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AUTHORS
INTRODUCTION
All
scientific research papers, review articles and short communications of all
branches of science and technology including Agricultural Sciences, Biological
Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering, Business Administration and
Management etc. will be considered for publication in this journal.
EDITORIAL POLICIES
General Policies
Manuscripts
submitted to the journal should be an original one and must not have been
concurrently submitted to any other journals for publication.
Copyright
The
copyright of the published article will be transferred to the Patuakhali
Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
Manuscript submission
The manuscript needs to be submitted through
online submission system (http://www.ejmanager.com/my/jpstu). Please follow the instructions for step by
step submission of your manuscript. If you face any problem, please contact
with the editorial office.
Review procedure
After
submission of a manuscript, it will be first checked by the editorial team
members whether the journal guidelines were followed and it passed through
similarity index of less than 20%. Next, the manuscript will be evaluated by two competent reviewers
following a double blind review process. Authors are encouraged to provide the
names of three potential reviewers. After review, one of the associate editor
will provide a decision on the submission. If revisions are suggested, the authors
need to provide a rebuttal to the reviews’ comments while a fresh and
track-changed version need to be submitted.
If the manuscript is rejected at any stage of the review process, the
authors can appeal to the editor in chief for reconsideration of the manuscript
with explaining why they disagree with the decision.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT
Format
The
manuscript should be typed in Times New Roman font and size is 12 (twelve) in
double-space with margins of at least 2.5 cm at top, bottom and both sides on
paper while a continuous number for all lines throughout the manuscript should
be used. A manuscript should be organized as follows-
a)
A cover letter- Please
write why and how your manuscript is novel and important for our readers.
b)
Title page- title of the
study with contributors and their affiliations. Please include the email
address and ORCID ID (if available) of the corresponding authors.
c)
The manuscript- Please include
all your tables and figures separately.
Full Length Paper
A
full length manuscript except review article and short communications should
contain the following parts:
Title:
The title of the paper should be brief but should reflect the content of the
work. Include the name of the organism used if appropriate. Use the common
names of plants except for little-known species and weeds. The first letter of
all words should capitalize except articles, prepositions and conjunctions.
Abstract:
The abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory. It should
be written as one paragraph with not exceeding 250 words. The abstract should
clearly represent the rationale of the study with its objectives, materials and
techniques used, results and conclusions. Paragraphs, footnotes, references,
cross-references to figures and tables and undefined abbreviations should be
avoided. Acronyms should be avoided if possible.
Key words:
Five or less than five key words should be included after the abstract.
However, these keywords cannot be same of the title of the study while they should
be arranged alphabetically.
Introduction:
The introduction should state clearly the rationale for conducting the research
stating the problem, justifying the research and the findings of earlier
research and the objectives of the study.
Materials and
Methods/Methodology: Materials and methods
should be sufficiently described in the manuscript so that the work may be
evaluated or repeated by other researchers. Established procedures and tests
should not be described in detail but can be referred with appropriate
citations. Chemical procedures that are referenced should include a brief
statement of the basic principles of the method.
Results and Discussion:
Results and Discussion may be presented as separate sections or can be combined
under one heading. However, separate presentation of results and discussion is
preferable. The authors should explain their findings in the Discussion section
with attribution of the possible mechanisms. The discussion should be supported
with relate previous finding.
Conclusion: In conclusions, authors should
summarize their major findings and state inferences of these results in studied
field. Please be aware that conclusions should be presented as a standalone
section so that readers do not need to go through other sections.
Acknowledgements (if any):
The authors may acknowledge the contribution of other persons and organization.
Declaration of funding:
The authors should clearly declare if they have received any funding from an
organization. Please include the fund number.
Declaration of conflict
of interest: Authors are requested to declare
conflict of interests (if any).
References:
The
journal uses the name-and-year system (Harvard system) in which the
author's(s') name(s) followed by the year of publication is cited in the text.
For instance, in text citation should be made as (Rahman, 2020) or (Abdul et
al., 2020; Rahman et al. 2020) at the end of any statement while Rahman (2020)
or Abdul et al. (2020) format should be used when citations are included as a
part of the sentence.
The
reference list
References
should be listed in the "Reference" section alphabetically then
chronologically if all authors are the same. Few examples are given below-
Standard
Journal articles
Chowdhury, A. K., Srinives, P., Tongpamnak, P.
and Saksoong, P. (2002). RAPD markers linked to resistance to downy mildew
disease in soybean. Euphytica. 128(1):55-60.
Book
Chapter
Matzinger,
D. F. (2001). Title of chapter. In Hanson, W. D. and Robinson H. F. (eds.).
Title of book. Publisher, City, pp 80-82.
Conference proceedings
Brouwer,
R. and de Wit, C. (1968). A simulation model of plant growth. Proc. Easter
School in Agricultural Science, University of Nottingham, UK. Butterworths,
London, UK.
Reports
Chowdhury,
A. K. ( 2005). Cultivar Discrimination and Genetic Diversity Assessment in
Tropical Fruits. Japan Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Annual
report. No. 10. 50 p.
Thesis
Thesis
Beck, M. K. (1989). The effects of kinetin and naphthalene acetic acid on in vitro shoot multiplication and
rooting in fishtail fern. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
31 pp.
Tables
and Figures
Tables accompanied by titles should be included at the end
of the manuscript. Figures should be saved uploaded in JPSTU submission system as
separated image files (JPEG, PNG or TIFF). However, the captions of the figures
should be inserted in the manuscript as a ‘list of figures’. If a figure has
more than one part [e.g. (a), (b)…so on], they should be joined and saved as a
single file. JPSTU only receives images of ≥300 dpi resolution.
SPECIAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Chemical
formula, time, and units should be used following standard international (SI)
systems.
Article Processing Charge:
For publication of the accepted article, the author(s) need to pay Tk. 2000.00
(for inland) and USD 30 (for overseas). The author(s) will be requested to pay
the article processing charge (APC) after the acceptance of the manuscript.
Payment Method
Online Banking as per direction by the editorial office.
Proof and Reprints: For final correction as Author’s Proof of the
article (in PDF) will be sent to the corresponding author. The corrected copy
of the article should submit through online within 72 hours from the receipt.
Only author(s) names, affiliation(s), typing mistakes and grammatical error are
allowed to correct during proofreading. Addition or deletion of author name(s),
and insertion or deletion of large portion of text is not permitted during this
stage. The authors will get a copy of the journal issue free of charge.
Additional copies of journals or reprints of the published article may be
purchased by order when sending back the proof.