Journal Guide

San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is established to provide the opportunity for on-line publication of peer-reviewed papers dealing with all aspects of the San Francisco Estuary, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, its upstream watersheds, and adjacent coastal ocean. Also appropriate are papers focused on other estuary watershed systems whose findings and conclusions are directly relevant to the issues of the San Francisco Estuary. Subjects considered appropriate for publication include any aspect of the physics, chemistry, geology, or biology of this large system. Particular emphasis will be placed on papers that bridge the individual technical disciplines and provide novel or informative insights into attributes and functioning of this system or similar systems elsewhere.Manuscripts may be submitted in any one of the following categories:*Editorials – Articles presenting the views of the Editors or Associate Editors. (Submissions in this category are reserved for the Editors or Associate Editors of the journal.)*Research Articles - Normal, full-length scientific reports and critical reviews.Notes - Short papers that present a single concept, idea, or method.*Essays - Scholarly, in depth, informed, and balanced perspectives or commentaries on topics of interest to members of the Bay-Delta Science Consortium.*Policy and Program Analyses - Technically sound and well documented reviews and analyses of important policy and programmatic issues relevant to the management and restoration of estuary-watershed systems and their resources.*Commentary - Critiques of data and interpretations in articles and notes already published in San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.*Research Monographs - Long reports (greater than 50 pages in length) that will occasionally be accepted to encourage the publication of single, coherent research reports on complex topics rather than two or more separate but interconnected reports.*Special Issues - Multi-chaptered reports that cover different aspects of important and timely topics.*Data Reviews - Comprehensive and critical reviews and summaries of available data on specific important subjects. Such reports must explicitly describe the potential questions and uses to which the data could be applied. Basic data reports, without interpretation or synthesis, will not be considered for publication.*Data Archive Documents - Supporting data sets, graphics, or data files that are referenced in San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science articles.