GEOFIZIKA
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
1. The journal publishes papers in the field of geophysics in the broader sense of the word
(meteorology, oceanography, seismology…).
2. The papers are classified into the following categories:
– original scientific papers and short communications,
– review papers,
– preliminary communications,
– professional papers,
– papers presented at scientific meetings.
3. Original scientific papers should report on still unpublished original results of scientific
investigations. The presentation should allow for investigations to be repeated and conclusions to
be checked.
Short communications are brief scientific papers.
Review papers give a comprehensive survey of an area of research or of a certain problem
on the basis of already published material.
Preliminary communications contain preliminary findings of extensive investigations,
which require rapid publication.
Professional papers present the results of data processing by known methods
or they simply
communicate information, without original views or new findings.
Papers presented at scientific meetings are accepted if not already published in the
respective proceedings.
4. Original scientific papers, short communications and review papers will be submitted to
two referees, preliminary communications and professional papers to one. Only papers with
favourable report(s) will be accepted for publication.
5. Geofizika also publishes contributions that do not require reviewing: opinions and
commentaries, book reviews, social news etc.
6. Contributions written in English (preferred) or in Croatian will be accepted. Authors from
non-English speaking countries are requested to have their text thoroughly checked by a competent
person. Revision of the language is the responsibility of the author.
7. Submission of a manuscript to Geofizika implies that the paper has not been, and will not
be published elsewhere. The Editorial Board accepts no responsibility for the statements made in
the paper, and it is assumed that the authors have met all legal requirements before submission of
the manuscript. No fee is given to the authors.
8. Authors are encouraged to identify three to five qualified reviewers, and, they are
requested not to suggest persons with whom they have a personal or current professional
relationship. However, the final selection of reviewers is made by the Editorial Board.
9. No page charges are levied on authors or their institutions except for colour pages in the
print edition, i.e. figures which appear in black-and-white in the print edition will appear in colour
in the online version free of charge, assuming colour originals are supplied. Colour pages are
charged as follows: one page – EUR 150; two pages – EUR 120 per page; three pages – EUR 100
per page; four or more pages – EUR 80 per page.
Form of manuscript
Each manuscript should include the following components:
1. Title page: title, author’s name, affiliation, address, E-mail address, phone and fax
number.
2. Second page: abstract, not exceeding 250 words. It should be accompanied by a Croatian
translation. The translation of the abstract should include the title. (If necessary, the Editorial
Board will provide the translation.) The content of the paper has to be understandable from the
abstract alone. The abstract should be informative, not descriptive and it should be followed by a
keyword list.
3. Text: the text should be divided into sections. For an empirical paper, the sections may be
e.g. Introduction – Materials and Methods – Results – Discussion – Conclusions. For a theoretical
paper, the sections may be e.g. Introduction – Governing equations –Solutions – Discussion –
Conclusion(s). The use of SI-units is obligatory. The numbers identifying the equations should be
placed on the far right-hand side of the page (in parentheses).
4. References: these should be arranged alphabetically. Articles should be referenced as
follows: author(s), year, title of article, abbreviated title of journal, volume number, pages.
Example:
Krajcar, V. and Orlić, M. (1995): Seasonal variability of inertial oscillations in the Northern
Adriatic, Cont. Shelf. Res., 15, 1221–1233.
For books, the following sequence is valid: author(s), year, title of book, publisher, place,
pages. Example:
Fuchs, N. A. (1959): Evaporation and droplet growth in gaseous media. Pergamon Press,
Oxford, 78 pp.
All cited material should be accessible to the reader. Internal publications, conference
proceedings, etc.; should be avoided if possible. Otherwise, sufficient information for the reader to
locate the reference should be included. Quotations should include the name of the author and the
year of publication.
5. Enclosures: tables and figures should be completely intelligible without reference to the
text. Figures should be of high quality. Photocopies are not acceptable. The lettering should be
large enough so as to be legible after possible reduction. Illustrations and tables should be
numbered in Arabic numerals, in the order they are referred to in the text.
6. Insert line and page numbers.
Manuscripts conforming to these instructions will have priority in printing.
Manuscript submission
Authors are encouraged to submit the manuscripts to the Editorial Office via e-mail:
geofizika@gfz.hr, whenever possible. The text should be in Word for Windows, Word Perfect for
Windows or in WordStar format. Illustrations are acceptable in the following formats: Postscript
(PS and EPS), CorelDraw (CDR), TIFF, PCX, AI, WMF, PDF, PLT, BMP and PSD. Each graphic
contribution should be sent as separate file (resolution at least 300 dpi).
If the manuscript is submitted by regular mail, it should be printed in double spacing on one
side of A-4 paper, with wide margins. The manuscript should be sent in three copies to the Editor
at the following address: Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science,
University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 95, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Upon acceptance of the paper for
publication, the manuscript should be, whenever possible, delivered on floppy disc or CD-ROM.