Submissions

Author Guidelines

Chilean Journal of Agricultural & Animal Sciences, is a scientific journal that applies the principle of peer review, anonymously, published by the Faculties of Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering and Veterinary Sciences of the Chillán Campus of the University of Concepción, in which they make known the results of research in all their specialties. Due to the change of name from Vol. 29, N° 2 of 2013 the journal have new ISSN numbers, and from 2014 started publishing three issues per year.

The journal uses the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform (http://chileanjaas.udec.cl) for the entire editorial process of the articles and their final publication.

It admits unpublished articles in English and Spanish, in the following sections: Research Articles, Scientific Notes, Review Articles, Opinions and Book Comments.

The content of the works sent for publication must coincide with the editorial line of the journal. The originals sent to the journal will follow the rules established below.

Every article submitted to the Chilean Journal of Agricultural & Animal Sciences is analyzed, prior to being reviewed in the first instance by the Editorial Team, by a similarity detection software (anti-plagiarism) (“Compilatio”); The journal establishes that only the articles received that show a result of less than 30% similarity are the ones that start the review process, rejecting the articles with higher percentages.

I. GENERAL NORMS

The presentation of the articles is virtual (http://chileanjaas.udec.cl), as is the entire process of reviewing and publishing them. The author must register when submitting his article, following the steps indicated for the submission of the article.

Original articles are received, written in Spanish or English, that have not been published or sent simultaneously to another scientific journal, or published in full in conference proceedings. Manuscripts are submitted to the double-blind peer review process, that is, the reviewers do not know the names of the authors, and the authors do not know who the reviewers are. Authors may suggest names of reviewers, but the process will maintain its anonymity feature.

The opinions expressed in the manuscripts, as well as the accuracy, adequacy and origin of the bibliographic citations, photos, tables, graphs, textual citations, are the sole responsibility of the authors. In the case of including material from other sources, you must indicate the authorization of the author. The journal is not responsible, in any case, for the credibility and authenticity of the manuscripts received. The authors, whose originals are accepted for publication, cede the exploitation rights of their articles, in order to protect the common interest of authors and publishers.

II. SECTIONS

A. Research articles

Research articles deliver to the scientific community the results of research carried out by the authors, which must be original, a contribution to knowledge, with an appropriate experimental design and statistical analysis of the results according to the type of research. They must have a maximum of 22 letter-size pages, including text, tables and figures, Times New Roman font size 12, 1.5 spacing, with numbered pages and lines. In highly justified cases, the Editor may authorize longer works.

B. Scientific notes

They are brief communications on methods, techniques or results of research progress. The general format is the same as that of the research articles, with an extension of no more than 12 pages.

C. Review articles

They are bibliographical reviews, complemented with original contributions from the author. They can be requested by the Editor, or sent for evaluation by the Editorial Committee, and submitted to peer evaluation. These articles may not exceed 28 pages, including bibliography, tables and figures, with the same formal characteristics as research articles.

D. Opinions

They are short articles, written by researchers with a long history, who express their opinion on scientific or technical issues, which it is estimated can be a contribution to knowledge. They will be subjected to peer evaluation. They should not exceed 12 pages.

E. Book Reviews

These articles are short, review notes from a recently published book; They should not exceed 5 pages.

III. SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS AND EVALUATION PROCESS OF ORIGINALS

The manuscript must be submitted on the journal's website: http://chileanjaas.udec.cl, prior registration of the author, and the transfer of copyright must be accepted (https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/chjaas/Derechosde_autor_y_licencias).

The files of the manuscripts presented in the virtual platform of the journal must omit their corresponding authors.

The next stage of the manuscript submission process (mandatory) is to complete the Submission Preparation Checklist (https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/chjaas/management/settings/workflow), so that authors verify compliance with the journal's requirements. Therefore, the Editorial Team will return to the authors those submissions that do not comply with these guidelines.

When registering the authors in the submission process, it is essential to register all the authors, incorporating as a minimum information: name, contact (email), country, Orcid (if the author has one), affiliation and role of the collaborator (author).

Manuscript process. Once the manuscript is received, the virtual platform automatically issues the notification of receipt confirmation to the author. Then, the preliminary evaluation begins by the Editorial Team of the journal, who verifies that the submission checklist is met (which the author answers on the platform), and once this is approved, it is sent to the specialized Editor, to inform the relevance of the topic of the article and its quality, as well as possible reviewers of the article. If the article is rejected, the author is notified of the Editorial Decision through the platform. If this is approved by the Specialized Editor, suggested reviewers are invited or searched in different databases or mainstream journals available at the University. Those reviewers who agree to review register on the platform to start the peer review process, ensuring the anonymity of the authors and reviewers in the manuscript evaluation and approval process (double blind). At least, each article must have three evaluators.

If there are discrepancies in the final recommendation among the participating reviewers, it is sent to the corresponding member of the Editorial Committee, so that he can issue his final recommendation.

The Editorial Decision notified to the author includes the following recommendations: its approval with minor modifications, major modifications, reevaluation of the article or its definitive rejection.

If the final recommendation of the review is a Re-evaluation, the new version received, from the authors, is sent to a Second Round of evaluation to those reviewers who recommended its re-evaluation. The lack of response from these reviewers is replaced by sending the new version to the member of the Editorial Committee, for their final decision.

The articles that are finally approved are edited and scheduled for a next Issue, where there is also a review by the authors (Galley Proof), prior to their final publication.

The period of time elapsed between the receipt of the article and the sending of the Editorial Decision for those articles reviewed by peer reviewers (accepted or rejected) is from three to six months.

IV. NORMS FOR THE ELABORATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscript format

Prepare the manuscript in a Word 2007 or later version, leaving 2.5 cm in the upper and lower margins, and 3.0 and 2.5 in the left and right margins, respectively. Use the Align Justified option, so that the text is justified at both margins. Use Times New Roman font, size 12 or equivalent, with 1.5 line spacing. Correlatively number each page in the upper right hand corner and number the lines. Write the title of each section centered, in capital letters and in bold; the subtitles write them to the left, in lower case and in bold.

Organize the text in the following sections (Spanish or English): TITLE, ABSTRACT (with Keywords), INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND LITERATURE CITED. The Results and Discussion section can be presented together or separately.

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1. Title

The title should reflect the content of the article. It must be clear, concise, relatively short (no more than 18 words). Avoid starting the title with words like Effect of, Influence of, The, etc. Use the common name of plants, insects or pathogens, and in parentheses indicate the scientific name in italics, with lowercase letters, except the first letter of the genus and author.

The main title must be written in the language of the article, with capital letters, in bold and centered, followed by its translation into English or Spanish, as appropriate, with capital letters, centered, without bold.

Propose an abbreviated title, less than 10 words, that will go in the top margin of each odd page of the published journal.

2. Resumen

The Resumen is the most read section of a scientific article. It allows the reader to know the content of the article and guides and stimulates him to read the entire article. It is presented in a single paragraph, with a maximum of 250 words, and must contain five sections: a brief introductory sentence on the importance of the research, indicating the objectives, the materials and methods used, the main results and the main conclusions. No references or formulas should be included. Then the Palabras clave are added, no more than seven, that are not in the title, and that are used by the bibliographic search systems.

3. Abstract

The Abstract is presented in bold. It constitutes the translation of the Resumen into English. Add the Keywords below. Those articles presented in English should only include the Abstract (not the Abstract in Spanish).

4. Introduction

This section puts in perspective the research being reported. It contains antecedents that highlight the importance of the investigation, presents in condensed form the main and most recent investigations related to the subject, which on average do not exceed 10 years old, with very justified exceptions. Depending on the investigation, it can indicate the hypothesis or hypotheses proposed. You should end this section by clearly stating the objectives.

Do not cite all publications written on the subject, but only the most recent and important ones. Other references must be included in Results and Discussion.

The writing must be clear, precise and concise, according to the current norms of the original language.

5. Materials and methods

The fundamental requirement of this section is that the authors provide all the information about the materials and methods used, in such a way that it allows another researcher to repeat the experiment and obtain approximately the same results.

The year and place where the experiment was carried out, and the geographic coordinates of the mentioned localities must be reported. In the case of equipment, the first time you must indicate its generic name and in parentheses the manufacturer's data (brand, model, city, state if applicable, and country). Chemicals must be listed by their generic name, technical name, or active ingredient, and the dose of active ingredient used; between parentheses you can indicate name and trademark, only the first time. The description of the materials must be concise; if the techniques or procedures used have been previously published, you should only summarize them and provide the bibliographical reference; it should be clearly reported if substantial modifications have been made to the original procedure.

The experimental (or statistical) design used and the statistical analysis performed must be indicated, indicating the bibliographical references and including them in the corresponding section.

6. Results and discussion

Results and discussion can be presented together or as separate sections. We suggest that you do it in a single section. The author must rely on tables and figures, which are numbered correlatively as they are mentioned in the text. Avoid repeating the information from the tables or figures in the narrative text of the chapter, only highlight the most relevant.

The tables and figures must be self-explanatory, in such a way that the reader does not have to go to the text to understand the information that is delivered; scientific names, abbreviations, units, etc., must be included, even if it has been done in the text. Each table and figure must contain a title in Spanish and English, for manuscripts submitted in Spanish.

The discussion should be restricted to the most important aspects of the research, relying heavily on statistical analysis, emphasizing the interpretation of the results, their comparison with the results reported by other researchers (with their corresponding bibliographic citations), and the novelty of what was found.

7. Conclusions

The main conclusions obtained must be presented, in accordance with the objectives of the investigation. Other comments should go in the Results and Discussion section. Do not list the conclusions. In this chapter you can also include suggestions and/or future recommendations.

8. Acknowledgments

If the authors deem it pertinent, they can add this section before the Cited Literature; In this section you can thank the collaboration of people, institutions, or sources of project financing.

9. Literature cited

All bibliographical references cited in the text are presented in this section. For greater precision, it is recommended to use a bibliographic manager (Mendeley, EndNote, Sotero or another, considering, in the same way, the adaptation of each reference to the Chileanjaas Norm, presented in the following lines). They are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the first author; if there are two or more authors, the alphabetical ordering is followed using the second author, and if necessary it is based on the third author. When the last names match, the references are arranged in chronological order. The first author is cited by his father's last name and his first name initial, but co-authors are introduced by writing the first initial of the first name and then the last name. Authors are separated with a comma, including the last author that is preceded by the word “y”, “and”, “et”, “e”, “und”, etc., depending on the language of the citation. The references in this section are presented in their original language. In cases of more than six authors, the six surnames are indicated and then the abbreviation et al., without italics.

In the text they are cited by author(s) and year, and are presented chronologically. Quotations are separated by semicolons (;). If there are two authors, both surnames are cited; if there are more than two authors, the first author is cited and then the abbreviation et al., without italics. If there are several citations from the same author(s) published in the same year, they are distinguished by a lowercase letter next to the year, without a space; the letter “a” is assigned to the first reference cited in the text, and so on. If there are citations from the same author on more than one date, they are separated by semicolons (;).

Citations must correspond to articles published in mainstream scientific journals, and on average they must not be more than 10 years old. It is not recommended, but quotes from texts, degree theses, and summaries of papers presented at scientific conferences are accepted in a restricted manner, incorporating their virtual link at the end of the reference. Citations from articles published in journals without an editorial committee and without peer review, academic publications, and citations from personal web pages are not accepted. Journals are cited according to the abbreviation accepted or suggested by the journal itself; in case of doubt, its format should be reviewed in one of the latest Issues of our journal (http://chileanjaas.udec.cl)

References are presented according to the Norms indicated below.

10. Tables

Tables are created using Word's Table menu. They are numbered with Arabic numerals, correlatively as they are cited in the text. Use 1.5 spacing. The title of each table should be informative. They must be self-explanatory, in such a way that the reader does not have to go to the text to understand it; indicate the sensitivity of the assay, and explain abbreviations and other signs as a footnote to the table. The scientific name should be indicated when applicable. Translate the title to English if the article is presented in Spanish.

Row and column headings should be self-explanatory; add the units of measurement in each case; use only units of the International Metric System. If you must use abbreviations due to space, you must explain them as a table footer. The values in the tables must be decimal point aligned and all values must have the same number of decimals.

11. Figures

The figures must be self-explanatory, in such a way that the reader is not forced to go to the text to understand some detail. Therefore, the title should be informative, and all used abbreviations explained at the end of the figure title. The legends must be clear and must have the units of measure.

Correlatively identify with Arabic numerals all the figures (graphs, drawings and photographs) to the extent that they are cited in the text. You must use only as Figures (Fig.) the graphs, drawings, schemes or photographs). In the text, cite figures such as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Figs. 1-5 etc. Do not frame graphics. Drawings and photographs must be well contrasted and have a scale. Units and information in graphics and drawings must be clear, of sufficient size and thickness to ensure legibility after reduction.

12. Scientific names

The full scientific names (genus, species, and author) must be given the first time a plant, insect, disease, fungus, etc. is mentioned, both in the title, abstract, or in the text; in tables and figures they must also be indicated in full.

The genus and species are written in italics, and the author in normal font. For example, rice (Oryza sativa L.). Scientific names can be abbreviated after the first mention, indicating the initial of the genus and the complete species (eg O. sativa), except if other genera with the same initial are mentioned and that could cause confusion. Do not abbreviate the genus name at the beginning of a sentence. Also use italics when mentioning only gender.

13. Norm on abbreviations

All abbreviations must be explained or defined the first time they are mentioned, both in the text and in tables and figures. They are written complete and the abbreviation in parentheses; then use only the abbreviation. Internationally accepted abbreviations should be used. All abbreviations and acronyms are used without a point.

14. Metric system

All measurements must be expressed in the units of the International Metric System (SI), without a full stop. Liter is abbreviated “L” to avoid confusion, but kg, ha, g, mm, etc. are abbreviated with lower case. Exponential notation is used, leaving only one space to indicate multiplication, kg ha^-1; mg kg^-1; mL L^-1.

Decimals are written with a comma in Spanish, and with a point in English.

15. Cultivar names

In the case of vegetables, the words cultivar or variety are understood as synonyms, and they are abbreviated cv. or var., respectively. The use of the single quote indicates that it is cv. or var., not being necessary to repeat the word. For example when written: Triticum aestivum 'Chifen', it reads "Triticum aestivum cultivar Chifen".

16. Trade names and trademarks

The use of trade names or trademarks should be avoided. The common name, technical name, or active ingredient must be used; if it is imperative to indicate the brand, do so only the first time between brackets with the symbol ®.

V. GENERAL NORMS FOR WRITING REFERENCES

Citations are a very important part of a scientific article, indicating that the authors are up-to-date on the subject, that they know and recognize the most relevant that has been previously published, and that they avoid plagiarism. They are deeply analyzed by the entities that manage databases, since they allow obtaining such important citationability indicators as the impact factor, h factor, immediacy index, etc.

An important principle is that the citation information must allow access or location by bibliographic search systems without difficulty, in such a way that any interested researcher can review it.

Currently, an alternative to build each reference, based on some international standard, or typical of a journal such as Chileanjaas, is the use of a bibliographic manager (Mendeley, EndNote, Sotero, etc.), which allows the automatic construction of each reference, according to some international standard.

Therefore, it is recommended that authors use one of these managers, taking care to adapt each of the references produced by said manager, to the Chileanjaas Norms, described below.

Each reference contains various elements or components, which follow an established order, and specific punctuation rules, which are indicated in the examples presented below.

They have various elements or components, which follow an established order, and specific punctuation rules, which are indicated in the examples presented below.

Articles are cited indicating author(s), year, title, abbreviated or full journal name, volume number and pagination, separated by a colon (:); In the case of journals with pagination that begins with each number, the number of the journal after the volume should be included in parentheses. No space is used before or after the colon (:).

Book citations indicate the author(s), year, full title, edition number when it is the second or later, publisher or publishing institution, city, state when applicable, and country. Note that there are also institutional or corporate authors. Do not confuse printing with editorial. In the case of book chapters, the author(s) of the chapter, year, name of the chapter, pagination, and then preceded by the word "En" or "In", depending on the language, the book is cited.

Online references must contain the author(s), year, full title of the article, full URL, and date of consultation or access. In the case of institutions, cite the acronym or full name of the corporate author.

Conference citations follow the following rule: Author(s), year, article title, and pagination. After “In” or “En”, depending on the language, publisher(s), title of the publication or name of the event, city, state if applicable and country where it was held, and the date. Then the publishing entity, city and country of said entity are indicated.

Examples of citations from scientific journals:

Zajac, C.C., A.G. Vallejos, E.M. Zajac y J. Galantini. 2013. Análisis del rendimiento en cereales de invierno mediante mapas de rendimiento y el Índice de Vegetación de Diferencia Normalizada (NDVI) en el Sudoeste Bonaerense, Argentina. Chilean Journal of Agricultural & Animal Sciences 29(2):95-102.

Botta, G., J. Ressia, H. Rosatto, M. Tourn y E. Soza. 2005. Efecto de la labranza vertical sobre el suelo y el rendimiento del cultivo de girasol (Helianthus annus L.). Agro-Ciencia (Chile) 21:5-12.

Pérez, F., G. Silva, M. Tapia y R. Hepp. 2007. Variación anual de las propiedades insecticidas de Peumus boldus sobre Sitophilus zeamais. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira 42:633-639.

Mahmoud, S.S., and R.B. Croteau. 2003. Menthofuran regulates essential oil biosynthesis in peppermint by controlling a downstream monoterpene reductase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:14,481–14,486.

Book cites

SAS. 2003. The SAS system for Windows. Release 9.1.3. p. 83-122. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, USA.

Montgomery, D.C. 2009. Design and analysis of experiments. 7th ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA.

Steel, R.G.D., and J.H. Torrie. 1960. Principles and procedures of statistics. McGraw-Hill, New York, USA.

Stolpe, N.B. 2006. Descripción de los principales suelos de la VIII Región de Chile. Universidad de Concepción, Facultad de Agronomía, Chillán, Chile.

 Chapters of books

Serri, H., A. Venegas, y J. Ocampo. 2005. El cerezo en la VIII Región de Chile. p. 25-34. En G. Lemus (ed.). El cultivo del cerezo. Boletín INIA N° 133. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Santiago, Chile.

Ríos-Estepa, R., G.W. Turner, J.M. Lee, R.B. Croteau, and R.W. Bell. 2008. Sulfur and the production of rice in wetland and dryland ecosystems. p. 197–218. In J. Jez (ed.) Sulfur: A missing link between soils, crops, and nutrition. Agron. Monogr. 50. ASA, CSSA, SSSA, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Web page citations

INE. 2007. VII Censo Nacional Agropecuario y Forestal. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE), Santiago, Chile. Disponible en http://www.censoagropecuario.cl/ noticias/08/6/10062008.html (Consulta 5 marzo 2008).

Johnson, H. 2001. Crop profile for mint in Michigan. Available at http://www.ipmcenters.org/CropProfiles/docs/mimint.html (Accessed 16 Nov. 2009).

National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2009. Annual Crop Production Summary. Available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Oregon/Publications/Field_Crop_Report/crop%20reports/01_13an.pdf (Accessed June 2009). USDA-NASS, Portland, Oregon, USA.

USDA-NRCS. 2011. Lists of hydric soils: National list, all states. USDA-NRCS, Washington, DC., USA. Available at http://soils.usda.gov/use/hydric/ (Accessed 17 Feb. 2011).

 Congress Cites

Mery, L., A. Machuca, A. Hinojosa, R. Infante, V.H. Escalona. 2010. Efecto del tipo de corte y temperatura de conservación sobre la tasa respiratoria y el color en pera ‘Packham’s Triumph’ mínimamente procesada en fresco. p. 137. En LXI Congreso Agronómico, 56th ISTH Annual Meeting, SIHT Reunión Anual, 11° Congreso Sociedad Chilena de Fruticultura. 26 – 29 de septiembre. Santiago, Chile. Sociedad Agronómica de Chile (SACH), Santiago, Chile. Disponible en: http://....

Wilson, J.R., and D.M.W. Wild. 1995. Nitrogen availability and grass yield under shade environments. p. 42–48. In B.F. Mullen and H.M. Shelton (eds.) Integration of ruminants into plantation systems in Southeast Asia. Proc. ACIAR Workshop, 64th. Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia. 9–13 Sept. 1994. ACIAR, Canberra, Australia. Available at http://....

 Extension publications

Ruiz, C. (ed.). 2009. Gestión del riesgo agropecuario. Boletín INIA N° 186. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Centro Regional de Investigación Quilamapu, Chillán, Chile.

Gadberry, S. 2010. Water for beef cattle. Univ. Arkansas Coop. Ext. Serv. FSA3021. Univ. of Arkansas Div. Agric., Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

 Thesis

Salazar P., F. 2005. Susceptibilidad a thiamethoxam y thiacloprid en cinco poblaciones de mosquita blanca Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) de México. Tesis Magister en Ciencias. Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Estado de México, México. Disponible en: http://....

Abstracts

Marcum, D.B., and B.R. Hanson. 2006. Effect of irrigation and harvest timing on peppermint oil yield in California. J. Agr. Water Manag. 82:118–128. (Abstract)

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