Articles should be written in letter "Times New Roman" size 12, with double spacing, on one side of
DIN-A4 paper (210 x 297 mm), 25 mm margins on each side, with page and line numbers. Articles should not be over 30 pages long including figures, tables and literature references. Very occasionally, and under well justified circumstances, longer articles can be published.
Three printed copies and electronic format on CD or disc must be sent to the:
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, Servicio de Publicaciones del INIA, Carretera de la Coruña km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
After the final acceptance, the complete article must be sent in Word format including the tables and figures, in addition to a final exact printed copy. The disc must be labelled with the type of computer used (PC or Macintosh), the version of Word used and the reference number of the work.
PREPRINT. After accepting the article and before this is printed in the Journal, it will be published as a preprint on the INIA webpage (http://www.inia.es). If the article is not sent in the appropriate format (Word with the figures and tables inserted), it will not be published as a preprint, although it will be published in the printed journal.
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The following layout is recommended:
First page. The first page must include: 1. Title of the work. 2. Short title. 3. Name(s) of author(s), being the corresponding author marked with an asterisk (*). 4. Name and address of the institution(s). 5. Full postal address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address, of the author to whom correspondence should be sent. 6. Number of figures and tables.
Text of the article. This should be divided into the following sections: 1. Abstract and key words in English. 2. Title, abstract and key words in Spanish. 3. Introduction. 4. Material and Methods. 5. Results. 6. Discussion (Avoid to join Results and Discussion in a single section). 7. Literature references.
* Title of the work. This must be clear, short and concise, avoiding terms such as "Studies about...", "Observations...", "Contribution to..." The title should preferably not exceed 25 words. The short title of the work, used in the heading of the pages of the printed article, should not exceed 90 characters (letters plus spaces).
* Abstract in English. This should give a concise description of the essence of the article, without giving details of the experiments carried out. It will have a maximum of 150 words, without literature references or abbreviations.
* Key words: a maximum of seven. This should not repeat words appearing in the title.
* Abstract in Spanish. This will include translation of the title and the key words.
* Introduction. This should contain sufficient information about the background to the work so that this can be placed in context with other research, for the reader to understand the objectives proposed and evaluation of the results. It should not be too generalised or too detailed. It should conclude with one or two sentences that define the objectives and the essence of the article.
* Material and Methods. Sufficient information will be given to enable the experiments to be repeated. For routine methods, a brief description and a literature reference will be sufficient. New methods must be described in detail and, in the case of little used chemical products or equipment the manufacturer's name and address should be given.
* Results. In general, these should not include literature references but only the results of the experiments. Lengthy interpretations of the experimental data should be reserved for the Discussion section. The explanations given in the figure and table captions should not be repeated in the text.
* Discussion. This should not be limited to describing the experimental results and drawing conclusions. It should also be constructive, interpretative, analytical, and establish an association between the results obtained and other published works. It can describe conflicting opinions and results of other authors and indicate the value of the results for future works.
* Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements should be made to individuals or institutions that have provided technical support for the work and the sources of funding should also be stipulated.
* Literature references. The references will be cited in alphabetic order of the authors. Articles by the same author should be given in chronological order and if more than one of the articles has been published in the same year, after the year a letter will be added by which the reference can be identified (for example, 1985a, 1985b).
ARIAS R., 1998. . .
ARIAS R., GONZÁLEZ P., 1990. . .
ARIAS R., MARTÍNEZ A., 1996. . .
ARIAS R., MARTÍNEZ A., PÉREZ ARRIBAS L., 1989. . .
ARIAS R., MORALES H., SANZ L., 1995a. . .
ARIAS R., MORALES H., SANZ L., 1995b. . .
Examples are given below of literature references.
When literature references are cited in the text, in parentheses the authors surname will be given followed by a coma and the year of publication. If there are two authors, the surnames will be followed by "and" for example "(Denamour, 1993)..." "... (Robertson and Castell, 2000)..." "... (Leffort et al, 1995b)...". If in the text reference is made to the author of the cited work, his surname will be given, followed only by the year the work was published. For example: "According to the works of Denamour (1993), Leffort et al (1995a, 1995b)..."
Figures and Tables
These will be numbered independently with Arabic numerals and should be self-explanatory.
The tables can be up to 100 characters wide (letters or numbers plus spaces) and 155 characters high. They will be headed by a number and title. Explanatory notes that facilitate their interpretation will be included at the foot of the tables.
Figures can correspond to diagrams or photographs and should in no case exceed the dimensions 12.5 x 19 cm. Diagrams should be prepared with programs Excel, Freehand or Ilustrator. The figure number and legend will be given at the foot of the figure. Letter "Helvetica" (preferred) or "Times New Roman" should be used in the figures.
For the preprint, figures and tables should be inserted in the text of the article. Figures not produced by computer can be digitalised and included in the text.
To be printed on the paper of the Journal, the figures and tables must be very high quality and must, therefore, be received in a suitable form and condition to be reproduced. Non-computer generated figures should be presented on vegetable parchment, preferably twice their final size, with the figure descriptions on a different sheet.
Photographs, preferably in black and white, must be digitalised (with a resolution above 300 ppp) and inserted in the text and the originals must be sent separately. Photographs will be sent as glossy prints and will have good contrast. Under well justified circumstances colour photographs will occasionally be admitted, but in this case the originals should preferably be sent as slides.
When printed, both diagrams and photographs can be reduced to half or a third of their original size and this should be taken into account when selecting the size of the lines.
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Short communications
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These should be no longer than 10 pages, including a maximum of three tables/figures. Short communications must report completed work, not preliminary findings. They will have a summary and literature references but the main text will not be divided into sections. The methods will be described briefly.
On-line short notes. Short notes without figures or tables can be submitted on-line for publication. They will be subject to the same evaluation process, only this will be carried out on line. These articles will have priority for publication. Original articles must be sent by e-mail to the following address: publinia@inia.es.
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Reviews
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The objective of these is to give an overall view of an issue of great interest or topicality. The reviews will be written after invitation to do so by the Editing Board.
On the whole, they will follow the same instructions applicable for normal length articles, presenting a front page, summary in English and Spanish, key words, tables and figures with the format of the Journal. The Introduction will be based on a general coverage of the issue, followed by a critical assessment of the most important references. Reviews will also be submitted to peer review process.
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Correction of proofs
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Proofs are e-mailed as a PDF. The PDF should be printed and corrections marked on the paper copy. No attempt should be made to edit the PDF electronically. The corrected proof should be sent to the Editorial Office within
3 days (by airmail from outside Europe). If necessary, corrected pages may be sent by fax (+34-91-3572293) to the Editorial Office or minor corrections may be communicated by e-mail (publinia@inia.es). A copy of the proof should be retained by the authors. Extensive changes at the proof stage are not permitted. The corrections made will be
exclusively limited to typing or similar errors and will in no way alter the contents of the original text.
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Examples
of literature references
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Journal articles
* Standard article
TYNER F.H., TWEENTEN L.G., 1998. Simulation as a method of appraising farm programs. Am J Agr Econ 50, 66-81.
* Author unknown
ANONYMUS, 1993. The extraction of soil water by the suction-cup method: a review. J Soil Sci 42, 83-93.
* Publisher's article
Photosynthesis of stands of tomato, cucumber and sweet pepper measured in greenhouses under various CO2 concentrations [editorial], 2003. Plant Physiol 96, 713-719.
Chapters of books
DOREFLING R., TIETZ D., 1993. Methods for the detection and estimation of abscisic acid and related compounds. In: Abscisic Acid. (Addicortt, F.T., ed), Praeger, NY, pp. 23-77.
Books
* Individuals as authors
MILTHORPE F.L., MOORBY J., 1999. An introduction to crop physiology. Academic Press, 244 pp.
* Editor(s) as author(s)
MADSEN E. (ed), 1976. Effect of CO2 concentration on morphological, histological and cytological and physiological processes in tomato plants. State Seed testing Station, Denmark, 246 pp.
* Book as volume in a collection
PALUKAITIS P., ZAITLIN M. Tobacco mosaic virus. Infectivity and replication. In: The Plant Viruses (Van Regenmortel M.H.V., Fraenkel-Conrat H.). Plenum Press, New York. Vol 2, 130 pp.
* Institutional author
M.A.P.A., 1986. Métodos oficiales de análisis. Servicio de publicaciones del MAPA, Madrid, Spain, 662 pp.
Doctoral Thesis
FLORES M., 2000. Las técnicas biomoleculares en el diagnóstico y tipificación de los patógenos vegetales. Doctoral Thesis. Universidad Carlos III, Madrid.
Master Thesis
FERNÁNDEZ J. L., 1998b. Estudio agroecológico del cultivo del maíz y sus potencialidades en la sustentabilidad de pequeñas fincas campesinas en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Master's thesis, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, España, 143 pp.
Conference proceedings
SANZ P., AYERRA J.C., CALVO F., 2000. Nonpoint sources of water contamination and their impacts on sustainability. Abstracts of the 5th Congress of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Rabat, Morocco, Sept 13-16, pp. 187-192.
Articles from Internet
GILBERT D.G., 1992. SeqApp, a biological sequence editor and analysis program [on line]. Available in http://www.iubio.bio.indiana.edu/molbio/seqapp [3 May 2002]
Work documents
COMITÉ DE GESTIÓN DE CÍTRICOS, 2001. Report 2000/2001. Work document for internal use.
MIRAVETE E.J., 1991. Aplicación de los modelos de elección discreta al análisis de la adopción de innovaciones tecnológicas. El caso del sector azulejero. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas. EC work document 90-04.
Legal documents
BOLETÍN OFICIAL DEL ESTADO, 1996. Royal decree 2210/1995, of 13 November, that modifies the organic structure of the Health and Safety Board. BOE no. 21, 24/1/1996.
DIARIO OFICIAL DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEAS. Directive 94/33/CE relative to the protection of young people at work. DOCE no. L 216, 20/8/1994.
Preprint articles:
DOMINGO A., 2000. Fertilización nitrogenada en el cultivo del espárrago: efecto sobre el rendimiento y sus componentes. Published in Internet as a preprint of Spanish J Agric Res 15 (1-2), available in URL://www.inia.es.
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Style
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For help in the correct use of symbols, format and style consult the "Manual of Style of the CBE" (Council of Biology Editors) (1). Measuring units used should be those specified by the International System of Units (2). When units are not preceded by a number the term should be written in full without using the symbol (e.g.: "metres", "23 m"). For standard measuring units, numbers from one to nine should be written as words and higher values as numbers (e.g.: "six sheep", "23 rabbits"). In articles written in English, decimals must be expressed using a full stop (e.g. 3.14) and thousands with commas (e.g. 21,314).
When new terms or acronyms are used these will be defined the first time they are written [e.g.: "polymerase chain reaction (PCR)"]. For plants, insects and pathogens the genus and species must be given in Latin in italics, followed by the author who first described them (e.g. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill). The first time that botanical cultivars are mentioned these should be marked in single inverted quotation marks or the term cultivar or the abbreviation cv. should be used: (e.g.: ´Royesta´ tomato or Lycopersicum esculentum Mill cv. Rutgers). After, this can be referred to as Royesta tomato or Royesta cultivar.
Animals (breed, sex, age, body weight), diets, surgical techniques, measurements and statistical models should be written in a clear and detailed way.
Some nomenclatures can be found on the Internet, such as the GRIN database (3), the universal virus database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses ICTVdB (4), the list of plant diseases of the American Phytopathological Society (5) and the insect classification (6). The European Soil Classification can be found in (7). For terminology of forage and grasslands refer to (8). The first time a chemical compound is mentioned its common name must be given and the complete chemical name. Nomenclature for herbicides can be found in the Herbicide Handbook of the Weed Science Society of America (9).
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Literature cited and on line references
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1. CBE STYLE MANUAL COMMITTEE, 1994. Scientific style and format: the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. 6th ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. URL: http://www.cbe.org/pubs_ssf.shtml [3 March, 2003].
2. URL: www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/style98 [13 January, 2003].
3. URL: www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/searchgrin.html [13 January, 2003].
4. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/index.htm [3 March, 2003].
5. URL: http://www.apsnet.org/online/common/ [3 March, 2003].
6. URL: http://www.isis.vt.edu/~fanjun/text/Link_clas.html [26 February 2003].
7. COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 1985. Soil map of the European communities. (1:1.000.000). C.E.C. Luxembourg.
8. THE FORAGE AND GRAZING TERMINOLOGY COMMITTEE. Terminology for grazing lands and grazing animals. URL: http://www.forages.css.orst.edu/Topics/Pastures/Grazing/Terminology/grazterm_body.html [3 March, 2003].
9. AHRENS W.H. (ed), 1994. Herbicide handbook. 7th ed. WSSA, Champaign, IL.
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