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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

South Asian Journal of Agriculture (SAJA) is a half-yearly double blind peer reviewed journal published

from the Agrotechnology Discipline at Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh. Issues are published in June and December.

The journal publishes original research paper, review articles and short communications in any branches of Agriculture [Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Economics, Crop Botany, Soil Science, Animal Science, Agrimachinery, Fisheries, Forestry, Biotechnology, etc.].

Manuscript should contain Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods/Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements (if any) and References. These subtitles, however, are not necessary for short communication/scientific notes. 

Contributions are accepted for consideration on the understanding that the submitted manuscript should be original, has not been published before (except as part of a thesis or lecture note or report, or in the form of an abstract); that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors as well as by the authorities at the Institute where the work has been carried out. In case of review articles, the author(s) should have expertise in the said field and shall have at least 5 peer reviewing research publications in the journals. 

Microsoft Word files are required for all manuscripts. The manuscript should be as short as possible, and no longer than 5,000 words, while review articles may cover up to 7,000 words, in case of short communications, the limit is 1,500 words.

Manuscripts should be typed with double-spacing throughout, and with a margin of at least 3 cm on both side having font size of 12 on one side of A4-sized paper. All pages should be numbered consecutively and the lines in each page should be numbered. All manuscripts must be written in clear and grammatically correct English and spelling. Scientific language, nomenclature and standard international units should be used.

Standard “bioethical principles” must be abide by during the research procedure.

The manuscript (Microsoft Word files) should be submitted using the journal's online submission system (www.saja.edu.bd; https://saja.edu.bd/papers/create (you must create an author-account first, and log-in) or email address (info@saja.edu.bd; saja.agrotechnology@gmail.com). The author should submit the manuscript along with a cover letter and a filled in declaration form (signed and scanned). The cover letter should contain a statement justifying why the work should be considered for publication in the journal, while the declaration form mentioning that the manuscript has not been published or simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. The manuscript should have a title page which includes the title of article; name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s); name, telephone number, and email address of the corresponding author; running title (not more than 50 characters including spaces); and key words (not more than 5 words, separated by commas). 

The acceptance of a paper implies that it has been reviewed and recommended by at least two reviewers. One Editor from the Editorial Board will act as a super reviewer and will check for suitability for acceptance, and will place the article in front of the Board during editorial meeting. The Editorial Board will take the final decision for acceptance of any properly processed article. Authors  will generally be notified of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision within shortest possible time from receipt.

The main body of the paper should be divided into unnumbered sections. Choice of headings will depend on the content, but the text of the article is recommended in the following order: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, (or Results and Discussion), Conclusion, Acknowledgements (if any) and References.

Title: The title of the paper should be short and specific and should represent the exact nature of contents of the article. The first page should bear the title of the paper with abstract and key words. 

Abstract: The abstract (preferably less than 400 words) should state concisely the scope of the work and the principal findings and should not just recapitulate the results. It should be complete enough for direct use by abstracting services. Acronyms and references should be avoided. 

Introduction: Introduction should contain the background, justification of the research work, properly mentioned research gap and objective(s). 

Materials and Methods/Methodology: It should contain a concise account of the research procedures and materials used. 

Results and Discussion: This chapter should contain the principal findings of the study along with necessary discussion. Preferably each result should be followed by discussion or interpretation (in any case the Results and Discussion must not be separated) with appropriate reference(s). 

Conclusion: Concluding remarks must be given (that tally with the objective) in the last paragraph.

Tables, Graphs and Figures: Each table and figure must be submitted in separate sheet of paper(s). The number should be minimal. Numerical data must be presented in either table or graph. Measurement unit should be in metric system throughout the paper. 

Acknowledgements: Keep these to the absolute minimum, should be a brief statement at the end of the text and may include source of financial support. Avoid thanks for permission to publish. 

References: Preferably published or in press articles should be cited in the reference list. Unpublished observations, proceedings, abstracts, websites, and personal communications should not be listed as references. All listed references must be cited in the text. Arrange the references in alphabetical order by the first author’s surname. The citation of references in the text for single author should be like this “Islam, 2019”; up to two author(s) should be surname followed by year of publication (Islam and Hossain, 2020). The citation of references in text more than two author(s) should be Surname of first author followed by et al., and year of publication (Islam et al., 2013). Another example (for citing multiple articles for addressing single issue): Abdul, 1991; Balaji et al., 1997; Kianu and Miller, 1998). In case, an author cited has more than one publication during the same year should be identified by a lower case letter (like a, b, c), both in the text and reference list to distinguish the works (Hossain et al., 2012a; 2012b). The number of references preferably should not exceed 40 in original articles and 15 in short communications and case reports. Journal titles should be full in name. Author(s) should check the references in text and reference list carefully to avoid delay in peer review and publication before submission of article for the accuracy. All references cited in the text should be listed alphabetically and presented in full in the following style: 

From Book:

Lang, A. 1980. Inhibition of flowering in long day plants. In: Akoog, F. (Ed.). Plant Growth Substances.

Spring-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 310 - 322.

Adrance, G.M. and Brison, F.R. 1971. Propagation of Horticultural Plants (2nd edn.). Tata McGraw-Hill

Publishing Company Ltd. New Delhi.

From Journal:

Mollah, M.K.U., Quadir, M.A. and Ali, M. 1987. Effect of bulb size on seed production of two onion cultivars.

Bangladesh Horticulture, 15(1): 18 - 24.

From Proceedings: 

Hasan, M.A. and Mazumder, A.H. 1998. The Ganges floodplain soils and the related environmental aspects. In:

Rahman, M.A, Shah, M.S., Murtaza, M.G. and Matin, M.A. (Eds.). Integrated  Management of Ganges Floodplains and Sundarbans Ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Seminar, 16-18 July 1994, Khulna University, Bangladesh. pp. 22 - 32.

From Reports, Thesis etc.:

Ali, M.Y. 1997. Fisheries. In: Choudhury, A.M. (ed.), The Bangladesh National Conservation Strategy Towards

Sustainable Development. The Government of Bangladesh and IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Dhaka, Bangladesh. pp. 93 - 102. Alam, M.S. 2007. Remote Sensing for Coastal Land Use Mapping: A Case Study on Shrimp Culture in Paikgacha. M. Sc. Thesis, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka.

From Online Document:

Cartwright, J. 2007. Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb.

http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed January 04, 2016.

A total fee of Tk. 3000/- (for inland) and US$ 100/- (for overseas) is charged for a full length paper not exceeding 8 pages, while Tk. 2500/- (for inland) and US$ 85/- (for overseas) for a scientific note or short communication not exceeding 3 pages in the final printed format. An extra Tk. 200/- will be charged for each additional page if necessary. Contributors have to pay Tk. 1500/- or US$ 50/- only (non-refundable) to the Executive Editor at the time of submission of the article and the remaining amount after acceptance of the paper.

Payment method: bKash number (merchant): 01911020838 [article processing fee 1,500 BDT, while initial submission; publication fee 1,500 BDT, while revised copy submission (total 3,000 BDT)].

Bank Account Name: South Asian Journal of Agriculture, No.: 0200003302611, Agrani Bank Limited, Khulna University Branch, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh (SWIFT code: AGBKBDDH 023; Routing No.: 010471690).

Please do not forget to upload/send the scanned payment doc/slip and signed & scanned declaration form through website/email.

Copyright is transferred to journal:

Copyright on any research article is transferred in full to South Asian Journal of Agriculture published by Agrotechnology Discipline of Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh, upon publication in South Asian Journal of Agriculture. The copyright transfer includes the right to reproduce and distribute the article in any form of reproduction (printing, electronic media or any other form). Articles in the South Asian Journal of Agriculture are Open Access articles published under the Creative Commons CC BY License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The regular fees could be changed on special occasions with due approval by the editorial board.

Authors who publish in the South Asian Journal of Agriculture (SAJA) agree to the following terms that:

  1. Journal retain copyright and grant the South Asian Journal of Agriculture (SAJA) the right of first publication of the work.
  2. Creative Commons Licence
  3. Articles in South Asian Journal of Agriculture (SAJA) are licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC License Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license permits Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.

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  • Author names, affiliations and emails are required for publication and will become part of the permanent cited record.

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(Updated: 25 February 2020)