AUTHOR GUIDELINE
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED BIOLOGY
- Editorial Policy
Similarity: Each manuscript will be checked for similarity and may not exceed the 20% limit.
The editor accepts articles that have not been submitted to other journals or proceedings. The article has been approved by all authors with clear authors contribution.
- General Rules for Text
Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word.
Research article should be maximum 15 pages (1- spaced), or 20 pages (1.5-spaced), or 25 pages (double-spaced).
Body text should be justified. References align left. Please use the following rules for the entire text:
Font: Cambria; Size: 11 pt.
Paragraph Spacing: Above paragraph — 0 pt.; below paragraph — 4 pt.
Numbering all pages (center, top of the page).
Lines should be numbered continuously from the first to last page.
Heading 1: Bold; for example, Materials and Methods
Heading 2: Bold Italic; for example, Method of Experiment
Spelling: The JAAB uses American or British spelling and yet the uniformity within each paper is required. Latin words or phrases are in italics, e.g. genus and species, except for very common expressions such as “i.e.,” “e.g.,” “et al.,” “in vitro,” “ex vitro” and “etc.”
- MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE
Full Title, not more than 17 words
Name(s) of author(s)
Institutional affiliation(s) of author(s)
E-mail address of the corresponding author
WhatsApp number of main author for correspondence
E-mail address of all authors
ORCID(s) of author(s)
Abstract
The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 250 words.
Keywords: 3-7 keywords, must be the words that are not appear in full title.
Introduction
Background and aim of research not more than 1000 words.
Materials and Methods
Materials and methods not more than 1500 words. This can be divided into subsections if several methods are described.
Subsection
Subsection should describe completely the plant materials, the cultivation technique, methods used, design of experiments.
Result and Discussion
Results and discussion not more than 3000 words. The Results and Discussion may be combined into a single section or presented separately. They may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings.
Subsection
Discussion should explain logically the argument.
Conclusion
Conclusion not more than 250 words.
Acknowledgement
Personal acknowledgements should precede those of institutions or funding agencies.
Author declaration
Conflict of interest: You should write "is there any conflict?"
Authors Contribution: You should write “what are the authors contributions?”
References
Editorial team recommends to follow referencing software as reference manager, some are Zotero, Mendely, Endnote, etc. The citation and reference referred to APA 7th style example. Include DOI in the references so please go to PubMed (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/) and CrossRef (link) (http://www.crossref.org/) to check your references.
Manuscripts must quote 75% of the past 10 years' journal.
JAAB advocates a minimum of 15 references for Research Article and 50 references for Reviewed Article.
- Example of References
Article in Journal with DOI
Triandriani W., Saputri D. D., Suhendar U. U., & Sogandi. (2020). Antioxidant activity of endophytic bacterial extract isolated from clove leaf (Syzygium aromaticum L.). Journal of Agriculture and Applied Biology, 1(1), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.11594/jaab.01.01.02
Article in Journal without DOI
Verma M. A., Kumar P. A., Kavitha D., & Anurag K. B. (2011). Anti denaturation and antioxidant activities of annona cherimola in vitro. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 2(2):1-6. https://ijpbs.net/details.php?article=692
Book:
deMan, J. M., Finley, J., Hurst, W. J., & Lee, C. (2018). Principles of food chemistry (4th ed.). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63607-8
Chapter in a book:
Wu, Y., Wang, L., & Patras, A. (2016). Safety, nutrition, and health aspects of organic food. In Nandwani, D. (Ed.), Organic farming for sustainable agriculture (Vol. 9, pp. 89-106). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26803-3
- Abbreviations and Units
Abbreviations should be follow SI symbols and those recommended by the IUPAC. Guide for SI units and measurements please read here (https://www.agronomy.org/files/publications/style/chapter-07.pdf).
- Tables, Figures and Equation
Preparing illustrations and figures
Figures and images should be labelled sequentially, numbered and cited in the text. Figures should be referred to specifically in the text of the paper but should be embedded within the text
Preparing tables
These should be should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, 2, 3 etc.). Tables should also have a title that summarizes the whole table, maximum 15 words.
Equations
Equations should be write as a editable section.