CRETACEOUS RESEARCH AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Impact Factor p.2 • Abstracting and Indexing p.2 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.3 ISSN: 0195-6671 DESCRIPTION . Cretaceous Research provides a forum for the rapid publication of research on all aspects of the Cretaceous Period, including its boundaries with the Jurassic and Palaeogene. Authoritative papers reporting detailed investigations of Cretaceous stratigraphy and palaeontology, studies of regional geology, and reviews of recently published books are complemented by short communications of significant new findings. Papers submitted to Cretaceous Research should place the research in a broad context, with emphasis placed towards our better understanding of the Cretaceous, that are therefore of interest to the diverse, international readership of the journal. Full length papers that focus solely on a local theme or area will not be accepted for publication; authors of short communications are encouraged to discuss how their findings are of relevance to the Cretaceous on a broad scale. Research Areas include: • Regional geology • Stratigraphy and palaeontology • Palaeobiology • Palaeobiogeography • Palaeoceanography • Palaeoclimatology • Evolutionary Palaeoecology • Geochronology • Global events (K/Pg boundary). AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/cretres 1 IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 2.176 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Scopus GeoRef Arctic & Antarctic Regions (AAR) EBSCOhost Engineering Village - GEOBASE OCLC Contents Alert Personal Alert ProQuest Biological Abstracts BIOSIS Previews Current Contents Science Citation Index Expanded Web of Science Petroleum Abstracts EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Eduardo Koutsoukos, Ruprecht Karls Universitat Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Associate Editors John Jagt, Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands Elena Jagt-Yazykova, Uniwersytet Opolski, Opole, Poland Marcin Machalski, Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa, Poland André Nel, French Entomological Society, Paris, France Advisory Board Marion Bamford, University of the Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa Stephen Brusatte, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Michael S. Engel, University of Kansas Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America Ulrich Heimhofer, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany Diying Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanjing Branch, , China Brian Huber, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Jürgen Kriwet, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Gang Li, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China John Maisey, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America Jean-Pierre Masse, Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseille, France Masaki Matsukawa, Tokyo Gakugei University School of Education Department of Environmental Science, Tokyo, Japan Stephen McLoughlin, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden Rory Mortimore, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom Jörg Mutterlose, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany Isabella Premoli-Silva, University of Milan, Milan, Italy Gregory Wilson, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America Lida Xing, China University of Geosciences Beijing School of Earth Sciences and Resources, Beijing, China Technical Support Journal Manager of Cretaceous Research AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/cretres 2 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . Your Paper Your Way We now differentiate between the requirements for new and revised submissions. You may choose to submit your manuscript as a single Word or PDF file to be used in the refereeing process. Only when your paper is at the revision stage, will you be requested to put your paper in to a 'correct format' for acceptance and provide the items required for the publication of your article. To find out more, please visit the Preparation section below. INTRODUCTION Cretaceous Research provides a forum for the rapid publication of research on all aspects of the Cretaceous Period, including its boundaries with the Jurassic and Palaeogene. Authoritative papers reporting detailed investigations of Cretaceous stratigraphy and palaeontology, studies of regional geology, and reviews of recently published books are complemented by short communications of significant new findings. Papers submitted to Cretaceous Research should place the research in a broad context, with emphasis placed towards our better understanding of the Cretaceous, that are therefore of interest to the diverse, international readership of the journal. Full length papers that focus solely on a local theme or area will not be accepted for publication; authors of short communications are encouraged to discuss how their findings are of relevance to the Cretaceous on a broad scale. Research areas include: Regional geology Stratigraphy and palaeontology Palaeobiology Palaeobiogeography Palaeoceanography Palaeoclimatology Evolutionary Palaeoecology Geochronology Global events (K/Pg boundary) A Full Length Article and a Short Communication are both research articles, following the same editorial process in Cretaceous Research. Both articles should have a complete set of empirical data that support the claims on the report (see comments on the Mandatory Submission of Data Sets). A Short Communication should have a maximum of 14 pages of core double-spaced manuscript text, that is, not including the abstract, references, all tables and figures (which should be limited to a maximum of 6 figures). It is important to note that a Short Communication is not a publication that contains too few or preliminary data to justify a full paper, though it may commonly reports "urgent data" that should be communicated to the scientific community prior to the completion of the full investigation. In a way, shortening the articles makes them more concise, succinct and objective, easier to read and assimilate the scientific results. A Short Communication research article actually highlights the importance and significance of new research findings, calling more attention of the scientific community to the paper, and most likely will boost the citation and impact of the article. 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