Publishing Guidelines

General Requirements

Contributions to North Dakota Agricultural Research may include:

papers about original research sponsored by the North Dakota State University Vice President for Agricultural Affairs
synthesis, interpretive review, state of the art, or contemporary issues
notes on original research or on new techniques or equipment
reviews of new books, reports or news of interest to the journal audience

All manuscripts are subject to peer and editorial review. The Technical Editor (TE) will obtain 2 reviews from appropriate scientists in the area of study. If reviews are conflicting, the TE may seek an additional review. The decisions of the reviewers and TE are final.

Articles published in North Dakota Agricultural Research will also be linked to the home pages maintained by NDSU Agriculture Communication for the author(s) appropriate administrative unit and linked to NDSU Vice President for Agricultural Affairs topical directory, infobases and search engines as managed by NDSU Ag Communication.

The time between initial submission deadline and publication should be two months.

NDSU Agriculture Communication will promote the Journal as a whole or individual articles to NDSU employees, the Internet community, appropriate colleagues at other land-grant universities, and to appropriate media and public officials.

General Guuidelines

Research Manuscripts Preparation and Submission

Prepare the manuscript of the research article you are submitting according to the guidelines and style defined for this journal. It is strongly suggested that you obtain at least two peer reviews prior to submission. Official manuscript review will be handled by the editors.

Three complete copies, including all figures and tables, of each manuscript must be submitted for review to the Managing Editor (ME), North Dakota Agricultural Research, c/o NDSU Agriculture Communications, Fargo, ND 58105-5655. The initial submission may be made on paper. The entire manuscript must be double-spaced. Legends for figures are to be placed on one or more sheets and placed at the end of the manuscript.

The ME will ensure that the manuscript meets criteria for publication and forward the manuscript to the Technical Editor. The TE will obtain two anonymous reviews for technical accuracy as defined above.

After the technical review is complete, the TE will forward the manuscript with the reviews to the Managing Editor who returns the manuscript to the author(s) for required action and/or final submission by the final deadline for the upcoming journal. Deadlines set by the ME are not flexible. All manuscripts must be returned in the formats required under "Final Submission of Accepted Research Article."

General Guuidelines

Final Submission of Accepted Research Article

Once the manuscript is accepted for publication and corrections made by the author(s), the entire manuscript must be submitted in electronic form as described below. There will be no deviation from this requirement.

FILE FORMATS
One text file per article may be submitted using the current word processing programs

Word Perfect for Windows

Word Perfect for MacIntosh

Microsoft Word for Windows

Microsoft Word for MacIntosh

ASCII

Illustrations, charts/graphs, photographs or other graphic elements should be submitted as hard copy when the manuscript is submitted for review. When the corrected manuscript comes back to the ME as an electronic file, all graphic elements must be included as separate files in the formats defined below. Color elements may be submitted. Authors must indicate the preferred location of each graphic element in their final manuscript. Graphic elements will appear in the text or be linked from the appropriate point in the text depending upon their form and complexity.

Charts must be submitted as:

Windows Powerpoint or Freelance files,

cgm files,

MacIntosh Powerpoint files, or

clear, scanable copy

Tables are submitted as electronic text files with a paper printout

Photos must submitted as:

original photos,

original slides, or

TIFF files

General Guuidelines

MANUSCRIPT STYLE
for North Dakota Agricultural Research

Units of measurement must be in English units, but equivalent metric units are allowed to follow in parentheses.

Pesticides can only be cited using their chemical name which must include formulation, rate, and manufacturer the first time it is used in the manuscript.

Each feedstuff referred to in the manuscript may be identified by the International Feed Number (IFN) and a simplified name of the feed.

Soil type referred to in the manuscript must be described taxonomically.

ABBREVIATIONS. Standard abbreviations listed in the CBE Style Manual (5th ed., 1983) maybe used without definition. Authors must provide one footnote that contains abbreviations for all words or terms used in the manuscript for which there are no abbreviations given in the CBE style manuals.

NOMENCLATURE. Show the Latin binomial or trinomial and authority for all plants, insects, and pathogens at the first listing. Identify crop cultivars (not experimental lines and strains) by a single quotation marks at first listing only -- e.g., `Westar' canola (Brassica napus L.) or Brassica napus L. `Westar'.

REFERENCES: List all citations to published literature alphabetically by senior authors at the end of the manuscript. Citations should include names of all authors, the year, complete title, publication, volume number, and inclusive pages, as appropriate. Unpublished data, personal communications, and other unavailable reports should be included in the text in parentheses. All personal communications cited must be documented by a letter from the source.

FORMAT: The basic format of an article is title, authors' names and mailing addresses, including e-mail, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, references, impact statement. The full, official format for North Dakota Agricultural Research is as outlined and defined in "FORMAT for articles submitted to North Dakota Agricultural Research."

General Guuidelines