INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food Sciences is an International Peer Reviewed medical journal that publishes original articles, reviews and case reports on all aspects of agriculture and food sciences in English. The following instructions follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (ICJME Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals).
Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they have been submitted solely to Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food Sciences and that they have not been previously published, either in whole or in part. Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food Sciences is a fully peer-reviewed Journal. The editors reserve the right to make editorial changes in all matter published in the journal and cannot enter into correspondence about papers not accepted for publication.
Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food Sciences accepts manuscripts electronically through the Internet-based program. Access to send manuscript page is gained through http://www.ejmanager.com/my/jrafs. On the site you will find instructions for submission of the manuscript. All tracking and follow-up will be done through the online program. If you have questions about the online program, please address them to editorinchief@ejmanager.com.
Copyright
The authors retain the copyright to their work. The editors, editorial board, sponsoring organizations, and publisher do not accept responsibility for the statements expressed by authors in their contributions.
Publication Charge
There is no publication charge for authors.
Manuscript Preparation
REFERENCE SAMPLES
• Sample for book references:
Last JM. International Health. Eds.: Maxcy KF, Rosenau MJ, Last JM, Wallace RB. In: Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine. 14th edition. Connecticut: Appleton & Lange; 1998. p. 1139-1146.
• Sample for journal articles:
Greenberg P, Cox C, Le Beau MM, Fenaux P, Morel P, Sanz G, et al. International scoring system for evaluating prognosis in myelodysplastic syndromes. Blood. 1997; 89(4): 2079-91.
• Sample for Internet resources:
National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC). 2001. Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries. Bethesda, MD. http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/nbac/clinical/Vol1.pdf [Acces date: 12.01.2008].
Tables should use Times New Roman, each on a separate page. Use Arabic numerals to identify tables, and limit table heading to no more than 15 words. Footnotes in tables should be lettered (lower case a, b, c) except for statistical notes, which should be noted with an asterisk (*, **, ***). All abbreviations used in a table must be expanded in a legend under the table.
Figures should be submitted in a form suitable for reproduction. Typewritten (or dot matrix) figures are not acceptable. Typeface should be nonserif (e.g., Arial). Use only black on white background, with bold patterns rather than variations of gray shading. A list of all figure titles should be typed on one page and placed after the references.
Submitting Manuscripts to Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food Sciences
Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food Sciences accepts manuscripts electronically through the Internet-based program. Access to send manuscript page is gained through http://www.ejmanager.com/my/jrafs. On the site you will find instructions for submission of the manuscript. All tracking and follow-up will be done through the online program. If you have questions about the online program, please address them to editorinchief@ejmanager.com.
Letters to the Editor are considered for publication.