Guide to authors
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Guide to authors
Please read the following instruction carefully for speedy publication of your
manuscript. The editor reserves the right to return the manuscript if it is not
prepared according to the following instructions.
Preparation of manuscript
Manuscript should be prepared in English language. It must be clear and concise.
All the manuscripts must comply with the journal instructions. Failure to do so
will result in return of manuscript and delay in publication process. We ensure
speedy review and publication process, therefore, authors’ cooperation is highly
encouraged in this regards. Manuscript should be preferably prepared in Word
2003.
o Submission should be double spaced.
o All margins should be at least 2.5 cm.
o All pages should be numbered consecutively on the lower right corner.
o Manuscript must be prepared in Time New Roman style.
Title
The title of the paper should be complete, comprehensive and should denote the
essence of work.
Names of authors and their affiliations
Each author should be identified using superscript. The corresponding author
name should also carry asterisk for identification.
Abstract
The abstract should not be more 500 words. It should contain the objective,
methods use to conduct the research, clear description of results and brief
conclusion drawn from the results. References and discussion should not be
included in this section.
Keywords
Keywords should describe the studied problem as best possible. They should not
be more than 5 words.
Introduction
This section should provides information on importance of the problem and clear
objective of the study. Every statement must be supported by literary source in
peer review journal that have been published to date. It is advised to provide
recent references from impact factor journals. References containing one or two
names of the authors should be cited by the names of the authors (e.g. Brown,
2010 or Brown and Young, 2010). Any reference carrying more than 2 authors
should be denoted by first author and et al. should be included (Brown et al.,
2010). If more than one paper is cited by the same set of authors they should be
differentiated by year (a,b,c) both in the text and references. Several papers
cited should be arranged according to the year in ascending manner.
Materials and Methods
All procedures, analytical methods, experimental design and preliminary
materials should be provided with detail in this section. Relevant references
should be quoted for a particular analytical methodology. Complete statistical
procedures should be produced under separate heading of ‘statistical analysis’.
Results
The results from the experiment including their statistical detail should be
presented graphically or in table form. In this section, results obtained should
be recorded in text form and table data should not be repeated. Results should
be clear and concise.
Discussion
Detailed discussion should be produced in this section with relevant references
preferably most recent citation should be included. Discussion should be very
solid and concrete.
Conclusions
The major conclusions of the study may be presented in a short conclusion
section, which may stands alone or form a subsection of discussion.
References
List of references should be arranged alphabetically in the following style.
Reference to a journal publication:
Brown G, H Young, T Mutus, and N Nobel, 2001. Role of vitamin E in heat-stressed
animals. J Rumin Res, 83: 123-134.
Brown G and H Young, 2002. New method of amino acid analysis in serum. J Anim
Biochem, 45: 78-90.
Reference to a book:
Shredin J and EB White, 2009. Application of Probiotics in Poultry Production.
1st edition. McNamara, New York.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mitten SJ and B Adams, 1999. Reproduction in ruminants, in: James S and J
Bowling, (editors), Ruminant Physiology. M-Publishing Inc., Washington, pp:
281-299.
Copyright
On acceptance of the manuscript, the authors will have to sign the copyright
licence of the manuscript. As regard the transfer of rights, the corresponding
author assumes responsibility of all authors. The submitted manuscripts is
published on the understanding that all the authors are aware of the contents
and are agree on the submission of the manuscript to this journal.
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the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
Publication fee:
There is no publication fee.