Preface
The Journal of Emergy, Life Cycle and System Analysis in Agriculture (JELSA) welcomes articles in various areas of agriculture from all over the world. Contributions must be original and have not previously been published elsewhere. Please be ensure that there are no conflicts between the authors before submitting. Before being published, manuscripts submitted to Journal of Emergy, Life Cycle and System Analysis in Agriculture (JELSA) are critically reviewed. The purpose of the review is to reassure readers that the papers have been approved by competent and unbiased professionals. The manuscript should be submitted only via the Journal of Emergy, Life Cycle and System Analysis in Agriculture (JELSA) Editorial System (www.aes.uoz.ac.ir). All papers are available free of charge at the Journal’s webpage.
Types of article
The following types of contribution are published in Journal of Emergy, Life Cycle and System Analysis in Agriculture (JELSA):
Original research article: It should describe novel and well validated findings, and experimental techniques should be described in sufficient detail to allow the study to be verified. Research papers of 6000-8000 words in length, with tables, illustrations and references, in which hypotheses are tested and results reported.
Review article: Review and perspective on current issues are accepted and encouraged. The format and length of review papers are more flexible than for a full paper. Typical reviews are less than 12000 words including references.
Short Communications: It is appropriate for recording the results of small-scale research or providing information on novel models or hypotheses, innovative methodologies, procedures, or apparatus. Research papers of 2500-3500 words in length, with tables, illustrations and references.
Structure of Articles
Text should be written in a succinct and cohesive manner, with an emphasis on significant points, conclusions, breakthroughs, or discoveries, as well as their broader relevance. All running text should be saved as a Word document with Times New Roman 12, 1.5 spacing. Figures and tables can be put within the text or at the bottom. Figures should have a high enough resolution to allow for refereeing.
The original research articles should contain the following sections:
Title
The title should be clear, intelligible to experts in different disciplines, and represent the substance of the article. There may be no abbreviations in the title.
Name(s) of the author (s) not visible in the manuscript (Double Blind Reviews).
Abstract
The title's information does not need to be duplicated in the abstract. The abstract should not be more than 350 words long. It must include the study's goal, methods, findings, and conclusions. Abbreviations should be used sparingly and explained when first used.
Keywords
Provide a maximum of six keywords, covering the most precise phrases in the article. They should explain the subject and results and should not be the same as the terms used in the title.
Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Material and methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. 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.
Results
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Appendices
If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements of persons, grants, money, and so forth should be included before the reference list in a distinct section.
References
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). In the text, papers with more than two authors should be cited by the last name of the first author, followed by et al., (in italics), space, and the year of publication (example: Jones et al., 2020). If the cited manuscript has two authors, the citation should include both last names, space, and the publication year (example: Smith and Ebrahim, 2018).
In the Reference section, a maximum of ten authors of the cited paper may be given. All references cited in the text must be listed in the Reference section alphabetically by the last names of the author(s) and then chronologically.
Format for Periodical
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Author, A.A., Author, B.B., Author, C.C., Year of publication. Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy |
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Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2010. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Sc.2010.00372. |
Format for Books
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Author, A.A., Year of publication. Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. |
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Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 2000. The Elements of Style, fourth ed. Longman, New York. |
Chapter in an Edited Book
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Author, A.A., Author, B.B., Year of publication. Title of chapter, in: Title of book (Eds.). Publisher, Location, pages of chapter. |
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Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 2009. 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. |
Tables and Figures
Please submit tables and figures as editable text and not as images. Please avoid using vertical lines in tables. All figures and tables should be embedded while correctly positioned. Please use "Table" in both text and captions. However, use (Fig.) at the end of the sentence and captions and use Figure in text. Footnotes to tables should appear beneath the tables and should be designated by a lower-case superscript letter, †, or z, y, x, etc.
Suggest Reviewers
With the manuscript, the author should include a list of three qualified, independent, prospective reviewers who could perform quality peer reviews of your document. Be sure to include their complete names, affiliations, and current e-mail addresses.