FISH AND SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY The official journal of the International Society of Fish and Shellfish Immunology (ISFSI) AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Impact Factor p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.1 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.3 ISSN: 1050-4648 DESCRIPTION . Fish and Shellfish Immunology rapidly publishes high-quality, peer-refereed contributions in the expanding fields of fish and shellfish immunology. It presents studies on the basic mechanisms of both the specific and non-specific defense systems, the cells, tissues, and humoral factors involved, their dependence on environmental and intrinsic factors, response to pathogens, response to vaccination, and applied studies on the development of specific vaccines for use in the aquaculture industry. Database coverage includes Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS); Current Contents; SciSearch and Research Alert. Science Citation Index and Focus on: Veterinary Science and Medicine. Journal of Fish and Shellfish Immunology is the companion title to the open access journal Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports. Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services . Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 4.581 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Scopus EMBiology AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 29 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/fsi 1 EDITORIAL BOARD . Editors-in-Chief Ikuo Hirono, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Minato-Ku, Japan Chris Secombes, University of Aberdeen School of Biological Sciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Associate Editors Eric Peatman, Auburn University School of Fisheries Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America Qiwei Qin, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China Linsheng Song, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China Carolina Tafalla, Animal Health Research Center, Valdeolmos, Spain Geert Wiegertjes, Wageningen University Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands Jun Zou, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China Editorial Board Mike Belosevic, University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Steve Bird, University of Waikato School of Science, Hamilton, New Zealand Pierre Boudinot, Molecular Virology and Immunology Unit, Jouy en Josas, France Magdalena Katarzyna Chadzinska, Jagiellonian University in Kraków Institute of Zoology, Krakow, Poland Ming-Xian Chang, Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Jiann-Chu Chen, National Taiwan Ocean University Department of Aquaculture, Keelung, Taiwan Tzong-Yueh Chen, National Cheng Kung University Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, Tainan, Taiwan Xinhua Chen, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Institute of Oceanology, Fuzhou, China Winton Cheng, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Department of Aquaculture, Neipu, Taiwan Bertrand Collet, Molecular Virology and Immunology Unit, Jouy en Josas, France Brian Dixon, University of Waterloo Department of Biology, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Helen Dooley, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Øystein Evensen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Oslo, Norway Maria Forlenza, Wageningen University and Research Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands Unni Grimholt, University of Oslo Department of Biology, Oslo, Norway Jun-Ichi Hikima, University of Miyazaki Faculty of Agriculture Graduate School of Agriculture, Miyazaki, Japan Hidehiro Kondo, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Laboratory of Genome Science, Tokyo, Japan Li Lin, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering Department of Aquaculture, Guangzhou, China Hai-peng Liu, Xiamen University College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen, China Victor Mulero, University of Murcia Faculty of Biology, Murcia, Spain Nakanishi, Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences Graduate School of Bioresource Sciences Department of Veterinary Medicine, Fujisawa, Japan Beatriz Novoa, Institute of Marine Research, Vigo, Spain Chan-Il Park, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea Maureen Purcell, US Geological Survey Western Fisheries Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America Masahiro Sakai, University of Miyazaki Faculty of Agriculture Graduate School of Agriculture Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Miyazaki, Japan Irene Salinas, University of New Mexico Department of Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America Giuseppe Scapigliati, University of Tuscia Department for Innovation in Biological Agricultural Food and Forestry Systems, Viterbo, Italy Jianzhong Shao, Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences Institute of Genetics and Regenerative Biology, Hangzhou, China Kenneth Söderhäll, Uppsala University Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala, Sweden Anchalee Tassanakajon, Chulalongkorn University Department of Biochemistry, Bangkok, Thailand Francisco Vargas-Albores, Centre for Food Research and Development, Hermosillo, Mexico Han-Ching Wang, National Cheng Kung University Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, Tainan, Taiwan Lingling Wang, Dalian Ocean University, College of Fisheries and Life Sciences, Dalian, China Tiehui Wang, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Greg Wiens, USDA-ARS National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America Yong-An Zhang, Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 29 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/fsi 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 Types of Papers Research papers Review articles Short Communications: Where the subject matter does not warrant a full paper, a Short Communication is more likely to be acceptable for publication. Communications should be restricted in length to no more than the equivalent of two printed pages of Fish and Shellfish Immunology, that total length to include references and normally no more than one illustration and one short table. No abstract will be required, nor should a communication necessarily have subheadings or be subdivided as are full papers, but an introductory sentence or sentences must make its purport clear. In other respects submitted manuscripts should comply with the instructions given above. A Short Communication may be concerned with any subject within the scope of Fish and Shellfish Immunology but should be confined to a single point or issue of progress, and to such as an unusual occurrence, an interesting observation or a topical and timely finding. Short Sequence Reports:Where the reporting of a novel fish or shellfish sequence with limited functional analysis does not warrant a full paper, a Short Sequence Report is more likely to be acceptable for publication. Communications should be restricted in length as for Short Communications (see above). No abstract or subheadings are required but an introductory sentence or sentences must make it clear why the sequence is novel and the approach used to obtain the gene. In other respects the submitted manuscripts should comply with the instructions given above, and be within the subject scope of the journal. Accepted reports will undergo rapid publication. Submitting Short Sequence Reports:For submitting Short Sequence Reports, please choose "Short Communication" as the article type and in the "Sections/Categories", please choose ''Short Sequence Reports" from the drop down list. 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 AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 29 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/fsi 3 • 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