History of Meteorology
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers on the history of meteorology, climatology, and related sciences are now being accepted
for consideration in History of Meteorology 4 (2008). Articles should be based on original
research and present a novel thesis. They must be engaging, clearly written, and fully
documented, following the style guide below. All papers will be subject to peer review. Authors
are reminded that international and interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged and articles
should engage social, cultural, and/or intellectual themes and contexts. Because this is an
electronic journal, it is possible to publish color illustrations and experiment with alternative
media such as audio and video files and databases. Session conveners are invited to propose
special sections or issues of the journal.
History of Meteorology has a stable URL at http://meteohistory.org and has been assigned ISSN
1555-5763 by the U.S. Library of Congress. It is currently being indexed by two leading
services: Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science (from which citations are posted
online on the RLG History of Science and Technology database) and Meteorological and
Geoastrophysical Abstracts.
The deadline for submissions for volume four has been extended to 30 May 2008, but earlier notice is
appreciated. Queries or manuscripts should be directed to the editor-in-chief, James R. Fleming,
e-mail: jfleming
colby.edu
STYLE GUIDE
Manuscripts for History of Meteorology are to be submitted electronically to the editor in MS Word format (please ask in advance about other formats). Before publication, authors must
certify that their work is original and that all necessary permissions have been acquired.
Format
Paper size: U.S. Letter
Margins: 1.0 inch on all sides
Headers and footers: 0.5 inch (left blank except for preliminary pagination)
Line spacing: double
Font: text: 12 point Times New Roman; captions: 11 point Times New Roman
Section headers: Use of bold section headers is encouraged
Paper length: Less than 10,000 words, including citations.
Ask if your manuscript is longer than this.
Figures and Tables
Figures must be provided as separate image files (jpeg or tiff) with a resolution of at least 150
dpi. Both figures and tables must be mentioned in the text (e.g. Fig. 1) before their appearance in
the paper. Figure captions appear below the figure in 11-point type with a hanging indent:
Fig. 1. Caption descriptive of the image but does not repeat what was said in the text
of the paper. Image courtesy of (or by permission of) XXX.
Tables must be carefully formatted in advance by the author. Titles appear above the table in 11-
point type:
Table 1. Title of table (handing indent if it is a long title).
Citations
Citations may be either Endnotes, numbered sequentially, or References (Author date) listed
alphabetically at the end of the paper. Any major style, consistently applied, is acceptable.
Each citation must provide name of author/editor, full title of the work, place, publisher, date,
and page references.
Titles of books and journals are italicized, not underlined. Archival and manuscript material
must contain a full description in the first citation.
Use of abbreviations (e.g. Amer. J. Sci.) is encouraged, as is the short reference format for
subsequent citations of a text (e.g. Petterssen, Weather Forecasting, 12.).
Endnotes are not meant to be discursive.