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Author Guidelines

SCOPE

Advances in Agriculture and Animal Science is an interdisciplinary journal committed to publishing high-quality research that advances knowledge in the fields of agriculture and its allied disciplines, with a primary focus on plant science, animal science and agricultural engineering. The journal aims to serve as a platform for the dissemination of cutting-edge research, innovative practices, and the latest developments across a broad spectrum of topics within these areas.

Authors and their responsibilities

Principle author and all co-authors must have a significant scientific contribution to the research and agreed to be an author. Author contributions must be mentioned in the manuscript prior to references under the heading “Authors contribution”. Manuscript submitted by anyone other than contributors will not be considered.  

 

Conflicts of interest

Authors must declare all possible interests in a ‘Conflicts of interest’ section, which should explain why the interest may be a conflict. If there are no conflicts, the authors should declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript. Corresponding author is responsible for co-authors to declare their conflicts of interest.

Publication ethics for authors

Manuscripts are accepted for publication on the understanding that the work is original, has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, or has not been published previously. All received manuscripts are processed through “Turnitin” for Similarity Check, where its Similarity Index should not exceed 18%. If the submitted manuscript is plagiarized or based on fake data (including manipulation of images or graphs) resulting into serious consequences of sanctions and/or blacklists. 

Advances in Agriculture and Animal Science (AAAS) provide the option for authors to provide potential reviewers. On the behalf of all authors, submitting author is responsible to ensure that suggested reviewers and theirs details are genuine. Editorial team of AAAS will be thoroughly investigated and if any suspected or alleged instances of authors are proven, the manuscript will be immediately rejected or retracted. AAAS will be sent a notice of malpractice to the authors’ institutional ethics committee or supervisor for disciplinary action. The journal may also impose a ban on further submissions from the author group.  

Publication ethics for Editors and Reviewers

Manuscripts submitted to AAAS are initially assigned to the subject editor for primary review, subject editor will decide that manuscript is suitable for peer review or not, based on its expertise. If subject editor is on the author list or has any other conflict of interest, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to assume responsibility as a handling editor. If Submissions found suitable for consideration will be sent for peer review by potential reviewers identified by the Handling Editor. The Editorial Board of AAAS is responsible to ensure any conflict of interests of editors, their staff, reviewers, and authors.

As a reviewer it is essential to understand the scope of journal and editorial line.  After primary editorial review process, the manuscript will be sent to potential reviewers and reviewers should only accept to review if the manuscript is related to their field or expertise. If reviewers have any conflict of interest with authors or data provided in manuscript, the reviewers should disclose their interest and decline their role as reviewers. In addition to thorough peer review of the manuscript, reviewers are responsible to maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript. AAAS has single blind review policy to ensure vigorous review process. Comments of reviewers should be objective, clear, and supported with technical arguments. They should also indicate the relevant work which has been missed to cite by authors. To facilitate the fast-track review process, reviewers should respect the deadline provided by journal, if they want to decline the review it must be informed to editor timely. 

 

Peer-review process:

AAAS has single blind review policy. The management of journal will try to get the submitted manuscript reviewed as early as possible. Usually, reviewers are requested to complete the review as early as possible; however, delay in the review process will not be on the part of AAAS management. If all processes from complete submission to revision go smoothly, then 10-12 weeks are required to reach to a conclusion (Acceptance/Decline).

Copyright and access

The intellectual property and copyright on the original content of manuscript shall remain with the publisher. All works published by Advances in Agriculture and Animal Sciences (AAAS) is freely available to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY NC 4.0) (Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International — CC BY-NC 4.0). 

The management of the AAAS ensures that the manuscripts are freely available online immediately upon publication, there are no subscriptions fee or pay per view fees.

Repository Policy

AAAS is an Open Access journal; authors are encouraged to make their article publicly available according to the Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. Authors may share and distribute their articles on non-commercial websites and repositories. Authors may post the PDF version of the publisher's final format along with URL/DOI without embargo after publication clearly mentioning that AAAS as the original source of publication.

Ownership and management: 

Advances in Agriculture and Animal Science (AAAS), Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan.

Manuscript Handling/Publication fee:

At the time of manuscript submission, authors are not required to pay any processing fee. However, upon acceptance of the manuscript, a publication fee will be applicable: PKR 20,000 for Pakistani authors and USD 50 for authors of all other nationalities. 

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Manuscripts are accepted for publication on the understanding that the work is original, has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, or has not been published previously.

Manuscript should be typed in ‘Times New Roman’ with 12 font size, paginated and double spaced on A4 paper with one inch margin on each side. All the manuscripts should be submitted with continuous line numbers.

Plagiarism
All received manuscripts are processed through “Turnitin” and manuscripts having Similarity Index more than 18% will not be processed.

Word count
Full-length articles should not exceed 4,500 words (excluding references), while short communications and case reports should be limited to 2,000 words. However, review articles have no word count restriction.

Submission

Manuscript should be submitted online: Submissions | Advances in Agriculture and Animal Science (sau.edu.pk) or through email to the Managing Editor, on the contact information given below:

The Managing Editor, Advances in Agriculture and Animal Sciences (AAAS), Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan.  Email: [email protected]

 

Reviewer list
Corresponding author is responsible to suggest the names and contact information (affiliation, Email, and Physical Address) of six experts (three from overseas and three from inland) as potential reviewers.

Elements of a manuscript

TITLE
It should be brief, specific and informative. Keep the title less than 20 words. Avoid using abbreviations in the title.

Authorship

Provide information of author(s) names (First and Second names’ initials and last name/surname in full), institutional affiliation, and Email Address of Corresponding Author. In case of more than one authors with different Institutions, use numbering in superscripts (1, 2, 3,….) to separate the authors’ affiliations. A symbol of asterisk (*) should be added for Corresponding Author. It is a responsibility of Submitting Author to notify all coauthors about submission of the manuscript.

It is assumed that all authors accept the list and order of authors. All authors agree to the contents of manuscript and are responsible for validity of the data. The list and order of authors should be carefully decided/ prepared before submitting manuscript and the definitive list of authors should be provided at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list will not be allowed later.

ABSTRACT
Abstract should be concise and not having more than 300 words. It should briefly mention objective of research, brief methodology, main results and a conclusion. It should be in the form of one continuous paragraph.

Keywords
Suitable keywords (up to five in number and alphabetical in order) should be given at the end of the Abstract.

INTRODUCTION
It should give essential background to the study and identify gaps in scientific knowledge. Avoid a detailed literature survey. Clearly describe the objectives of the study. Highlight the novelty of your work.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Clearly provide information about materials and techniques used in the experiment. If standard/already published methodology is used, relevant reference should be provided. When a modified technique is used, sufficient details should be provided to enable other scientist to replicate it. Statistical methods used should be mentioned in detail, along with level of significance used.

RESULTS

It may either be kept separate or combined with Discussion. Results should be concisely shown in the form of Tables or Figures. However, there should be no duplicate presentation of data in two forms (Table and Figure). Tables and figures should be few in number and have a brief and self-explanatory title. A Table and Figure should stand alone with all required information. The data should be clearly described in the text with proper reference to relevant Table or Figure.

Tables and figures should not be embedded in the manuscript text but be arranged at the end of the text. Captions should be typed separately from the figures/tables and numbered. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals (e.g. Table 1, 2, 3, ….. or Figure 1, 2, 3, …..). Figures, including diagrams and photographs, may be in color or black and white; however, they must be of high resolution. Tables should be uncrowded having only the essential data. Tables should be of reasonable size. Large tables should be split into components. Tables and Figures should be prepared in consistent format.

DISCUSSION
It should not simply summarize results but should discuss the findings, postulate explanations for the data, and compare the findings with previous works. It should avoid comparisons and contrasts with irrelevant data and provision of long string of references.

CONCLUSION
It should be brief and only the main findings of the study must be presented. Suggestions may be included at the end.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The sources of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged.

Authors contribution:

Authors will declare the contribution of each author like JV and MP conceived and designed the review/project/study. DL, MC and IL executed the experiment and analyzed the sera and tissue samples. IJ analyzed the data. All authors interpreted the data, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual contents and approved the final version.

REFERENCES
At least 1/3^rd of citations should be from last five years. Total number of references should preferably be not more than forty (40) for Research article/Short communication/Case study. Make sure that references quoted in the text are listed. List of references should be in alphabetical order.

Reference style for text
References in the text may be followed as
In case of Single Author: John (2016), or (John, 2016)
In case of Two Authors: John and Anderson (2016), or (John and Anderson, 2016)
In case of more than Two Authors: John et al. (2016), or (John et al., 2016)
The references in the text should be given in yearly order by writing the older years first, e.g. (Bhatti, 2000; Paul and Robinson, 2010; Wright et al. 2015).
If more than one reference by the same author (s) are published in the same year, they should be distinguished from each other by placing Small Alphabets (a, b, c,..) after the year, e.g. (Rajper, 1999 a, b).

Reference style for reference section
The following Reference Style should be used for preparation of References list.

Journal articles

Alloway, B. J. 2009. Soil factors associated with Zn deficiency in crops and humans. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 31: 537-548.

Abedin, M. J. and A. A. Meharg. 2002. Relative toxicity of arsenite and arsenate on germination and early seedling growth of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant and Soil, 243 (1): 57-66.

Ahmed, W., A. Niaz, S. Kanwal, Rahmatullah and M. K. Rasheed. 2009. Role of boron in plant growth: A review. Journal of Agriculture Research, 47: 329-338

Book
Khoso, A. W. 1992. Crops of Sindh. 4^th edition. Sardar Printing Press, Hyderabad.

Brady, N. C. and R. R. Weil. 2008. The Nature and Properties of Soils. 14^th edition. Pearson Education Inc. New Jersey.

Book Section
White, P. J. 2012. Ion uptake mechanisms of individual cells and roots: short-distance transport. In: P. Marschner (editor), Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. Elsevier Limited.

Thesis
Jeyakumar, P. 2010. Copper and zinc dynamics and bioavailability in soils amended with biosolids. Ph.D Thesis, Massey University New Zealand.

Conference proceedings
K. Soothar, S. M. Bhatti, M. Subhopoto, I. Rajpar, and N. Depar. 2016. Effect of wastewater irrigation on Na⁺ and K⁺ content in rice cultivars and irrigated soil. In: Abstract Book of the 16th International Congress of Soil Science, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (Page 143-144).

Report
WWF. 2007. Pakistan's waters at risk: water and health related issues in Pakistan and key recommendations.  Freshwater and Toxics Programme, WWF, Pakistan.

Magazine or bulletin

Ahmad, Z. and R. Anwar. 1986. Some exotic legume plants of high economic value. Progressive Farming, 6 (2): 5-7.

FAO. 1984. Fertilizer and plant nutrition guide, Fertilizer and plant nutrition Bulletin 9, FAO Rome.

Website
Khuhro, R. D., S. M. Nizamani, M. M. Jiskani, and M. A. Talpur. 2006. AAB monitoring device, cultural practices and chemicals for management of mango tree mortality. http://www.pakissan.com/english/advisory/aab.monitoringm. device.shtml [accessed 4/6/2016].

For further queries

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(Revised:  April, 2025)