's choice of user license.

Author rights

As an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. More information.

Responsible sharing

Find out how you can share your research published in Elsevier journals.

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