Guidelines for Authors

Author Agreement Form

While submitting the manuscripts authors must furnish a certificate to the effect that:

• The manuscript is not being considered elsewhere for publication
• All authors have agreed/approved the publication of this manuscript.
• The relevant institution has granted permission for publication, if required.
• The article is based on the research conducted under a research programme or a research project at concerned institution/university.

Structure / Format of Article

Title Page:

• Authors names and affiliations
• Corresponding author
• Abstract
• Keywords

Division of Article

All references should be arranged alphabetically according to APA style as given below:

In text: Ali (2022); Asad and Rizwan (2015); Aziz et al. (2020)

• Aziz, M.Z., Yaseen, M., Naveed, M., Wang, X., Fatima, K., Saeed Q., & Mustafa, A. (2020). Polymer Paraburkholderia phytofirmans PsJN coated diammonium phosphate enhanced microbial survival, phosphorous use efficiency and production of wheat. Agronomy, 10, 1-17.
• Stadler, J., Vogel, M., Steudtner, R., Drobot, B., Kogiomtzidis, A. L., Weiss, M., & Walther, C. (2023). The chemical journey of Europium (III) through winter rye (Secale cereale L.)– Understanding through mass spectrometry and chemical microscopy. Chemosphere, 313, 137252.
• Asad, M. & M. Rizwan. (2021). Stoichiometric impact of herbivore dung versus urine on soils and plants. Plant Soil. 462, 59-65.
• Ali, A. (2022). Hybrid development programme of sunflower in Pakistan: A Review. J. Agonomy. 58, 145-156.

Process of Articles Submission

The paper submitted for publication should contain original unpublished material in MS Word format. Before submitting the research paper, click the link (Journal/guidelines) and structure/format the manuscript accordingly. It must be submitted by one of the authors only through „Online Submission‟ option of website www.jar.com.pk. For online submission of the paper, authors must follow the given steps.

• Open the link of this journal website.
• Click “Login icon”
• Create the account by giving necessary information.
• Save the username and password for future use.
• Login the account and upload the document in the specified format.
• Submit the article and remember the system generated Journal ID. No. for future correspondence.

Timeline of Publication

Biannual including January – June (Issue 1) and July - December (Issue 2)

Authorship of the Paper

The names and affiliations of authors with well defined role should be given at first page of research paper clearly mentioning the name of corresponding author.

Originality and Plagiarism Policy

The Editorial Office vigilantly monitors plagiarism in content of manuscript through Anti Plagiarism Software as per HEC guidelines. The plagiarized content having similarity index more than permitted limits is not acceptable. Only manuscripts with less than 19% overall and less than 4% from single source similarity index are entertained.

Peer Review Policy

All research papers to be published in this journal have to go through a blind peer review process. The peer review is masked in as the identities of authors are kept confidential from reviewer. Each research article is necessarily got reviewed from two reviewers of international repute. The comments of reviewers are conveyed to the corresponding author for modification accordingly and the final opinion of reviewers is taken about the articles modified by authors. The final decision about suitability of the research paper is taken by the Editor in Chief of this journal in pursuance of referees‟ opinion.

Article Publication Charges (APC)

The journal aims to provide a conscientious platform to the scientist‟s community for disseminating information based on their latest research findings. Therefore, PKR 5000/- or USD 100/- per paper publication fee is charged from the authors.

Contribution of Each Author With Details

It is obligatory for the manuscript to show an explicit statement that each author has made the specific contribution in conceiving, planning, review, execution and/ or write up.

Copyright and Licensing

All the research work published in this Journal is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. Authors hold full copyright in their work, and retain publishing rights without restriction.

Open Access Statement

This journal is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the users or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, without asking prior permission from the publisher. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.