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BAMOS
Dec 2017
BAMOS author guidelines
for all submissions
A note on figures (new)
Clear figures are important for communicating the message
of any scientific article. We recommend that any figures
accompanying Articles or Science Articles be prepared with
the reader in mind.
Ideally, figures should be prepared using dedicated graphing
software. Languages such as Python ( and R are freely available
and can be used to make simple, high-quality plots and figures.
If you are using Excel, please make every effort to ensure that
your figure is readable and appropriate for the article. Font
size should be at least 18 in font Arial, Helvetica, or Myriad Pro,
with clear axis labels and units. Also ensure that the figure is
appropriate for colourblind readers if possible. See Colour
Brewer (http://colorbrewer2.org/) for ideas on this.
For example, see the two figures below of Sydney rainfall totals
in the summer months:
Original image. Note that there is no
axis labels or units, the font is small,
the colours used are the Excel default,
and they do not match the topic of the
graph.
Improved
image. The
text is larger,
colours are
appropriate
for the
content,
additional
information
is given on
seasonal
and monthly
totals by
stacked plots,
and the plot is
resized.