Manuscripts should be submitted through the website http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/imajna

Papers must be submitted as .pdf files. No other file formats are accepted. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide a LATEX source file of the paper, so please bear this in mind when preparing the paper for submission. Further information on this is given below.

Editors: A. Iserles Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge Wilberforce Road Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK, UK A.Iserles@damtp.cam.ac.uk

E. Süli Oxford University Computing Laboratory Wolfson Building Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QD, UK endre.suli@comlab.ox.ac.uk

Authors may not submit papers that are under consideration for publication elsewhere, and, if an author decides to offer a submitted paper to another journal, the paper must be withdrawn from IMAJNA before the new submission is made.

Supplementary material Manuscripts may include supplementary material to be made available by the publisher as online-only content,linked to the online manuscript. Manuscripts accompanied by online Supplementary material are designated with an 'S' in the Table of Contents in the print edition. For a definition of Supplementary material and guidelines for submitting it click here. Colour reproduction Authors are charged £350 per figure for colour reproduction, however, some colour figures may be reproduced for free at the discretion of the Editors.

FORM OF MANUSCRIPT.

The required minimum line spacing in all parts of the manuscript including references is three lines per inch i.e. double the standard line spacing of typewritten text. Only one side of each page should be used in at least one of the copies. The title page should include the name, affiliation and address of each author, and a short abstract. Each section, including the introduction, should be numbered, with equations numbered, for example (2.1), (2.2), etc. in section 2, on the right-hand side of the page. Nonstandard notation should be explained in the text. Footnotes should be avoided. A list of tables and figure captions should be appended to the manuscript.

For specific information regarding style, please refer to the Ima style guide.

REFERENCES.

The Harvard system of references, giving the surname of the author(s) and year of publication in the text, should be used. Each listed reference should begin with the authors' surnames followed by initials, the year, and the title of the work. Then, for a journal article, the journal name (abbreviated in accordance with Mathematical Reviews), volume number, and inclusive page numbers should follow, while, for a book, the title, the editor (if applicable), the place of publication, and publisher should be stated.

ACCEPTANCE OF LATEX BY THE IMA JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide the LATEX source files of their paper. In preparing the paper, please follow the instructions available at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/imanum/for_authors/guide_to_ima_latex_class_and_sty.html. If you have any questions about the use of the class files, please contact production.

Please carefully follow all of the usual instructions to authors as detailed above and ensure that your references follow the correct referencing system.

LANGUAGE EDITING

Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for language. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.

COPYRIGHT/OFFPRINTS.

It is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors assign copyright to Oxford University Press, by completing a copyright licence form.This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance. In consideration of this, the publisher will supply free electronic access to the corresponding author of an article. Offprints may be ordered at extra cost at the proof stage.

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AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY

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