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An International Journal
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Guide for Authors
Field Crops Research is an international research journal containing relevant scientific and technological
papers on crops and cropping systems. The subjects covered include crop ecology, agronomy, physiology, breeding, productivity, product
quality, and protection. Studies on soil fertility, soil and water management, and farming systems in relation to crops and cropping
systems are also included. The journal will consider submissions on all non-horticultural crops, including forages. Authors are required
to present the results of field studies in a form to show important new ideas or general principles that have application beyond the
location of the work. Studies of local significance only will not be considered. An economic analysis of the study may also be included
where this is useful. Articles on horticultural crops, on crop storage, transportation and usage, and social and economic studies on
crops and cropping systems, are outside the scope of the journal.
Types of contribution
1. Original full papers (Regular
Papers)
2. Review articles
3. Short Communications
4. Book Reviews
Original papers should report the results
of original research. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form.
Reviews should cover a part of the subject of active current interest. They may be submitted or invited.
A Short Communication
is a concise, but complete, description of a limited investigation, which will not be included in a later paper. Short Communications
should be as completely documented, both by reference to the literature and description of the experimental procedures employed, as a
regular paper. They should not occupy more than 6 printed pages (about 12 manuscript pages, including figures, etc.).
Book reviews
will be included in the journal on a range of relevant books which are no more than 2 years old. Book reviews will be solicited by the
Book Review editor. Unsolicited reviews will not usually be accepted, but suggestions for appropriate books for review may be sent to:
Dr. J.W. White
Environmental and Plant Dynamics Research
U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory
USDA-ARS
4331 E Broadway
Rd
Phoenix
AZ 85040-8834
USA
For questions on submissions or scope please contact one of the three Editors-in-Chief
at the following addresses:
For the Americas and Africa:
Dr. P.H. Graham
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
University of Minnesota
256 Borlaug Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
USA
Tel: (+1) 612 625 8268
Fax: (+1) 612 625 2208
E-mail: graha019@umn.edu
For Asia:
Dr. J.M. Lenne
North Oldmoss Croft
Fyvie, Turriff
Aberdeenshire AB53 8NA
Tel 44 (0)1651 806153
Scotland
United Kingdom
E-mail: jillian.lenne@btopenworld.com
For Australasia, Europe and the Middle East:
Dr. D.L. Chatel
3 Coll Place
Warwick, WA 6024
Australia
E-mail: dchatel@cygnus.uwa.edu.au
Online Submission of manuscripts
Submission of an article implies
that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic
thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or
explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in
the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.
Manuscripts should be prepared
with numbered lines, with wide margins and double spacing throughout, i.e. also for abstracts, footnotes and references. Every page
of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc. should be numbered. Authors are requested to submit, with their
manuscripts, the names and contact details of four potential referees. However, in the text no reference should be made to page numbers;
if necessary, one may refer to sections.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a 'Journal Publishing Agreement"
(for more information on this and copyright see  http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure
the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of
the manuscript together with a `Journal Publishing Agreement form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
If excerpts
from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s)
in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact ELSEVIER, Global Rights Department, P.O. Box
800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com. Request
may also be completed on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Submission to this journal proceeds totally on-line. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Authors can upload their
article as a LaTeX, or Microsoft® (MS) Word®, document via http://www.elsevier.com/locate/fcr, where
you will also find a detailed description on its use. The system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article which is used
for the reviewing process. It is crucial that all graphical and tabular elements be placed within the text, so that the file is suitable
for reviewing. Authors, Reviewers and Editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary.
Note: compuscripts submitted are converted into PDF for the review process but may need to be edited after acceptance to follow journal
standards. For this an "editable" file format is necessary. See the section on "Electronic format requirements for accepted
articles" and the further general instructions on how to prepare your article below. Once the uploading is done, our system automatically
generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. It is crucial that all graphical elements be uploaded in separate
files, so that the PDF is suitable for reviewing. Authors can upload their article as a LaTex or Microsoft (MS) Word. All correspondence,
including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be by e-mail.
Electronic format requirements
for accepted articles
We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect or LaTeX is preferred. Always keep a backup
copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Save your files using the default extension of the program used.
Wordprocessor
documents
It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column
format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article.
In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts,
superscripts etc. Do not embed 'graphically designed' equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When
preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid
is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional
manuscripts (see also Elsevier's Quickguide: http://www.elsevier.com). Do not import the figures into the text file but,
instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section on Preparation
of electronic illustrations. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spellchecker' function of your wordprocessor.
Preparation of manuscripts
1. Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are
strongly advised to have their manuscripts checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission.
English language help
service: Upon request, Elsevier will direct Authors to an agent who can check and improve the English of their paper (before
submission). Please contact www.elsevier.com/locate/elsevierpublishing for further information.
Language
services:
Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission please visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/languagepolishing or contact authorsupport@elsevier.com for more information. Please
note Elsevier neither endorses nor takes responsibility for any products, goods or services offered by outside vendors through our services
or in any advertising. For more information please refer to our Terms and Conditions http://www.elsevier.com/termsandconditions.
2. Manuscripts should be typewritten, typed on one side of the paper, with wide margins and line spacing of 1.5 throughout, i.e.
also for abstracts, footnotes and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should
be numbered. However, in the text no reference should be made to page numbers; if necessary, one may refer to sections. Avoid excessive
usage of italics to emphasize part of the text.
3. Manuscripts in general should be organized in the following order:
•
Title(should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
• Name(s) of author(s)
• Complete postal address(es) of affiliations
• Full telephone, Fax No. and E-mail address of the corresponding author
• Present address(es) of author(s) if applicable
• Complete correspondence address to which the proofs should be sent as a footnote indicated with an asterisk
• Abstract
followed by keywords (indexing terms), normally 3-6 items
• Introduction
• Material studied, area descriptions, methods,techniques
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments and any additional information concerning research
grants, etc.
• References
• Tables
• Figure captions
4. In typing the manuscript, titles and subtitles
should not be run within the text. They should be typed on a separate line, without indentation. Use lower-case letter type. First and
second order headings should be numbered.
5. Elsevier reserves the privilege of returning to the author for revision accepted manuscripts
and illustrations which are not in the proper form given in this guide.
6. Avoid new or uncommon acronyms. Use single letters (Greek,
Roman, italic) for variables with subscripts as appropriate.
7. Authors are encouraged to suggest two or three qualified reviewers.
Abstracts
The abstract should be clear, descriptive and not longer than 400 words.
Formulae
1. Subscripts
and superscripts should be clear.
2. Take special care to show clearly the difference between zero (0) and the letter O, and between
one (1) and the letter l.
3. Give the meaning of all symbols immediately after the equation in which they are first used.
4.
For simple fractions use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line.
5. Equations should be numbered serially at the right-hand
side in parentheses. In general only equations explicitly referred to in the text need be numbered.
6. The use of fractional powers
instead of root signs is recommended. Also powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.
7. Levels of statistical significance
which can be mentioned without further explanation are *P <0.05, **P <0.01 and ***P <0.001.
8.
In chemical formulae, valence of ions should be given as, e.g., Ca2+, not as Ca++.
9. Isotope numbers should
precede the symbols, e.g., 18O.
10. The repeated writing of chemical formulae in the text is to be avoided where reasonably
possible; instead, the name of the compound should be given in full. Exceptions may be made in the case of a very long name occurring
very frequently or in the case of a compound being described as the end product of a gravimetric determination (e.g., phosphate as P2O5).
Footnotes
1. Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases it should be possible to incorporate
the information in normal text.
2. If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers, and kept as short
as possible.
Nomenclature
1. Authors and editors are, by general agreement, obliged to accept the rules governing
biological nomenclature, as laid down in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the International Code of Nomenclature
of Bacteria, and the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
2. All biotica (crops, plants, insects, birds,
mammals, etc.) should be identified by their scientific names when the English term is first used, with the exception of common domestic
animals.
3. All biocides and other organic compounds must be identified by their Geneva names when first used in the text. Active
ingredients of all formulations should be likewise identified.
4. For chemical nomenclature, the conventions of the International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the official recommendations of the IUPAC-IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature
should be followed.
Supplementary data
Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance
your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation
sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside
the electronic version of your article in Elsevier web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com.
In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file
formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption
for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Tables
1. Authors should take notice of the limitations set by the size and lay-out of the journal. Large tables should
be avoided. Reversing columns and rows will often reduce the dimensions of a table.
2. If many data are to be presented, an attempt
should be made to divide them over two or more tables.
3. Tables should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. The
text should include references to all tables.
4. Each table should be typewritten on a separate page of the manuscript. Tables should
never be included in the text.
5. Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory title.
6. Column headings should be brief,
but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses.
7. Vertical lines
should not be used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns instead.
8. Any explanation essential to the understanding
of the table should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.
Preparation of electronic illustrations
Submitting
your artwork in an electronic format helps us to produce your work to the best possible standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high
level of detail.
General points
•Always supply high-quality printouts of your artwork, in case conversion of
the electronic artwork is problematic.
•Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
•Save
text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
•Only use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier,
Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
•Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
•Use a logical naming
convention for your artwork files, and supply a separate listing of the files and the software used.
•Provide all illustrations
as separate files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets.
•Provide captions to illustrations separately.
•Produce
images near to the desired size of the printed version.
For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages
at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information
are given here.
Formats
Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please
"save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone
combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs
(halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped
line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in
any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".
Please do not:
•Supply embedded graphics in
your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
•Supply files that are optimised for screen use(like GIF,BMP,PIC,WPG)
the resolution is too low;
•Supply files that are too low in resolution;
•Submit graphics that are disproportionately
large for the content.
Colour illustrations
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF,
EPS, or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. Polaroid colour prints are not suitable. If, together with your accepted article,
you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the
Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduces in colour in the printed version.
For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article.
Please indicate your preference for colour print or on the Web only. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction
pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of technical complications which
can arise by converting colour figures to 'grey scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit
in addition usable black and white corresponding to all the colour illustrations.
Non-electronic illustrations
For
illustrations that are unable to be uploaded electronically hard copies will be accepted.
Provide all illustrations as high-quality printouts,
suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction) without retouching. Number illustrations consecutively in the order in which
they are referred to in the text. They should accompany the manuscript, but should not be included within the text. Clearly mark all
illustrations with the figure number and the author's name and, in cases of ambiguity, the correct orientation.
Mark the appropriate
position of a figure in the article.
Please supply original photographs for reproduction, printed on glossy paper, very sharp
and with good contrast. Remove non-essential areas of a photograph. Do not mount photographs unless they form part of a composite figure.
Where necessary, insert a scale bar in the illustration (not below it), as opposed to giving a magnification factor in the legend.
Note that photocopies of photographs are not acceptable.
Supplementary files
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier
now accepts electronic supplementary material (e-components) to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer
the Author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background
datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article
in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com.
In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file
formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption
for each file. . For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Files can be stored on 3½ inch diskette, ZIP-disk or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh). This journal offers electronic submission
services and supplementary data files can be uploaded via via the homepage of this journal ( http://www.elsevier.com/journals.
References
1. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of
the manuscript. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of author's names and dates are exactly the same
in the text as in the reference list.
2. In the text refer to the author's name (without initial) and year of publication, followed
- if necessary - by a short reference to appropriate pages. Examples: "Since Peterson (1988) has shown that..." "This is in agreement
with results obtained later (Kramer,1989, pp. 12-16)".
3. If reference is made in the text to a publication written by more than
two authors the name of the first author should be used followed by "et al.". This indication, however, should never be used in the list
of references. In this list names of first author and co-authors should be mentioned.
4. References cited together in the text should
be arranged chronologically. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically on authors' names, and chronologically per author.
If an author's name in the list is also mentioned with c-authors the following order should be used: publications of the single author,
arranged according to publication dates -- publications of the same author with one c-author -- publications of the author with more
than one c-author. Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be listed as 1974a, 1974b, etc.
5. Use the following
system for arranging your references, please note the proper position of the punctuation:
a. For periodicals
Hogarth,
D.M., Ryan, C.C., Taylor, P.W.J., 1993. Quantitative inheritance of rust resistance in sugarcane. Field Crops Res. 34, 187-193.
b. For edited symposia, special issues, etc., published in a periodical
Rice, K., 1992. Theory and conceptual issues. In: Gall,
G.A.E., Staton, M. (Eds.), Integrating Conservation Biology and Agricultural Production. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 42,
9-26.
c. For books
Gaugh, Jr., H.G., 1992. Statistical Analysis of Regional Yield Trials. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
d. For multi-author books
DeLacy, I.H., Cooper, M., Lawrence, P.K., 1990. Pattern analysis over years of regional variety
trials: relationship among sites. In: Kang, M.S. (Ed.), Genotype by Environment Interaction and Plant Breeding. Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA, pp. 189-213.
6. Abbreviate the titles of periodicals mentioned in the list of references according to the International List of Periodical Title Word Abbreviations.
7. In the case of publications in any language other than English, the original
title is to be retained. However, the titles of publications in non-Latin alphabets should be transliterated, and a notation such as
"(in Russian)" or "(in Greek, with English abstract)" should be added.
8. Work accepted for publication but not yet published should
be referred to as "in press".
9. References concerning unpublished data and "personal communications" should not be cited in the
reference list but may be mentioned in the text.
Articles in Special Issues: Please ensure that the words 'this issue'
are added (in the list and text) to any references to other articles in this Special Issue.
Proofs
When your manuscript
is received at the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to be regarded as 'drafts'.
One set of page
proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions
to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
A form with queries from the copy editor may accompany your proofs. Please answer all queries and make any corrections or additions required.
The Publisher reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated. Return corrections within two working
days of receipt of the proofs. Should there be no corrections, please confirm this.
Elsevier will do everything possible to get your
article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive the (PDF)
proof of your article for correction, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication.
Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any
less time to make your corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted.
Offprints
1. Twenty-five offprints
will be supplied free of charge.
2. Additional offprints can be ordered on an offprint order form, which is included with the proofs.
3. UNESCO coupons are acceptable in payment of extra offprints.
Author Services
For enquiries relating to the submission
of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit this journal s homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/journals. From here you can also track accepted articles ( http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle) and set up e-mail alerts to inform
you of when an article s status has changed, as well as detailed artwork guidelines, copyright information, frequently asked questions
and more.
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided after
registration of an article for publication.
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Field Crops Research does not have page charges
Information
about Field Crops Research is available on the World Wide Web at the following address: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/fcr.
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