Impact in Agriculture

Author Guidelines

Thank you for considering Impact in Agriculture for your submission. Authors must prepare manuscripts according to these guidelines and the official journal template. Manuscripts that do not follow the required format may be returned before review.

1. Initial Manuscript Preparation

2. Manuscript Preparation

• Language: The manuscript must be written in clear and grammatically correct English.
• Layout: Single-column format.
• Line spacing: Single (1.0).
• Font: Any standard readable font (e.g., Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri), 11 or 12 pt.
• Length: Maximum 7,000 words, excluding references.
• Abstract: 150–250 words.
• Keywords: 4–6 keywords.
• File format: Microsoft Word (.docx).
• Page numbering is recommended.

3. Manuscript Structure

The manuscript should normally include the following sections:

1. Title
2. Author names and affiliations
3. Corresponding author information
4. Abstract
5. Keywords
6. Introduction
7. Materials and Methods / Methodology
8. Results
9. Discussion
10. Conclusion
11. Acknowledgements (if applicable)
12. Funding Statement
13. Conflict of Interest Statement
14. Data Availability Statement
15. Author Contributions (if applicable)
16. References

4. References

Impact in Agriculture follows the IEEE citation style.

• References must be numbered in the order in which they first appear in the manuscript.
• In-text citations must appear in square brackets (e.g., [1]).
• All references must be complete, accurate, and formatted consistently.
• Authors are strongly encouraged to use reference management software such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero.
• Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) should be provided whenever available.
• All cited references must be genuine, publicly accessible, and traceable through reliable sources.
• Authors are responsible for ensuring that references are accurate and do not contain fabricated, AI-generated, withdrawn, or retracted publications unless clearly discussed within the manuscript.

5. Figures and Tables

• Figures and tables should be placed close to where they are first cited in the manuscript whenever possible.
• Use Figure 1, Figure 2, etc. Do not abbreviate as "Fig."
• Use Table 1, Table 2, etc.
• Every figure and table must have a clear and descriptive caption.
• All figures and tables must be cited in the manuscript text.
• Figures should be clear and of high quality (300 dpi or higher where applicable).
• Tables must be editable and must not be submitted as images.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material.

6. Ethical Requirements

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their research complies with all applicable ethical standards. Where relevant, manuscripts must include ethics approval, informed consent, animal welfare approval, clinical trial registration, or other required ethical statements.

Detailed requirements are available in the Publication Ethics Policy.

7. Authorship Criteria

All listed authors must have made a meaningful scholarly contribution to the work. Authors should normally meet the following criteria:

• Contributed to the conception, design, methodology, analysis, or interpretation of the work.
• Participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript.
• Approved the final version before submission.
• Agreed to be accountable for the integrity of the work.

8. Use of Artificial Intelligence

Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence or automated tools in preparing the manuscript, except where such tools are used only for basic language correction, formatting, or spelling checks. AI tools cannot be listed as authors and cannot be cited as sources. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the submitted work.

See the AI Policy for full details.

9. Data Availability

Authors should include a Data Availability Statement explaining where the data supporting the findings can be accessed. If data cannot be shared, the reason should be clearly stated.

See the Data Availability Policy.

10. Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or professional relationships that could influence the research. If there are no conflicts of interest, authors should state: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

See the Conflict of Interest Policy.

11. Funding Statement

All sources of financial support must be disclosed. If the research received no funding, authors should state: This research received no external funding.

12. Plagiarism and Originality

Submitted manuscripts must be original and must not be under consideration elsewhere. All submissions may be screened for similarity, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and other integrity concerns.

See the Plagiarism Policy.

13. Supplementary Material

Authors may submit supplementary files such as datasets, source code, additional figures, appendices, video files, or extended tables where they support the manuscript.

14. Open Access, Copyright, and Licensing

Articles published in Impact in Agriculture are made freely available online under the journal's open access model. Authors retain copyright, and published articles are distributed under the journal's stated open license.

See the Open Access Policy and Copyright and Licensing Policy.

15. Submission Process

Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's online submission system:
https://portal.impaxon.com/login

After submission, authors will receive a confirmation email and manuscript tracking ID.

The general workflow is:

Detailed information is available on the Review Process page.

16. Article Processing Charges

Authors should review the journal's Article Processing Charges page before submission. This page provides information about publication charges, waivers, and applicable fee conditions.

See the Article Processing Charges page.

17. Related Policies

• Publication Ethics
• Open Access Policy
• Copyright and Licensing
• AI Policy
• Plagiarism Policy
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Data Availability Policy
• Review Process