Guidelines for authors

ATTENTION: From issue 28 of PAG 2022 on, the articles must be published in English. They may be submitted in Portuguese, but as from the acceptance of the manuscript, it must be translated into English by the authors for future editing and publication.  This change is necessary for the future indexing of the PAG in international indexers. Articles in English have greater potential for viewing and citation, being positive for the authors and for the journal.

Authors who are not native English speakers need to submit a corrected and certified English language version, by native speaker, for accepted papers. 

INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS

Conditions for submission

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check the compliance of the submission against all items listed below. Submissions that do not conform to the standards will be returned to the authors.

  • I declare that, in case the article is accepted, I commit to sending the article for certified English review, by native speaker (for non-native English language authors).
  • The contribution is original and unpublished, and is not being evaluated for publication by another journal; otherwise, it should be justified in "Comments to the editor".
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word format.
  • Include in the metadata and cover letter, the complete information of all authors, with respective e-mails, institutions/affiliations and ORCID.
  • The text is without identification of authors and affiliations. See how to remove author information at: http://revistapag.agricultura.rs.gov.br/ojs/index.php/revistapag/announcement/view/
  • Authors are listed on the title page and authors separately.
  • The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in Guidelines for Authors.
  • URLs and DOI for the references were informed when possible.
  • Text is 1.5-spaced; uses an 11-point font; employs italics rather than underlining (except in URL addresses); figures and tables are inserted in the text, not at the end of the document in the form of appendices.
  • Abstract contains a maximum of 200 words.
  • Attached Cover Letter, including a statement from the author of correspondence on behalf of him/herself and the other co-authors, mentioning potential conflicts of interest, that the work has not been previously published nor simultaneously submitted for publication in another journal and that the authors agree with the submission, content and transfer of the publication rights of the article in question to PAG.
  • Included in the Cover Letter the names and institutional email addresses of several potential reviewers.
  • Included the approval of the Ethics Committee regarding studies involving human beings, including studies with questionnaires. Likewise, in case of studies with experimental animals and/or genetically modified organisms, the authors should include in the statement, under their full responsibility, that the work has authorization by the Ethics and/or Biosafety Commissions and/or Research Ethics Committee, together with the approval number of the process.

 

SUBMISSION METADATA (FILL IN AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION ON THE WEBSITE)

  1. Insert title; abstract and keywords in English and Portuguese;
  2. Insert name, affiliations and ORCID of all authors and coauthors;
  3. Select the language of the manuscript.

 

Guidelines for Authors 

Scope

The journal Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha (PAG) belongs to the Department of Diagnosis and Agricultural Research (DDPA) of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. It publishes scientific articles, bibliographic reviews, notes and scientific texts related to the area of Agricultural Sciences, primarily in English.

 They are accepted for publication:

  1. a) Unpublished Scientific Articles;
  2. b) Reviews, should address the current state of knowledge on a particular subject through analysis and discussion of previously published information, and should include critical comments and a conclusion;
  3. c) Scientific Notes, intended for the presentation of methodological innovations and initial results with innovative character and scientific rigor, aiming to ensure the primacy in the report of a product, process or scientific knowledge, in texts of up to ten pages, containing the same items of the scientific article, but with a single text for introduction, material and methods, results and discussion and conclusions (without divisions);
  4. d) Case Reports, reports of unpublished, infrequent, different or rarely observed observations in the journal's scope areas, which may have up to ten pages.
  5. e) Commentaries (up to 1,500 words): notes, opinions, comments, and short essays on themes relevant to all agricultural sectors. This section is intended to stimulate discussion and critical-opinative debate on relevant topics in agricultural sciences.
  6. f) Editorials are short articles, by invitation only from the editors-in-chief.

 

Peer review

This journal operates on a double-blind review process.  See more at: http://revistapag.agricultura.rs.gov.br/ojs/index.php/revistapag/revisao

 

Ensuring the blind review:

To ensure the integrity of blind peer review for submission to PAG, every effort must be made to avoid the identities of authors and reviewers being known to each other. This involves authors, editors and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking that steps have been taken regarding the text and file properties in:

http://revistapag.agricultura.rs.gov.br/ojs/index.php/revistapag/blind-review

 

Policies on ethics in research with human beings or animals

PAG Journal will only accept submissions with the approval number of the Ethics Committee for studies involving human beings, including studies with questionnaires. Likewise, in case of studies with experimental animals and/or genetically modified organisms, the authors shall include in the declaration, under their full responsibility, that the work has authorization by the Ethics and/or Biosafety Commissions and/or Research Ethics Committee, together with the approval number.

Learn more about PAG's ethics policies at:

 http://revistapag.agricultura.rs.gov.br/ojs/index.php/revistapag/politicas

 

Presentation

  1. The manuscript should be sent as an attached file, without authorship identification. Authors and affiliations must be sent in a separate file (Title page). The file with the text of the article must be without identification of personal information, authorship or properties that identify one or more authors by the reviewers.
  2. The manuscript should be sent in a format compatible with Word, in Times New Roman 11 font, A4 size (21 x 29.7 cm), without watermark;
  3. The manuscript should be typed with 1.5 line spacing, justified paragraph and with numbered lines in continuous mode;
  4. The Abstract should contain no more than 200 words.
  5. Standardize the papers using internationally recognized nomenclature codes. Scientific and other Latin names, as well as words written in a language different from that used in the body of the manuscript, should be written in italics. In the abstract, adopt full binomial nomenclature. Cultivar names should be written in single quotation marks, when not preceded by the word cultivar.
  6. Use only abbreviations of units of the International System (SI). Non-conventional abbreviations should be presented in full when they appear in the text for the first time;
  7. Separate values of units of measurement with a space (35 kg). Use international symbology (25 kg ha-1);
  8. Present numerals from zero to ten in full. For exact measures, series of quantities and in statistical presentations, numbers should be in Arabic numerals. Where the fluency of the text requires and at the beginning of a paragraph, write the number in full;
  9. When appropriate, use symbols to designate elements and chemical compounds, especially if they are cited more than once throughout the text;
  10. Use common names of active ingredients and chemical formulations. Trade names, if used, shall be identified as such;
  11. Avoid neologisms and figures of speech inappropriate to scientific communication.

 

LANGUAGE

From issue 28 of PAG 2022 on, articles must be published in English. They may be submitted in Portuguese, but as from the acceptance of the manuscript, it must be translated into English by the authors for future editing and publication.  This change is necessary in view of the future indexing of PAG in international indexers. Articles in English have greater potential for visualization and citation, being positive for the authors and for the journal.

The manuscript should always be written with title, abstract and keywords in two languages (English and Portuguese). When written in English, title, abstract and keywords must have a version also in Portuguese. 

In any case, write your text with good grammar and spelling in any language.

 

STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION

The structure of the scientific paper should be constituted as directed below. A separate title page should be submitted with the manuscript. The main text of the manuscript must be separated from the authors' names and affiliations in order to maintain authorship confidentiality in the review process.

 

TITLE PAGE AND AUTHOR

The title page of the manuscript, should contain:

  • Title of the work in the language of the manuscript.
  • Name and affiliation of all authors, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
  • An ORCID ID of all authors, freely available at https://orcid.org.

 

  1. Authorship: separated by a space of one line below the title, the authors' names must be written in full, in full and in sequence, centered and separated by commas, with affiliation inserted with the References section > insert footnote, to identify the institution to which they belong.

E-mail address of the corresponding author only. Sent in a separate file from the manuscript text (title page). See details at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-3qhNJRZTc

 

  1. Title: it must be clear, brief, concise and inform the content of the work. It should not contain abbreviations, formulas and symbols. It should be written in lowercase, except the initial letter, in bold, without period and centered. Avoid using scientific names for species, especially those with known popular names. In manuscripts written in English, include a Portuguese version of the title.

 

ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS

The abstract must be sufficiently informative for the reader to identify the content and interest of the work. It cannot exceed 200 words and must be written in a single paragraph.

The Keywords must appear right after the abstract, with one line space, should be indicated from three (3) to six (6) words for indexing, different from those that compose the title. They should be written in lowercase, except the initial letter, separated by period, i.e. Agronomy. Agricultural production. Zea mays.

 

MANUSCRIPT TEXT

The text of the manuscript should be aligned and justified. Font Times New Roman size 11, spacing 1.5. Use italics instead of underlining (except in URL addresses).

Introduction: the word "Introduction" must be written in bold lowercase, except the initial letter. The item will consist of the justification for the accomplishment of the work, situating the importance of the approached theme and establishing its relation with other works, based on updated literature review, including the objectives of the work.

Material and Methods: the expression "Material and Methods" should be written in bold, lowercase, except the initial letters. The item should describe the methods employed in the work, in a way that allows its repetition and the description of the statistical analyses employed. Superfluous details and extensive descriptions of commonly used techniques should be avoided.

Results and Discussion: the expression "Results and Discussion" should be written in bold, aligned to the left, in lowercase, except the initial letters. This part of the text should be written without subitems. Authors should avoid the use of abbreviations to designate variables and treatments. The paper should not contain conjectures or assertions that cannot be supported by the data obtained in the paper itself or by the works cited. The presentation of "Results" may be separated from "Discussion" in exceptional cases, according to the structure of the work. All results presented in text, tables or images, should be discussed and no mention should be made of data not presented.

Tables and figures should be numbered independently, sequentially, with Arabic numbers, and should be included in the text.

The discussion can be closed with concluding remarks or concluding sentences.

Conclusions: the expression "Conclusions" should be written in bold, in lowercase, except the initial letter. It should preferably be used in Review articles. It should present a critical analysis of the proposed theme, and may include scientific perspectives on the subject. Complete articles submitted with the item Conclusions will be incorporated at the end of the Discussion.

Acknowledgement(s): optional item. Authors should list all sources of funding in the Acknowledgements section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the designation of their funders.

References: References must be in accordance with the ABNT technical standards (NBR6023/2018) according author guidelines. The cited works shall be alphabetically ordered by the first author's last name(s), followed by the first name(s) initial(s).

Whenever available, include DOI in the references. The DOI must be included at the end of each reference. Do not include the word 'doi' before the link. The link must be complete. Use period at end of doi link.

Strongly avoid literature from annals of events (abstracts), Theses, and Dissertations.

Whenever there is a link to the work, use the complete address of the website, preceded by the expression "Available from:". After the link indicate the date of access as follows, in English: Accessed: Month in capital letters, abbreviated followed by a period, day followed by a comma and year followed by a period (e.g. Jan. 18, 2022).

Periodicals:

Articles with up to 3 authors:

MENEGUZZO, R.; SILVESTRE, W.; FERNANDES PAULETTI, G. Efeito da irrigação, posição de plantio e aplicação de silicato de cálcio sobre o desenvolvimento da cultura de alho na região da Serra Gaúcha, Sul do Brasil. Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha, v. 28, n. 1, p. 139-155, 2022. https://doi.org/10.36812/pag.2022281139-155

 

Articles with more than 3 authors:

PEDROTTI, C. et al. Óleo essencial de Eucalyptus staigeriana pode controlar o míldio em videiras. Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha, v. 28, n. 1, p. 1-14, 2021. https://doi.org/10.36812/pag.20222811-14. 

 

Books:

SOARES, F.; BURLAMAQUI, C. K. Pesquisa científica: uma introdução, técnicas e exemplos. 2. ed. São Paulo: Editora Formar, 1972. 352 p.

STRECK, E.V. et al. Solos do Rio Grande do Sul. 2.ed. rev. e ampl. Porto Alegre: Emater/RS, 2008. 222p

 

Book chapter:

FOY, C. D. Effects of aluminum on plant growth. In: CLARSON, E.W. (Ed.). The Plant Root and its Environment. Charlotesville: University Free of Virginia, 1977. p. 601-642.

VENDRAMIN, J. D. Plant resistance and pest management. In: CROCOMO, W. B. (Ed.). Manejo integrado de pragas. Botucatu: UNESP, 1990. cap. 9, p. 177-197.

Note: Use (Ed) for Editors or (Org) for Book Organizers.

 

Theses and dissertations:

LISBOA, B. B. Microbiological parameters as soil quality indicators in management systems. Porto Alegre: UFRGS, 2009. 77 p. Dissertation (Master in Soil Science) - Graduate Program in Soil Science. School of Agronomy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

 

Technical bulletins and other serial publications:

ANDRADE-BERTOLO, F. de O.; OTT, A. P.; FERLA, N. J. Mites in grapevine in Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Fepagro, 2011. 24 p. (Technical Bulletin, 21).

 

Papers published in annals of events:

ORLANDO FILHO, L.; LEME, E. J. de M. A utilização agrícola dos resíduos da agroindústria canavieira. In: SIMPÓSIO SOBRE FERTILIZANTES NA AGRICULTURA BRASILEIRA, 2., 1984, Brasília. Proceedings. Brasília: EMBRAPA, 1984. p. 451-475.

 

References obtained from the web:

BEZERRA, F. S. et al. Histoplasmin survey in hiv-positive patients: results from an endemic area in northeastern Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, v. 55, n. 4, July/Aug. 2013. Available from: < http://www.scielo.br/ scielo. php? script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652013000400261&lang=en>. Accessed: May 8, 2014.

 

QUOTATIONS IN THE TEXT OF THE MANUSCRIPT

Text citations: the authors' citations should follow the recommendations of the ABNT Technical Standards, and should be indicated as follows:

In citations, the calls by the author's last name, the responsible institution or title included in the text should be in uppercase and lowercase: According to Silva (2010)...

 When they are in parentheses, they must be in capital letters.

  • Only one author (AZEVEDO, 2003);
  • Two authors (BERLATO and FONTANA, 2003);
  • Three authors or more (NEUMANN et al., 2008).

If more than one work is cited, they are separated by semicolons (BERLATO and FONTANA, 2003; JOST et al., 2010); with the author's name included in the sentence, "According to Silva (2010)...".

Direct quotations are not permitted. Apud should be avoided as much as possible.

 

TABLES AND FIGURES

Tables: should be presented below the title preceded by the word Table, in lowercase, except the initial letter, in bold, with period.

E.g. Table 1. Climatic variation in the year 2020.

Explanatory notes in font size 10 may be included below the tables. Horizontal lines should be used to separate the heading from the title and body, in addition to the base of the table. Additional horizontal lines may be used within the heading and body. Do not use external vertical lines. The inclusion of tables should be done within the text. For layout, the authors must submit the tables inserted in the text named and numbered.

Figures: include graphs, maps, illustrations and photos isolated or organized in panels. Graphs should be formatted in Times New Roman font, 11. They must be followed by a title preceded by the word Figure, in a concise and explanatory manner in lowercase letters, except the initial letter, in bold, with period, below the Figure.

E.g.: Figure 1. Agricultural zoning in 2020.

Figures should be attached within the text. Images should preferably be in color. For the layout of the journal, the authors must submit the images inserted in the text, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (jpg or tif formats for photos and gif or tif for graphs and schemes).

 

PROCESSING AND PUBLICATION FEES

The entire process of submission and publication in PAG does not require fees. The entire editorial and publication process is carried out free of charge.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

Separatas or copies of the journal will not be provided. The articles are available at the electronic address of the journal.

In citations of articles from Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha, when necessary to abbreviate the name of the journal (according to IBICT/CCN), adopt "Pesq. agropec. gaucha".

 

Editorial

Section under the Editor's responsibility, which expresses opinion about the journal, articles or subjects published.

 

Articles

Original and unpublished scientific articles.

 

Copyright Statement

The authors declare that the work has not been published previously, nor sent simultaneously for publication to another journal and that they agree with the submission, content and transfer of the publication rights of the article in question to the scientific journal Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha - PAG.

The authors assume full responsibility for the originality of the article, and may incur on them any charges resulting from claims, by third parties, regarding the authorship of the article.

The total reproduction of the Journal articles in other free-use electronic media is allowed under the CreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike4.0 International license.

 

Privacy Policy

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