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The Journal of Micropalaeontology

The Journal of Micropalaeontology (JM) is well-established as an international publication with a circulation approaching 900 copies and covering all aspects of microfossils and their application both in applied studies and basic research. The Impact Factor for the JM (as of 2010) is 0.719.

The scope of the JM has always been broad, especially to show the application of microfossils to solving geological problems, but with an emphasis on taxonomy. The principal fields of interest are: biostratigraphy; evolution; palaeobiology; palaeoenvironments; reviews; taxonomic studies. The emphasis will be on applications. Our aim is to attract high-quality papers that will prove to be influential in the development of our science.

Online access to the Journal
Access to 
the Journal of Micropalaeontology is now through the Lyell Collection.

TMS members enjoy free online access to the Journal. Setting up your access via the Lyell Collection is very straight forward. To activate your subscription you will need to:

1. Go to the Lyell Collection subscription activation webpage.
2. Enter your Subscriber ID number, which is your personal TMS Membership Number, e.g. TMS0999.
3. Supply the requested information and set up your own username and password. These will be
used by you to login to, and access, the Journal in future. Please remember your login and password – TMS will have no record of them so can not reconfirm them for you. If you forget your login information you will need to follow the instructions on the automated email that you receive when you activate your subscription.

If you have any problems, contact the secretary of TMS, in the first instance. If you do not remember your TMS Membership Number, please make a note of it from the mailing label on the Newsletter of Micropalaeontology that you will receive shortly.

Instructions for authors 
The Geological Society Publishing House, who publish the 
Journal of Micropalaeontology on behalf of TMS, are presently constructing an electronic manuscript submission and management system. Until the system is launched, authors can email submissions in electronic form to the Production Editor. Text, tables and figure captions should be submitted as Word files, with figures and plates as either PDFS or low-resolution native files. If your paper is accepted then the final submission will be expected to include the high-resolution native files for figures and plates (e.g. EPS or TIF files). More detailed instructions for authors are available for download here (pdf, 25kb).

Further information on publishing in the journal is available at the Geological Society.

Instructions for reviewers
A review pro-forma is available for download here (MS Word file, 117kb).

Back Issues
Paper copies of back issues can be obtained from The Micropalaeontological Society at the cost of £1 per issue. Contact Haydon Bailey for details.

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Editorial board 
Editor-in-Chief: A.R. Lord. 
Editors: E. Brouwers, F.J. Gregory, M. Kucera, J.E.A. Marshall, M. Pearce, C.E. Stickley, J.R. Young.

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