JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY
AllenTrack Online Manuscript Submission, Peer Review, and Revision
The Journal of Paleontology employs AllenTrack, a Web-based manuscript submission, peer-review, and revision system, to expedite and manage the publishing process.
Authors worldwide can now submit manuscripts to JP from any Internet-connected computer, and follow their progress through the peer review process. Reviewers and Editors can use the system in their evaluation of submitted manuscripts. The online system saves paper, mailing costs, and time spent in transit.
AllenTrack is maintained by Allen Press in Lawrence, Kansas. Allen Press typesets, prints, and publishes scientific, technical, and medical journals, books, online publications, and CD-ROMs for more than 300 societies and organizations, including the Paleontological Society.
Access to manuscripts is controlled by
login and user privileges, and manuscripts are not accessible
to anyone but those authorized to see them.
Submitting manuscripts to Journal of Paleontology:
- Read the online Instructions
for Authors to assist in the preparation of your
manuscript.
- Go to http://journalofpaleontology.allentrack.net.
The first time that you use the system, you must register
for an account. You can then use your account login and
password when you return to the site to check on the status
of your manuscript.
- When you enter the system, you will have two options:
“Submit Manuscript” or “Online Submission Instructions”.
After you submit a manuscript, you will have a third option
that links you to information on your submission.
- After your files are uploaded to the database, they are
converted to PDF files that can be viewed, downloaded, and
printed. Most word-processing files (e. g., Word,
WordPerfect, text, Postscript, and rich text format) are
convertible. Figures can be uploaded in TIFF, EPS, PDF, or
Postscript formats. Converting files usually takes from five
to ten minutes, but sometimes a large file will take longer
(up to several hours). If files appear to be taking a long
time, you can always log out and log back in later as
AllenTrack will continue to convert documents after the
browser is closed.
- The system will ask you to confirm that the files have
converted correctly. Your manuscript will be considered
officially submitted only after the system receives your
confirmation.
- As you go through the steps, pay attention to red arrows.
They mean that you need to take action on something.
- After a manuscript is in the system, it is assigned a manuscript number, and enters the peer-review process.
