Journal title abbreviation: J. Adv. Plant Prot.

This page provides more information that will be helpful to you as you prepare manuscripts for submission and publication to the Journal of Advances in Plant Protection (JAPP).

 

The peer review process in  JAPP is summarized into the following steps:

Submission of a manuscript: The corresponding or submitting author submits the manuscript to the journal via an online system (https://japp.uk.ac.ir/).

Assessment by the editorial office: The journal checks the manuscripts against the journal’s author guidelines. If the manuscript does not meet the guidelines, it may be  returned to the authors for revision.

Evaluation by the editor-in-chief: At this step, the editor-in-chief checks that the submitted manuscript is appropriate for the journal and is sufficiently original and interesting. If not, the manuscript  may be rejected without being reviewed any further.

Editor-in-chief assigns an associate editor: When editor-in-chief verifies that the manuscript is suitable for peer review, assigns an associate editor. Associate editors handle the peer review process.

Invitation to a reviewer: The handling editor sends invitations to individuals who believe they  would be appropriate reviewers. Generally,, manuscripts are sent to at least two experts for peer review.

Response to invitations: Potential reviewers consider the invitation against their  expertise, conflicts of interest and availability. 

Review is conducted: Reviewers independently  recommend to the JAPP editor  whether the submitted manuscript should be accepted with or without revisions (major revision or minor revision) or rejected.

Handling editor evaluates the reviews: At this stage, all the feedback from peer reviewers is considered before making an overall decision.

Send the decision letter: The editor sends a decision letter (including reviewer comments and suggestions) to the corresponding author by an online system.

Resubmit the revised manuscript: The authors are asked to respond to reviewers' questions and suggestions. The author(s) resubmit the revised manuscript, and the editor checks the author(s) feedback (revised version of the manuscript) on the reviewers’ comments.

Next steps

The journal editor/editorial board decides whether to publish. If accepted, the paper is sent to production and publication The JAPP email will send proofs as PDF files to the author. Manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet published should be called "In-press".

 

Manuscript submission procedure:

All manuscript types should be written in English and submitted electronically via the online submission site of JAPP. The corresponding author must log in or register to use the JAPP Manuscript Central submission system. Please follow the steps below to submit your manuscript:

-Launch your web and go to the journal's online submission site: https://japp.uk.ac.ir/

-Login or, if you are a new user, click on "register".

-Login and select "Submit / Track Manuscript".

-After  logging into your "Author", submit your manuscript by clicking the Submit a New Manuscript.

-Please enter data and answer questions on the request of the journal site and click the "Next" button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next step.

-You are required to upload your files.

-Review your submission before completing your submission by sending it to the Journal. æClick the "Finish Submission" button when you are finished reviewing.

Once a paper is submitted to a journal, the author can track its progress through the online submission system of the JAPP. 

 

Initial submissions

Submission to JAPP proceeds online, and submission system guides you stepwise through the process of entering your article details and uploading your files. All Manuscripts should be written in English and JAPP requires that authors submit their manuscript file as a word document (Microsoft Word document; DOC, DOCX, without author name). All correspondence, including the editor's decision and request for revisions, will be by JAPP e-mail.

 

Submission declaration

Submission of a manuscript 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, will not be published elsewhere including electronically in the same form, in English or  any other language.

 

Article publication charges

All processes, including  submission, review process, and publication in JAPP, are free of charge.

 

Types of articles

Appropriate types of articles for JAPP include the following:

• Original articles: reporting original researche that significantly contributs to different aspects of plant protection. Original articles should not exceed 24 manuscript pages (12-13 journal pages).
• Short articles: reporting research or new techniques. Short articles must not exceed 5 manuscript pages, including figures, tables, and references, and should be accompanied by a brief explanation of their novelty and significance.
• Review articles: by invitation from the editorial board only, substantial and in-depth on topics of interest to a wide range of plant protection. Review articles will be subject to the same peer review process as original articles. They should not occupy more than 24 manuscript pages (12-13 journal pages).

 

Essential title page information

A title page is required while submitting your manuscript and to be separated from the main manuscript prior to submission. The title page for JAPP contains the following information.

1. Title

The title of the manuscript should be concise and informative.

2. Author information

This section contains the following information.

• The name(s) of the author(s):  Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled.
• The affiliation(s) of the author(s): Please give the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names, including the full postal address of each affiliation and should contain department(s)/subunit(s); institution; city, state/region, postal code; country. 
• Corresponding author with an active e-mail address: Please indicate who will handle correspondence of the submitted manuscript at all processes of refereeing and publication. The corresponding author must have an active e-mail address for communication with the journal.
• ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) for all authors.

 

Preparing the manuscript for submission

The manuscript should include the following sections before uploading:

1. Title: Concise and informative. Titles are often used in informationretrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
2. Abstract: This section should be concise and factual. Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. This section contains headings of "Objectives", "Methods", "Results", "Discussion", and "Keywords". The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. References should be avoided for this section.
3. Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, provide a set of keywords (up to about 6 index terms) supplementary to words in the title.
4. Introduction: This section should be focused on outlining the historical or logical origins of the study, provide an adequate background of the subject and state the objectives in the last paragraph.
5. Material and methods: Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced. Methodologies that are already published should be indicated by suitable references. Only relevant modifications should be described.
6. Results: Results should be clear and concise using a combination of text, graphs, and tables. Report only your work.
7. Discussion: When discussing, it is essential to maintain clarity as regards which results/achievements are your work and which are the work of others. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
8. Conclusions: It should include the final outcome of the research, and the main points, results and achievements of the study should be briefly presented in this section.
9. Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments of people (any assistance associated with the research or the development of the manuscript), grants, funds (The names of funding organizations should be written in full), etc. should be placed in a separate section at the end of the manuscript before the references.

10. CRediT author statement (according to: https://www.elsevier.com/researcher/author/policies-and-guidelines/credit-author-statement)

11. References: All publications cited in the text should be presented in the list of references following the main body of the manuscript. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of the author's names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.
12. Figures [separate file(s)]: All figures are provided as separate files, which will be uploaded separately during final submission. All figures are numbered according to their sequence in the text and must have captions. Do not include figure numbers, captions, or author names as part of the figure. Captions should follow tables in the main document. Scale bars should be inserted to indicate magnification.
13. Tables [separate file(s)]: Tables (and illustrations) must be referred to in the text. Do not repeat data in the text that are given in a table or figure.

 

Suggest reviewers:

Please suggest addresses (email address, first name, last name, country and affiliation) of three potential reviewers for your submission.

 

Guidelines for reference list

Reference style (The American Psychological Association: APA format).

References in the text:

Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. References may have one, two, three or more authors, which should be written as follows:

1. Single author:the author's name and the year of publication.

Examples: (Ershad, 2009; Banihashemi, 2019).

 

2. Two authors:both authors' names and the year of publication.

Examples: (Carbone & Kohn, 1999; Glass & Donaldson, 1995).

 

3. Three or more authors:first author's name followed by 'et al.,' and the year of publication.

Examples: (White et al., 1990; Espargham et al., 2020).

 

Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically).

Examples: More recently, Kazemzadeh Chakusari et al. (2019) isolated and reported this fungus from forest trees in Iran or more recently this fungus has been isolated and reported from forest trees in Iran (Kazemzadeh Chakusari et al., 2019).

Groups of references should be listed first chronologically, then alphabetically.

Examples: Mostert et al., 2006; White et al., 2011; Gramaje et al., 2015).

More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.

Examples: (Banihashemi et al., 2015c; Chen et al., 2013a, 2014a; Chen et al., 2014b; Mohammadi et al., 2015a,b).

The reference list (list of all the references that author(s) have cited within their manuscript, including journal articles, books, theses, etc.): 

 

Reference to a journal article:

Examples:

Laemmli, U. K. (1970). Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature, 227, 680–685.

Suwa, A., & Gotoh, T. (2006). Geographic variation in diapause induction and mode of diapause inheritance in Tetranychus pueraricola. Journal of Applied Entomology, 130 (5), 329–335.

Abdullahi, I., Bennypaul, H., Phelan, J., Aboukhaddour, R., & Harding, M. W. (2020). First report of High Plains wheat mosaic emaravirus infecting foxtail barley and wheat in Canada. Plant Disease, 104, 3272.

Khojasteh, M., Taghavi, S. M., Khodaygan, P., Hamzehzarghani, H., Chen, G., Bragard, C., Koebnik, R., & Osdaghi, E. (2019). Molecular typing reveals high genetic diversity of Xanthomonas translucens strains infecting small-grain cereals in Iran. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85, e01518-19.

Naalden, D., Haegeman, A., de Almeida-Engler, J., Birhane Eshetu, F., Bauters, L., & Gheysen, G. (2018). The Meloidogyne graminicola effector Mg16820 is secreted in the apoplast and cytoplasm to suppress plant host defense responses. Molecular Plant Pathology, 19(11), 2416–2430.

Chen, S. F., Fichtner, E., Morgan, D. P., & Michailides, T. J. (2013a). First report of Lasiodiplodia citricola and Neoscytalidium dimidiatum causing death of graft union of English walnut in California. Plant Disease, 97, 993.

Chen, S. F., Morgan, D. P., Beede, R. H., & Michailides, T. J. (2013b). First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae associated with stem canker of almond in California. Plant Disease, 97, 994.

Chen, S. F., Morgan, D. P., Hasey, J. K., & Michailides, T. J. (2013c). First report of Lasiodiplodia citricola associated with stem canker of peach in California, USA. Journal of Plant Pathology, 95, 659–659.

     

• If a journal article has a DOI, include the DOI in the reference (e.g. “https://doi.org/abc”). 

• If the journal article does not have a DOI but does have a URL that will resolve for readers (e.g., it is from an online journal that is not part of a database), include the URL of the article at the end of the reference.

Example:

Brodeur, J., Abram, P. K., Heimpel, G. E., & Messing, R. H. (2018). Trends in biological control: public interest, international networking and research direction. Biocontrol, 63, 11–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9850-8.

 

Reference to a book: Author/Editor, year of publication (in round brackets), Title (in italics), Edition (only include the edition number if it is not the first edition, Place of publication: publisher Series and volume number (where relevant).

Examples:

One Author:

Agrios, G. (2005). Plant Pathology. (5^th Ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press.

Lawrence, P. A. (1992). The Making of a Fly. The Genetics of Animal Design. Cambridge, MA., Blackwell Scientific.

Two Authors:

Banerjee, A., & Watson, T.F. (2011). Pickard's manual of Operative dentistry. (9^th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Three to seven Authors:

Dym, C. L., Little, P., Orwin, E. J., & Spjut, R. E. (2009). Engineering design: a project based introduction. (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Eight or more Authors:

Standing, S., Ellis, H., Healey, J.C., Johanson, D., Williams, A., Collins, P.,...Shah, P. (Eds.). (2004). Grays anatomy: The anatomical basis of clinical practice (39^th ed.). Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingston. 

Edited Book:

Al-Sabbagh, M. (ed.). (2015). Complications in the implant dentistry. Series: Dental clinics of North America. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Chapter in a book:

Sparkes, V. (2010). Function of the Spine. In T.Everett & C.Kel (eds.), Human movement: an introductory text (pp.191-209) (6th ed.) Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston Elsevier.

Ebook:

Wear, A. (2000). Knowledge and practice in English medicine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/bham/detail/.action?docID=5004608

 

Reference to conference proceedings:

Example:

Mousavi, M., Mohammadi, H., & Soltaninejad N. (2014). First report of Phaeoacremonium minimum (Ascomycota, Calosphaeriales) on almond and cherry trees in Kerman province. 21^th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Urmia, Iran, pp. 28.

 

Reference to a thesis:

Examples:

Espargham, N. (2016). Isolation and identification of fungi associated with yellowing, dieback and decline of citrus in Bushehr Province. M.Sc. Thesis. Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

Kazemzadeh Chakusary, M. (2017). Etiology and distribution of forest trees decline in Guilan province with emphasis on isolation and identification of Phaeoacremonium and Botryosphaeriaceae species and the potential role of woody debris on the survival of the pathogens. Ph.D. Thesis. Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

 

• Unpublished data and personal communications should not be cited in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text. Titles of publications in languages other than English (German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian) should be replaced by an English translation, with an explanatory note at the end, such as (in Chinese with English abstract).

 

• In the case of publications in any language other than English, the titles of publications should be transliterated, and a notation such as "(in Russian)" or "(in Greek with English abstract)" should be added.