Guidelines to Authors

OVERVIEW

Journal of Crop and Weed is the official peer reviewed publication of the Crop and Weed Science Society since 2005. The editorial board of the Journal of Crop and Weed consists of Chief Editor, Executive Editor, Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members besides International Advisory Board. The Journal is available both as Print (ISSN 0974 6315) and Online (ISSN 2349 9400) version. The journal is abstracted in CABI and AGRICOLA. The journal has been awarded a score 5.46 by NAAS in 2023 and is also ranked by Index Copernicus International (ICV 2019: 74.54). The journal has been evaluated by Infobase Index with impact factor of 2.93 at 5.0 scale. The Global Impact Factor of the Journal is 0.632, Cosmos Impact Factor is 5.963 and International Scientific Index is 1.437. The Journal has been accepted at Open Academic Journal Index (CGIJ OAJI: 0.201) and added to the data base of the Electronic Journals Library. The CODEN code of the journal is JCWOAT. The Journal has also been forwarded to Thomson Reuters for Indexing. The journal is published triannually (April, August and December of every calendar year). Special issues are also published. The Journal presents a concrete repository accessible by the international community that work on or having interest in sustainable development in agricultural and allied sector.

AIMS AND SCOPE

The Journal of Crop and Weed aims at a pivotal point through which researchers / investigators and others become interested in publishing their research findings of importance to the improvement, production, protection, marketing, utilization, sustainable management of environmental and natural resources for the benefit of human beings and sustainable maintenance of life on this planet.

Articles in the journal are of interest to researchers, policy makers, educators, and practitioners. This journal aims to provide a bird's eye view of the latest research and advances in the field of agriculture and allied sectors. This journal seeks to provide the latest research and the best practices in the respective field. This journal provides theoretical and pragmatic viewpoints on rural development and also provide guidance to the user to inform their practices. The journal incorporate various advanced integrated research systems and applications.

The journal publishes original research works in the form of full research article, review article and short communication relating to the study on agri-horticultural crops, soil and weed, microbiology, forestry, animal husbandry, dairy, fishery, environment, biotechnology, tissue-culture, nanotechnology, biodiversity of plants, animals and microbes, sericulture, apiculture, lac culture, socio-economic analysis, extension methodology, statistics, ICT, ITKs, remote sensing and GIS, and other agricultural and allied fields. Review articles are received by invitation only.

The journal publish original research works in the form of full paper, review article and short communication relating to the study on agro-forestry, animal husbandry, poultry, fishery, environment, socio-economic analysis, and other agriculture and allied topics. For consideration as full paper, the journal invites quality article based on at least two years of experimentation, particularly the articles based on field trials. Review articles are received by invitation.

The Editorial Board of the “Journal of Crop and Weed'' invites recently published books for review. The books will be reviewed by the eminent teachers/scientists of the respective discipline. Authors and Publishers are requested to send the book for review to the Chief Editor, Journal of Crop and Weed, B2/442, Kalyani-741235, Nadia, West Bengal, India or e-mail at editorjcw@gmail.com.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Original research works are to be submitted for possible consideration of publication in the journal. A clear-cut description of the research work performed and the results obtained thereof in concurrence with the significant objective of the study to be presented lucidly. The outcome of the present work must be discussed vividly in reference to the previous work. The article must be enriched with sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. The manuscript should conform to the SI system for numerical data and data should be subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. The article should preferably be relating to the research work carried out during the last five years. Review articles should be thorough and comprehensive in the specific area with up-to-date information. Authors are held responsible solely for the scientific contents of the article.
Concurrent submission and or publication of the same research article in more than one journal is highly unethical and are to be discouraged at all levels. Authors should refrain from submitting a manuscript that has already been submitted / published in other journal.
If situation warrants, the authors may be asked for providing the raw data of their study for editorial review.
The manuscript will be subjected to scan by a reputed plagiarism detecting software. Hence, authors should ensure that they have worked, written and submit original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, including those have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported in the manuscript should have been appropriately cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, and any form is unethical and unacceptable.
Authorship of the manuscript is ascertained by the significant contributions to i) the concept, ii) designing the experiment, iii) execution, iv) data acquisition, v) analysis/ interpretation of the study; (vi) preparation of the manuscript viii) revision of the manuscript for its intellectual quality etc. All persons who made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript must be listed. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors as per their contribution listed above and no inappropriate co-authors are included and also verify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.
During submission of manuscript, the corresponding author (on behalf of all the co-authors) should disclose any conflict of interest that may influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. Potential conflicts of interest like financial research grants or funding for membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, other equity interest, paid expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements along with personal or professional relationships, affiliations etc. should clearly be disclosed.
Article prepared and submitted as per the Guidelines for Authors will only be considered for publication in the Journal. Student(s) pursuing Masters/ Ph. D./ Research Scholars should not submit manuscript directly for publication to the journal. He/she should submit article through his/her Research Supervisor/ Chairman of the advisory committee/ senior author along with his/her written approval.
Acknowledgement of others works those have substantial impact on determining the nature of the work in proper way forms the basis of any scientific communication and to be included in the ethical consideration of publication. Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and also cited such publications properly. Information obtained through private conversation, correspondence or discussion should be reported with the permission from the source.
Authors must clearly mention the involvement of any hazard associated with chemicals, procedures or equipment in the manuscript. In the event of involvement of animals or human, the authors should ensure the compliances with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has/have approved them; the manuscript should contain a statement to this effect. Authors should also include a statement in the manuscript that necessary consent was obtained for experimentation with human participants.
If the author discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their published work, it is their obligation to promptly intimate the same to the journal’s editor and cooperate with them to correct the article in the form of an erratum. If the editor or publisher notices that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, then it is the editors’ obligation to promptly correct or retract the article or bring it to the notice of the author to correct the article in the form of an erratum.
The journal follows a double-blind peer review process and all articles are subjected to peer reviewing. Research articles submitted for consideration of publication are first reviewed by editor(s)/ editorial board members of respective discipline. The editor may reject it out either because it is not dealing with the subject matter for the journal or because of its low quality. Articles found suitable are then sent to two experts of the respective discipline for review. Each and every article submitted for possible publication in the journal undergoes double blind peer review system; wherein identity of neither the authors nor the reviewers are disclosed. Articles are generally sent to at least two reviewers, one from outside the country and another from outside the province/state where the actual has been carried out. Reviewers are allowed a blanket to go through the content of the article without any prejudice or bindings; scientific content of the article remains the only criteria. Ethically, authors are obliged to participate in the double-blind peer review process and cooperate fully and promptly to editor’s request for review compliances including proof of ethics approval, patient consents and copyright permissions. The authors should comply to the reviewers’ comments/requirements systematically, point by point, and in a timely manner, revising and re-submitting their manuscript to the journal within the stipulated deadline given.
Decision of the Editorial Board is final.
All the authors must be the member of the Crop and Weed Science Society. For details of membership and subscription visit society’s website https://www.cwss.in.
Authors should provide the names and full address along with telephone and E-mail ID of minimum two experts from outside the state/province and two from outside the country in the relevant field of research.
Reprints: No reprints of the published article will be supplied by post to the authors. However, the author will get soft copies of the journal and can access the published article freely form the website www.cropandweed.com.
Processing fee: Along with the manuscript, a nominal processing fee of Rs. 500/- (non-refundable) be sent in the form of Bank’s Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary/Treasurer, Crop and Weed Science Society or by Direct Bank Transfer to society’s Account Number- 11151098081 at SBI Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, Code No. 1082.
All communications relating to publication in the journal should be addressed to the
Chief Editor
Journal of Crop and Weed
B2/442, P.O.- Kalyani
District- Nadia, West Bengal, India
PIN-741235
Email: editorjcw@gmail.com
Website: https://www.cropandweed.com
Status of the submitted article can only be accessed form the website www.cropandweed.com.
For any further queries or clarifications, the author(s) can contact the editorial office by telephone (+91 9433512268) from Monday to Friday (11:30 AM to 4:30 PM IST) or by email (editorjcw@gmail.com).
The Publication Ethics of the journal are available at https://www.cropandweed.com/ethics
Author(s) should strictly follow the format of a research article while preparing the manuscript.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

FORMAT OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE

1. TITLE PAGE (First Page of the Manuscript)

(a) Title: The manuscript title should be concise, specific and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae wherever possible. Times New Roman Font, 14 pt size, Bold, Sentence case, Double spaced, Centre alignment. Provide a short running title (6-7 words) of the article.

(b) Author(s) name: All authors of a manuscript should write their full name (Given name followed by Family name) and check that all names are accurately spelled. For multi-institutional team of authors, the names and respective addresses of all co-authors should be prefixed with superscript numerals. Times New Roman Font, 12 pt size, Bold, Uppercase/All caps, Double spaced, Centre alignment. Where available, include ORCiDs of the authors.

(c) Corresponding author: The name of the corresponding author should be prefixed with an Asterisk (*). The corresponding author will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility also includes answering any future queries about the manuscript. The active email id of the corresponding author should be given at the end of the addresses. Ensure that the e-mail address and contact details given are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

(d) Affiliation: Complete address of the institution(s) should be given for all author(s) in the same order of list of authors. The respective address of co-authors should be prefixed with superscript numerals. Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Italics, Sentence case, Double spaced, Centre alignment. If the address of any author(s) is changed during the peer review process, the updated address should be given in the revised manuscript.

Note: Please note that no changes to name of authors, sequence of authors and their addresses can be made after the paper is accepted. All such changes (if any) should be made in the revised manuscript before a final decision to be taken by the Chief Editor.

2. Second page should contain the Title of the manuscript followed by Abstract and Keywords. To ease the review process, Name(s) and address (es) of the author(s) should not be given on this and subsequent pages of the manuscript.

ABSTRACT

(a) Abstract: A concise and factual abstract must be given after the title page. Write the heading as ABSTRACT (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Uppercase/All Caps, Double spaced, Centre alignment). The body of the abstract (Times New Roman Font, 9 pt size, Italics, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment) should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions (not exceeding 150 words). An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, references should be avoided, but if extremely essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s) and give the fill reference in the reference section. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

(b) Keywords: Start with ‘Keywords:’ (Times New Roman Font, 9 pt size, Bold, Sentence case, Double spaced, Left alignment), followed by 5-6 keywords suitable for indexing in alphabetical order (Times New Roman Font, 9 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Left alignment).

(c) How to cite the article:

Gurung, S., Bhowmick, N., Gurung, S, Thapa, A., and Ghosh, A. 2022. Effect of girdling, etiolation and IBA on sprouting and rooting characteristics of kiwifruit under Eastern Himalayan condition of West Bengal. J. Crop and Weed, Vol(No.): 00-00.

3. INTRODUCTION

A brief introductory paragraph (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment, First line of each paragraph should have 0.25 inch indentation) without heading and explaining the rationale and objective of the paper with pertinent review of research work should be provided. No need to write the heading “Introduction”. After keywords, just start writing the introductory paragraph. The introduction should not be too lengthy.

4. MATERIALS AND METHODS

Write the heading as ‘MATERIALS AND METHODS’ (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Left alignment). It should provide adequate information on the materials used and techniques followed in sufficient detail to permit the work to be repeated. The year of experimentation, location of experiment (preferably with geographical coordinates and elevation), treatment details, experimental design and statistical methods employed for the collection and analysis of data, etc. should be provided. All information (techniques, analysis protocol, experimental design and statistical methods, etc.) should be supported with references, wherever applicable. Methods that are already published should be summarized and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described. The body of the Materials and Methods should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment and First line of each paragraph should have 0.25 inch indentation. The equations/formulae (if any) should be given using ‘Equation Tab’ or ‘Text Box’ available in MS Word Menu. For more than one equation/formula, each equation/formula should be numbered as ---i, ---ii, ---iii and so on. Please provide the equations/formulae as editable text and not as images. All measurements should be given in SI or SI-derived units. The following examples may be followed: 10 kg ha-1, 2.5 mg ml-1, etc. The scientific name of plants, insects, microbes, etc. should be given on their first mention in the manuscript and wherever necessary. Similarly, the active ingredient of commercial products should be mentioned in this section.

5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

(a) Results and Discussion: Write the heading as ‘RESULTS AND DISCUSSION’ (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Left alignment). Subheadings (if any) should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Italics, Sentence case, Double spaced, Left alignment. The Results and Discussion part should be combined to avoid repetitions and written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment and First line of each paragraph should have 0.25 inch indentation. This should illustrate the results obtained and the logical explanation for the said results in a clear and crisp language. This section should also explore the significance of the results of the work in relation to other relevant and recently published works. Same data should not be presented in table and figure simultaneously. The article should end with definite conclusion drawn from the results obtained in the light of rationale of the study. The results and discussion should preferably be supported by tables and figures. The number of tables and figures should be clearly mentioned in the relevant section of the text as Table 1, 2…. and Fig. 1, 2….

6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

If any, a brief acknowledgement may be given. Write the heading as ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Justify alignment). The acknowledgement should recognize the physical support, funding support, administrative help, analytical service, technical guidance, etc. received by the authors. The body of the acknowledgement should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment. This statement is optional.

7. DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

All authors mandatorily disclose following statements categorically. The statement should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment.

Conflict of interest (if any): Should be provided in brief.

A sample disclosure statement is as given below:

“The author(s) declare(s) no known conflict of interests that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.”

Author(s) contribution(s): Should be provided in brief categorically. Read authorship statement for details.

Author(s) statement: All authors read, reviewed, agreed and approved the final manuscript. The manuscript has not been submitted to any other journal for publication.

Note: Written consent must be obtained from all authors prior to publication.

Study area / Sample collection: The study area for the experiment has to be mentioned in brief.

Ethical approval: Should be provided in brief.

8. REFERENCES

(a) Citation in text: All citations in the text should refer to:

Single author: The author's family name (without initials unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication [e.g. ….reported by Mitra (2007) or ….with earlier work (Mitra, 2007)].
Two authors: Both authors' family names and the year of publication [e.g. ….reported by Singh and Kumar (2011) or ….with earlier work (Singh and Kumar, 2011)].
Three or more authors: first author's family name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication [e.g. ….reported by Pihur et al. (2008) or ….with earlier work (Pihur et al., 2008)].
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 [e.g. Sundaram (2015a and 2015b)].
Groups of references can be listed either first chronologically, and then alphabetically [e.g. …reported by previous workers (Joshi 2001a, 2001b; Sharma and Ali, 2003; Manikandan et al., 2003) or …as demonstrated by Joshi (2001a and 2001b), Sharma and Ali (2003) and Manikandan et al. (2003)].

(b) Reference list: Write the heading as REFERENCES (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Justify alignment). Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). All references should be given as per the recommended style of the journal and written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Double spaced, Justify alignment, 0.25 inch hanging indentation. Unpublished results are not recommended in the reference list as well as in the text. An article should not be referred as “in press’’. The reference should be cited in alphabetical order and should not be numbered. For web references, as a minimum, the full URL should be given and mention the date when the website was last accessed. Any further information, if available (e.g. DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), may also be given. The journal name should be given in abbreviated form. Please follow the abbreviation style of NLM Catalogue (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals) or CAS Source Index (https://cassi.cas.org/no-result.jsp) or UC Berkeley - Library Guides (https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/bioscience-journal-abbreviations), wherever possible. The recommended reference styles for various categories of publications are listed below.

Journal

Gurung, B., Dutta, S., Singh, K.N., Lama, A., Vennila, S. and Gurung, B. 2023. The development of a statistical model for forewarning Helicoverpa armigera infestation using beta regression. J. Crop and Weed, 19 (1): 210-15.

Journal with an article number

Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J. and Lupton, R.A. 2018. The art of writing a scientific article. Heliyon. 19, e00205.

Book

Kumar, S., Tripathi, A.K., Palsaniya, D.R. and Ghosh, P.K. 2022. A Textbook on Recent Advances in Agronomy. 1^st Edn., Kalynai Publishers, New Delhi, 462p.

Chapter in a book

Rodrigues, P.N., Machado, T., Pereira, L.S., Teixeira, J.L., El Amami, H.,Zairi, A. 2003. Feasibility of deficit irrigation with center-pivo to cope with limited water supplies in Alentejo, Portugal. In. Tools for Drought Mitigation in Mediterranean Regions (Eds. Rossi, G., Cancelliere, A., Pereira, L.S., Oweis, T., Shatanawi, M., Zairi, A.), Kluwer: Dordrecht Pub., The Netherlands, pp. 203–22.

Article in conference proceedings / Book of abstracts

Hazra, P. 2019. Smart horticulture for livelihood and nutritional security. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Agriskills for Convergence in Research, Industry and Livelihood. Crop and Weed Science Society, 28 November to 1 December, 2019, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India. pp. 42-45.

Reference to a website

First Advance Estimates of Production of Foodgrains for 2020-21. Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. 2021. https://agricoop.nic.in/sites/default/files/FirstEstimate2020-21.pdf accessed on 30 August, 2021.

9. TABLES AND FIGURES

(a) Table: Each table should be typed in Microsoft-Word Table format and not as image on a separate page at the end of the text (after references), and should be numbered using Arabic numerals. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their presentation in the text and place table notes, if any (for describing the abbreviation, alphabetical notations, etc. used in the table) below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article or in the figures. Construct the table in such a way so that it should not occupy much space and can be easily understandable by the readers. Horizontal and vertical lines within the table should not be marked. Avoid shading of table cells. Each table should contain a self-explanatory heading (e.g. Table 1: Effect of different treatments on growth and yield of paddy). The heading should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment. Download an article from journal’s website (https://www.cropandweed.com/) and construct a table accordingly.

(b) Figure: Provide figure either in JPEG or TIFF format. Please do not embed the figures in the text instead place the figures in separate page after the tables. Number the figures consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Only original figures and photographs of high resolution should be given. Standard format of graphs should preferably be used and legends (if any) should be given. As far as possible, figure should be constructed in black & white/grayscale mode. Coloured figure should be given if it is absolute necessary. Using 3D bar charts should be avoided if 3D does not add any additional information or clarity. Ensure that each figure has a suitable caption. The caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Explain all symbols and abbreviations used (if any) after the title. Symbols and lettering size will be 10 point in Times New Roman. The axis of the graph should be 0.5 point or 1.0 point. Do not draw figures with hairlines. Use black and white, hatched and cross hatched patterns for distinctness. Overlapping of the symbols and data should be avoided. Avoid variations in font size in a single figure. Use zero before a decimal number e.g. 0.3, 0.55 etc. Electronic changes or manipulation of micrographs or other digital figures / images are not allowed. Linear adjustment of contrast and brightness of colour may be applied to the entire image or plate equally. If more than one figures are grouped into a single figure, each sub-figure should be sequentially marked with alphabets as (a), (b), (c)… and described in the figure caption (e.g. Fig. 1: Visualization of the GRN using Cytoscape Software based on different scoring methods (a) Correlation, (b) Partial Least Square, (c) Principal Component Regression, (d) Ridge Regression and (e) Fisher’s weighted method). The figure caption should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment. The artwork (e.g. image, graphics) should be of minimum 300 dpi resolution. Please do not use any artwork which are optimized for screen use (e.g. GIF, BMP, WPG, etc.) and of low resolution. Do not submit any image that are disproportionately large for the content. All maps/satellite images should have a measure of scale (e.g. scale bar), north arrow (or directional grid), and a legend and all print should be legible after 1/4th size reduction. Download an article from journal’s website (https://www.cropandweed.com/) and construct the figures accordingly. If required, journal may ask you to submit editable file of the figures.

10. ETHICAL STATEMENT

This section will start from a new page.

(a) Animal and clinical studies: Investigations using experimental animals must state in the Materials and Methods section that the research was conducted in accordance with the internationally accepted principles for laboratory animal use and care as recommended by the competent authority [e.g. Office of Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animal (CPCSEA), Govt. of India] along with Approval No. and Registration No. of approving authority. The editor may reject papers if there is any doubt about the suitability of the animal used.

(b) Biodiversity rights: Each country has its own rights on its biodiversity. Consequently, for studying plants one needs to follow the international, national and institutional rules concerning the biodiversity rights. The author(s) must state that they have not breached any Acts or Rules pertains to Biodiversity rights of any country or state.

The author(s) must declare that, “The study was performed according to the international, national and institutional rules considering animal experiments, clinical studies and biodiversity rights. Necessary approval has been obtained from ___________________ Vide Approval No. ________________ dated ________.”

If the work does not involve any animal experiments or is not related to biodiversity rights, the author(s) should write “Not applicable”.

Write the heading as ETHICAL STATEMENT (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Left alignment). The statement should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment.

11. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT FOR USING THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL

The author(s) must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in the article. The use of short extracts of text citing the original authors is usually permitted for writing prior art or discussion. However, if author(s) wants to include any other material (e.g. tables, figures, dataset, artwork/photographs, diagram, design, etc.) in the paper which is protected by copyrights, they have to mandatorily obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission and the source of the materials used should be indicated in the article.

The author(s) must declare that “The article contains copyrights protected material and necessary permission has been obtained from the copyright holder”.

In such cases, the journal may request you to submit a copy of the permission letter.

If the work does not use any copyrighted material, the author(s) should mention “The article does not contain any copyrights protected material”.

Write the heading as COPYRIGHT STATEMENT (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Left alignment). The statement should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment.

12. AUTHORSHIP STATEMENT

For transparency, we encourage authors to submit an authorship statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant roles: Conceptualization; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Fund acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Literature survey; Manuscript writing, Manuscript editing; etc. Write the heading as AUTHORSHIP STATEMENT (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Left alignment). The statement should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Justify alignment. The statement may be written as follows.

Name of Author A: Idea conceptualization, experimentation and manuscript writing

Name of Author B: Data analysis

Name of Author C: Literature survey and manuscript editing

Name of Author D: …….

13. LIST OF ABBREVIATION

If any abbreviations (other than standard abbreviations) or short name of chemicals/ formulations, etc. are used in the article, the author(s) should provide a list of all such abbreviation along with their expanded form to facilitate the reviewers. All such non-standard abbreviation must be defined at their first mention in the article itself. If the article does not contain any such abbreviation, the author(s) should mention “Not applicable”. Write the heading as LIST OF ABBREVIATION (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Left alignment). The list of abbreviation should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Left alignment.

14. SUBMISSION DECLARATION

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or an 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, including electronically without the written consent of the Journal of Crop and Weed. A sample Submission Declaration is as given below.

“I/We hereby declare that

the article is an original work carried out by the authors,
the work is done within the previous five years of the submission,
the work is in no way contravenes the publication ethics of the Journal of Crop and Weed,
while preparing the manuscript, copying and or plagiarizing has been avoided,
the article, in part or full, has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere,
the article has been approved by all authors for submission to the Journal,
there is no conflict of interest among the authors or any other individual or organisation etc.,
if accepted, the article will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the Journal of Crop and Weed,
all persons/establishments who have contributed to the said work in terms of financial/intellectual and other helps have been duly acknowledged,
copyright of the article (if published) will be vested on the Crop and Weed Science Society, and
the article can be published in Journal’s website as open access.”

Write the heading as SUBMISSION DECLARATION (Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Bold, Upper case/All Caps, Double spaced, Left alignment). The statement should be written in Times New Roman Font, 10 pt size, Sentence case, Double spaced, Left alignment. To verify originality, your article will be checked by the plagiarism detection software, failing which the article will be rejected.

15. LIST OF POTENTIAL REVIEWERS

The author(s) are requested to provide a list of minimum four potential reviewers. However, it is not an indication that your paper will be sent to the same reviewers. The list of reviewers should be furnished in the following format.

S.N.	Name	Designation	Institute	Specialization	Email ID
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FORMAT OF A SHORT COMMUNICATION

1. TITLE PAGE

The title page should be prepared as described in the ‘Format of a Research Article’.

Abstract and Keywords

It should be prepared as described in the ‘Format of a Research Article’.

3. MAIN TEXT

Main text should be written within 2000 words including Tables, Figures and References. Author(s) may divide the Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, etc. into different paragraphs but without any Heading. A maximum of 2 tables and/or figures and/or artwork is allowed. The author(s) should avoid large tables or illustration and present only important results/data in tables/figures.

4. REFERENCES

A maximum of 15 references is allowed.

Note: Please follow the same guidelines in respect of type, size and case of font, line spacing, paragraph indentation, reference style, construction of tables/figures/artwork, etc. as given in the ‘Format of a Research Article’.

SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

Author(s) should use the following check list before submitting an article to the journal. Please ensure that the following points have been addressed:

The manuscript has been prepared in Microsoft Word and saved as ‘Word 97-2003 document (*.doc)’ format.
Each page of the manuscript has been numbered at bottom centre.
The name of each author has been correctly spelled.
One author has been designated as the corresponding author and marked with asterisk (*).
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