INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLICATION
OF PAPERS
The
REVISTA CIENTÍFICA UDO AGRICOLA, is
a peer reviewed publication of Escuela de Ingeniería Agronómica of Universidad
de Oriente, Venezuela which publishes original scientific articles in Agronomy
Sciences. Such articles are mainly focus on aspects of agronomy, botany,
entomology, phytopathology, soils science, genetics and plant breeding,
ecology, biotechnology, irrigation and drainage, agricultural machinery,
socials science, agricultural economy, etc. Also, articles in the areas of
Veterinary, Animal Production, Food Technology and vegetal and animal Biology
both terrestrial and aquatic can be published. In addition, technical reviews,
advances on research, technical notes, opinion letters and book reviews can be
published. Review papers or monographs are preferably by invitation of
Directive Council but unsolicited reviews are equally welcome. Papers (articles) and mails should be directed to:
Authors must send originals
and two copies of their papers in letter paper, written in Spanish, Portuguese
or English, double space. In order to easy the edition, authors also must send
the papers in diskette 3 ½ or CD in Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 or higher,
in Times New Roman 12 font, and margin pages of
The preparation sequence of paper will be as follow:
TITLE OF PAPER: It should be as
concise as possible, with a maximum of 30 words, reflecting the paper content.
AUTHOR(S): Name, name,
Institution (s) associated with, physical and e-mail address, phone and fax
numbers.
KEY
WORDS: Maximum five (5) words or very short sentences related to the paper’s
central theme.
ABSTRACTS: Each paper must
be accompanied by an abstract, it should not exceed 250 words including
justification, objectives, methodology, results and conclusions.
Text: The paper sequence will be as
follow:
Introduction: Must include a brief review
of the literature pertinent to the paper, and its objectives. The introduction
must be finished with a paragraph in which the objectives are outlined.
Materials and methods: Brief description of the
used methodology, giving emphasis to the original methods, or to the important
modifications made to known techniques and equipment. Analytical and
statistical procedures must be clearly described.
Results: The most relevant paper trends will be described
in logical, objective, and exact manner, as well as its understanding and
interpreting way. Paper trends can be
expressed by mainly using tables and figures, which must be inserted within the
text.
Discussion: It is the rigorous manner by which the author analyzes and interprets
the final results of the research. In
addition, the comparisons made with other author’s results. It is very important to end this section with
a paragraph where the practical or theoretical implications of the research are
expressed. Results and discussion can be presented
together under the subtitle of results and discussion.
Conclusions: In this section, the new
discovered facts must be indicated in logical and concise way, beginning with
the most important fact and ending with the less important one. The
contribution to
science must also be indicated.
Eventually, recommendations can be included, which constitute the action to follow
according to conclusions. Recommendations can be included in the subtitle of
conclusions and recommendations instead of conclusions.
Acknowledges: They can be included when
author(s) considered them necessary.
Literature cited: The reference must be
organized in alphabetical order by author(s), followed by publication year. All author’s name must be included from bibliographical
references cited. The presentation order of the bibliographic references will
be as follow:
Journal: Author’s last name, name or
name’s initial letter, year of publication, title of the paper, journal name,
volume, number and corresponding pagination. For example:
Otahola, V. y J. Imery. 1995.
Selección masal con control biparental para prolificidad en maíz (Zea mays L.). SABER 7 (2): 63 – 69.
Méndez-Natera,
J. R.; O. H. Medina-Leota; J. F. Merazo-Pinto and J. E. Fendel-Alvarez. 1999. Effect of
four tillage methods and two forms of urea placement in an Ultisol of savanna
on vegetative and flowering traits of three sesame cultivars, Sesamum
indicum L. Revista de
Collective work: Author’s last
name, name or name’s initial letter, year of publication, title of the paper,
work’s editor (it must start with the Latin word In), work name, publishing house, city and corresponding
pagination. For example:
Ortega, A.; S. K. Vasal; J. Mihl y C.
Hershey. 1991. Mejoramiento de maíz
resistente a los insectos. In: F. G.
Maxwell y P. R. Jennings (EDS). Mejoramiento de plantas resistentes a insectos.
Editorial
LIMUSA. México. p. 391 – 442.
Books: Author’s last
name, name or name’s initial letter, year of publication, work name, publishing
house, city or country and corresponding pagination. For example:
Hernández, F. J. 1997. El cultivo del algodonero.
Ediciones de
For more specific
references, the author(s) should consult the international instructions or to
the journal’s editors.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Papers should not exceed 30
pages, including graphs and tables. The bibliographic reference style within
the text must be by author (up to two) followed by the year of publication in
parentheses. If the authors are more than two, the last name of the first
author must be written followed of et al.
and the year of publication. Second hand references will not be accepted.
Decimal numbers should be indicated by a period (.). Scientific names must be
written in cursive. A paper can be published in two or more parts (I, II, etc.)
when at least the first two parts are simultaneously received. The main author
will receive five free print-outs of their published paper or a file in PDF
format with the paper. Check most recent issues of Revista Científica UDO
Agrícola for current format and style in the following web sites:
http://www.bioline.org.br/cg y http://www.udoagricola.150m.com.
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Méndez Natera
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