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The Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture is a biannual journal published in English by the Doctor’s Krishi Evam Bagwani Vikas Sanstha, Lucknow, India. This journal is published half yearly in the month of January and July. Journal is devoted to basic and applied aspects of Agriculture, Horticulture, Environmental Science and Human Ecology and welcomes original research papers in these areas. The articles can be published as full research paper or as short communication. The Editorial Board may invite important short reviews from eminent scientists working in the respective fields. Authors may note that the articles submitted to the Journal of Ecofriendly Agriculture are not submitted simultaneously to any other journal for publication. All Research papers and review articles submitted for publication will be reviewed by referees under the peer review online system. Final decision will rest with the Editorial Board.
The articles published in this journal should be related to eco-friendly agriculture viz; bio-pesticides, bio-agents, bio-fertilizers, IPM, IDM, INM and other allied eco-friendly areas. Special emphasis must be laid on the qualitative aspects of modern agro practices interventions vis-a-vis environmental sustainability at large.
Articles to be submitted Online mode only by pressing the button “Manuscript Submission” . Manuscript to be typed in ms word file with double space in font size 12 (Arial or New Times Roman) in A4 size with one inch margin on all four sides. Once the manuscript is submitted author will get an acknowledgement which is generated online. After that the manuscript will be sent for initial screening thereafter will be diverted to Reviewer no.1 for giving remarks. Reviwer no. 1 will send back the manuscript to Chief Editor for further action. The chief editor may or may not refer the Reviewer no. 2 and get the views. Finally the manuscript is accepted or declined depending upon the reviewer’s comments.
Manuscript title should normally be short running into not more than 6-8 words.
It should cover the main findings of the research paper and should not exceed 150 words.
Maximum of 6 words. Separate the words with comma (,). It is for both, full and short communication.
It should be divided into Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions Acknowledgements and References. Footnotes should be avoided. New paragraphs should be indicated by clear indentation. Metric units of weights and measures should be used. Tables, figures and legends should be given on separate pages.
It should be brief with clear objectives and justification for taking up the study. This section should have a very short review on work done in the concerned area. However introduction heading is not to be given.
All procedures followed in the experimentation should be indicated in brief. Methods adopted from other references should be indicated by quoting proper references. If a new method is included, it should be given in detail so that other workers may be able to use it.
This should be combined to avoid repetition.Do not describe the results already indicated in table or graph but blend it with the discussion with supporting references. All the data presented in the paper should be statistically analysed. A short conclusion may be written.
This should appear after the main text.
Literature cited should be arranged alphabetically (names of authors) with year, title of paper, name of the journal, volume and pages. Citation of personal communication should be avoided but if necessary, it may be cited in the text as: (G.S. Fraenkel-personal communication). This should not be included in the reference list. Write full name of the Journal. For e.g., references should be quoted as follows: Mathur, A.C.; Krishnaiah, K. and Tandon, P.L. 1974. Control of tomato fruit borer (Heliothisarmigera Hub.). Pesticides, 8 : 34-35. Pasricha, N. S. 1998. Integrated nutrient and water management for sustainable crop production. In: Ecological Agriculture and Sustainable Development, Vol. I. (eds. G. S. Dhaliwal, N. S. Randhawa, R. Arora and A.K. Dhawan). Indian Eco. Soc. and CRPID, Chandigarh, p. 521-535
Book by one author:
Cressie, N.A.C. 1993. Statistics for Spatial Data. John Wiley, New York, 900 p.
Book edited by more than one author:
Pedigo, L.P. and Nuntin, G.D. (eds.). 1994. Handbook of Sampling Methods for Arthropods in Agriculture. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 714 p.
| Description | Indian Individual ( INR ) | Indian Institution ( INR ) | Foreign Individual ( USD ) | Foreign Institution ( USD ) |
| Processing Charges per article | 2000.00 / article | Not applicable | 50.00 / article | Not applicable |
1-year Membership
| 1000.00 | 4000.00 | 150.00 | 200.00 |
| 2-year Membership | 1800.00 | 8000.00 | 50.00 | 400.00 |
| 3-year Membership | 2500.00 | 11000.00 | 350.00 | 500.00 |
The Society will bear the cost of publication. Society will provide hard copies of the journal for one year (two issues) at no extra cost. Moreover, all the memberships annual/2 year/3 year will be counted from Jan to Dec of the relevant year and not issue wise. That means if the author has paid membership fee for January issue then in that case the same author dosent need to submit take membership again for July issue. Memebership for July issue will be NIL. Only uniform amount of Rs 2000/- will be applicable as article processing charges. (US $ 50 for foreign authors. These charges are per article basis.
Membership: Each author will have to take minimum one year membership starting from January and ending in December each year. An individual has to fill up the membership form along with the other charges as per the table given above.
All authors should be the member of this Sanstha (Society) before or during the submission of research paper/review article. Responsibility of membership fee would rest with senior author/next author, in case any author(s) has left the institutions, where the studies were conducted. The charge for annual membership is Rs.1000 per author. All the payments can be made to society both by online or offline means. i.e it can be sent in form of demand draft in favor of Doctor’s Krishi Evam Bagwani Vikas Sanstha, payable at Lucknow along with the research paper reference or author can pay online through NEFT.
Manuscript/Review articles will not be taken in to publication unless the dues are cleared by the authors / institutions.
Interpretations and data presented in the research paper and reviews will be the sole responsibility of the author(s) and not the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture. Mention of the proprietary products does not necessarily mean its endorsement by the Sanstha (Society).
Individuals interested to use the illustrations published in the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture should obtain permission from General Secretary- Doctor’s Krishi Evam Bagwani Vikas Sanstha and must provide a line crediting author(s) and Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture as a source of material. Original manuscripts and other related materials are discarded one month after publication
Dr. R.P. Srivastava, General Secretary – Doctor’s Krishi Evam Bagwani Vikas Sanstha,
# A-601, Sector-4, Indira Nagar,Lucknow-226 016 (U.P.) India, Phone No. 0522-2351389 (R), Fax 91-522-2351389,
E-mail: ecofriendly.agriculture@gmail.com.
Website: www.ecoagrijournal.com
All authors should be the member of this Sanstha (Society) before or during the submission of research paper/review article. The author can download the membership form from the website www.ecoagrijournal.com and submit the same by email and send one hard copy to the Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture office address given. The membership form could be obtained from website.
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture is a peer-reviewed journal. We adhere to the highest standards of ethics and integrity in journals publication; we request our authors to sincerely adhere to the global publication norms for quality publications.
We believe that all authors undertake following precautions before submitting the manuscript to any journal:
Normally Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture follows rapid publication strategy, however, depending upon the manuscript and editorial board availability, manuscripts vetting may take significantly longer time. In a case where a manuscript has taken more than six months’ time for reviewer assignment then Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture allows the author to withdraw manuscript without paying any charges.
Please Note: Any manuscript once in editing/reviewing stage is not allowed to be withdrawn without paying Withdrawal Penalty. Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture holds ALL RIGHTS to publish the manuscript without further approval from the author, and can’t be held responsible for publishing of manuscript in any other Journal.
When to submit your paper in other Journals Publication is a difficult process, and the author must be prepared to defend his/her submission against rejection from both editors and peer reviewers. It is important to be persistent when getting your manuscript published. It is best not to choose another journal until at least one of the following happens:
