Guidelines for Journal of Crop Ecophysiology
Journal of Crop Ecophysiology reviews research articles and results of scientific research in the field of related sciences that have not been previously published in other journals or have not been sent to other journals at the sam
Writing method
The article should be written on A4 paper with one centimeter (single) space between lines, 2.5 cm margins on the sides, 4 cm from the top and 3 cm from the bottom of the page, and all the pages of the article should be numbered consecutively
The article should be typed and sent with the 2003 or 2007 Word software under Windows XP in the form of Persian and English one-column summaries and two-column text, maximum of 15 pages. Persian texts should be typed with B Nazanin font and 13 thin font, and English texts should be typed with Times New Roman font and 12 thin font, article title with 16 thick font, main titles (abstract, introduction, etc.) with 14 thick font, subtitles with 12 thick font, and authors' names with 11 thick font
Order of Sections
The sections of the article should be arranged as follows: specification sheet and text of the article including title, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, general conclusion, acknowledgments, references used and English abstract. Results and discussion may be presented together or separately
Article Specification Sheet
The title of the article, name and surname, position of the author(s), the name of the university or research institute where the author(s) is engaged in research, or the address of the corresponding author, should be mentioned on a separate page in Farsi and English
Title
It should be short and comprehensive and should not exceed 20 words and should be placed at the top of the first page. The English translation of the title in small letters should also be written under the Persian title. (In the title page, abstract and in the text of the article, the name and surname and other details of the author(s) should not be mentioned in any way)
Abstract
It should be concise, clear and comprehensive and should not exceed 250 words if possible and should be placed on the same page after the title. Keywords between 3 and 6 words should be mentioned immediately after the abstract. In addition, the English abstract should be given separately and translated from the Persian abstract at the end of the article
Introduction
It includes the introduction of the topic under review, the necessity of conducting research and reviewing scientific sources and previous researches based on published documents. At the end of the introduction, the purpose of the research should be mentioned clearly.In the text of the article, the scientific name (genus and species) is written in italics, and when the name of the species is mentioned for the first time, it is necessary to put the scientific name in parentheses with the mention of the genus and species and immediately with the common name, and in case of repetition, the common name is written and the genus and species are avoided. Weights and values should be expressed in the metric system.The sources used in the article should be only from the sources mentioned in the list of sources and should be specified in the form of name and year (name in Latin and year in AD) and old sources should not be used as much as possible
Materials and Methods
It includes the introduction of the experimental design or project and the explanation of the tools and materials used and the full description of the investigation methods, but at the same time, there is no need for a full description of the adopted methods and only mentioning the principles and sources is sufficient
Results & Discussion
This part includes text, tables, images and diagrams (under the general title of figure) which are analyzed and evaluated and discussed. In this connection, the following points should be considered: The contents of the tables should not be repeated in the article. Each table consists of number, title, header and text. The title of the tables should be brief and descriptive, so that there is no need to refer to the text of the article and should be given at the top of the table. The titles of the tables and figures should be typed in Farsi and English, and the text of the tables should be typed in English. Each table is distinguished by a horizontal line of number and title. Also, the header is separated from the table text with a horizontal line and a horizontal line is drawn below the table text. Figures, images and diagrams (generally under the title of figure) should be sent with appropriate quality and clearly along with the relevant file. Explanation of photos, images and diagrams below them in Persian and English
Acknowledgments
It is possible to give short and brief thanks to the people who helped in conducting the research or who played an important role in providing the budget, facilities and work supplies
Reference
Reference to the source in the text of the article is made after mentioning an important matter. The desired source to which the article is referred is given at the end of the sentence and inside parentheses with the name and year in Farsi and English (name in English and year in AD). If the name of the author(s) is mentioned in the text, the name of the author is typed in Farsi, and for sources that have one or two authors, both names are used, and for sources that have more than two authors, the name of the first person is used first, and then the word "collaborators" is used. The list of sources should be in English (all the Persian sources used must be written in English and put in Persian at the end) and arranged alphabetically as described in the examples below
Naderi, M.R., G. Nour-mohammadi, I. Majidi, F. Darvish, A.H. Shirani-rad, and H. Madani. 2006. Evaluation of summer safflower reaction to different intensities of drought stress at Isfahan region. Iranian Journal of Crop Science. 7 (3): 212-225. (In Persian)
Hung, J., and R.E. Redmann. 1995. Solute adjustment to salinity and calcium supply in cultivated and wild barley. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 18(7):1371-1389
Lynch, J., G.R. Cramer, and A. Lauchli. 2001. Salinity reduces membrane associated calcium in corn root protoplasts. Plant Physiology. 113:390-394
Shannon, M.C. 1985. Principles and strategies in breeding for higher salt tolerance. Plant and Soil. 89:227-241
Important points
The names of all journals used in the reference list should be written in full. In Persian magazines, the English name should be extracted and inserted from the magazine website. Do not translate the magazine verbatim