Author Guidelines
Author Guidelines
Instruction to Authors
Indian Journal of Arid Horticulture, the official publication of Indian Society for Arid Horticulture will publish results of original scientific work related to strategic, basic and applied research on all aspects of arid horticulture, including Crop Improvement, Crop Production, Plant Physiology, Plant Protection, Post Harvest Technology, Natural Resource Management and Social Sciences within the scope of the journal. One volume containing two issues (June and December) would be published annually. To be acceptable for publication, the information presented must be relevant to a context wider than the specific location where the study was undertaken. The journal will also publish book reviews and invited reviews on selected scientific topics of horticulture relevance. All the authors have to become at least an annual member when a paper is accepted for publication.
Submission Preparation
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Length: Contribution should not be exceed 12 pages of the journal on double line spacing (including figures, tables and illustrations) on one side of A-4 (21 x 28 cm) sheet of bond paper with 3 cm wide margin on left, preferably with line numbering. Manuscript in following order: Title, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgement (if need be) and References.
Title: It should containing the title of the paper, names(s) of authors), address where the work was originally carried out and complete address of main author with e-mail details. A running title of maximum 50 characters should be provided for the running headlines.
Abstract: The paper should be prefaced by an abstract (maximum 250 words) in one block after author(s) name and address details, including the following elements in any abstract. Try to keep the first two items to no more than one sentence each.
Purpose of the study - hypothesis, overall question, objective
Brief description of the experiment
Results, including specific data- if the results are quantitative in nature, report quantitative data; results of any statistical analysis should be reported
Important conclusions or questions that follow from the experiment(s)
Key words: Up to six key words (In Italics) should be listed in alphabetical order after the abstract.
A list of up to 5 key words, including the complete botanical name and common name (if any) of the plant material, must be supplied.
Introduction: Your introductions should not exceed two pages (double spaced, typed). The purpose of an introduction is to acquaint the reader with the rationale behind the work. It places your work in a theoretical context, and enables the reader to understand and appreciate your objectives.
Describe the importance (significance) of the study - why was this worth doing in the first place? Provide a broad context.
Provide a rationale. State your specific hypothesis(es) or objective(s), and describe the reasoning that led you to select them.
Very briefly describe the experimental design and how it accomplished the stated objectives.
Materials and Methods: It should include relevant details of materials, experimental design, techniques employed and statistical methods used. For well known methods, citation of reference will suffice.
Results and Discussion: Experimental findings should be interpreted to explain the scientific reasons for the observed behaviour with definite conclusion.
Acknowledgement: In acknowledgement please be brief, 'We thank...' (not 'The present authors would like to express their thanks to…..'). It should mention only guidance/ assistance received in real terms and financial grant provided by an agency. Acknowledgements for inspiration, typing etc. need not be mentioned.
References: References to publication that are more than 25 years old may be avoided unless they are classical or seminal works. All references should be arranged alphabetically and set out as follows: Surname(s) of authors), followed by initial(s), year of publication, title of article, title of journal in full, volume number and inclusive page number. Books must include the place of publication, publisher and total number of pages of books cited. Article should not be referred to as "In press" unless it has been accepted for publication.
Examples,
Amani, A. and Label, T. 1986. Lagrungian Kriging for the estimation of Sahelian rainfall at small time steps. Journal of Hydrology, 192:125-127.
Yoneyama, T., Murakoa, T., Murakani, T. and Boonkerd, N. 1993. Natural abundance of 15 N in tropical plants with emphasis on tree legumes. Plant and Soil, 153(2): 295-304.
Pareek, O. P. 2001. Ber. In: Hughes, A., Haq, N and Smith, R. W. (Ed.), International Centre for Underutilized Fruits, South Hampton, U. K. pp. 290-291 pp. 18.
- E. and Mohamed Yaseen, Y. 1991. In vitro shoot regeneration of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) and Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) with thidiazuron. In proceeding of the Inter-American Society for Tropical Horticulture. 35-37 Ann. Meeting, Vina-del-mar, Chile. 7-12 Oct: 6-8.
U.S. Department of Justice. (10 September, 2006). Trends in violent victimization by age, 1973-2005. Retrieved from http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/vage.htm
Units and measurements: Unit of measurement must confirm to the SI system. Only standard abbreviations should be used. Expression that includes a solider (slash) such as 25 dsm/m may be re-written using a negative component 25 dsm-1. Tables: It should be prepared on a separate sheet of paper numbered consequently in Arabic numerals and attached at the end of text. The preferred position of each tables and figure must be indicated on the manuscript. Illustrations: All diagrams, figures, photographs and other illustrations should be listed as figures and numbered in the order of their first citation in the text. Good quality laser print out (B/W) and graphs only will be acceptable. Letters, numbers, symbol should be clear and even throughout and of sufficient size so that if the abscissa is reduced to half, it will still be legible. Captions of figures should be provided on its back preferably with soft pencil indicating Figure Number and name of the Author.
Proofs: proofs will normally be sent to the author. Author's should read the proof thoroughly and return the corrected proof without delay.
Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals.
Authors should include the following statements (if applicable) in a separate section entitled “Compliance with Ethical Standards” when submitting a paper:
Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
Research involving Human Participants and/or Animals
Informed consent
The corresponding author should be prepared to collect documentation of compliance with ethical standards and send if requested during peer review or after publication. The Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned guidelines. The author will be held responsible for false statements or failure to fulfil the above-mentioned guidelines.
