Because That Would Make Too Much Sense
05/05/10 12:41 Filed in: GenomeWeb Daily Scan
Submitted by S. Pelech - Kinexus on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 15:58.
The main reason why journals request figures and tables submitted separately from the main text of manuscripts is to permit the best size and placement of the figures in the final journal print format. Authors cannot be expected to be able to exactly conform to the precise requirements for border spacing, font type and size, line spacing, 1, 2 or 3 text columns format, etc., which would be necessary in the final printed format.
During the review stage, if figures are embedded with the text, there is a high chance that the authors will submit manuscripts where the text of the figures is too small to discern or the figures may be of too low resolution. The best strategy is to open the figures as one or more separate files for their reference, and to design figures so that the legends are embedded within the figure design.
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The main reason why journals request figures and tables submitted separately from the main text of manuscripts is to permit the best size and placement of the figures in the final journal print format. Authors cannot be expected to be able to exactly conform to the precise requirements for border spacing, font type and size, line spacing, 1, 2 or 3 text columns format, etc., which would be necessary in the final printed format.
During the review stage, if figures are embedded with the text, there is a high chance that the authors will submit manuscripts where the text of the figures is too small to discern or the figures may be of too low resolution. The best strategy is to open the figures as one or more separate files for their reference, and to design figures so that the legends are embedded within the figure design.
Link to the original blog post