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Contents 1 Notes on components of a journal 1.1 About the journal itself 1.2 Journal contents 1.3 Notes 1.3.1 Substantive item types 1.3.2 Major and Minor items 1.4 Special notes for electronic editions

Notes on components of a journal

Taken from the Chigago Manual of Style

About the journal itself

1. journal name
2. volume number
3. issue number
4. date (date, month, season)
5. year
6. beginning and ending page numbers of that issue
7. publisher's name
8. table of contents
9. cover illustration
10. title of a special issue
11. editors for special issue
12. cover illustration caption or credit
13. masthead
14. names of editors and staff
15. editorial board
16. ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)
17. dates or frequency of publiscation
18. subscription information
19. addresses for business and editorial correspondence
20. copyright line for entire issue
21. postage information
22. statement about copying beyond fair use
23. obtaining microfilm copies of back issues
24. submission fee
25. indexing information
26. advertising policy
27. name and address of sponsoring organization and officers
28. statement of editorial policy
29. advertising
30. contributors
    1. affiliations
    2. publications
    3. fields of study
31. bar code

Journal contents

1. table of contents or titles of articles scheduled to appear in a forthcoming issue
2. front matter ("preliminary pages") can contain same as front cover (see first 11 items in the "about the journal" list)
3. errata
4. announcements of:
   1. future conferences/symposia
   2. call for papers
   3. award nominations
   4. research subjects
   5. employment opportunities
5. table of contents
   1. article title
   2. article author
   3. starting page for article
   4. section titles for special sections ("reviews", "announcements")
6. article
   1. title
   2. author name(s)
   3. author affiliation(s)
   4. address for correspondence
   5. dates of submission/acceptance
   6. abstract
   7. acknowledgment note
   8. editor's note
   9. footnotes
   10. text
   11. copyright line (three lines)
       1. line 1
          1. journal name
          2. volume number
          3. month and year of publication
          4. inclusive page numbers of the article
       2. line 2
          1. copyright symbol
          2. year
          3. name of copyright owner
          4. words "all rights reserved"
       3. line 3 (the Copyright Clearance Center code)
          1. the journal’s unique identification number (its ISSN)
          2. the year
          3. the volume and issue numbers
          4. the article number (each article has its own assigned number, with articles numbered in sequence through an issue)
          5. the per copy fee for photocopying, payable through the Copyright Clearance Center
   12. subheads
   13. sub-subheads
   14. illustrations
   15. extracts
   16. equations
   17. tables
   18. appendixes
   19. endnotes
   20. references
7. book review:
   1. book title
   2. book place of publication
   3. book date of publication
   4. book publisher
   5. book author
   6. book number of pages
   7. book price
   8. book series
   9. review text
   10. review author
8. index
   1. by author name
   2. by article title
   3. by book author title
   4. by subject (for sciences)
9. page numbers
10. running heads and feet
    1. author surname
    2. article title or journal section name

Notes

Substantive item types

• article
• review
• book review
• book notes
• commentaries
• editorials

Major and Minor items

Items published in a journal are considered "major" or "minor". Examples of major items:

• articles
• reviews
• surveys
• grouped as symposium

Examples of minor items:

• brief reports
• letters to the editor
• book reviews
• book notes
• announcements
• calls for papers
• errata
• notes on contributors

Special notes for electronic editions

• advertising can be different
• the electronic version can be similar to print version
• it can be enhanced (searching, linking, data download)
• it can be in multiple formats (PDF, HTML, etc)
• articles can be published as discrete items that are not associated with a journal issue
• therefore, they might not have page numbers (what would they be relative to? the unpublished journal?)
• the front matter can have links to fuller descriptions of information usually found in the front matter
• articles should maintain as much context as possible (editors' names, sponsors, contributor info)
• articles should contain date of electronic publication as it may be earlier than the print version
• ISSN different from print ISSN; print ISSN should be mentioned.
• shortened versions of article title and author name(s) can be used for orienting readers
• electronic editions can include thumbnails, videos, animations, (things that would usually appear as still frames), audio with the illustrations, and additional illustrations
• note differences between print and electronic in both versions
• must have a clear way of identifying electronic articles for citation purposes (persistent permanent identifiers