Author Guidelines
Focus and Scope of the Journal
The Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics publishes papers and short communications dealing with research in the Tropics and Subtropics in the fields of plant production, animal nutrition and animal husbandry, soil science, agricultural economy and farm management, forestry and forest economy, veterinary hygiene and protection against epidemics.
Comments to the Editor
Within the online submission procedure (step 1), in the input field 'Comments to the Editor', authors should describe how the submitted paper fits into the scope of the Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics. They should also include any other relevant information to the Editor-in-Chief in this field.
Language
Manuscripts are accepted in British English only. Authors from outside Great Britain, Australia or the United States should have their paper reviewed by a native speaker before submission as typescripts of which grammar and/or style is found unsatisfactory can be rejected without further review at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.
General Instructions
Articles submitted to the journal must be based on original research.
Findings should be presented as brief as possible. Publication of a paper in consecutive parts will only be considered in exceptional cases.
Structure of Manuscripts
Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should include the following sections:
- Main objectives and research question
- Methods
- Main results
- Conclusions
The abstract should concentrate on the main results and conclusions to highlight the author's contribution to her or his area of research.
Articles should include the following sections:
- Abstract
- Key words
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- References
The introduction should be as brief as possible and should concentrate on the main topics of the paper. Reference should be made to recent and important literature on the subject, only. Materials used and methods applied should be explained briefly. With all its brevity, this part should enable the reader to assess the findings adequately. Tables and Figures should be used to effectively present the results. Explanations and other remarks on the results can be included in the text. Discussion of results should also refer to relevant literature on the topic and lead to clear conclusions. Recommendations with respect to further research needed on the respective subject will increase the value of the paper.
Form of the manuscripts
Manuscript should be submitted in standard word processing formats: Microsoft Word (97-2003, doc- or rtf-format) or Open Document format (odf format, see http://www.openoffice.org). Alternatively, the manuscript can be submitted as PDF file of the original format together with a LaTeX or a simple text/rtf file.
Manuscripts should be written in normal, plain font (11-point Arial) and typed double-spaced with a margin of 2cm each side on DIN A4 format.
Please use italics for emphasis (rather than underlining).
Title, headings and references (names of authors) should not be typed in capitals.
Please do not use automated or manual hyphenation.
Please provide a manuscript of 2000 - 8000 words, including an abstract of 150 - 250 words.
ofKindly provide 5 to 8 keywords that can be used for indexing purposes.
The title of the manuscript should be brief and contain words useful for indexing. The title of the manuscript should be followed by the authors' full names and affiliations, the abstract and the key words (no extra title page). Full name and affiliation of all authors together with the address for correspondence (along with e-mail address) are additionally entered during the online submission procedure.
Scientific writing style
Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units, SI units.
Genus and species names should be in italics.
Tables and Figures
All illustrations, figures, and tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Illustrations and figures should be black & white / greyscaled and suitable for reproduction and should be additionally uploaded in printable format (eps, svg, tiff, uncompressed jpeg) during step 4 of the submission process (supplementary files).
If colour prints are necessary, the cost of production (approximately 50 Euro per page) will be charged to the author.
Table columns should not be prepared with blanks. All tables and figures should have captions and should be numbered consecutively.
References
References in the text should be made by the name of the author and the year. Each paper should have an alphabetical list of references giving name and abbreviated first name of the author(s), title of the paper, name of the journal, number of the volume, year, page numbers; for books: title, place of publication, and year.
Examples:
Journal articles
Cheruiyot, E. K., Mumera, L. M., Nakhone, L. N. and Mwonga, S. M. 2001. Rotational effects of grain legumes on maize performance in the rift valley highlands of Kenya; African Crop Science Journal 9, 667-676.
Saied, A.S., Sohail, M., Gebauer, J. and Buerkert, A. 2010. Tolerance of Grewia tenax (Forssk.) Fiori to NaCl-induced salinity. European Journal of Horticultural Science 75(1), 42-50.
Books
Lieth, H., Moschenko, M., Lohmann, M., Koyro, H.-W. and Hamdy, A. 1999. Halophyte uses in different climates. I. Ecological and Ecophysiological Studies. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Harlan, J. R. 1998. The Living Fields, Our Agricultural Heritage. Cambridge University Press, Cambride, England.
Proceedings
Pushparajah, E. and Bachik, A. T. 1987. Management of acid tropical soils in Southeast Asia. I in: Sanchez, P. A., Stoner, E. R. and Pushparajah, E. (Eds.). Management of Acid Tropical Soils for Sustainable Agriculture. Proceedings of an IBSRAM Inaugural Workshop, pp.13-39. IBSRAM, Bangkok, Thailand.
Lawn, R. J. and Ahn, C. S. 1985. Green gram (Vigna radiata L.). In: Summerfield, R. J. and Roberts, E. H (Eds.). Grain Legume Crops, pp. 584-623. Collins, London, England.
Dissertation
Reyes-Aguero, J. A. 2005. Variacion morfologica de Opuntia (Cactaceae) y su relacion con la domesticacion en la Altiplanicie Meridional de Mexico; Ph.D. Thesis; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
Submission and Review Process
Online registration and login as author at
http://www.jarts.info. Authors may submit items and are able to check the status of current submissions continuously.
Papers may not be published in the order of receipt; those that require minor revision only, only are likely to appear earlier.
All submitted articles will be peer-reviewed by at least two experts (members of the Editorial Board or external experts) that remain anonymous to the authors.
The corresponding author will be informed of the outcome of the evaluation. According to the outcome of the review, the corresponding author will then receive the reviewers' comments in order to incorporate them into the manuscript.
The corresponding author who must return (upload) the corrected version of the manuscript to the editor within 10 days. When the authors upload their revised paper, they should explicitly mention and explain any potential disagreement with the reviewers' comments.
