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Author guidelines

1. The submission process

Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the manuscript's authors who should put all the co-authors in copy to their e-mail. The author takes responsibility for an article submitted for peer review.

The title page template can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. It must be correctly completed and should accompany all submitted articles.

The Revue de Primatologie (RdP, Primatology Journal) only accepts article submissions sent by e-mail with the title page template AND the manuscript as attached documents. The maximum size for a manuscript is 3 MB; please contact the Revue before submitting larger manuscripts. Manuscripts should be sent to: revueprimato@gmail.com

All co-authors must be in copy to e-mail submissions, as stated above.

Suggested and undesirable reviewers:

We invite authors to suggest at least three reviewers for their manuscript, giving their contact details including at least their e-mail address. Authors should also indicate any persons they do not wish to review their article.

2. The publication and peer review process

The manuscripts submitted are examined by at least two reviewers who aim to come to an initial decision as quickly as possible. The final decision is taken on the basis of a concordant peer review. In cases where there are strong differences of opinion between reviewers, an additional opinion is requested. The Editor-in-Chief has the final responsibility for the decision to accept an article for publication and s/he shall also consult with all members of the Editorial Committee.

Once the article has been accepted, it is published in the Revue de Primatologie which can be consulted on the Web in Open Access. A PDF copy of the article is provided free of charge to the authors.

The Revue de Primatologie does not charge a processing fee for accepted articles.

3. Editorial policy

The Revue de Primatologie accepts original articles including studies presenting negative results and occasionally also translations of articles previously published in other journals (conditions below, 3.1).

Authors publishing in the Revue de Primatologie retain all copyright as stipulated by the Creative Commons 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

3.1 Conditions for the publication of a translation of an article originally published in another journal

If a translation of a previously published article is submitted, the person submitting this must obtain the consent of all authors and of the journal in which the article was originally published. The fact that the article has already been published must be clearly indicated in the abstract.

3.2. Ethics

The submission of a manuscript to the Revue de Primatologie inherently implies that all authors have read and approved its contents and that all the research reported in the manuscript was carried out in compliance with the current national, European and, where relevant, international ethical guidelines. A statement along those lines must be included in the manuscript's 'Methods' section and should include the name of the organisation that granted approval and a reference number where applicable. If the editorial committee considers that the research has not been carried out in compliance with sufficient ethical rules then a manuscript may be rejected.

We ask authors submitting work to the Revue de Primatologie to include a declaration of conflict of interest or of the absence thereof following the 'Acknowledgements' section. Submission of a manuscript to the Revue de Primatologie inherently implies that all procedures described in the manuscript are easily reproducible.

4. How to prepare a manuscript

Only the following word-processing softwares are accepted for preparing manuscripts:

Microsoft Word (version 2000 and later).

OpenOffice Writer (ODT document, version 2.4 and later. Please save the final manuscript in DOC format before sending.

Rich Text Format (RTF). Authors who use another word-processing software must convert their files to the RTF format before sending. A PDF version is required when submitting along with the DOC, RTF or ODT version.

  • The text of the article should be double-spaced

  • Please number the lines continuously from the title page to the last page of the manuscript. Do not start again on line 1 on each new page.

  • Use only automatic line breaks and paragraph end marks. Do not use tabulations. Only construct tables using your word processing software's 'Tables' function.

  • All pages must be numbered but authors should never refer readers to another page number in the manuscript itself as texts are automatically repaginated during the electronic publishing process.

4.1. Types of article

The Revue de Primatologie accepts the following types of documents for publication:

  • Original research papers

  • Translations into French of previously published articles

  • Reviews

  • Case studies (veterinary clinical cases, anecdotal and/or specific behavioural observations, etc.)

  • Book reviews

  • Meeting abstracts

4.1.1. Original research articles

Research articles must present original results and should be structured in four main parts: Introduction - Methods - Results - Discussion (details are given in section 4.2.). The 'Methods' section is optional for humanities and social sciences disciplines and a demonstrative logic is required instead of the conventional 'Results' and 'Discussion' sections. Section titles considered more appropriate may be used.

There is no limit on the number of characters but we do request that authors be concise.

4.1.2. Translations into French of previously published articles

French translations of previously published articles should faithfully render the original article in terms of both form and content. The fact that the article has already been published must be clearly indicated in the abstract along with the reference to the original article.

The list and order of authors must be as given in the original article.

4.1.3. Literature reviews

Literature reviews should have the same kind of tree structure as research articles. However, the 'Methods' section is optional and a demonstrative logic is required in place of the conventional 'Results' and 'Discussion' sections. Section titles considered more appropriate may be used.

4.1.4. Case studies

Our definition of a case study is a report on one or more veterinary clinical cases, one or more anecdotal and/or ad hoc behavioural observations and so forth. Case studies may be structured more freely and the 'Methods', 'Results' and 'Discussion' sub-sections are not compulsory.

The types of articles below (Book reviews and meeting abstracts) will be internally assessed by the Editorial Committee.

4.1.5. Book reviews

These are critical reviews of a book and are freely structured with one or more paragraphs with a maximum length of 2000 words. Please provide full references for the book along with your institutional and e-mail addresses.

4.1.6. Abstracts of presentations at national and international conferences

Abstracts of talks and poster presentations at the Société Francophone De Primatologie (SFDP) conference are published each year.

Abstracts of talks and poster presentations at other primatology societies' conferences can also be published on request.

A DOI will be assigned to the whole document.

4.2. Article structure

Manuscripts of original research articles submitted to the Revue de Primatologie should generally include the following sections:

  • Article title in English and French

  • Summary & Abstract

  • Keywords

  • Introduction

  • Methods

  • Results

  • Discussion

  • Conclusion (if applicable)

  • Additional information on the paper's authors if applicable

  • Declaration of conflict of interest or absence thereof

  • Acknowledgements

  • References

4.2.1. Article title

The names, institutional addresses and e-mail addresses of all authors should be listed on the title page along with the name of the author for correspondence. The translated title should be entered below the original title - in English if the main text is in French and vice versa.

4.2.2. Abstract

The English and French abstracts of the manuscript should not exceed 300 words. The use of abbreviations should be limited and references should never be cited in the abstract.

4.2.3. Introduction

This section must be understandable for readers without specialist knowledge in the field. The context and objectives of the research should be clearly indicated and illustrated herein.

4.2.4. Methods

This section must provide sufficient detail to enable the replication of the presented study. More specifically it should include precise description of the design of the study and details of the participants, human subjects (age, sex, etc.) and/or materials involved, the sample sizes, a detailed description of all procedures and interventions, the environmental conditions and/or accommodation of subjects if applicable and the type of statistical analyses carried out.

Please refer to section 4.2.11 Appendices below for details about the publication of raw data.

Ethical note

All research using animals must comply with Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council dated September 22nd, 2010 along with the legal requirements of the country where the research was carried out and all associated institutional directives.

Studies that involve human subjects, their data, tissues or biological samples must comply with the ethics of scientific publication.

Regardless of the study model used, authors should include a statement confirming that ethical approval was granted by local ethics committees and/or other relevant ethics bodies if this is applicable. The name(s) of these ethical committee(s) and approval number(s) must also be provided. If a study was exempted from formal ethical review, the reasons for this should be clearly detailed and explained.

Where appropriate, authors are requested to describe, explain and justify the techniques and approaches they used in the study in terms of the well-being of its subjects. The purpose of this sub-section is to enable authors to explain the actual approach and constraints in managing or improving the well-being of the subjects. Authors should therefore not just repeat details of their methodology or copy and pasting approved ethics protocols.

4.2.5. Results

The results should be presented in short paragraphs and informative sections. Authors should only present results that are relevant to the hypotheses described in the Introduction and taken into account in the discussion.

The text should act as a complement to the material provided in the tables or figures but should not directly repeat this. Authors should give full details of statistical analyses either in the text or in the legends to tables or figures. The following should be included: the type of test, the precise data which it was applied to, the value of the relevant statistic, the sample size and/or degrees of freedom and the probability level. Tables and figures should be numbered in the order to which they are referred in the text.

Means and errors or standard deviations, medians and interquartile ranges/confidence limits with their associated sample sizes should be given in the format X + SE = 22.52 + 3.87 kg.

For statistical tests, please give the name of the test followed by a colon, the test statistic and its value, the degrees of freedom or sample size (depending on the test convention) and the probability value, p. The different components of the statistical quotation should be separated by a semicolon.

Examples:

Student's t-test (independent or paired): t28 = 1.99; P = 0.07

ANOVA (Fisher test): F(2,15) = 7.89; P =0.017

Kruskal-Wallis test (multiple independent samples): H = 287.8; n1 = 10; n2 = 8; n3 = 12; P = 0.001

Wilcoxon test (paired samples): W = 6.41; n = 14; P < 0.0001

Mann-Whitney test (independent samples): U = 4.24; n1 = 17; n2 = 12; P = 0.02

Chi-square test: χ2 = 0.19; ddl = 4; P = 0.91

Pearson or Spearman correlation: rp or rs = 0.80; n = 11; P < 0.0001

In the figure legends, P values for significant results may be specified as being below a significance threshold value (e.g. P < 0.05, 0.01, 0.001) but, if cited in the body of the text, these should be given as an exact probability value for values above 0.0001. Any deviation from a significance level of 0.05 should be indicated and justified in the 'Methods' section. Results that are insignificant but close to the 0.05 threshold may be indicated as exact probability values, e.g. P = 0.07. When possible and if appropriate for the test concerned, non-significant results should be reported with an exact probability value or as NS or P > 0.05.

Decimal places should be marked using commas as in French, e.g. 0,01 instead of 0.01 unless the text is in English. Do not give decimals in more than two decimal places except for probability values P for statistical tests for which four decimal places can be given if appropriate (e.g. 0,0003).

4.2.6. Discussion

The 'Discussion' section can begin with a paragraph that summarises the main results but the main objective of this section is nonetheless to comment on the significance of the results and situate them in the context of the literature available on the subject at hand. However, the section should remain structured, concise and clear.

4.2.7. Conclusion (optional)

This section can summarise the main findings of the research and clearly and concisely explain their significance and pertinence.

4.2.8. Conflict of interest

Indicate any conflicts of interest here. If there are none, please specify that "the authors have no conflicts of interest to declare".

4.2.9. Acknowledgements

This section should list everyone who made a substantial contribution to the study in terms of its design or the acquisition analysis and interpretation of the data and also those took part in drafting the manuscript or its critical revision but do qualify to appear in the list of authors. The source of funding should be included in this section.

4.2.10. References

Authors cited in references should be listed in alphabetical order. Please avoid listing too many redundant references.

You may only cite articles and short communications that have been published, are in press or are available on an 'e-print/preprint' server. Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications should be included in the text and not in the list of references. Footnotes are not allowed. The Revue de Primatologie complies with the abbreviations system of Index Medicus / MEDLINE. Citations in the list of references should include all authors' names (up to 7 authors, see examples below). Authors are encouraged to use a recent version of EndNote (http://www.endnote.com/) or Zotero (http://www.zotero.org/) to manage and format their list of references.

DOIs are automatically added to the online version thanks to Bilbo, OpenEdition's bibliographic annotation tool.

Formatting references for the Revue de Primatologie:

Within the text

  • 1 author: (Altmann, 2022)

  • 2 authors: (Altmann & Chapman, 2022)

  • More than 2 authors: (Altmann et al., 2022)

  • If several articles are cited by the same or different authors, please list them in chronological order: (Chapman & Lambert, 2000; Junker et al., 2012; Altmann, 2020; 2022)

In the list of references

  • Published articles

    • 1 author

Altmann J. 1974. Observational study of behaviour: sampling methods. Behaviour 49: 227-266.

    • 2 to 7 authors: List the names of these authors

Chapman CA, Lambert JE. 2000. Habitat alteration and the conservation of African primates: case study of Kibale National Park, Uganda. American Journal of Primatology 50: 169-185.

    • More than 7 authors: List the first 3 authors' names followed by 'et al.

Junker J, Blake S, Boesch C, et al. 2012. Recent decline in suitable environmental conditions for African great apes. Diversity and Distribution 18: 1077-1091.

  • Articles in press

Charpentier MJE, Harte M, Ngoubangoye B, Herbert A, Kappeler PM. In press. Visual discrimination of kin in mandrills. Ethology.

  • Pre-print articles

Canteloup C, Cera MB, Barrett BJ, van de Waal E. 2020. Preprint. Processing of novel food reveal payoff and rank-biased social learning in a wild primate. BioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.25.313437v3

  • Abstracts of presentations at conferences

Lefaux B, Coudrat C. 2015. Vers la conservation intégrée des gibbons à favoris blancs. Presentation abstract, 27ème colloque de la Société Francophone de Primatologie, Poitiers, France, 2014. Revue de primatologie, 6.

Druelle F, Aerts P, Berillon G. 2015. Does Mass Distribution Reflect the Manner in which Primates Move? An Integrative Study Using the Baboon as a Model. Abstract of a communication at the 6th European Federation for Primatology conference, Rome, Italy, 2015. Folia Primatologica, 86:273-274.

  • Reports & Theses

Brotcorne F. 2006. Etude du fur rubbing chez le capucin moine (Cebus capucinus): influence des facteurs sociaux et environnementaux. Université libre de Bruxelles (Rapport de Master).

Quinn JP. 2004. Fur rubbing behavior in a captive group of Cebus apella apella monkeys. California State University (Masters dissertation).

Dare R. 1974. The social behaviour and ecology of spider monkeys, Ateles geoffroyi, on Barro Colorado Island. University of Oregon (PhD dissertation).

Meunier H. 2007. Etude des mécanismes sous-jacents aux phénomènes collectifs chez un primate non humain (Cebus capucinus): de l’expérimentation à la modélisation. Université libre de Bruxelles & Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg (Phd Thesis).

  • Books

Siegel S, Castellan NJ. 1988. Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Singapore, McGraw-Hill.

  • Book chapters

Huffman MA. 2007. Primate Self-Medication. In C Campbell, A Fuentes, K MacKinnon, M Panger & S Bearder (Eds.), Primates in Perspective (pp. 677-689). Oxford, University of Oxford Press.

Please note that we use a Microsoft Word document template (macros) to generate article styles and formats for publication. This template consists of a set of headings corresponding to the formatting style of the Revue de Primatologie. Therefore, it is important to construct your manuscript in a standard format that respects the model for headings presented above.

4.2.11. Appendices

Authors are strongly encouraged to make the data and codes used for the analyses presented in their paper available in open access except sensitive or identifying data regarding the human subjects who took part in the study. Authors can provide additional information in appendices to the manuscript, for example supplementary figures and tables, multimedia files, scripts, raw data and so forth. These appendices will be subject to peer-review.

4.3. Article formatting

4.3.1. Figures

Figures must be directly inserted into the manuscript as they are cited in the text. The formats accepted for figures are bmp (preferred format), png, tiff and jpg. Figure dimensions: standard width 480 pixels, maximum width 640 pixels. Usual dimensions in cm: width 16 x height 23 cm maximum. Optimum resolution 150-300 dpi. Before exporting figures in the png or jpg formats, the numbers and letters of texts included in these such as abscissa or ordinates for a graph must be formatted in the unbold Verdana font at a size that will be legible when the PDF is printed in A4 portrait mode. Exporting PowerPoint slides in bmp, png or jpg format is a simple way of creating figures that are display-compatible. Larger figures can only be displayed online and the correct rendering of these cannot be guaranteed when the PDF facsimile is created online. If this is this case, please contact the journal.

4.3.2. Tables

Tables must be formatted directly in the MS Word document using the Word table tool and the document's Normal font (Times New Roman, Arial or their Macintosh or Linux equivalents). Always use a font size ≥ 10 points. Never merge cells. If necessary, split tables that are too large for one page into several tables and avoid including tables that are too long.

4.3.3. Abbreviations

If abbreviations are used in the text, these must be defined in the text the first time they are used and should not be subsequently redefined.

4.3.4. Nomenclature and units

Authors should follow the internationally accepted rules and conventions set out in the International System of Units (SI): https://metrologie-francaise.lne.fr/fr/metrologie/unites-de-mesure-si. If other units are mentioned, give their SI equivalent. However, litres and molar concentrations are accepted.

4.3.5. Mathematical formulae

Simple formula should be presented in the normal line of text as far as possible. Single-letter variables should be italicised. All equations that must be displayed separately from the text should be numbered consecutively.

4.3.6. Numbers

Numbers from 10 upwards should be written as digits except at the beginning of a sentence. Numbers from one to nine should be written in letters (one, two, etc) unless they precede units of measurement or are used as indicators. The 24-hour clock should be used with the letter h in lower case between the hours and minutes, e.g. '15h20'. Years should be written in full, e.g. '1986-1987'.

4.3.7. Style and language

The Revue de Primatologie only accepts manuscripts written in French or English. The spelling of English articles must be that of American English or British English but not a mix of the two.

It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain the permission of the copyright holder(s) to reproduce figures or tables that have already been published elsewhere.

There is no fixed limit to the length of submitted articles but authors are encouraged to be concise. Figures and tables should be referenced sequentially.

Authors are encouraged to write clearly and simply and to asks colleague to proofread their article before submission. In the case of an article submitted in English, non-English-speaking authors are encouraged to have this proofread by an English-speaking colleague if possible and to use an ad hoc linguistic proofreading service before submitting.

4.3.8. Typography

  • Only the first word and proper nouns should be in capitals in the title.

  • Footnotes should not be used.

  • For special characters or Greek letters, write the full name of the symbol in its Latin transcription.

  • All Latin taxon names should be written in italics (e.g. Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, Macaca sp., Papio spp.).

Document annexe

  • Template_PageTitre_TitlePage (application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document – 68k)

    This template must be filled in carefully and sent with your manuscript to the email address of the Revue de Primatologie when you first submit your document. 

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