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Submission of an book/chapter entails that the work has not been published previously nor is under consideration for publication elsewhere. It is the responsibility of the person submitting the contents to have prior written consent of the organization/person where/by whom the work was carried out.
It is imperative that before submission, authors should carefully proofread the ebook/chapter content files for special characters, mathematical symbols, Greek letters, equations, tables, references and images, to ensure that they appear in proper order and format.Title page: Contains the title of the book, the subtitle (if any), edition (for second or subsequent editions only), authora's /editora's names. In addition, the title page may contain the authora's/editora's affiliations.
Dedication page: There is no rule of text organization for this page as it refers to a personal statement.
Table of contents: Contain at least the chapter titles preceded by the chapter numbers. You may also wish to add the first, and maybe even the second level of heading within each chapter. In a contributed book, the content page should also indicate the author of each chapter. Part/Section titles should be included if there are any.
Foreword: One page foreword should be written by an eminent researcher in the field (other than the author/editor). Include the writer's name and affiliation at the end. A foreword is usually written by an eminent researcher on the subject, and serves as a recommendation of the ebook.
Preface: One page preface written by the author or editor of the ebook, briefly explaining the aims and scope of the book.
List of contributors: Contains names of all contributors to the book, in alphabetical order with their affiliations and addresses. The format of the list of contributors should be as follows:
Author's last name, Author's initial(s)
There are no explicit requirements for section organization between these beginning and ending sections. Articles may be organized in different ways and with different section titles, according to the authors' preference. In most cases, internal sections include:
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions (optional)
Open Science has no specific requirements for the order of these sections, and in some cases it may be appropriate to combine sections. Guidelines for individual sections can be found below.
Abbreviations should be kept to a minimum and defined upon first use in the text. Non-standard abbreviations should not be used unless they appear at least three times in the text.
Standardized nomenclature should be used as appropriate, including appropriate usage of species names and SI units.Appendices: An appendix is a reference section at the end of an book. To present lengthy, but essential methodological details, use appendices, which can be a part of the chapter. An appendix must not exceed three pages (Times New Roman, 12 point fonts, 900 max. words per page).The information should be provided in a condensed form, ruling out the need of full sentences. A single appendix should be titled APPENDIX, while more than one can be titled APPENDIX A, APPENDIX B, and so on.
Glossaries: it is a list of terms in a particular domain with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book and includes terms within that book which are either newly introduced or at least uncommon.
Bibliographies: A systematic list of books and other works such as journal articles. Bibliographies range from "works cited" lists at the end of books and articles to complete, independent publications.
Index: Author index and subject index should be prepared well before submission of the book. A detailed list of the specific information in the book should be arranged alphabetically.
Back cover page: A brief write-up (100-150 words) on the major contributions and current affiliation of the author/editor will be required to be printed on the back cover of the print version along with his/her photograph (600 dpi).LaTeX submissions: Articles prepared in LaTeX may be submitted in PDF format for use during the review process.
Submissions with equations: If your manuscript is or will be in .docx format and contains equations, you must follow the instructions below to make sure that your equations are editable when the file enters production.
If you have not yet composed your article, you can ensure that the equations in your .docx file remain editable in .doc by enabling "Compatibility Mode" before you begin. To do this, open a new document and save as Word 2007 (*.doc). You can insert equations in one of the two ways listed below.
If you have already composed your article as .docx and used its built-in equation editing tool, your equations will become images when the file is saved down to .doc. To resolve this problem, re-key your equations in one of the two following ways.
1. Use MathType to create the equation (recommended)
The form below is intended to guide you through the key information we need regarding content, scope, and audience to consider your book idea for publication:
Template proposal form (download)
If you are unsure of the correct contact, please send your form to book@openscienceonline.com including the following details in the subject line of your email:
Book proposal in [subject area] / [author name: working title]
E.g. Book proposal in psychology / David: Applied Psychology
Outline of Content - At a minimum, include chapter titles and a brief description of each chapter. Include major subheads if you have them. Make sure the subheads are clearly descriptive of the content, and not merely clever.
Your intended audience and its needs - Describe who will buy this book and why. Try to quantify the size of the market and the extent to which it is growing. Include any available demographic information on your target reader. Tailoring the content and features of your book from the outset to address the needs of a particular audience will help to make it a success.
Competing resources - List other available books that the reader for your book might purchase as an alternative. Describe how your book will offer the more appealing alternative. Do not include competitive books that are widely different in scope or format from your proposed book. If competition to your proposed book exists, responding to the strengths and weaknesses of that competition in what you include will help us to position the book clearly for our reviewers and customers.
Clarity and discoverability - Help our reviewers to understand your planned content- and later in the process, potential readers to discover your content - by choosing a working book title and chapter titles that clearly describe the material you are covering using the most relevant terms.
E-mail your proposal to: book@openscienceonline.com
When we receive your proposal, our editors will review it and we will let you know if we are interested in pursuing it further. It may take our editors up to four weeks to come to a decision.
A proposal may be rejected for a number of reasons, including but not limited to quality of writing, market need for the subject, appropriateness for the series or imprint, author credentials, and duplication of idea or concept already published or under consideration by Open Science Books. Even though we might reject your proposal, we reserve the right to publish a book by a different author based on a similar idea or concept.
If you do not hear from us within four weeks, you should assume that your proposal has not been accepted. If your proposal meets our high publishing standards, we will contact you to discuss the project in more detail.