About the Journal
Focus and Scope / Aim and Scope
Bangladesh Journal of Agriculture (BJA) is a leading national journal focusing on all aspects of agrarian sector in Bangladesh. The BJA publishes original article, review, short communication on the fundamental, applied and management areas of crop science, horticulture, animal science, fisheries, natural resource management, post-harvest processing, rural development, climate change, biological science, social sciences, agriculture economics, ICT in agriculture etc. The aim of BJA is to advance and disseminate the knowledge in all spheres of agriculture towards achieving the sustainable development goals.
Editorial Process/Review Process
The corresponding author submits the article to the journal usually via an online system or submission by email. The journal checks the paper’s composition and arrangement according to the author guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations.
The editor in chief checks that the paper is appropriate for the journal and is sufficiently original and interesting. If not, the paper may be rejected without being reviewed any further and notify the corresponding author within three working days. If the article is accepted at this stage, the editor in chief assigns a handling editor at this stage.
The handling editor send the manuscript at least two individuals he or she believes would be appropriate to review the article. Within 14 working days, the reviewed article is then submitted to the journal again, with a recommendation to accept or reject it – or else with/without a request for revision before it is reconsidered for publication. The handling editor considers all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ extensively, the editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to get an extra opinion before making a decision.
The editor sends a decision email to the corresponding author including with reviewer comments. If accepted, the paper is sent to production. If the article is rejected or sent back for either major or minor revision, the handling editor should include constructive comments from the reviewers to help the author improve the article. At this point, reviewers should also be sent an email or letter letting them know the outcome of their review. If the paper was sent back for revision, the reviewers should expect to receive a new version, unless they have opted out of further participation. However, where only minor changes were requested this follow-up review might be done by the handling editor.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a ' Copyright Agreement'. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with ' Copyright Agreement'. form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
Conflict of interest
The ideas obtained through peer review will be kept confidential and not used for any personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest including relationships or connections with any of the authors or institutions connected to the articles. Editor will take reviewer misconduct seriously and follow any allegation confidentiality, non-declaration of conflicts of interest, inappropriate use of confidential material, or delay of peer review for competitive advantage.
Publication Ethics
Chief editor will maintain the highest ethical standards with respect to authorship, data integrity, ethical /originalityof research, conflict of interest as well as other relevant aspects. Authors are required to submit their original work. Any articles that does not meet originality requirements or fake or the data that is falsified and/or contrived will be rejected.
Reviewers Guidelines
First read hrough the article carefully on the basis of the following poins: Is it clear what the authors want to communicate in the manuscript, originality and contributation to field of stydy of the research work, overall study design and appropriateness of methodology.
For research articles the reviewers will asked to check the i. Title ( the manuscript title suitable or not, does it highlight the importance of the study) ii. Wheter the abstract is short and clearly summarize the aims, key methods, important findings and conclusions. iii. Introduction is clearly summarize the current state of the topic, clearly explain why the study was necessary, define the aim of the study and clarify research question appropriately. iv. Study design and metholodgy of the research are appropriate to unreveal the research question or whether the research work have any ethical concerns. v. Results are presented clearly and accurately according the methods used, all the relevant data have been included or not, Whether the data described in the text consistent with the data in the figures and tables. vi. Discussion: whether authors logically describe the findings, compare the findings with current findings and implications of the findings for future research and potential applications. vii. whether the conclusions of the research supported by the data and any limitations/ inconsistent of the study discussed or not.
Tables and Figures: The reviewers must check whether all the data presented in a clear and appropriate manner or not, presentation of tables and figures consistent with the description in text, the figure legends and table headings clearly explain or not, the figures and tables include measures of uncertainty, such as standard error or confidence intervals, where required as well as the sample size.
References: The reviewers must check whether any key references missing, the authors cite a review but should cite the original paper and the cited studies represent current knowledge or not.
Publication Frequency
Bangladesh Journal of Agriculture (BJA) is published twice in a year (July and January)
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Article Processing Fees
There is no article processing fees.
Source of Support
The corresponding authors are requested to clearly mentioned the financial support to conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated.
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