Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Figure and Table Requirements

1. Policies

The Copyright and License Policies that apply to articles also apply to figures. Please do not submit any figures, photos, or tables that have been previously copyrighted unless you have and can supply written permission from the copyright holder to publish under the CC-BY or CC0 license. Without this, we cannot publish the figures.

Image Manipulation

Submitted image files should not be manipulated or adjusted in any way that could lead to misinterpretation of the information present in the original image. Inappropriate manipulation includes, but is not limited to:

The introduction, enhancement, movement, or removal of specific feature(s) within an image
Unmarked grouping of images that should otherwise have been presented separately (for example, from different parts of the same gel, or from different gels, fields, or exposures)
Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or color balance that obscure, eliminate, or misrepresent any information

Digital images in manuscripts nearing acceptance for publication may be scrutinized for any indication of improper manipulation. If evidence is found of inappropriate manipulation, we reserve the right to ask for original data and, if that is not satisfactory, we may decide not to accept the manuscript and may also contact the authors' institutions to ask them to assist with investigation.

2. Figures

JOCE can accept only TIFF or EPS for publication. Figures should be uploaded separately, not embedded in the article file. See the table below for a summary of requirements. The following applies only to graphics published directly as figures within articles. Supplementary Information figures have fewer requirements.

Figure Requirements

All figures	Dimensions	Maximum: 17.35 cm W x 23.35 cm H Minimum: 8.3 cm W
	Column fitting	Sized to fit columns in the final printed PDF
	Color mode	RGB (8 bit/channel) or grayscale only
	Within-figure text	Arial, Times, or Symbol 8-12 point
	Number/title/caption/image credit	Number/title/caption/image credit
	Lines/rules/strokes	Minimum 0.5 point
	Multi-panel figures	Figure file must contain all parts in one file
	White space	Crop out excess from around image content
	File size	Under 10 MB
	Orientation	Vertical, not turned sideways
TIFF	Resolution	300-600 ppi
	Layers	Flattened, no layers
	Alpha channels	No alpha channels
	Compression	LZW required
	Background color	White, not transparent
EPS	Text	Must be converted to outlines or saved with embedded fonts
	CS5	Save as CS4-compatible
Multimedia	JOCE cannot directly publish multimedia files in articles, but encourages their submission as Supplementary materials.

3. Tables

The following applies only to tables published directly within articles. Tables submitted as Supplementary Materials have fewer requirements. Tables submitted for direct publication should be included at the very end of the article file, not submitted as separate files.

Table Requirements

Layout	Tables must be primarily cell-based and fully editable.
Structuring the table	Do not use the following to organize data or structure the table: Returns (“Enter” key) Tabs Spaces Colored text Cell shading Cells within cells
Software	Word (preferred), Excel, LaTeX
Graphics	No graphics, boxes, or embedded tables.
Dimensions	Very large tables are acceptable, but may be set vertically and/or span several pages in the final PDF.
Text	Colored fonts will not appear in published version; use bold or italic for emphasis.
Parts	No parts. Make Table 1A and Table 1B into Tables 1 and 2, or combine into one table.

4. Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials are not published directly in the article; rather, a link to the file is provided in the online version of the published article. The information contained in these files is ancillary to the article's content, although occasionally important data are included if the file size is excessive or the file type is not supported in the main article.

For more detailed information, see our complete Supplementary Materials Guidelines.

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