Spatial Vision

Instructions to Authors

Manuscripts should be submitted in quadruplicate to one of the editors-in-chief. Papers from Europe (including the former USSR), Africa, Asia (including Japan) and Australasia should be sent to the editorial office in Israel (D. Sagi). Papers from the North and South American continents should be sent to the editorial office in the USA (A. Reeves). Manuscripts should be typed in English, double spaced and single sided on A4 or 8.5'' x 11'' sheets, and should be numbered beginning with the title page. The first page of an article should contain only (1) the title of the paper, the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s), (2) a short title not exceeding 45 letters and (3) the name and address of the author to whom correspondence and proofs should be sent. If possible, an electronic-mail address or fax number should also be provided. An abstract of 50--200 words should follow the title page on a separate sheet.

Text
Headings and subheadings for different sections of the paper (e.g. Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion) should be clearly indicated. Detailed mathematical discussion should be placed in an appendix. Units of measurement, abbreviations and symbols should follow the international system of units (SI). Equations and formulae should be typewritten wherever possible. Equations should be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals in parentheses on the right-hand side of the page. Special symbols should be identified in the margin. Avoid confusion between 0 (zero), o (the letter); 1 (the number), l (the letter), a, alpha; k, kappa; p, rho; u, mu; v, nu; n, eta; epsilon, ``is an element of''; etc.

Tables and figures
Tables should be given short informative titles and should be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals. Tables may be reproduced by photo-offset, i.e. directly from the typed manuscript. Figures in a form suitable for reproduction should be submitted separately from the text as original drawings, or laser prints, or as high contrast, sharp unmounted photographs on glossy paper. Lettering on figures should be proportional to the size of the figure to ensure legibility after reduction. On the back of each figure should be indicated lightly in soft pencil: (1) the top of the figure by an arrow, (2) the author and figure number. All figures and tables should be cited consecutively in the text and a list of short captions should be provided at the end of the paper.

References
The Harvard system should be used for the references. In this system, names and dates are given in the body of the text and an alphabetical list of references at the end of the manuscript. References in the text should give the author's surname with the year of publication in parentheses. When reference is made to a work by two authors, both names should be given; references to works by more than two authors should give the name of the first author, followed by et al., e.g. Smith et al. (1973). If several papers by the same author(s) in the same year are cited, a, b, c, etc. should be placed after the year of publication, e.g. Smith and Jones (1982a, b).

List of references
References to articles from journals should give in this order: name(s) of author(s), year or publication in parentheses, full title of the article, title of the periodical, volume number, first and last relevant page numbers, e.g.

Bergen, J.R. and Julesz, B. (1983). Parallel versus serial processing in rapid pattern discrimination. Nature 303, 696--698.

References to articles from books (or to whole books) should give in this order: name(s) of author(s), year or publication in parentheses, full title of the article, title of the book (volume number if applicable), initials followed by name(s) of the editor(s), name and location of the publisher, first and last relevant page numbers, e.g.

Guzmán, A. (1969). Decomposition of a visual scene into three-dimensional bodies. In: Automatic Interpretation and Classification of Images. A. Grasselli (Ed.). Academic Press, New York, pp. 243--276.

If a publication is in press the reference should be made as complete as possible, stating the name of the journal and adding ``in press''. The list of references should be typed with triple spacing, and in alphabetical order of the first author's name. When a number of publications by the same author are cited the order should be (1) single-author references in date order, (2) two-author references in alphabetical order of the second author, and (3) et al. references in date order.

Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the nominated author to check typesetting accuracy. No changes to the original manuscript are accepted at this stage. Proofs should be returned within two days of receipt.

Reprints
Twenty-five reprints will be supplied free of charge with each article. Additional reprints may be ordered at prices shown on the reprint order form, which will be sent to the author together with the proofs.

There is no page charge.

Word-processor disks
The publisher's production department can use your word-processor disks. If available, please send a copy of the disk with your final revised manuscript (together with two copies of the printout). This gives a substantial decrease in typesetting time and ensures that there are no re-keying errors in the article. Moreover, using word-processor disks helps us to shorten publication times. If you provide a disk, please follow these instructions:

1. Label the disk with the author's name; the word processor/computer used (e.g., IBM-PC, Macintosh); the name of the program (e.g., WordPerfect, TEX, MS-Word). If you have an editor's manuscript number, include it in the label.; 2. Send the manuscript as three files; if possible keep the text, figure legends, and tables in separate files. File names must clearly indicate the content of each file; 3. Send separate disks if you submit more than one article at the time; 4. A hard copy printout of the manuscript that exactly matches the disk files must be supplied. Special characters and symbols which are not included in the printer used, should be left as blank spaces in the files and these should be correctly written in the printout in red; 5. Do not use footnotes; 6. Do not justify the right-hand margin.