Manuscript Sections
The research or review manuscripts submitted should be divided into the following sections,
- Title
- Title page
- Structured Abstract
- Graphical Abstract
- Keywords
- Text Organization (for review article)
- Instruction
- Methodology/ material an method
- Result
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- List of Abbreviations (if any)
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Appendices
- Figures/Illustrations (if any)
- Chemical Structures (if any)
- Tables (if any)
- Supportive/Supplementary Material (if any)
The following detailed instructions are necessary to allow direct reproduction of the manuscript for rapid publishing. If instructions are not followed, the manuscript will be returned for retyping. Manuscript Organization and Preparation Conventions names of genes, micro-organisms or botanical origin of plants must be italicized. Authors must use the original name published unless they have obtained permission to rename from the authors of the original study or international body. American spelling should be used throughout the manuscript.
Article Lengths
Editorials should not exceed 1,000 words including references. Correspondence should not exceed 750 words and may include a brief table or small figure; letters should be appropriately referenced. Databases, Resource and Application articles should not exceed 2000 words. Perspectives and Opinions: Not more than 3000 words. Research Articles, as well as Mini-Monograph articles, should not exceed 5,000 words, including tables, figures, and references. Reviews and Commentaries should not exceed 6,000 words, including tables, figures, and references. Reviews are written by authors who have significant publications in the field. Mini-reviews and Hypotheses should be topical and should not be longer than 2500 words, and preferably not have more than 40 references and 2 figures or tables. Meeting Reports should not exceed 5,000 words, including tables, figures, and references.
