From Vol. 28 (2008), Rangifer will primarily be an online journal (ISSN: 1890-6729). This change does not alter the journal's demand for high quality publishing.

Manuscripts will be in English. It is the authors' responsibility to submit manuscripts in as complete and perfect condition as possible. Use linguistic consultant(s). First correction of proofs is the responsibility of the author. Authors are fully responsible for checking all material for accuracy.

• The manuscript shall include title, authors, their addresses and the email address of the corresponding author. On separate sheet, state name and complete address, fax number, telephone number and email address of the person who is to receive editorial correspondence.



• The frame of a manuscript will depend on field and subject but it usually consists of the following main chapters: introduction, material and methods, results, discussion and references.



• Abstract and relevant key words are placed before the main chapters. Key words in alphabetical order should not include any words that occur in the title of the paper. Nordic authors should also prepare an abstract and title in their own language.



• References given in the text shall be written: Smith (1994), (Smith, 1994), (Smith & Jones, 1994) or (Smith et al., 1994). Use a semicolon between references: (Smith, 1994; Smith & Jones, 1995; Smith et al., 1996) and put references in chronological order.



• The reference chapter shall be listed alphabetically according to the author: Holleman, D. F., Luick, J. R. & White, R. G. 1979. Lichen estimates for reindeer and caribou during winter. – J. Wildl. Manage. 43 (1): 192-201. (43 volume number, (1) number in volume series (can be omitted) and: 192-201 page numbers). You can also provide full journal names (NB: – dash before the journal name).



• Use metric units. Follow the accepted nomenclature of the International Symbol of Units. Numbers shall be written as: 739 847.34. Numbers 10 000 or greater shall be typed with spaces to group the digits. Use the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers.



• Italics shall be typed. Taxonomic names in Latin (genus and species; e.g. Rangifer tarandus tarandus), book titles and journal names shall be written in italics.

• Use body text in 12 point size and double spacing with 4 cm margins on both left and right sides. Do not hyphenate at the right margin.



• Submit manuscript in email attachment (use ordinary programs and versions) and forward also one good quality hardcopy. When accepted, the author submits the final manuscript as email attachment.

These shall be numbered with Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3 etc.) and accompanied by a short text, so they can be understood independently of the article text. Indicate in the manuscript where tables and illustrations will be placed in the text. The illustrations must be ready for printing. Save figures as ai-files (Adobe Illustrator), eps-files (Encapsulated PostScript). Graphs should be made from Adobe Illustrator, Power Point or Excel. Tables should be made from Excel.

Rangifer covers many different scientific research fields, and although the board and the co-authors cover many of them, the author is expected to submit suggestions on actual referees in their special field (name, address, email).