Call for Manuscript

2024-09-16

Call For Manuscript

https://journals.unizik.edu.ng/afnrj 

About Journal

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Journal (AFNRJ) is an international peer-reviewed, open-access, and print journal. AFNRJ is the official scientific journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research papers, short communications, reviews, and comments. The emphasis is on Animal Science, Crop Science, Forest Science, Wildlife Management, Food Science and Technology,  Fisheries, Aquaculture Management, Climate Change and Environmental Management, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, Horticulture, Rural Sociology, Soil Science, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Agroforestry Practice, Biotechnology, Biomass, Carbon, and Bioenergy;  Genetics and Breeding; Molecular Biology; Landscape Ecology, Biometrics and Remote Sensing, Conservation and Ecotourism, Home Science, Rangeland Management, and other relevant fields.

AFNRJ provides a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI), ORCID integrated and indexed in OpenAIRE, Google Scholar, Zenodo, CERN Open Science, and UnizikSpace institutional repository

manuscripts that exceed 25% similarity index will not be accepted for publication in AFNRJ

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Manuscripts for AFNRJ must be written in UK English. Authors whose native language is not English must have their manuscripts checked by a native English speaker before submission. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed by referees selected by the editor and will be published in approximately the order in which the final version is received. Manuscripts will be judged based on originality, innovativeness, relevancy, and acceptance based on reviewers’ recommendations. Upon acceptance for publication, the manuscript must not be published again in any form without the written consent of both the author(s) and editor.

Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts for publication in AFNRJ must be submitted electronically as text files saved in MS Word to [email protected]. Submission must be by the author(s) to whom acknowledgment of receipt and other correspondence will be addressed. Any manuscript submitted must be unpublished work not being offered for publication elsewhere. Upon submission, a manuscript number will be emailed to the corresponding author within 72 hours.

General Format

The manuscript should be typewritten with double spacing on one side of standard A4. The text should be prepared in single-column format, 12pt New Times Roman. Headings except the abstract should be bold and capitalized. Subheadings should also be bold with keywords starting with a capital letter.

  • Original Full-Length Research Manuscript: Maximum of 15 double-spaced typewritten pages
  • Review Papers: 18-20 double-spaced typewritten pages
  • Short Communication: 5–7 double-spaced typewritten pages,

 Manuscript Structure

 The order of the sections should be as follows: title, author(s), address, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, acknowledgment (if applicable), conflict of interest, authors’ contributions, and references.

✔ First Page (this page is required as a metadata page and should not be counted as part of the manuscript)
● Title of manuscript
● List all authors, affiliations, emails, and phone numbers (WhatsApp preferable)
● Open Researcher and Contributor IDentity (ORCID). All authors must provide their ORCID. Authors who don’t have ORCID should register for free using this link: https://orcid.org/signin. 

✔ Second Page
Title Page
The title page should contain the title of the manuscript, the name(s) of the author(s), and their affiliations. The title should not contain any abbreviation, and it should enlighten the contents of the manuscript. The affiliations should contain the department, institution, city, state, and country. A superscript number must be provided after each author's name and in front of their addresses for identification. The corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk and the e-mail address provided.
Authors’ names should be written in full: First name, Middle name, and Surname in Capitals (e.g. Abubakar Bolaji SOMTOCHUKWU1*, Sarah JOHN2 & Kenechi Toyin HASSAN1)

ABSTRACT

The abstract should be concise, informative, and not exceed 250 words. The abstract should be arranged in one paragraph, covering a brief description of the purpose of the work. Techniques, methods, and the design used. Major findings with relevant statistics, p-values, and confidence intervals.  Major conclusions and recommendations.

Keywords

Between 4 and 6 keywords should be provided. Authors should try as much as possible that keywords should contain the words not in the title and avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of').

✔       The third to last page
INTRODUCTION (TIMES NEW ROMAN, CAPITAL, BOLD, 12 FONT)

This section should provide a factual background, a clearly defined problem, a proposed solution, and the scope and justification of the work done. All these should be backed by relevant literature.  Ninety percent (90%) of the literature used should not be more than TEN years from the date the work was carried out, except in exceptional cases.

MATERIAL AND METHODS (TIMES NEW ROMAN, CAPITAL, BOLD, 12 FONT) This section should provide adequate information that will allow the experiment to be reproduced. Already published methods should be mentioned with references. Significant modifications of published methods and new methods should be described in detail. This section should include sub-sections based on the test or investigation carried out following the format below:

Subheading (Times New Roman, Bold, 12 Font) - Second Level Heading. Note: All the keywords must start with a capital letter.

Sub-subheading (Times New Roman, bold, 12 font) - Third-level heading. Note: Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

Sub-sub-subheading (Times New Roman, italics, bold 12 font) - Forth level heading. Note:

Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Results should be clearly described concisely. Results for different parameters should be described under subheadings or in separate paragraphs.  Table or figure numbers should be mentioned in parentheses for better understanding. Discussion must not repeat the results but provide a detailed interpretation of the data. This should interpret the significance of the findings of the work. Recent citations should be given in support of the findings (note: 90% of the citations must be from literature published not more than TEN years from when the work was carried out). The results and discussion may be separated. But it is recommended that the sections be joined. As in the material and method section, this section must include sub-sections based on the results of the test or investigation carried out following the format below:

Subheading (Times New Roman, Bold, 12 Font) Second Level Heading. Note: All the keywords must start with a capital letter.

Sub-subheading (Times New Roman, bold, 12 font) - Third-level heading. Note: Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

Sub-sub-subheading (Times New Roman, italics, bold 12 font) - Forth level heading. Note:

Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be placed inside the text. Tables and figures must be presented in relation to their appearance in the text. It is suggested that the discussion about the tables and figures should appear in the text before the appearance of the respective tables and figures. No tables or figures should be given without discussion or reference inside the text.

Tables should be explanatory enough to be understandable without any text reference. Single spacing should be maintained throughout the table, including table headings and footnotes. Table headings should be placed above the table. Footnotes should be placed below the table with superscript. lowercase letters.

Each figure should have a caption. The caption should be concise and typed separately, outside the figure area. Figures should be self-explanatory. Information presented in the figure should not be repeated in the table. All symbols and abbreviations used in the illustrations should be defined clearly. Figure legends should be given below the figures.

CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions should be based strictly on the major findings from the study. It is recommended that the conclusions be itemised using Arabic numerals.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A brief acknowledgment section may be given after the conclusion section just before the references. The acknowledgments of people who assisted in manuscript preparation, funding for research, etc. should be listed in this section. All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgment. Authors should declare the role of the funding agency, if any, in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors should so state.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Authors must declare any conflict of interest. If there are no competing interests to declare, the authors should include a statement in the article to confirm that there are no relevant financial or non-financial competing interests to report. Example: The authors declared that there is no conflict of interest.

AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS

For instance: CJU & OPO managed data collection, interpretation of data, writing of manuscript, material support, and review of manuscripts and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. OPO and B.I. managed the literature searches. SOC managed the development of methodology, data analysis, and the development of the model. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

FUNDING
Authors must declare if the paper submitted is funded by a grant or not. If funded, the author should provide information such as funder, Grant reference number, etc.
ETHICAL APPROVAL
Authors must have ethical approval for empirical research that involves animals, humans, and other species where applicable.

REFERENCES

Authors are required to pay special attention to the accuracy and correct presentation of references. All references must be arranged first alphabetically and then chronologically. Author(s) should follow the latest edition of the 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) style in referencing. Please visit www.apastyle.org to learn more about APA style or Click to DOWNLOAD APA Reference Example Guide (PDF).

In-text references should be cited by giving the author's name and year of publication (Ebenebe, 2024). In the case of two authors (Meludu & Chukwu, 2023), and in the case of more than two authors (Igwe et al., 2006). If the reference is provided by the same author(s) in the same year, it must be identified by the letters "a," "b,"  "c,"  etc., which are placed after the publication year (Ikeogu, 2022a). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. Examples: "as demonstrated (Agu, 2011a, 2011b, 2011; Agu & Obasi, 2012; Chukwu et al., 2012; Ezenwenyi and Umeh, 2013; Ojomah 2020).

References to unpublished personal communications or in the press should be avoided. 90 % of the references must have a DOI or URL (link) where the manuscript was published, not a third-party link such as ResearchGate). The references should conform to the following style and punctuation:

Journal Article

Ogana, FN., Chukwu, O. & Ajayi, S. (2020). Tree Size Distribution Modelling: Moving from Complexity to Finite Mixture.  Journal of Forest and Environmental Science, 36(1), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.7747/JFES.2020.36.1.7 

Kiribou, R., Tehoda, P., Chukwu, O., Bempah, G., Ku¨hl, H. S., Ferreira, J., Sop, T., Carvalho, J., Mengel, M., Kulik, L., Mucyo, J.P.S., Hoek, Y.V.D, & Heinicke, S. (2024). Exposure of African ape sites to climate change impacts. PLOS Climate, 3(2), e0000345. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000345

Conference Proceedings

  • Conference proceedings published in a journal

Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

  • Conference proceedings published as a whole book

Kushilevitz, E., & Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 9562. Theory of cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49096-9

  • Conference proceedings published as a book chapter

Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization (pp. 225–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21

Conference presentations

  • Conference presentation

Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video

  • Abstract of a conference presentation

Cacioppo, S. (2019, April 25–28). Evolutionary theory of social connections: Past, present, and future [Conference presentation abstract]. Ninety-ninth annual convention of the Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA, United States. https://westernpsych.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WPA-Program-2019-Final-2.pdf

Book

Nwoboshi LC (1982). Tropical silviculture: Principle and techniques. Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, Nigeria. 333p. https://doi.org/10.1037/JANH168-000 

Contribution to a Book (book chapter in an edited book)

Mettam, G.R. & Adams, L.B. (1999). How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith, R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281–304.

Web pages

Bologna, C. (2019, October 31). Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies? HuffPost.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e  Accessed 26 June 2024.

Units of Measurement: Units of measurement should be presented simply and concisely using System International (SI) units.

Preparation of Figures

All figures should be cited and presented in the paper in consecutive order (e.g. Figure 1:). Figures should be supplied as JPEG or PNG formats. Images should be of 300 dpi resolution at least unless the resolution is intentionally set to a lower level for scientific reasons. If an image has labels, the image and labels should be embedded in separate layers. The title of the image or figure should be provided below the image or figure.

Preparation of Tables

Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title, and if numerical measurements are given (e.g., Table 1: Table showing the number of crops utilized for this study), the units should be included in the column heading. Vertical rules should not be used (please see the table below or refer to an already published paper in AFNRJ).

Table 1: Bird species composition in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Habitat

Forested

Open

Pooled

Number of Families

25

24

28

Number of bird species

57

55

73

Total number of individual birds

1019

965

1984

Shannon Weiner's diversity index (H-)

3.20

3.18

3.19

Pielou’s species evenness index (E)

0.461

0.463

0.46

Source: Ukpeli et al. (2024)

Results from Tables and figures should be presented first before corresponding Tables or figures

Equations

All equations should be prepared using Microsoft Equation Editor and numbered in order from starting, and the notations used in the various equations explained after the equation.

 Article Processing Cost (APC)

AFNRJ has no funding or sponsorship; hence, the author pays the following one-time fees to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management.

  • Authors, resident Nigeria:

Submission fee (non-refundable): N5,000

Publication fee (accepted manuscript): N15,000

  • Authors resident outside Nigeria:
  1. Low-income Countries: APC: $40 or its Euro Equivalent
  2. Middle-income Countries: APC: $60 or its Euro Equivalent
  3. High-income Countries: APC: $200 or its Euro Equivalent

The manuscript received will be subject to a thorough peer review. However, the decision on acceptance or rejection of an article rests entirely upon the reviewers’ reports and Editorial Board members. Authors of accepted papers will be required to proceed with payment of the publication fee and submit a corrected copy of the manuscript with evidence of payment.

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Editor-in-Chief

Dr Onyekachi Chukwu

Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

[email protected]

+234 803 263 3835

Business Editor

Mrs. Chiamaka C. Obasi

Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

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