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Illustrations
All figures must be cited in the text and numbered consecutively (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc.).
All illustrations must be submitted at the size they are to appear in The Journal of Neuroscience. Illustrations should be the smallest size that will convey the essential scientific information, and sized to 1 column (8.5 cm), 1.5 columns (11.6 cm) or 2 columns (17.6 cm). Vertical dimensions cannot exceed 22 cm.
Figures should be appropriately lettered and labeled with characters that will be 2-6 mm high in the final reproduction. Graphs and histograms may not include top and right borderlines and panels may not be boxed in by borderlines.
To ensure that your figures will appear at the highest quality, please review the detailed instructions for figure preparation at http://cpc.cadmus.com/da/index.jsp. To better assist our authors with digital art preparation, the Journal has made available Cadmus', RapidInspector application, which alerts users when their files do not meet acceptable specifications and provides instructions on how to reformat their files to meet those specifications. Sign up at the RapidInspector web site: http://rapidInspector.cadmus.com/RapidInspector/zo5/index.jsp to download the application. If you have problems downloading the application please see the FAQs at the Cadmus site.
Technical guidelines for preparing images
•TIFF and EPS are the only acceptable formats for figure files for publication. For the initial submission of a manuscript, however, figures may be included in a single PDF file that contains the manuscript and all tables and figures.
•Color figures should be saved in RGB format. For information on converting files to RGB format please see: http://www.jneurosci.org/misc/ifa_rgbworkflow.shtml.
•Grayscale or color images must be supplied at a minimum of 300 dpi. Halftone images must be supplied at a minimum of 600 dpi. Monochrome images must be supplied at 1200 dpi.
•For figures supplied in vector-based format, all fonts should be converted to outlines and saved as EPS (Encapsulated PostScript). If fonts are not converted to paths or outlines, there is a possibility of character substitutions or that your graphic may have to be converted to a bitmap, which reduces resolution and quality of the images. For information on converting to outlines, please see: http://www.jneurosci.org/misc/ifa_rgbworkflow.shtml.
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