Focus and Scope
The Citrus Research & Technology journal publishes original articles in all areas of citriculture, including Administration and Economy, Breeding and Biotechnology, Crop Management, Entomology, Irrigation, Physiology, Phytopathology, Soils and Nutrition, and Post-harvest.
Section Policies
Breeding and Biotechnology
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Crop Management
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Economy
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Entomology
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Physiology
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Irrigation
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Phytopathology
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Post-harvest
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Soil and Nutrition
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
Editorial policy: Citrus Research & Technology publishes original scientific papers written in Portuguese, Spanish, and English on subjects related to all citrus area, including Administration and Economy, Breeding and Biotechnology, Crop Management, Entomology, Irrigation, Physiology, Phytopathology, Soils and Nutrition, and Post-harvest.
The editorial policy of Citrus Research & Technology is based on the responsibility as communication vehicle for the citriculture. For this, Citrus R&T requires its editorial board, reviewers and authors to comply with ethical and integrity criteria. CRT is committed to Open Science, strongly supporting and encouraging its practice in publishing research results.
The papers submitted to Citrus Research & Technology must be original and not simultaneously submitted to other Journals. The Journal publishes articles, short communication, and review papers. The manuscript must be in agreement with the Citrus Research & Technology standards described in the instructions to Preparation of manuscripts.
The content of articles submitted to Citrus Research & Technology, including opinions and editorial letters, represent their authors and do not necessarily reflect those views of the institution responsible for its publication and are exclusive responsibility of author (s).
Privacy Statement: The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Policies against plagiarism and bad conduct in research: All submitted manuscripts to Citrus Research & Technology will be subjected to the journal’s policy of screening for plagiarism and self-plagiarism, following guidelines by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The authors are invited to visit the COPE website http://publicationethics.org for information on authors and editors on Ethics in research.
The entire process, selection and publication criteria in the journal followed by rules of conduct and ethics, according to https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf. After submitting the manuscript, Citrus Research & Technology makes use of Crossref Similarity Check software to detect similarity with other published texts.
If there is suspicion of misbehavior or alleged fraud the Journal and/or Publisher will carry out an investigation following COPE guidelines. If, after investigation, there are valid concerns, the author(s) concerned will be contacted under their given e-mail address and given an opportunity to address the issue.
Citrus Research & Technology is committed to maintain integrity and responsible of the editorial process. All cases suspicious or bad conduct will be investigated with high pattern ethics and academics to guarantee that all doubts will be solved. Depending on the situation, this may result in the implementation of the some measures. If the manuscript is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to the author; or if it has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction an erratum/correction may be placed with the article or in severe cases retraction of the article may occur. The reason will be given in the published erratum/correction or retraction note.
Peer Review Process: After analysis of the Editorial Committee about significance and impact on citriculture knowledge, the manuscripts are directed to an expertise Associate-Editor to indicate four specialist reviewers in the area of the paper. The reviewers must comply with ethical guidelines for review, including respect for the confidentiality and do not reveal any details of the manuscript, during or after the review process, other than those disclosed by the journal. When reviewers receive an invitation to evaluate any text, they must commit to:
• Refuse the invitation if there are any conflicts of interest;
• Carry out the evaluation themselves, observing the most complete rigor;
• Accept invitations only when they are able to carry out the evaluation within the stipulated period;
• Inform about a possible relevant published reference that was not mentioned in the text;
• Maintain absolute confidentiality about the revised texts, do not discuss them with colleagues or use information for your own benefit, until the article is published;
• Check that the data is available in open access repositories and that they are valid and reliable.
The peer review process will follow a bilateral anonymous system, where authors and reviewers are closed to each other. The opinions emitted of at least two those reviewers are analyzed by the Associate-Editor who emits the conclusive opinion on behalf of the Editorial Committee. In mitigating circumstances (for example, due to a delay caused by a reviewer), the Associate Editor may make a recommendation based on the comments of only one reviewer, in addition to his own evaluation of the manuscript. The revisions, together with the conclusive opinion, are directed to the authors for corrections, justifications and preparation of the new form. After that, the new version is confronted with the original version of the paper by the Associated-Editor for approval. Publication of articles depends on the approval of the Editorial Board, based on this peer reviews. Once accept, the paper is directed for references, abstract and vernacular revisions. After the final layout format, the text is submitted for the final corrections by the authors and by the editorial committee, being soon afterwards made available online in the Citrus Research & Technology journal homepage.
The manuscripts that are not approved in the first stage will be returned to the corresponding author, so that the submission to another journal is not delayed. Revisions and resubmissions of previously rejected manuscripts will normally be sent to the same reviewers who evaluated the original version, as long as those reviewers are available. However, in some cases, the Associate Editor may decide that it is not appropriate to re-invite one or more original reviewers and / or to consider that a new reviewer is necessary.
The revised manuscripts must be sent within the deadline established in the notification to the authors of the "minor revision" or "major revision" decision. Revised manuscripts sent after these periods will be considered as new submissions and will again be subject to the initial review procedure. This deadline will be strictly adhered to, except in unusual circumstances, which must be explained in full, in writing, to the Editor-in-Chief.
The revised manuscripts must be in their final form of publication when sent, highlighting the corrected sections. The proofs received later will only be used to correct typographical errors. They should not be used for final changes to articles; these changes must be made to the manuscript before being published by the editor. Important changes to the text at the proof stage should be avoided to the author and may delay publication.
Open Access: Citrus Research & Technology provides immediate open access published under the CC-BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Copyright: Once the manuscript is approved, the authors grant an exclusive license to publish the submitted article in electronic format including photos and images. The copyright law also requires that the authors must provide to the Citrus Research & Technology the permissions to use copyrights material that was published by others journals or publishers, which include figures, tables and images. The copyright agreement form must be uploaded (Copyright letter) in the system and attached as a supplemental file.
Editorial fees: Citrus Research & Technology is free of any kind of submission/publication fees, and all the articles after approved are available in the online version, in pdf format.
Publication Frequency
Citrus Research & Technology is published in continuous flow.
Open Access Policy
Citrus Research & Technology provides immediate open access published under the CC-BY license.