Journal of Agricultural Sciences

In line with its aims, JAS invites original research papers containing new insight into any aspect of Agricultural Sciences that are not published or not being considered for publication elsewhere.
(For more information: “Writing Rules” and “Article Types”)

Authorship

Authorship gives credit, assigns responsibility, and implies academic, social, and financial accountability for the published work. Those who substantially contributed to a paper are credited as authors, understand, and take on their roles and responsibilities, and are held accountable for published research.

The journal’s definition of authorship is based on the ICMJE’s recommendation. The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:

• Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
• Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
• Final approval of the version to be published; AND
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Those who met all four criteria are identified as authors. In addition, responsibilities of co-authors for specific aspects of the work must be indicated. Please see the "Authorship information" section for details on how to indicate these responsibilities in the manuscript.

If the manuscript is authored by a large group or a consortium, all the members should meet all four authorship criteria. The corresponding author(s) must specify the group name and group members in line with the disclosure agreements.

For more information on how to acknowledge non-author contributors, equal contributors and corresponding author and other acknowledgements, please see the following sections and “Author Information” section.

Non-Author Contributions

Those who do not meet all the above-mentioned criteria are not qualified as authors, however, those who met at least one of the criteria should be acknowledged as non-author contributor and their contribution should be specified in the “Authors and Affiliations” section of the article. For more information on non-author contributions, please see: https://credit.niso.org/. Non-author contributions do not include but are not limited to the administrative support, general supervision, acquisition of funding, technical editing, language editing and proofreading. Non-author contributions should be specified and indicated in the title page on submission.

Equal Contributions

Authorship status and authors who contributed to the work equally should be indicated when submitting and publishing multi-author articles. JAS adopts the definitions of CreDIT and ICMJE for equal contribution. Accordingly, authorship status and equal contributions are defined as follows:

• Equal contribution: The authors contributed equally to the research.
• First authorship: The authors share first authorship.
• Equal contribution and first authorship: The authors contributed equally to the research and share first authorship.

Corresponding Author

The corresponding author is the designated author handling all correspondence with the journal, from submission to publication processes, on behalf of the authors. The corresponding authors are responsible for complying with the journal's administrative requirements, providing the necessary information and documents, including authorship details, contact details, ethics committee approval, registration documents, payment of the EPC and APC, and signing publication agreements.

Article Types

JAS publishes original research articles and invited reviews only. The journal invites original research papers containing new insight into any aspect of the Agricultural Sciences that are not published or not being considered for publication elsewhere.

Manuscript Formatting Guidelines

Manuscript Formatting Guidelines have been created to assist authors in meeting the structural requirements. Prior to submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors are strongly encouraged to carefully review the Manuscript Formatting Guidelines and refer to the most recent issue to acquaint themselves with the standard formatting.

Please check the Price Policy (Editorial Processing Charge/Article Processing Charge) before submitting an article.

Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal's online submission system by the corresponding author.

The manuscripts should comply with the following format requirements.

All submissions should include following documents:

1. Cover Letter
2. Title Page: Title, author name(s), address and contact information, conflict of interest statement, ethics committee approval (if needed), author contributions.
3. Blind Manuscript (in Word format version 2003 or above). All author names and affiliations should be EXCLUDED.
4. Turnitin or iThenticate Report (max. 24% match is accepted).

Page Format

A4 Portrait, Margins (Normal) (top, bottom, left, right 2,5 cm)

Font Family

• Manuscripts should be typed using Times New Roman font 12 pt. with numbered lines, in the left-hand margin and double spacing throughout the text (Also for abstracts, footnotes and references).
• Avoid excessive use of italics to emphasize part of the text.

Author Information

Authors must be declared at the time of submission and in the publication. Authors are responsible for the correct declaration of their names. Exact and correct names of the authors should be given under the main title of the manuscript, listed together, and separated by comas.

The following information should be keyed to the authors’ names and placed on the footer of the first page of the manuscript:

• Full author names
• Affiliation following the exact sequence (in line with the availability). In case of your affiliation changes, please list where your research is conducted and include your current status or affiliation.
• Department, Institute or Faculty, University, City, Country (e.g: Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye)
• E-mail addresses
• ORCİD

Halit Apaydın, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye. tbdeditor@ankara.edu.tr. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9875-7321.

Corresponding Author

The corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk (*) in the author list.

e.g. (under the title): Ayşe Yılmaz (*)

e.g. (on the footer): *Corresponding Author

Equal Contribution

• The authors who have contributed equally should be marked with a symbol (ؙƐ)
• The authors who share first authorship should be marked with a symbol (Ω)
• The authors who contributed equally to the research and share first authorship (±)
• Please use the appropriate standard statement(s) to indicate equal contributions:
  • For (ؙƐ): The authors contributed equally to the research.
  • For (Ω): The authors share first authorship.
  • For (±): The authors contributed equally to the research and share first authorship.

e.g (under the title): Ayşe Yılmaz(±), Levent Doğan(±), Gündüz Kaya(ؙƐ), Güler Erdoğan (*)(ؙƐ)

e.g. (on the footer):

{Author information}

*Corresponding Authorؙ

Ɛ The authors contributed equally to the research.

± The authors contributed equally to the research and share first authorship.

Sections of the Manuscripts

Manuscripts should include the following sections:

1. Title (short, specific and informative),
2. Keywords (indexing terms, up to 6 items)
3. Abstract (maximum 300 word)
4. Introduction
5. Material and Methods
6. Results and Discussion
7. Conclusions
8. Acknowledgements* (if needed),
9. Abbreviations and Symbols (if needed),
10. . References, Figures and Tables

- All headings and titles should be written in bold.

- The pages of the manuscript, including the title page, abstract, references, tables, etc. should be numbered consecutively.

- All the figures and tables should be embedded in the text. Each figure and table should be referred to in the text.

References

Everything cited in your manuscript must be in the reference list, and everything in your reference list must be referred to in your manuscript. References should be formatted according to APA 7 – Citation Guide. Authors are directly responsible for ensuring accurate citation and adherence to the specified reference and citation style. Reference management tools such as Zotero, Endnote and Mendeley are highly recommended.

Reference list and in-text reference examples: https://apastyle.apa.org/

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments should be extended to those individuals or institutions whose contributions to the study were limited or minimal. Acknowledgements should be a brief statement at the end of the text.

Author Contribution

Author’s contribution should be explained in the title page as in the example . Initials of the authors must be in compliance with the following templates:

e.g. Study conception and design: MB, HK; data collection: HK; analysis and interpretation of results: HK, FA; draft manuscript preparation: MB, HK, FA, OB. All authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.

When submitting the manuscript to the Journal, information about author contribution should be included in the title page.

Appendices

Additional lists, tables, graphics and etc. should be given separately at the end of the manuscript. Each appendix should be numbered and titled.

e.g. Appendix 1 – List of Data Collection Tool.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors should declare any potential conflict of interest in the title page.

Authors must declare competing interest. There may be a conflict of interest when authors (or their employer, sponsor, or family/friends) have a financial, commercial, legal, or professional connection with other organizations or those working with them that could impact the research or the way the results are interpreted. Therefore, authors have to declare financial, commercial, legal or professional competing interests in their title page. If there is no conflict of interest, authors also must declare it in their manuscript using the standard wording below:

“The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest to disclose.”

For more information on publishing ethics policies and conflicts of interest, please see "Publishing Ethics Policies" section.

Funding

Authors are required to disclose all funding and financial support received during the development of the study. Authors should indicate this in the title page using the standard wording below:

• The authors declare that the study received no funding.
• The authors declare that the study is supported/funded by XXX.

Tables and Figures

Visual elements such as tables, figures and diagrams must be referred in the body text. Tables and figures should be small and simple, and placed in order of appearance in the body text. Each should be numbered and have a clear descriptive title. If visual elements are not created by the authors, they should be cited and added to the references. Visual elements are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) in JAS, therefore the acquisition of any necessary permissions is the responsibility of the authors. Copyright information of the visual elements is under the authors responsibilities and must be taken into consideration when reproduced or reused.

Figures should be in vector format (Illustrator, EPS, WMF, FreeHand, CorelDraw, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) or bitmap format (Photoshop, TIFF, PNG, JPG, etc.). Figures presented in bitmap formats should be at least 600 DPI resolution. Figures, tables, and graphs must contain self-explanatory labels and unit tags for each parameter or axis.

Tables should be generated using drawing tools of programs such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice. Each data should be given in separate table cells, and no insertions such as enter or spaces should be made. Tables should be editable and should not contain images.

If the diagrams include a picture or a visual that cannot be edited it should be transferred into Word with 600 DPI resolution and the original diagram should be included in the manuscript.

Tables and Figures should be numbered consecutively and accompanied by a title above the table or figure. All tables and figures should not exceed 16x20 cm in size. Avoid using vertical lines in tables.

Units

• Ensure that all units of measurement are in SI units.
• Use a period in decimal fractions (e.g., 1.24 instead of 1,24).
• Maintain a single space between the number and the unit (e.g., 4 kg/ha, 20 N m, 100 kPa, 22 °C).
• Exceptions for angular definitions, minutes, seconds, and percentage; do not include a space (e.g., 10°, 45’, 60’’, 29%).
• The abbreviation of liter is "L".

Formulas and Equations

For clarity and consistency in formulas and equations, please follow these guidelines:

• Number each formula with the reference number placed in parentheses at the end, e.g., (1).
• Utilize a Word mathematical processor for formulas, ensuring a font size of 12pt.
• Present variables in italics, while numbers and mathematical definitions should be in plain text.
• When referencing a formula in the text, use a format similar to the example provided.

e.g. "...the model, as depicted in Equ ation 1."

Manuscript Length

There is no specific word limit for publication in JAS. However, the editors may ask authors to shorten their submissions if necessary.

Language Editing

The publication language of the Journal of Agricultural Sciences is English. Manuscripts can be submitted in English only. The submitted manuscript should comply with the grammar and spelling rules, and the relevant scientific literature, and meet language standards for publication.

Editors may ask authors for language editing and proofreading. The author(s) are responsible for submitting the language editing certificate. Accepted articles can be published only after the language editing and proofreading request are met.

Receiving language editing and proofreading services are independent of editorial decisions of the Journal.

Research and Publication Ethics

The Journal adopts and adheres to the ethical guidelines, frameworks and standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

• Original Content: The Journal only publishes original scholar work. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal must not be published or under consideration for publication. However, authors can submit their manuscript to the Journal upon receiving the rejection letter from another publisher. Theses and dissertations that are not archived online are considered original and unpublished. However, authors submitting a manuscript using the content and data of theses or dissertations must declare it in the Acknowledgement section.
• Authorship: Authors must follow the authorship criteria listed in “Authorship” section and avoid gift or ghost authorship.
• Redundant Publication: Authors must avoid submitting a manuscript for publication based on the same data set, study or experiment. Redundant publications are considered unethical.
• Citations and Plagiarism: Authors must cite relevant and verified literature to support their scholarly work. For more information about citation, also see (“References” section)
• Authors must avoid any kind of citation manipulations and misconduct when citing other scholarly work, and also avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
• Fabrication and Falsification: Authors must avoid data fabrication and falsification of any content. Authors obliged to ensure that data presented in their manuscript is accurate and representative of the manuscript. Authors may be asked to submit their raw data or supplemental data with the manuscript to ensure the transparency. Authors are responsible from submitting supplementary and ancillary material.
• Ethical approval: Studies that require ethics committee approval should include Ethics Committee Approval in the Methods section and at the end of the article. It is imperative to ensure de-identification of any relevant identifying information within the ethics committee approval prior to submission. The title page must also include information on the university, date and number of the ethics committee approval. Ethics Committee Approval must be submitted.
• Studies Involving Animal and Human Subjects: All manuscripts submitted to the journal and all studies involving animal or human subjects must comply with the guidelines and ethical principles established by the authorities.
• Conflict of Interests: Authors must declare competing interest. There may be a conflict of interest when authors (or their employer, sponsor, or family/friends) have a financial, commercial, legal, or professional connection with other organizations or those working with them that could impact the research or the way the results are interpreted. Therefore, authors have to declare financial, commercial, legal or professional competing interests in their title page. If there is no conflict of interest, authors also must declare it in their manuscript.
• Authors are required to notify the journal editor or publisher of any inaccuracy or error in a published, preprint, or under-review manuscript and to cooperate with the editor-in-chief correcting or withdrawing the manuscript.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors and Reviewers

Editors and peer reviewers are obliged to

• follow the COPE’s Code Of Conduct And Best Practice Guidelines For Journal Editors.
• keep manuscripts and editorial reports confidential. Manuscripts, editorial reports and any information obtained cannot be shared or disclosed for any reasons.
• keep their anonymity, refraining from disclosing their identity to authors or other editors and reviewers. (Reviewers cannot not contact the authors directly without the permission of the journal.)
• declare all the competing interest (personal, financial, intellectual, professional, political or religious), seek advice from the editorial office or disagree to review in case of any competing interests.
• keep an open and constructive communication with authors, and other editors and peer-reviewers. (Inappropriate language or disruptive behavior is not acceptable. Journal follows COPE guidelines when dealing with such cases.)
• complete the tasks that are assigned on a timely manner, inform the journal in case of a need for an extension or a withdrawal from the task.
• facilitate the review process, remain unbiased, ensure the review process proceed consistent and fair.
• protect the integrity of the peer-review process.
• inform the editorial office if come across any misconduct, unethical behavior, or irregularities with respect to research and publication ethics.
  

Retractions

JAS will initiate a retraction process for articles found to have ethical violations such as multiple submissions, false authorship, plagiarism, or fabrication of data. As part of its ethical policy, JAS adheres to the guidelines and recommendations set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

• For more information, please see COPE Retraction Guidelines: https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines
  

The Journal of Agricultural Sciences charges the following fees for submitted research articles:

• Submission Fee: Free

The Submission Fee is the amount author(s) are charged per article after the manuscript is submitted to the journal/ before the peer review process.

• Editorial Processing Charge: 20.00 USD

The Editorial Processing Charge (EPC) is the amount author(s) are charged per article after the manuscript is accepted for peer-review.

• Article Processing Charge: 100.00 USD

The Article Processing Charge (APC) is the amount author(s) are charged per article after the manuscript is accepted for publication.

Corresponding authors are responsible for arranging the EPC (whether financed by authors, universities or third parties that funded the research) upon the acceptance of the manuscript for the peer-review process and the APC upon the acceptance of the article for publication.

There are no surcharges based on the length of an article, figures, or supplementary data.

Payment of the EPC does not guarantee acceptance of the article for publication in the Journal. In the event of non-acceptance, the fee will not be refunded.

No fee is requested for invited research or review articles. Invited articles should be submitted only after agreement with the editor.