General information

Supplementary material provides access to essential data that do not appear in the printed article or PDF but that accompany the final version of a paper online. These data are peer reviewed and are subject to the same criteria as the data that are to be published in the paper itself.

We only accept data files, such as movies, datasets, figures and tables, as supplementary material. We do not accept text files that provide additional materials and methods, results or discussions related to the article; these should be included in the article itself.

All supplementary data must be submitted for peer review and will be strictly limited to a total of 5 Mb per article.

Please note that supplementary data files are not copyedited by JEB and therefore authors must ensure that all files are checked carefully before submission and that the style of terms and figures conforms with that of the article. Modification of supplementary material after publication will require a formal correction.

Refer to each piece of supplementary information at least once within the text of the main article (the article that is published in the print issue of the journal) using the file name and the term 'supplementary material', for example: (see Movie 1 in supplementary material).

Supplementary figures

Figures in PDF, EPS, JPEG and TIFF format are acceptable - see figure preparation guidelines for further information on how to prepare figures for submission to the journal. Please number supplementary figures using the format Fig. S1, Fig. S2, etc., and if a supplementary figure relates to a particular figure in the text, please cite it as close to this figure as possible. Please use a separate numbering system from that used in the main article and include a legend for each figure.

Supplementary tables

Tables should be prepared using Arial font and should be submitted as a Microsoft Word (.doc) file. Please number supplementary tables using the format Table S1, Table S2, etc. Please use a separate numbering system from that used in the main article.

Supplementary movies

Movies should be in QuickTime or mpeg format. File names should be as short as possible, e.g. Movie 1. Please provide a separate text (MS Word) file containing the titles and captions of all movies. Please keep captions as short as possible and ensure that they explain what is being shown in the movie and any necessary details of how the movie was made. If you are having problems reducing the size of your movie files without losing resolution, please contact the jeb{at}biologists.com for assistance.