Submissions

Author Guidelines

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS

Aims and Scope

Ife Journal of Agriculture primarily publishes original scientific papers in the field of Agriculture.  It also publishes commissioned reviews and theoretical papers on agricultural development in the tropical world.  The Journal publishes 3 issues in a year/volume. Once every two years, a special edition that publishes full papers presented at the Biennial International Conference organized by the Faculty, dealing with the theme of the conference, is released.

Manuscripts

1. GENERAL: Manuscripts (MS) should be written in English, and the manuscript must not have been offered for prior or simultaneous publication elsewhere. The article should be a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 20, A4, double line spacing, double column (except abstract), font size 12, Times New Roman paper pages, including tables, figures, and references are acceptable.

TEXT: Manuscripts should be typewritten, double-spaced throughout (including abstracts, footnote and references), with at least 2.5cm margins on the left side, top, and bottom. Every page should be numbered in the lower right-hand corner, including the title page, references, tables, etc.  Text figures should be cited as “Fig. 1” or “Figs 5-7' etc.  Citation of references in the text should be chronological and follow the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. For instance, “Adebayo (2017) reported…. “Or “This was reported to be the opinion of (Adebayo, 2017; 2017) or (Adebayo, 2016; Aina, 2017). When more than two authors wrote an article, it should be cited with the surname of the first author followed by “et al,” written in italics. Footnotes should be minimized, typed at the bottom of the page to which they refer, and separated from the text by a line.  Major headings (i.e., Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Recommendation, References) should be written in upper case, while subheadings within the major headings should be written in sentence case.

The organization of the text should be in the following order.

1. Title Page- Title of paper should be in capital letters and in font size 14. No abbreviation of authorities, and must be catchy, brief (maximum of 22 words), but reflective of all important aspects of the manuscript.

Name(s) of author(s) should be written as Surnames first, followed by initials and an asterisk before the name of the corresponding author. Authors' affiliations with E-mail address(es) and Telephone Number(s) of the Corresponding Author should be in italics and not in bold letters. Authors’ names should be written in title case.

1. Abstract (in italics) should not be more than 250 words and follow this pattern (Introduction, objectives, Materials and Methods, Results, andConclusion (Recommendation optional). Authors should provide a maximum of five keywords at the end of the abstract.
2. Introduction: This should provide a brief background to the study and suscint review of relevant literature in order to identify knowledge gaps from previous studies (i.e., strong justification for the study). The Introduction should end with short statements of the objective(s) of the study.
3. Materials and Methods: This aspect should provide sufficient details of the location where the study was conducted, the materials, instruments, equipment, and laboratory reagents and apparatus used, with references where applicable.

For enumeration and measurements, use numerals whenever a number is followed by a standard unit of measurement, e.g., 1g, 9 days; otherwise, use words for one through nine and numerals for larger numbers.  Report all data in metric units and provide at least a measure of variability (e.g. standard error or standard deviation) when reporting quantitative data.  Abbreviations of commonly used terms should follow the CBE style manual.  Other terms may be spelled out with the abbreviated form first mentioned.  The complete scientific name with the appropriate authority should be given at the time of first mention for organisms, but this is not required for common species of domestic animals. Pesticides (including antibiotics, etc.) should be referred to by their approved common name throughout the text, but the proprietary information should be provided as a footnote on first mention.

Underlining/Italics: Scientific names and phrases such as “et al.” are to be written in italics. Certain headings as well as names of series and periodicals should be underlined once. Words that will be printed in capital letters (e.g., authors' names beneath titles and certain headings) should have a wavy line beneath them.

Formulae

1. Formulae should be typewritten, if possible. Leave ample space around the formulae.
2. Giving the meanings of all symbols immediately after the equation in which they are first used.
3. Levels of statistical significance which can be mentioned without further explanation are * = p. 0.05, ** = p, 0.01 and *** = 0.001.
4. In the chemical formulae, valency of ions should be given as, e.g., Ca²⁺ and CO, e.g., Ca²⁺ and CO^2-_3- not as Ca⁺⁺ or CO₃^-
5. Isotope numbers should precede the symbol. e.g. 14C

 

1. Results: These must be clear and concise with the help of well-laid-out tables, figures, plates, and illustrations.

Tables

Tables should be as simple and as few as feasible for the presentation of the essential results.  Large Tables should be avoided.  It is advised that tables should be prepared using the Table feature of the MS Words. Each table must be numbered according to its sequence in the text from 1, 2.. to the last table.  The caption/title of each table should be brief and self-explanatory, written in sentence case with bold lettering at the top of the table. Every table must be properly cited in the text.  The table must contain no vertical lines/rules to separate columns and only horizontal lines to demarcate the column titles; the end of the table must be retained. Column headings should be written in bold letters, brief, but sufficiently explanatory, with acceptable standard unit of measurement where applicable. A footnote may be provided after the last horizontal line of the table to define clearly special terms, symbols, and abbreviations used in the table. Each table should be self-explanatory.

Illustrations and Figures

Illustrations and figures (e.g., line graph, pie chart, histogram, barchart etc.) should be numbered according to their sequences in the text just like the table numbering style. Each illustration/figure should have titles/captions written with bold lettering in sentence case below the figure. The caption must clearly and correctly summarize the content of the illustration/figure.  References should be made to each figure in the text.

Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity.  Sharp and glossy copies are required:  Reproduction of photographs already printed cannot be accepted.

1. Discussion: This section should discuss the implications and applications of the new findings succinctly and relate the findings to existing relevant studies. It should cover the implications of findings.
2. References: All literature citations should be presented in a list of references following the text of the MS.  The list should be arranged alphabetically by authors' names and chronologically by author.  Where an author is also cited with co-authors, the following order should be adopted in the reference list; publication of the single author arranged chronologically, publications of the same author with a single co-author, publications of the author with more than one co-author.  Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be listed as 1979a.etc.  The full title for each reference must be given, as well as the complete paging for all items.  Abbreviations of serial periodicals must follow the World List of Scientific Periodicals or the union list of serials.  Examples of citations are as follows:

 

REFERENCE FORMAT

Article in Periodical

Ogunyemi, E.A. (1979).  The effect of plant population on sunflower (helianthus annus L.) seed yield in Southwestern Nigeria. Ife. Journal of Agriculture 37: 51-58

Steel, R.G.D. and Torrie, J.H. (1960). Principles and Procedures in Statistics. McGraw-Hill, New York, 481 pp.

Contribution to a book

Burkholder. W.E. (1970). Pheromone research with stored-product (Coleoptera., pp 1-20. In D.L. Wood, R.M. Silver and M. Nakajims (Eds). Control of insect behavior by natural products. Academic press New York, and London. 345pp.

Serial

Croft, B.A. and McGroaty, D.L. (1977).  The role of Amblyseius fallacis (Acarina: Phytoselldae) in Michigan apple Orchards. Michigan State. Univ. Res. Rept. 333. 24pp

 

1. Submission of manuscript     

Papers for consideration should be submitted through the Journal’s website www.ifejournalagric    to ifejournalagric@oauife.edu.ng with the submission of the evidence (scanned) of the payment of 4000 Naira for the review process.

1. Publication Charges

Handling fee of N7000 (Seven Thousand Naira only) shall be paid after the manuscript has passed the plagiarism test, the AI tests, and compliance with the format of the Journal’s format.

A typewritten, A4, double line spacing, TimesNewRoman 12 font size paper page attracts a flat publication charge of N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira only) per article.

 

1.  Publication Process

• Submission by the author(s) to the manuscript central of the Journal (authors are requested to provide names, emails, phone number and official address 2 possible reviewers of their manuscripts.
• Test of plagiarism, AI, and conformity to the Journal’s formats will be performed on the manuscript. A minimum score of 20% similarity index and 30% AI content is considered the acceptable standard.
• Manuscript that filed the tests will be returned to the corresponding author(s) with the results of plagiarism and AI test for restructuring of the manuscript
• Authors of manuscripts that pass the tests will be asked to pay the handling charge of N7000, and the manuscript will be sent to the editor in charge of the area of specialization.
• The editor sends the manuscript to 2 reviewers blindly and gives 2 weeks' deadline to the reviewers to submit his/her reports on the manuscript.
• The reports of the reviewers are sent back to the authors to effect revision of their manuscript.
• The revised version of the manuscript from the authors is sent to the editor to ensure all corrections are made.
• After satisfactory revision, the manuscript is sent to the proofreading and layout editor to produce the galley proof.
• A letter of acceptance is issued to the authors at this stage, and the authors are asked to make payment of the publication charge
• The galley proof is sent to the author for minor editorial correction before final publication.
• The final online publication of the manuscript.

 

BANK DETAILS

Account Name: Ife-journal of Agric.

Account Number: 2000431767.

Bank Name: First Bank PLC.

 

For futher Enquiries:

Email: ifejournalagric@oauife.edu.ng

Phone: 08038606334