Supplementary Online Material Supplementary material, including animations, movie files, sound files and text files, can be submitted for publication in the online edition of the Journal. There is normally no time limit on hosting supplementary material. Supplementary material should be submitted at the same time as the manuscript.
All files of supplementary material should be submitted in an uncompressed format that can be used universally on PCs and Macs. All files should be kept to a minimum size where possible. If required please supply a legend(s) or description(s) with the additional material to be mounted online and a reference to the file. Supplementary material can be referenced in the hardcopy/text of the article, and a link to the supplementary data can be provided.
Authors who are unable to submit in any of the formats mentioned are advised to contact the Editor to discuss other options prior to submission.
Animations Animations are limited to 30 seconds. Animations in the following forms (in order of preference) can be accepted from authors:
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Video tape
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AVIs, QuickTime or Mpeg files
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A sequence of still images
The following formats can be accepted:
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All uncompressed formats widely used on PC, Mac and UNIX
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JPEG for coloured and compressed images (suffix .jpg or .jpeg)
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TIFF with a group IV compression for black and white compressed images (suffix .tiff)
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EPS files for vector and a combination of vector and bitmap images (suffix .eps)
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FLI and FLC format from AutoDesk.
Authors who submit animations are requested to provide the following information:
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Video tape - format used.
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AVI, QuickTime or Mpeg files - version used, and system used for disc file creation.
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Sequences of still images - format used, version, and system used for disc file creation.
Authors that are unable to supply videotape, AVI, QuickTime or Mpeg files may provide a set of sequential still images. Note that an animated sequence will consist of 13 to 15 still images per second of animation, for example, if an animated sequence is 10 seconds in duration, it is made up of 130 images. Animations should be mentioned in the text. Indicate an approximate location for the animation call-out in the margin.
Movie files Movie files should be submitted as AVI, QuickTime or Mpeg files. These should be uncompressed and in a universal format for PC or Mac. For ease of download, the recommended upper limit for the size of a single file is 10Mb. When the size of a single file is bigger than this, some users may experience problems when downloading. This limit should be adhered to wherever possible.
Sound files Sound files should be submitted as .WAV or .MP3 files. These should be uncompressed and in a universal format for PC or MAC. All files should be kept to a minimum size where possible. A legend or description of the sound file to be mounted online should also be supplied.
Text files Additional text files, such as legends, indexes and calendars, should be supplied in a standard word processing document such as MS Word or PDF with the correct links/URLs if applicable. Standard positioning online for additional information is after the "Abstract" and before the "References" or on the "Table of Contents"; please state if you require different positioning online.
