Instructions to Authors
Types of papers
Review Articles
Authors interested in in publishing a review article should contact the Editor-in-Chief in advance and submit a summary of their manuscript. After preliminary evaluation, the Editor-in-Chief may send an official letter of invitation with further guidelines and instructions.
Original Articles
Original manuscripts should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages with 2.5 cm margins including tables, figures and references.
Online Submission
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts through "Online Submission" and upload all manuscript files following the instructions for authors given below.
Manuscript Submission
Manuscript submission should implicate that: i) the work described in the intended manuscript has not been completely or partially published before, ii) The manuscript is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, iii) Submission to the ESJ has been approved by all co-authors. The publisher will not bear any legal responsibility for any compensation claims.
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts should be written in English in a straightforward, concise style. Authors not fluent in English are advised to have their manuscript checked by a colleague with a good command of English. Submitted manuscript should represent scientific findings that ensure novelty and new contribution in the research work.
Text Formatting
Headings
It is not allowed to use more than three levels of headings.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Footnotes
Footnotes can be used to give additional information. Footnotes should not contain any tables or figures. They should be numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript numbers or asterisks for significance levels in statistical data.
Manuscript Sections
Articles should be organized into the following sections:
The title should be concise and indicative to the whole manuscript, and should not exceed 20 words in length. Title should not include numbers, acronyms, abbreviations or punctuation. Although title should be general for readers outside the field of study, it should represent enough details for indexing purposes.
Author full names and affiliations (including in detail should be given. Institutional address (including Department, Institute, City, Post/Zip code, Country), and email address of corresponding author should be also given. Authors and affiliations should be linked using superscript numerals. The corresponding author should also be indicated.
Abstract and Keywords
Abstract should be concise and comprehensive consisting of no more than 300 words. Since abstract should be dedicated to the overall take-home message of your study, it should be structured to give a brief introduction to the study, main findings of the study, conclusions drawn from the study and their significance. It should not include references, headings and non-standard abbreviation. A maximum of 6 carefully chosen keywords should be provided.
Introduction
In this section author should provide a brief literature survey (avoid citing literature older than ten years, unless absolutely necessary), and present a background to the study, the hypothesis, and the objectives of the current research work.
Materials and Methods
Experimental procedures should be written in sufficient. The source of the different materials and reagents used in the study should be provided.
Results
The results section should report details about the findings of the study based on the information gathered as a result of the applied methodologies. This section should simply state the findings arranged in a logical sequence, without bias or interpretation. There is no word limit for this section, but details of experiments that detract from the focus of the article should not be included. The results section may divided into subsections, each with a concise subheading. Large datasets, including raw data, should be submitted as supplementary files. Supplementary files will be published online alongside the accepted article. We advise that the results section be written in past tense.
Discussion
This section should provide comprehensive interpretation and highlight the significance of the current findings in the light of previous research. Discussion should not exceed the sum of other sections in length. It may also be merged with the results section.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, funding organizations, grants,… etc. should be wrote in a separate section.
Compliance with Ethical Requirements
Authors must declare the presence or absence of any conflict of interest (financial, academic, commercial, political or personal) in writing upon submission of a manuscript, including conflicts or potential conflicts of all authors. The journal will publish any declared conflicts with the paper.
References
References
Citation
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:
Reference list
Reference list should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text.
Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Please alphabetize according to the following rules: 1) For one author, by name of the author, then chronologically; 2) For two authors, by name of the author, then name of coauthor, then chronologically; 3) For more than two authors, by name of the first author, then chronologically.
Journal article
Abou-Elwafa SF, Amin AE-EA, Eujayl I (2020) Genetic diversity of sugar beet under heat stress and deficit irrigation. Agronomy Journal 112:3579-3590.
Book
Standard format
Authors, Title, Publisher, City of Publication, Year of Publication, page numbers (if appropriate).
Ali MH (2010) Fundamentals of Irrigation and On-farm Water Management: Volume 1. Springer, Heidelberg.
Book chapter
Jackson ML (1973) Soil chemical analysis. In: Englewood Cliffs N (ed). Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Delhi, India.
Online document
Guven CI, Sherif SI, Gressel JP (2010) Egypt Sugar Annual. Global Agricultural Information network. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
Conference Proceedings
Standard format
Authors, "Title of the article", in Title of conference, Publisher, Pages.
Chaudasam A (2018) Dynamics of the Global Sugar Industry: An Overview. The 9th International Conference on Sugar and Integrated Industries (ICSII-2018), Sugar Technology Research Institute, Assiut University, Egypt.
Tables
Tables should be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Tables should be cited in the manuscript in consecutive numerical order.
Please supply a concise and informative caption (title) for each table that explains the components of the table.
Previously published material should be identified by providing the original source reference at the end of the table caption.
Table footnotes to should be indicated by superscript numbers or asterisks for significance levels in statistical data.
Figures
Supply your figures as TIFF (with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi), PPT or PPTX files.
Name your figure files with "Fig." and the figure number, e.g., Fig.1.
All lines should be at least "1 pt" in widith.
If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars within the figures themselves.
Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Color art is free of charge for online publication.
If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the captions.
Figure Numbering
All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
Figure Captions
Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
Article Processing Charge
The journal is published in both print and online version and all articles published in the journal are fully open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. Publication Fee is free of charge.