Author Guidelines

General Requirements

  1. The authors must ensure that the submitted articles is authentic and never published in other journals, which is stated by a statement such as the attached letter.

  2. The articles that will be publicated in Journal of Applied Agricultural Science and Technology (JAAST) can be research results, policies analysis, brief communications, opinions, concepts, and reviews.

  3. The articles can be written in English using a format that complies with the language rules. The editor does not accept articles which are not meet the requested requirements.

  4. The published articles determined by JAAST Editors Board based on competent Peer-Reviewers judgment.

  5. The articles sent to editors via web www.jaast.org The articles must be written in Microsoft Word, figures/graphs in Microsoft Excel and write the authors name as the file name. Any difficulties may communicate with Journal of Applied Agricultural Science and Technology secretariat: Green Engineering society Jl. Raya Negara Km.7 Tanjung Pati 26271 Kec. Harau Kab 50 Kota Sumatera Barat, Phone: +6281374680225;

  6. The authors may propose names of competent Peer-Reviewers in their field who hold a doctoral degree and with their full addresses; whose willing to review the articles.

Writing Standards

  1. The articles should be typed in 1.5 space except for Title, Abstract, Figures Title, and Tables Title typed with 1 space. The articles typed in one column of A4 paper with the total of 4000-7000 words including figures and tables.

  2. The articles should be typed using Microsoft Word software, Figures using JPEG or TGIF format, if there are graphs, attached the master files/Microsoft Excel. The standard font is Times New Roman 12.

  3. The articles should be arranged in sequence: title, authors name, authors institution’ full addresses, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments (optional), and references. Institutional address (street, number, city, zip code) and authors email need to be written clearly.

  4. Binomial or trinomial (italic) latin nomenclature is used for plants, animals, insects, and diseases. The full chemical name is used for the compounds at the first mention.

  5. Measurement unit used is International Standard (IS).

  6. The writing of decimal numbers using point (.).

Articles Writing Procedure

Title. The title should be short, specific, and informative which reflects precisely the content of the articles, maximum in 15 words written in English. The title followed by authors name, institutions and addresses, and footnote referring to the corresponding author(s), complete with a mailing address, phone number, facsimile, and email.

Abstract. Abstracts are written in English consists of 200-250 words in one paragraph. Abstract contains the brief summary of the entire articles, i.e background, goals, methods, important results, discussion, and conclusions. Avoid using abbreviations unless it has been commonly used.

Keywords. Keywords are written in English, consists of  3-5 words/phrases and arranged by importance and presented at the end of abstract.

Introduction. In this section, presented a background that is supported by the brief literature, goals, and scopes of research if needed, so the readers can evaluate the results without having to read the previous publications. The literature used must be truly relevant to the research. The literature review should be integrated into the introduction, methodology, and discussion.

Methods. This section contains technical and detailed information, so the experiment can be repeated as well by other researchers. If special equipments/instruments are used, it necessary to provide the specifications and operating conditions.

Results and Discussion. This section presents research results, either in text, tables, or figures. The use if photos is limited on clear results. Each of figures and tables are numbered sequentially and must be referred in the articles.

Conclusions are written briefly but illustrates the research results substances.

Acknowledgments. This section can be used to appreciate funders, institutions, and personals who assisted during research and articles preparation.

References expect a minimum of 25 references primarily and latest (the last 10 years) with a minimum of 60% from reputation journal papers (Scopus or WoS). JAAST prefers articles which refer mainly to journal articles, research reports, and conference proceedings, rather than rely heavily on textbooks or handbooks to demonstrate articles' novelty in the subject discussed. The use of Mendeley as a tool in referencing is preferable and encouraged. References should be carefully checked for completeness, accuracy, and consistency.

Reference format

Some guidelines:

  • Author names, journal or book titles, chapter or article titles, year of publication, volume numbers, article numbers or pagination must be included, where applicable.
  • Use of DOIs is recommended.
References within text

Any references cited within your article should also be present in your reference list and vice versa. Some guidelines:

  • We recommend that you do not include unpublished results and personal communications in your reference list, though you may mention them in the text of your article.
  • Any unpublished results and personal communications included in your reference list must follow the standard reference style of the journal. In substitution of the publication date add "unpublished results" or "personal communication."
  • References cited as "in press" imply that the item has been accepted for publication.

Linking to cited sources will increase the discoverability of your research.

Before submission, check that all data provided in your reference list are correct, including any references which have been copied. Providing correct reference data allows us to link to abstracting and indexing services such as Scopus, Crossref and PubMed. Any incorrect surnames, journal or book titles, publication years or pagination within your references may prevent link creation.

We encourage the use of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) as reference links as they provide a permanent link to the electronic article referenced. See the example below, though be aware that the format of such citations should be adapted to follow the style of other references in your paper.

DOI link example (for an article not yet in an issue):
Van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing a scientific article. J Sci Commun 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Sc.2010.00372.

Reference style and tool

Citations and references use Elsevier Vancouver style. It is recommended to use Mendeley as tool which can be accessed on   url: https://www.mendeley.com/

Indicate references by adding a number within square brackets in the text. You can refer to author names within your text, but you must always give the reference number, e.g., "as demonstrated [1,3–5], Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ....".

Number references in the order they appear in your article.

Examples:

Reference to a journal publication:

[1]  Van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing a scientific article. J Sci Commun 2010;163:51-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Sc.2010.00372.

Reference to a journal publication with an article number:

[2]  Van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing a scientific article. Heliyon. 2018;19:e00205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00205

Reference to a book:

[3]  Strunk Jr W, White EB. The elements of style. 4th ed. New York: Longman; 2000.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

[4]  Mettam GR, Adams LB. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones BS, Smith RZ, editors. Introduction to the electronic age, New York: E-Publishing Inc; 2009, p. 281-304.

Reference to a website:

[5]  Cancer Research UK. Cancer statistics reports for the UK, http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatsreport/; 2003 [accessed 13 March 2003].

Reference to a dataset:

[6] Oguro M, Imahiro S, Saito S, Nakashizuka T. Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley Data, v1; 2015. https://doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1.