Revista del Decanato de Agronomía.
Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro
Alvarado.
Apartado 400. Barquisimeto. Venezuela.
e-mail:
bioagro@ucla.edu.ve
http://www.ucla.edu.ve/bioagro
GUIDE FOR AUTHORS
BIOAGRO is a journal that publishes original scientific papers
in agricultural sciences that focus on aspects of agronomy, botany
and plant breeding, entomology and zoology, soils, plant pathology
and plant protection, agricultural engineering, genetics and plant
breeding, ecology, animal husbandry, industry and agricultural
processing, biotechnology and social topics. There may also be
published short articles in which scientific discoveries,
technological developments and comprehensive diagnostics results are
presented in the form of Technical Notes. All contributions will be
peer-reviewed.
We will not consider reviews, opinion pieces, or
papers with preliminary results.
It is
understood that all other co-authors are aware of the referral of
the manuscript and also attest that it has not been published or is
being considered for publication elsewhere.
The
original manuscripts will be received in either English or Spanish.
They will include Title, Author, Abstract (English and Spanish),
Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion,
Conclusions and Literature cited, as follows (the Technical Notes
may have a slightly different structure):
Title:
It should be clear, precise and complete, with a maximum of 20
words. The title will be presented in both English and Spanish.
Author:
The name(s) of author(s) will follow the title, also indicating their affiliation (institution, postal address, and e-mail).
Point corresponding author. Orcid code of each author must be included.
As of 2023, the journal accepts a maximum of six authors in each manuscript.
Abstract:
The articles will be accompanied by an abstract in English and in
Spanish (resumen) each not exceeding 250 words. This should include
information on the importance of the subject and objectives of the
work, methods, main results and conclusions.
Introduction: The presentation of the problem in a relevant
manner that highlights the importance and approach of the problem.
It includes the bibliographic support which presents a background of
the problem. This section will finish pointing the objectives of the
study.
Materials and methods: It must describe the materials used and
explain in detail the research methods applied for the experiment
execution. This section must be completed indicating the statistical
tests used to objectively analyze the results.
Results:
They constitute the core of the scientific paper. Here, it will be
described in a logical, objective, accurate and easy way to
understand the results and major trends of the work, which will be
expressed mainly in the form of tables and figures.
Discussion: This represents the rigorous analysis or
interpretation by the author of the research results, as well as to
compare them with the results of other authors. The results and
discussion may be presented together with the subtitle "Results and
Discussion".
Conclusions: They will indicate clearly and concisely the facts
found and new contribution to science. They must be extracted
directly from the results, excluding discussion or speculations.
The conclusions keep direct association with the title and
objectives of the paper. Eventually, they may derive in recommendations which would be
included with the subtitle "Conclusions and Recommendations".
Literature Cited: The papers or documents that have been cited
in the body of work. They must be recorded as numbered in
alphabetical order. The style of conventional references will be as
follows:
Journals: Last name and initial (s) of the first author (reverse
this order for the others). Use "and" before the last author Year.
Paper title. Journal title, volume, number and pages. Keep same
spacing and punctuation marks according to the followins example:
Kibria M., M. Hossain, Y. Murata and A. Hoque. 2017.
Antioxidant defense mechanisms of salinity tolerance in rice
genotypes. Rice Science 24(3):
155-162.
Books with chapters written by different authors: Author's last
name, initial of first name, year of publication, name of article,
editor of the book (preceded by the Latin word In :), name of
the book, publisher and city, and corresponding pagination. Example:
Jones, J.B.
1998. Field Sampling Procedures for conducting a plant analysis. In:
Yash Kalra (ed.). Reference Handbook of Methods for Plant Analysis.
CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida. pp. 25-35.
Books: Author’s last name, initial of first name, year of
publication, title of the book, editorial and city.
Example:
Havlin, J.L., J.D. Beaton, S.L. Tisdale and W. L. Nelson. 1999. Soil
Fertility and Fertlizers. An Introduction to Nutrient Managment.
Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey.
Relevant
Information:
- The
articles will be sent electronically to bioagro@ucla.edu.ve and have
a maximum of twenty (20) pages, including tables and figures.
- Articles should be written on letter size paper using Times New Roman 12 with 1.5 spaces.
The four margins will be 2.5 cm, without text justification, and single column format.
- The biological terminology should be governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)
and the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (ICNB). Physical, chemical and biochemical terminology must follow the rules
of the Nomenclature of Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Likewise,
the international standard abbreviations and units of the modern metric or International System (SI) must be used,
with the exception that ton (t) is accepted.
- The
bibliography must be well updated according to databases of last
year. The names of the journals will be written as they appear on
their letterhead. No second hand references or references not
affordable through libraries or databases such as internal reports,
mimeographed or local events will be accepted. Neither thesis with
more than five-year age, nor abstracts
presented at non-recent events.
The Latin
expression et al. (no italics) will be used when a paper with more
than two authors is mentioned. No more than three references will be
used to support a unique idea.
- Conventional figures should be prepared in Excel.
The drawings and other images should be sent digitized.
- Authors
should provide several additional keywords (not included in the
title) of the manuscript.
- An
article may be published in two or more parts (I, II, etc.), when at
least the first two parts are received simultaneously.
- A poor
drafting the manuscript may be a sufficient condition for its
rejection.
- Authors
of rejected manuscripts may send their appeals to the e-mail of any
member of the Editorial Board.
- It is required that the corresponding author provides an appropriate e-mail that allows a rapid exchange of information.
- No subscription is required to submit papers to Bioagro, and the first author can submit up to two manuscripts per year.
- The journal may accept a maximum of 20% of similar text according to the iThenticate anti-plagiarism software.
- In case of publication of the manuscript, there will be a charge per published page.
- To submit
papers to Bioagro at least one of the authors must be a subscriber.
Subscription is mandatory for authors belonging to the sponsoring
institution of the journal. Each subscriber can send a maximum of
two manuscripts per year.
- In case
of acceptance of the manuscript, there will be a charge per printed
page.
