ISSN: 3079-174X
Guidelines for Authors
Journal Abbreviation
The correct abbreviation of Advances in Agriculture and Biology for abstracting and indexing purposes is Adv. Agric. Biol.
ISSN
Our electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 3079-174X.
Criteria for Publication
The criteria for publication in Advances in Agriculture and Biology include originality and creativity of the research with a scientific significance that holds appeal for a diverse, interdisciplinary readership on a global scale.
Types of Papers
Original/Regular Papers
Original papers/Regular papers/Research papers should report the results of original scientific research and they are of outstanding scientific importance, and they reach a conclusion of interest of an interdisciplinary readership. The material (main results and conclusions) must not have been published or submitted elsewhere. The length of original/research papers should be within the range of 5000-8000 words. Word counts refer to the title, author list, author affiliation, text of the paper, tables, figures, acknowledgements and references.
Reviews
Reviews/Review articles should cover a part of the subject of active current interest and a summary and discussion of the relevant literature. The length of reviews should be within the range of 5000-8000 words including tables and figures.
Mini-reviews
A sharply focused, selectively referenced summary and assessment of the relevant literature particularly effective when discussing cutting-edge advancements in the discipline. The length of mini-reviews should be within the range of 3000-4000 words including tables and figures.
Short Communications
A short communication is a concise, but complete, description of a limited investigation, which will not be included in a later paper. Short communications should be as completely documented, both by reference to the literature and description of the experimental procedures employed, as a regular paper. The length of short communications should be within the range of 4000-5000 words including tables and figures.
Articles Formatting
This guide describes how to prepare contributions for submission. We recommend you read this in full if you have not previously submitted a contribution to Advances in Agriculture and Biology. We also recommend that, before submission, you familiarize yourself with Advances in Agriculture and Biology’s style and content by reading the journal online, particularly if you have not submitted to the journal recently. Research articles are original reports whose conclusions represent a substantial advance in understanding of an important problem and have immediate, far-reaching implications in agricultural and biological sciences.
Resubmissions Enquiries
If you wish to enquire whether your article might be suitable for consideration by Advances in Agriculture and Biology, please send email to the editor of the journal (editor@aabinternational.com). All resubmissions enquiries must include a cover paragraph to the editor stating the interest to a broad scientific readership, a fully referenced summary paragraph, and a reference list.
Readability
Advances in Agriculture and Biology is an international journal covering agricultural and biological sciences. Contributions should therefore be written clearly and simply so that they are accessible to readers in other disciplines and to readers for whom English is not their first language. Thus, technical jargon should be avoided as far as possible and clearly explained where its use is unavoidable. Abbreviations, particularly those that are not standard, should also be kept to a minimum. The background, rationale and main conclusions of the study should be clearly explained. Titles and abstracts in particular should be written in language that will be readily intelligible to any scientist. For gene, protein and other specialized names authors can use their preferred terminology so long as it is in current use by the community, but they must give all known names for the entity at first use in the paper. Advances in Agriculture and Biology prefer authors to use internationally agreed nomenclature. Even though no paper will be rejected because of poor language, non–native English speakers occasionally receive feedback from editors and reviewers regarding language and grammar usage in their manuscripts. Advances in Agriculture and Biology's editors provide detailed advice about the expected print length when asking for the final version of the manuscript. The editors often suggest revised titles and rewrite the summary paragraphs of articles so the conclusions are clear to a broad readership.
Proofs are sent before publication; authors are welcome to discuss proposed changes with Advances in Agriculture and Biology’s subeditors, but Advances in Agriculture and Biology reserves the right to make the final decision about matters of style and the size of figures.
Covering Letter
The covering letter includes the names, affiliation, phone numbers and e-mail address of corresponding author(s), total number of words of the manuscript, conflict of interest statement for all authors, brief introduction to the significance of the research work, statement of responsibility that specifies the contribution of each author.
Article Structure
The manuscript should be written in English with a simple layout. The text should be prepared in a single column format. Manuscript should be submitted in MS Word. Use a normal, plain font (e.g. 10-point Times New Roman) and double spaced for text. Bottom page number and continuous line numbering should be included throughout the manuscript. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and use consistently thereafter. Ample margin should be left on each side. Authors’ institutional address should follow authors name and will not appear as a footnote. In all kinds of papers, et al. should be non-italic. Papers may be organized conveniently as: Full Title, Authors, Affiliation, Key Message (for original paper only), Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, Conflict of interest, Author contributions, References, Tables and Figures, Supplementary materials, Proofs, Warranties and copyrights, Ethical issues, and Withdrawal of manuscripts.
Title Page
Title page includes a concise and informative title, name(s) of the author(s), the affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s), the current e-mail address, and telephone numbers of the corresponding author (s). All authors are responsible for the content of the manuscript. The title should be without any abbreviations and it should enlighten the contents of the paper.
Key Message
Please summarize the main achievement of your manuscript beyond the meaning of the manuscript title. This “Key Message” may not contain more than 50 words, and is essential for original research papers only. It is not needed for Reviews, Mini-reviews and Short communications.
Abstract
Articles start with a summary paragraph (abstract), ideally within the range of 200-300 words that avoids non-standard abbreviations, and if necessary they should be clearly defined in the abstract, at first use. The abstract should be concise and informative. It is aimed at readers outside the discipline. This summary paragraph should be structured as follows: 2-3 sentences of basic-level introduction to the field; a brief account of the background and rationale of the work; 2-3 sentences of techniques and methods used, 2-3 sentences putting the main findings with important data and conclusions. No references should be cited in this part.
Keywords
Provide a list of 6-8 words/phrases that reflect the specificity of the paper for indexing purposes in order of importance. Careful selection of keywords will help researchers to retrieve, read and cite your paper. Keywords must be given below the Abstract. They should be arranged alphabetically and separated by a comma. Use of abbreviations should be avoided, only standard abbreviations, well known in the established area may be used, if appropriate.
Introduction
Briefly introduce the purpose of the study and its relationship to earlier work in the field. Provide an adequate and factual background, clearly defined problem, proposed solution, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. State the objectives of the work at the end of the introduction section.
Material and Methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described. This section will include sub-sections.
Result and Discussion
Results and discussion may be in a single section as “Results and Discussion” or if necessary, can be split into separate “Results” and “Discussion” sections. Present your results in a logical sequence in the text, tables and figures. Do not repeat in the text all the data given in the tables and figures rather than emphasize only important observations. Also avoid repeated information that already existed in the "Introduction" section. Discussion should be logical and results must be discussed in the light of previous literature justifying your findings. Summarize the findings without repeating the data in results section. Relate your observations to important relevant studies; point out the implications of the results and their limitations.
Conclusion
Conclusion should be given in a separate heading and briefly state the major findings of the study.
Acknowledgments
A brief acknowledgement section may be given after the conclusion section just before the references. The acknowledgements of people who provided assistance in manuscript preparation, funding for research, etc. should be listed in this section. All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgement. Authors should declare the role of the funding agency, if any, in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors should so state.
Authors’ Contributions
Authors may use the following wording for this section: ‘Author A’ designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. ‘Author B’ and ‘Author C’ managed the analyses of the study. ‘Author C’ managed the literature searches…… All authors read and approved the final manuscript.”
Funding
All sources of financial support for the research must be clearly stated in this section. Authors should disclose any funding received for conducting the study, including the name of the funding body, the grant number (if applicable), and the role of the funder in any part of the research process. If the funding body had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or manuscript writing, this should also be explicitly stated.
Authors may use the following examples as a guide:
Example 1 (funding received)
“This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under grant no. XYZ123. The funding body had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; or in writing the manuscript.”
Example 2 (funder involved)
“This study was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant no. ABC456), which played a role in study design and data analysis.”
Example 3 (no funding received)
“No funding was received for the design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or writing of this research manuscript.”
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the funding information provided. Failure to disclose funding sources may result in a delay in the review process or rejection of the manuscript.
Data availability
Authors are required to disclose the availability of data used in their research. A statement should be included describing whether the data is:
- Publicly available in a repository (include name and link)
- Available from the authors upon reasonable request
- Included within the article or its supplementary materials
- Not available due to confidentiality, legal, or ethical restrictions
If the study did not generate any new data, this should also be stated explicitly. Example: “The datasets generated during the current study are available in the [Repository Name] at [DOI or URL].”
OR “The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.”
Declarations
i. Ethics approval and consent to participate
Authors must clearly state whether the study involved human participants, animals, or data obtained from them. If ethical approval was required, authors must mention the name of the ethics committee or institutional review board that approved the study, along with the approval number or reference code. Authors should also confirm that informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study, in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Example: “Ethical approval for this study was obtained from [Name of Ethics Committee] under approval number [XYZ]. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.” If ethical approval and participant consent were not required (e.g., for studies using publicly available data or non-human subjects), authors should provide a clear justification. Example: “Ethical approval and informed consent were not required for this study as it did not involve human participants, human data, or animals. The data used in this study were publicly available and did not contain any identifiable personal information.”
ii. Conflict of Interest
Declaration of competing interest should be placed here. All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships or interests with other people or organizations that could inappropriately (or appropriately) influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interests that are directly or indirectly related to the research may include but not limited to the following: Research grants from funding agencies (please give the research funder and the grant number), Honoraria for speaking at symposia, Financial support for attending symposia, Financial support for educational programs, Employment or consultation, Support from a project sponsor, Position on advisory board or board of directors or other types of management relationships, Multiple affiliations, Financial relationships, e.g., equity ownership or investment interest, Intellectual property rights (e.g., patents, copyrights and royalties from such rights), Holdings of spouse and/or children that may have financial interest in the work. In addition, interests that go beyond financial interests and compensation (non-financial interests) that may be important to readers should be disclosed. These may include but are not limited to personal relationships or competing interests directly or indirectly tied to this research, or professional interests or personal beliefs that may influence your research. If no such declaration has been made by the authors, AAB reserves to assume and write this sentence: “Authors have declared that no competing interests exist.”
Publisher’s note
All claims shared in this article are entirely those of the authors and do not reflect the positions of their affiliated institutions, AgriBio e-Spectrum (the publisher), editors, or reviewers. Any mention or assessment of a product, as well as any claims made by its manufacturer, are not endorsed or guaranteed by the publisher.
References
Use APA style guide, 6th edition for setting references of articles:
Tables and Figures
Tables and Figures should be placed inside the text. Tables and Figures should be presented as per their appearance in the text. It is suggested that the discussion about the tables and figures should appear in the text before the appearance of the respective Tables and Figures. No tables or figures should be given without discussion or reference inside the text. Tables should be explanatory enough to be understandable without any text reference. Table headings should be placed above the table. Each Figure should have a caption. The caption should be concise and typed separately, not on the Figure area. Figures should be self-explanatory. Information presented in the Figure should not be repeated in the Table. All symbols and abbreviations used in the illustrations should be defined clearly. Figure legends should be given below the figures. Upon submission of an article, authors are supposed to include all Figures and Tables in the MS word file of the manuscript. Figures and Tables should not be submitted in separate files. If the article is accepted, authors will be asked to provide the source files of the figures. Each figure should be supplied in a separate electronic file. All Figures should be cited in the paper in a consecutive order.
Supplementary Materials
Supplementary materials can support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Please note that such items are published online exactly as they are submitted; there is no typesetting involved (supplementary data supplied as an Excel file or as a PowerPoint slide will appear as such online). Please submit the material together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. If you wish to make any changes to supplementary data during any stage of the process, then please make sure to provide an updated file, and do not annotate any corrections on a previous version. Please also make sure to switch off the "Track Changes" option in any Microsoft Office files as these will appear in the published supplementary file(s).
Proofs
A PDF file of proof will be sent to the corresponding author as an e-mail attachment. Authors will be asked to check any typographical or minor clerical errors in the manuscript at this stage. No other major alteration in the manuscript is allowed.
Warranties and Copyrights
By submitting the manuscript, the authors warrant that the entire work is original and unpublished; it is submitted only to this Journal and all text, data, figures/tables or other illustrations included in the research article are completely original and unpublished, and these have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere in any form or media whatsoever. All authors are responsible for the complete contents of their manuscript. The author(s) warrant that the work contains no unlawful or libelous statements and opinions and liable materials of any kind whatsoever, do not infringe on any copyrights, intellectual property rights, personal rights or rights of any kind of others, and does not contain any plagiarized, fraudulent, improperly attributed materials, instructions, procedures, information or ideas that might cause any harm, damage, injury, losses or costs of any kind to person or property. Each author(s) agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless this publisher and the Editors for any breach of such warranties. It is authors' responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions from other sources (publishers) for reproduction of any figures, tables, photos, illustrations, text or other copyright materials from previously published work.
Ethical Issues
Authors cannot submit a manuscript for publication to other journals simultaneously. It is waste of valuable resources because editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing submitted manuscripts. It is also unethical to republish similar research articles (text/figures/tables) again because journals have limited page space and it most likely violates copyrights which have already been transferred to the first journal. As stated above that authors should submit original, new and unpublished research work to the journal. The ethical issues such as plagiarism, fraudulent and duplicate publication, violation of copyrights, authorship and conflict of interest are serious issues concerning ethical integrity when submitting a manuscript to a journal for publication.
Withdrawal of Manuscripts
If the author requests withdrawal of manuscript after submission within the time span when the manuscript is still in the peer-reviewing process with Editors/Referees, the author is allowed to withdraw the manuscript without paying any withdrawal penalty whatsoever. However, it is unethical to withdraw a submitted manuscript from the journal if accepted by another journal. The withdrawal of manuscripts from the journal after submitting to the publisher will incur a withdrawal penalty. After the manuscript is accepted for publication either through journal editors or guest editors, the withdrawal is not permitted. If the authors or conference organizers or a third party withdraw manuscripts any time after final manuscripts have already been submitted to AAB for processing, the request is not entertained without a significant withdrawal penalty. Authors or conference organizers or a third party are not allowed to withdraw submitted manuscripts because the withdrawal wastes valuable manuscript processing time, money and works invested by the publisher. The authors or conference organizers or a third party must always pay $100 per page manuscript processing charges as withdrawal penalty to the publisher even if the withdrawal is permitted. The withdrawal of the conference papers by conference organizers will never be permitted and the conference organizers will be punished for withdrawal by paying a withdrawal penalty of US$500 per manuscript. Withdrawal of manuscripts is only allowed after withdrawal penalty has been fully paid to AAB by the authors or conference organizers or a third party. Any reason whatsoever of withdrawal of submitted manuscripts is treated as invalid and completely unacceptable under any circumstances. The publisher is not responsible for any damages whatsoever resulting from this consequence of the author's or conference organizer's or a third party decision. All questions or differences whatsoever concerning manuscripts withdrawal from AAB whether as to construction or otherwise, shall be held in the local jurisdiction of the registered editorial office of AAB.
Article Processing Charges (APC)
Advances in Agriculture and Biology applies a differential Article Processing Charge (APC) policy based on the World Bank income classification of the corresponding author’s country.
Low Income Countries
APC per accepted article: USD 199
Countries classified as Low Income Economies are listed at the following link:
https://aabinternational.com/index.php/aab/low-and-lower-middle-economies
Lower Middle Income Countries
APC per accepted article: USD 299
Countries classified as Lower Middle Income Economies are listed at the following link:
https://aabinternational.com/index.php/aab/low-and-lower-middle-economies
All Other Countries
For all remaining countries, including those whose names are not included in the above lists, the Article Processing Charge (APC) per accepted article is USD 499.
Waivers and Discounts
Waivers or discounts may be granted on a case-by-case basis to authors from countries defined by the World Bank as low-income economies, and lower-middle income economies, or to journals in fields with low levels of funding. Our waiver and discount policy only apply to corresponding authors, and applications from the corresponding authors are required to be made to the journal's managing editor before the article submission. Please be aware that author fees or waiver status will not influence editorial decision-making as requests for waivers or discounts won't be seen by the editors and reviewers involved in processing the submission.
APC Policy Statement
Article Processing Charges (APCs) are charged only after acceptance of the manuscript. The applicable APC is determined by the corresponding author’s country at the time of submission. The journal reserves the right to revise APCs in accordance with updates to international economic classifications.
