Author Guidelines
Preparation of manuscripts
- Authors must submit, as a supplementary file, a Cover Letter explaining the importance of their work and how and why their major findings bring contributions to the citriculture and scope of the journal. The content of the Cover Letter must present the warranty that the manuscript is original, has not been published before, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere in its final form neither in printed nor in electronic format. The corresponding author must sign the cover letter on behalf of all authors;
- The corresponding author assumes full responsibility for the manuscript, including compliance with journal policies, and will be the primary contact with the journal office. The submitting author may assume this position if indicated in the cover letter;
- Each manuscript must have a cover page containing article title, authors’ full names, ORCID number and institutional affiliations must be in the original language of the institution, except for those which do not have Latin alphabet;
- Authors should select a category from the following: Administration and Economy, Breeding and Biotechnology, Crop Management, Entomology, Irrigation, Physiology, Phytopathology, Soils and Nutrition, or Post-harvest;
- The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and an institutional e-mail must be provided;
- The corresponding author assumes full responsibility for the manuscript.
Manuscript style:
- The manuscript should be written in a program compatible with MS Word for Windows system and to be submitted electronically (http://citrus.iac.sp.gov.br/index.php/CRT/login). The text should be written in A4 size (210 x 297 mm), double-spaced with 3-cm margins, Times New Roman font, size 12, with lines and pages showing continuous numeration. The full title should be in bold and the first letter in capital.
- The International System of Units (IS) must be used in all manuscripts for expressing units.
- Names of cultivars or varieties in the text should not use quotation marks (for example: Pera sweet orange). Italicize the generic name and the specific epithet, but not the authority (example: Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck). The full scientific name of a species along with its authority should be written in the first citation, and abbreviated in the rest of the text (example: C. sinensis).
- Table: numbered using Arabic numerals and always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order. All tables should be provided as separate files and clearly identified. Abbreviation on text should be defined. Tables must avoid vertical lines and double lines and should restrict the use of horizontal lines to its end as well as to separate its top from the rest of the data. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
- Figure: should be identified, with clear and objective legends, and listed and provided as files separately. The figure should be indicated in the text and presented in the end of the manuscript. If the manuscript is approved for publication the author will be requested to provide the figures with a resolution of at least 300 dpi, in TIF or JPEG format.
Types of manuscript
ARTICLE: it should be limited to a maximum of 25 pages, including references, tables and figures, and contain: A) cover page with Title (clear and concise), B) Full name of the author(s), affiliation, and indication of the author for correspondence identified with an asterisk and complete affiliation address (including e-mail); C) Summary (should never exceed 250 words and includes brief introduction, goals, most relevant results and conclusions), D) Index terms (maximum five keywords that reflect the article, however should not be in the title), E) Introduction, F) Materials and Methods, G) Results, Discussion (or Results and Discussion) with Conclusions, H) Acknowledgments (optional), I) Funding, and J) References. Figures and Tables should be identified, with clear and objective legends, and listed and provided as files separately.
SHORT COMMUNICATION: It is a concise but complete description of a limited investigation that is intended for presentation of recent information on citrus research that is considered relevant for rapid announcement. It should not exceed 15 pages, including references, tables and figures. A) Title, B) Full name of the author(s), affiliation, and indication of the author for correspondence identified with an asterisk and complete affiliation address (including e-mail), C) Summary (should never exceed 250 words), D) Index terms (maximum five keywords that reflect the article however should not be in the title), E) The text should contain the body of the article, and may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings, F) Acknowledgments (optional), G) Funding, and H) References (limited to 10 references). Figures and Tables should be identified, with clear and objective legends, and listed and provided as files separately.
REVIEW: Review articles are overviews to provide substantial coverage of specific, relevant subjects within the scope of Citrus R&T, which may include material already published. It should not exceed 30 pages, including references. The manuscript should contain: A) Title, B) Full name of the author(s), affiliation, and indication of the author for correspondence identified with an asterisk and complete affiliation address (including e-mail), C) Summary (should never exceed 250 words), D) Index terms (maximum five keywords that reflect the review article, however should not be in the title), E) Text: the review should contain the body of the article, and may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings, F) Acknowledgments (optional), G) Funding, and H) References. Tables and figures are optional, and provided as files separately.
Citation of the references
Following the last name(s) of the author(s), only the first letter in capital, give the year of publication [example: Figueiredo (2005)]. If the reference has more than two authors, use “et al.” (not italic) to indicate additional authors, comma and year of publication (example: Figueiredo et al., 2011). If there are only two authors, use “&” between names [example: Mattos Jr & Laranjeira (2013)]. If more than one article is published by the same author(s) in the same year, use letters after the year of publication to differentiate them [example: Figueiredo et al. (2011a)]. For more than one citation in the text, authors should be separated by “;” (example: Figueiredo et al., 2011; Santos & Ferreira, 2017). Personal communication must be placed in the footnote and should indicate the source and date (month/year) of information.
References
Citrus Research & Technology adopts the style of citations and bibliographic references by the American Psychological Association - APA. The complete policy and tutorials can be verified at http://www.apastyle.org.
They should be in alphabetical order of authors and, within this order, in chronological order; in the case of two or more authors, separate them by commas and between the second and last authors; indicate the name of all authors, do not use the expression “et al.”; titles of journals should be written in full; include only the works cited in the text, tables and/or figures.
The list of references cited should be alphabetically (surname of the first author) chronologically sorted, as follows:
Journals:
Hippler FWR, Cipriano DO, Boaretto RM, Quaggio JA, Gaziola SA, Azevedo RA, Mattos Junior. D (2016) Citrus rootstocks regulate the nutritional status and antioxidant system of trees under copper stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 130(10): 42-52.
Books and bulletins:
Mattos Junior D, De Negri JD, Pio RM, Pompeu Jr J (2005) Citros. Campinas: Instituto Agronômico e Fundag, 929p.
Collaboration in collective publications:
Book chapter:
Müller GW, Targon MLNP, Carvalho AS, Souza AA & Rodrigues JCV (2005) Doenças de citros causadas por vírus e viróides. In: Mattos Junior D, De Negri JD, Pio RM & Pompeu Junior J (Eds). Citros. Campinas: Instituto Agronômico e Fundag, p. 569.
Annals/Proceedings of Congress:
Coletta-Filho HD, Peroni LA, Souza AA, Takita MA, Stach-Machado DR (2011) Development and reactivity of polyclonal antibodies based on OMP sequences of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Proceedings of the IRCHLB, Orlando, FL, p.67.
Dissertation (Master) and Thesis (PhD):
Mattos Junior D (2000) Citrus response functions to N, P, and K fertilization and N uptake dynamics. PhD Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Eletronic citations:
FORMAT: Author(s). Title. Name of the journal, city, volume, issue, first and last pages, date. Available on: <http://webpage>. Accessed on: day month (abbreviaton). year.
Examples:
Lamari L. Assess: Image analysis software for plant disease quantification. St. Paul: APS Press, 2002. 1 CD-ROM.
FUNDECITRUS – Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura. Citrus canker – survey data. Available on: <http://www.fundecitrus.com.br/Pagina/Default.aspx?IDPagina=106>. Accessed on: 5-out. 2012.
PREPRINTS:
Citrus Research & Technology encourages authors to publish preprints as a way to accelerate the spread of research. If a manuscript with a preprint is accepted for publication in Citrus Research & Technology it and the published article will be linked together when the article is online.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Authors should refer to the recent Citrus Research & Technology number for text layout science, tables and figures.
- In the online submission of the manuscript, the names of the authors and co-authors must be inserted in the system in the same order in which they will appear in the final manuscript.
- Failure to comply with the standards and formatting of the text will imply the return of the work.
Submission system
Citrus Research & Technology is homepage on the online management system (http://citrus.iac.sp.gov.br/). Paper submissions will be made only electronically
Issues online
Ex-Laranja ISSN 0102-1907 available from 2006 to 2009
Citrus Research & Technlogy (ISSN 2177-5419 print) available from 2010
Citrus Research & Technology (ISSN 2236-3122 on line) – available from 2012
Homepage http://citrusrt.ccsm.br/
LINKS:
Submission System: http://citrus.iac.sp.gov.br/index.php/CRT/login