Authors Guide | Arab Journal of Plant Protection

Author’s Guide for Manuscript Preparation

Author’s Guide for Manuscript Preparation

Researchers are required to send the original research manuscript, along with tables and figures, to the office of the Arab Society for Plant Protection (ASPP) via email at [email protected]. Microsoft Word should be used for both Arabic or English manuscripts (use Times New Roman font for English text and Simplified Arabic for Arabic text).

Each manuscript is reviewed simultaneously by three specialists. Other reviewers are consulted if necessary. Submission of an article implies that it has not been published or submitted elsewhere.

1. Publication Processing charges

Please refer to the ASPP’s subscription page and the publication fees for scientific articles in the Arab Journal of Plant Protection (AJPP) in local currencies of Arab countries.

Subscription Fees – Arab Journal of Plant Protection (staging.arabjournalpp.org)

2. Journal Language

Authors are required to submit their articles in Arabic or English with an Arabic and English abstracts. Starting in 2020, 25% of the accepted articles can be written in English, if the Arab researche(s) prefer to do so.

3. Types of Articles

The Journal accepts Review Articles (about 8,000 words), Regular Research Articles (3,000 to 6,000 words), Short Communications (no more than 2,500 words, including one table and/or one figure), and New Pest and Natural Enemies Record (no more than 1,000 words, including five references, but without tables or figures).

4. Manuscript Sections

The first page should start with the title (no more than 100 characters and spaces), followed by the author(s) name(2) with the addresses, directly under the title, in both Arabic and English, along with the email address and WhatsApp number of the corresponding author. All manuscripts should contain the following sections:

• Arabic and English abstracts, including the significant contents and major findings of the work (not more than 350 words), along with keywords (maximum six, would be useful for index retrieval systems).
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion (in short communications results and Discussion could be combined in one section)
• Acknowledgments (if necessary)
• References

5. Manuscript writing

• Numbers to be used in the text, in the tables and in the figures are the “Arabic numbers" that is 1, 2, 3……etc.
• Scientific names (Latin) should be written in italics, and pesticides should be named by their common names.
• Units of measurement: Units should be indicated as follows: length (mm, cm, m, km), area (ha., dunum, acre), weight (mg, g, kg, ton), volume (µl, ml, L.), temperature (°C), time (sec, min, hr, day, week, month, year).
• Tables: Tables should be designed to fit a maximum page of 18×26 cm. It should be typed on separate pages and be numbered consecutively in the sequence of their appearance in the text. They should bear a descriptive, self-explanatory clear heading in both Arabic and English, also sub-heading and terms used in the table should be written in both languages (only if the manuscript is written in Arabic). Footnotes to tables should appear as a superscript letter starting with “a" in each table, and should be indicated at the bottom of the table.
• Figures (diagrams, graphs, photographs): Diagrams and graphs should be drawn using Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel. Captions should be typed in both English and Arabic (only if the research is written in Arabic). Figures must be numbered consecutively according to their citation in the text. Letters and symbols should be clearly defined either in the caption or within the figure itself. Figures and images should be sent separately as high-quality Excel or JPG files (at least 300 dpi). Figures created in MS Word, MS PowerPoint or MS Excel should be sent in their original formats with high resolution.
• References citation in the text: References are cited in the text by the first name of the author and year of publication in parentheses and in the language in which the research was published. Examples of references by the number of authors: (Badii, 2001), (Portillo & Vigueras, 2006), (Mazzeo et al., 2019). When citing more than one reference for the same idea, the references should be listed alphabetically by the authors’ names, separated by a semicolon (Badii, 2001; Mazzeo et al., 2019; Portillo & Vigueras, 2006). If there is more than one reference by the same author in the same year, they should be distinguished by letters a, b,.. etc.
• References list: Arabic manuscripts: References should be cited in the original language they were published in, and Arabic references should be written in both Arabic and English languages (please see Arabic Version of Author’s Guide for Manuscript Preparation). English manuscripts: Reference should be writing in English only. References are arranged in alphabetical order, with the author’s last name first followed by his initials, the publication year, title, journal or publication place, the volume and pages, followed by DOI. Abbreviations for names or journals are not accepted. Please refer to the Arabic text to see how references should be written in Arabic.

Reference Example

Article in a Journal

Singh, D.P., C.A. Moore, A. Gilliland and J.P. Carr. 2004. Activation of multiple antiviral defense mechanisms by salicylic acid. Molecular Plant Pathology, 5(1):57–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2004.00203.x

Abstract

Hymaydan, H.S. 1983. Impact of seed-borne pathogens on intranational and international movement of seeds. Phytopathology, 73:784 (Abstract).

Books

Harrison, B.D. and A.F. Murant (eds.). 1996. The Plant Viruses: Polyhedral Virions and Bipartite RNA Genomes. Springer, Boston, MA, USA. 364 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1772-0

Chapter in a book

Dembilio, Ó. and J.A. Jaques. 2015. Biology and management of red palm weevil. Pp. 13–36. In: Sustainable Pest Management in Date Palm: Current Status and Emerging Challenges. W. Wakil, J.R. Faleiro and T.A. Miller (eds.). Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24397-9

Proceedings

Makkouk, K.M. and S.G. Kumari. 1997. Etiology and control of soybean dwarf luteovirus affecting lentils (Lens culinaris) in Syria. Pp. 731-734. In: Proceedings of 10th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union. June 1-5, 1997, Montpellier-Lec Corum, France.

Bulletins

Mustafa, F.H. 1974. List of plant diseases in Iraq. Bulletin No. 74. Ministry of Agriculture, Iraq. 27 pp.

Dissertation or thesis

Alves, T.M. 2017. Spectral detection of soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and confounding insecticide effects in soybean. PhD dissertation, University of Minnesota, USA. 77 pp.