About
JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC DOCUMENTS FOR FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
Description
In view of the increasing problems of fisheries all over the world, the study of fisheries and aquaculture with a local
attitude also incorporating global aspects has become a crucial element of scientific inquiry. Accordingly, JADFA is a
newly-founded print journal which aims to cover many aspects of fish and fisheries, water pollution, conservation,
biodiversity, distribution, taxonomy in aquatic habitats and related subjects. Papers with experimental content covering
contemporary concepts and issues in fisheries are especially welcome, as are those which integrate laboratory and field
works. The language of publication is English.
The journal will be published every four month in a year.
Aim and scope
The aim of the journal is to publish high-quality papers in the field of fish and fisheries.
Manuscript evaluation
The manuscript is initially checked against the JADFA requirements and then at least two peer-reviewers are
assigned for scientific evaluation. Typically, the manuscript will be reviewed and decision made within 2
months.
Manuscript preparation
The manuscript should be written in Times New Roman, 12 font size, double-spaced, and include the title,
author name (s), company or institute, e-mail and mailing address, abstract and key words. The main body of
a manuscript usually consists of introduction, material and methods, results, discussions, acknowledgement,
and references. A running title of no more Ethan 50 characters should be also provided.
Abstract should outline the objective, method, main results and conclusion, 150–300 words are appropriate.
Key words should be given in 3–7 items or phrases.
The Introduction should provide a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject, and
the proposed approach or solution. It should be understandable to colleagues from a broad range of scientific
disciplines.
Materials and methods should be complete enough to allow experiments to be reproduced. However, only
truly new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited, and
important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned briefly. Capitalize trade names and
include the manufacturer's name and address. Subheadings should be used. Methods in general use need not
be described in detail.
Results should be presented with clarity and precision. The results should be written in the past tense when
describing findings in the authors' experiments. Previously published findings should be written in the
present tense. Results should be explained, but largely without referring to the literature. Discussion,
speculation and detailed interpretation of data should not be included in the Results but should be put into the
Discussion section.
Discussion should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained in this and in past studies on this
topic. State the conclusions in a few sentences at the end of the paper. The Results and Discussion sections
can include subheadings, and when appropriate, both sections can be combined.
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc should be brief.
Tables should be kept to a minimum and be designed to be as simple as possible. Tables are to be typed
double-spaced throughout, including headings and footnotes. Each table should be on a separate page,
numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and supplied with a heading and a legend. Tables should be self-
explanatory without reference to the text. The details of the methods used in the experiments should
preferably be described in the legend instead of in the text. The same data should not be presented in both
table and graph form or repeated in the text.
Figure legends should be typed in numerical order on a separate sheet. Graphics should be prepared using
applications capable of generating high resolution GIF, TIFF, JPEG or Powerpoint before pasting in the
Microsoft Word manuscript file. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word. Use Arabic numerals to
designate figures and upper case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Begin each legend with a title and include
sufficient description so that the figure is understandable without reading the text of the manuscript.
Information given in legends should not be repeated in the text.
References
Only published or accepted manuscripts should be included in the reference list. Meetings, abstracts,
conference presentations or papers that have been submitted but not yet accepted should not be cited.
Limited citation of unpublished work should be included in the body of the text only.
Please use the following style for the reference list:
A reference identified by means of an author‘s name should be followed by the date of the reference in
parentheses in the text. When there are more than two authors, only the first author‘s name should be
mentioned, followed by ’et al‘. In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during
the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by a lower case
letter like ’a‘ and ’b‘ after the date to distinguish the works. References should be listed at the end of the
paper in alphabetical order.
Examples
Abayomi (2000), Agindotan et al. (2003), (Kelebeni 1983), (Kaya and Altında€ 2009), (Chege 1998,
Chukwura 1987a, b, Tijani 1993, 1995), (Kumasi et al. 2001).
Published Paper
Townsend CR, Thompson RM, McIntosh AR, Kilroy C, Edwards E, Scarsbrook MR, 1998,
Disturbance, resource supply, and food-web architecture in streams, Ecology Letters 1, 200-209.
Use of a DOI number to the full-text article is acceptable as an alternative to or in addition to traditional
volume and page numbers.
Electronic Journal Articles
Loker WM, 1996, Campesinos" and the crisis of modernization in Latin America, Jour Pol Ecol 3. Available:
http://www.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/volume_3/ascii-lokeriso.txt. Accessed 11 August 2006.
Books
Bates B, 1992, Bargaining for life: A social history of tuberculosis. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Press. 435.
Book Chapters
Hansen B, 1991, New York City epidemics and history for the public (In: Harden VA, Risse GB, editors,
AIDS and the historian) Bethesda, National Institutes of Health, 21-28.
Thesis
Emre N, 2010, Determination of helminth fauna on European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L. 1758) in
Beymelek Lagoon, MSc Thesis, Süleyman Demirel University, Graduate School of NAS, 57.
Conference Proceedings
Koçer MAT, Emre Y, Kanyılmaz M, Sevgili H, Yuncer, ÖA, Durmaz S, Muhammedo€lu A, 2009, An
assessment on nitrogen and phosphorus forms in Eþen Stream (Fethiye, Mu€la), XV. National Fisheries
Symposium
(01-04 July, 2009, Rize, Turkey), 1-14.
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1. Microsoft Word's Track Changes Under Tools in the menu bar, the feature Track Changes enables the copy editor to make insertions (text appears in color) and deletions (text appears crossed out in color or in the margins as deleted). The copy editor can posit queries to both the author (Author Queries) and to the editor (Editor Queries) by inserting these queries in square brackets. The copyedited version is then uploaded, and the editor is notified. The editor then reviews the text and notifies the author. The editor and author should leave those changes with which they are satisfied. If further changes are necessary, the editor and author can make changes to the initial insertions or deletions, as well as make new insertions or deletions elsewhere in the text. Authors and editors should respond to each of the queries addressed to them, with responses placed inside the square brackets. After the text has been reviewed by editor and author, the copy editor will make a final pass over the text accepting the changes in preparation for the layout and galley stage. 2. Harvard Educational Review Instructions for Making Electronic Revisions to the Manuscript Please follow the following protocol for making electronic revisions to your manuscript: Responding to suggested changes. For each of the suggested changes that you accept, unbold the text. For each of the suggested changes that you do not accept, re-enter the original text and bold it. Making additions and deletions. Indicate additions by bolding the new text. Replace deleted sections with: [deleted text]. If you delete one or more sentence, please indicate with a note, e.g., [deleted 2 sentences]. Responding to Queries to the Author (QAs). Keep all QAs intact and bolded within the text. Do not delete them. To reply to a QA, add a comment after it. Comments should be delimited using: [Comment:] e.g., [Comment: Expanded discussion of methodology as you suggested]. Making comments. Use comments to explain organizational changes or major revisions e.g., [Comment: Moved the above paragraph from p. 5 to p. 7]. Note: When referring to page numbers, please use the page numbers from the printed copy of the manuscript that was sent to you. This is important since page numbers may change as a document is revised electronically.An Illustration of an Electronic Revision
- Initial copyedit. The journal copy editor will edit the text to improve flow, clarity, grammar, wording, and formatting, as well as including author queries as necessary. Once the initial edit is complete, the copy editor will upload the revised document through the journal Web site and notify the author that the edited manuscript is available for review.
- Author copyedit. Before making dramatic departures from the structure and organization of the edited manuscript, authors must check in with the editors who are co-chairing the piece. Authors should accept/reject any changes made during the initial copyediting, as appropriate, and respond to all author queries. When finished with the revisions, authors should rename the file from AuthorNameQA.doc to AuthorNameQAR.doc (e.g., from LeeQA.doc to LeeQAR.doc) and upload the revised document through the journal Web site as directed.
- Final copyedit. The journal copy editor will verify changes made by the author and incorporate the responses to the author queries to create a final manuscript. When finished, the copy editor will upload the final document through the journal Web site and alert the layout editor to complete formatting.