The International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Food Sciences is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing original research in agriculture, environmental sciences, and food sciences. Authors are expected to prepare their manuscripts using the journal's Manuscript Template and in accordance with the guidelines below. Manuscripts that do not comply with these requirements are returned to the authors before peer review.
Article Types and Originality
The journal publishes original research articles only. Review articles, short communications, case studies, letters to the editor, editorials, and book reviews are not considered.
A manuscript must report the results of an original investigation carried out by the authors, based on data they have generated through field, glasshouse, or laboratory research, with materials and methods described in sufficient detail for the work to be repeated. The work must not have been published previously, in whole or in substantial part, and must not be under consideration elsewhere. Studies consisting solely of questionnaires, literature compilation, or modelling without supporting experimental data are not considered.
Priority is given to studies whose findings have relevance beyond the particular site, season, or cultivar examined, and which contribute to understanding of the processes involved. Manuscripts reporting routine or confirmatory trials conducted at a single location in a single season, and screening or characterisation exercises presented without interpretation, are normally declined at editorial screening.
Language and Formatting Requirements
- Language: English
- File format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), prepared using the journal's Manuscript Template
- Page setup: A4, portrait orientation; margins of 1.8 cm on all sides
- Body text: Times New Roman, 10 pt, single (1.0) line spacing, justified, single column
- Title: maximum 15 words; Times New Roman, 16 pt, bold, left-aligned
- Author names: full names of all authors, with superscript numbers linking each author to the corresponding affiliation; the corresponding author is marked with an asterisk (*)
- Affiliations: University, Faculty, Department, City, Country
- Corresponding author: institutional e-mail address, given below the affiliations
- Section headings: not numbered, as formatted in the Manuscript Template
- Units: SI units throughout (temperatures in °C)
- Scientific names: Latin binomials in italics, written in full with the authority at first mention (e.g., Vitis vinifera L.); cultivar names in single quotation marks (e.g., Vitis vinifera L. 'Sultana')
The Manuscript Template and all official forms are available on the Template and Forms page.
Manuscript Structure
Manuscripts must follow the structure of the Manuscript Template:
- Title
- Author names and affiliations; corresponding author's e-mail address
- Abstract (maximum 300 words; no citations, undefined abbreviations, or references to tables and figures)
- Keywords (3–6, in alphabetical order)
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods (subheadings such as Study area and experimental material, Experimental design, and Data collection and statistical analysis should be used where appropriate)
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusion
- Compliance with Ethical Standards
- References (APA 7th edition, with DOIs where available)
Author names and affiliations are included in the manuscript file at submission. For double-blind peer review, all identifying information is removed by the Editorial Office before the manuscript is sent to reviewers.
Tables and Figures
- Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively, cited in the text in numerical order, and placed as close as possible to their first citation.
- Table captions appear above the table; figure captions appear below the figure.
- Explanations and abbreviations are given as footnotes where necessary.
- Figures must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi at final size.
- Tables and figures wider than a single column may be placed to span the full width of the page.
- Previously published material may be reproduced only with written permission from the copyright holder, with the source cited in the caption.
Compliance with Ethical Standards
All manuscripts must include a Compliance with Ethical Standards section before the references, addressing each of the following items in the order given. Template sentences, including alternative wordings, are provided in the Manuscript Template.
- Conflict of interest
- Author contributions (CRediT taxonomy)
- Ethics committee approval (institution, date, and approval number, or a statement of exemption)
- Consent to participate / publish
- Funding
- Data availability
- Generative AI statement (tool name, version, and purpose of use, or a statement that no such tools were used)
- Acknowledgments
- Thesis (where the manuscript is derived from a thesis)
References
- References follow the APA 7th edition style for both in-text citations and the reference list.
- Entries are listed alphabetically and include DOIs where available.
- Authors are encouraged to cite recent, peer-reviewed literature and to avoid excessive self-citation.
- Examples of the required format are provided in the Manuscript Template.
Manuscript Submission
Manuscripts must be submitted through the online submission system on the journal's DergiPark page.
Required submission files:
- the manuscript, prepared with the journal's Manuscript Template (Word file);
- the Ethics Statement and Approval Form, signed by all authors;
- the Copyright and License Agreement, signed by all authors;
- the ethics committee approval document, where the study requires it.
All templates and forms are downloaded from the Template and Forms page. Incomplete submissions do not proceed to peer review.
Peer Review Policy
- Every manuscript is first assessed by the Editorial Office against the editorial screening criteria set out on the Peer Review Process page. Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria are returned or declined without external review.
- Manuscripts that pass screening undergo double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers, under the oversight of an Editorial Board member.
- The final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief, based on scientific merit and reviewer recommendations.
- Target periods for each stage are set out on the Peer Review Process page; the intervals actually achieved in the preceding year are reported on the Statistics page.
- Authors are notified of the editorial decision through the DergiPark system.
Copyright and Licensing
Authors retain the full copyright of their work. Upon acceptance, they grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the article under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Authors may deposit the submitted, accepted, and published versions of their work in institutional or subject repositories without embargo. Full details are given in the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.
Fees and Charges
The journal levies a single author-side charge, the Editorial Processing Charge (EPC). Under the definitions used by the Directory of Open Access Journals this charge is a submission fee: it is payable before peer review begins and is not conditional on acceptance. No article processing charge is levied on acceptance, and there are no colour, page, or supplementary material charges. Readers are never charged for access.
Every manuscript is first assessed by the Editorial Office against the editorial screening criteria. Manuscripts rejected or returned at this stage are not charged. For manuscripts that pass screening, the Editorial Office issues an invoice, and peer review begins once payment has been received.
Payment of the EPC does not guarantee acceptance and has no bearing on the editorial decision. Where the journal is unable to obtain two completed reviews within 120 days of payment, the corresponding author may withdraw the manuscript on that ground and the charge is refunded in full. In all other circumstances the charge is not refunded, because the process for which it is levied will have been carried out.
Current rates, waiver conditions, and payment details are given on the Price Policy page.
Contact
E-mail: editorialoffice@jaefs.com
Web: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jaefs
Related pages: Aim & Scope · Peer Review Process · Ethical Principles and Publication Policy · Template and Forms · Price Policy
