AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Author's statement [download file]

Agronomy Science publishes original scientific papers in Polish and English. Submission of the paper implies that it has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. 

Submitting your paper

1. We need 2 versions of the paper: version for the publisher with data of authors and scientific units and version for reviewers without these data. ATTENTION! Please remove names of authors in figure captions and metadatas of Word file in version for reviewers.
2. Author should attach the author's statement signed by all authors.
3. The paper is preliminary reviewed by the scientific editor to verify whether it falls within the subject matter and the editorial standards of the journal.
4. The paper is checked for originality with the iThenticate anti-plagiarism program.
5. The paper is reviewed by two reviewers from outside the authors’ institutions keeping the principle of mutual anonymity, the so-called double-blind review process.
6. The review is provided in a written format.
7. The editor forwards reviewer’s remarks to the author.
8. The author sends the corrected article and a response to the reviewer’s and editor’s comments.
9. The editorial office reserves a right to make cuts and corrections, and to suggest changes and substantive supplementations.

Technical support: journals@up.lublin.pl

Publication fee

Submission of a paper to the editor indicates that the authors accept the following charges.

The publication fee is 110 EUR for standard size of a manuscript, and 20 EUR for each additional commenced page (reverse charge).

From February 1, 2024, the standard size of the article that is the basis for calculating fees is changed.

The standard size of an article is a maximum of 16 pages of the submitted article with tables and illustrations, prepared according to the following parameters: A-4 format, margins 2.5 cm, typed with Times New Roman font 12 points, 1.5 l of space between the lines.

A fee of 11 EUR per figure will be added for additional processing of figures that are unsuitable for publication in their submitted form – they do not meet publishing standards or contain factual errors.

In the case of articles submitted by January 31, 2024, the basis for calculating the publication fee is the standard article size of 12 pages.

Fees for articles submitted before February 1, 2023 are charged according to the earlier price list: 60 EUR for the standard size, 5 EUR for each additional commenced page.

Payments should be made after we receive information that the article has been accepted for publication.
The payment should be made by bank transfer. Bank fee is not included in the price.

Technical requirements for the elaboration of papers:

1. Size of the paper including tables, figures and photographs should not exceed 16 pages of A-4 format (standard margins 2.5 cm).
2. Style of documents – the text of the paper should be typed with Times New Roman font 12 points, 1.5 l of space between the lines, setting parts of the text in special typeface is allowed, e.g. italics or bold, but without underlining letters, words and sentences.
3. Tables and figures – size cannot exceed 12.5 cm × 19.5 cm. Numbers of tables and figures – Arabic numerals. The manuscript should be saved in one file. Tables should be included at the end of the manuscript file. Table should be editable. If necessary, the author is asked to send the original files of photographs (.jpg, .tif) and figures, e.g. if a drawing has been created in Corel Draw, Excel, Photoshop, you are kindly asked to attach it in the files of these programs. Required graphic materials resolution – at least 300 dpi.

The following paper setting is binding:

1. Title of the article.
2. Name and last name of author (authors), last name – CAPITALIZED; ORCID identifier.
3. Affiliations of all authors in the language of the article (department or faculty, university, address, country).
4. Corresponding addresses of all authors – e-mail.
5. Paper abstract (from 600 to 1500 characters without spaces).
6. Key words – 3–6 words useful when indexing and searching, from the general to specific ones.
7. The main text of the research paper should include: INTRODUCTION with the aim and research hypothesis, MATERIAL AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS (or SUMMARY) and REFERENCES. 
   The numbers of tables and figures are to be given in Arabic numerals.
   Units – the international SI system is binding, e.g. g·dm^–3 or g dm^–3.
8. Source of research and publication funding.
9. References.
   
   
   Literature references in text: when referring to the publications of other authors in the text of the paper, a surname and a year should be provided in brackets [Zalewski i in. 2001, Lewandowski 2007, Kowalski and Lewandowski 2008, Patkowska and Konopiński 2008a, 2008b] or …according to Kowalski [2000]... All literature data mentioned in the text must be given in the list of references (and vice versa). Other examples of references: [https://sjp.pwn.pl], [PN-90/A-75101/03:1990], [Farmakopea Polska IX 2011], [Commission Regulation 2015], [GUS 2018], [Ustawa… 2001].
   
   The list of references should be presented in the alphabetical order in the following way: author’s (authors’) surname, initials of first names; year of publishing if there is more than one paper of the same author published in a given year, after the year it is necessary to mark particular items a, b, c, etc.; title of the paper; abbreviation of the journal’s title, No of volume(issue), numbers of pages, DOI (in the format https://doi.org/10.24326/as/2021.1). Books – bibliographical abbreviation of the publishing house and place of publishing, numbers of pages. Website – detailed website address and daily date of access.
   DOI number for all references is required.

   Examples:
   Bertamini M., Nedunchezhian N., 2003. Photoinhibition of photosynthesis in mature and young leaves of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). Plant Sci. 164, 635−644. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9452(03)00018-9
   
   Beyl C.A., 2011. PGRs and their use in micropropagation. In: R.N. Trigiano, D.J. Gray (eds.), Plant tissue culture, development, and biotechnology. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton–London–New York, 33–56.
   
   Changjiang S., Guangrong J., 2009. Recognition method of weed seeds based on computer vision. http://ieeexplore,ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5305507 [access: 15.09.2016].
   
   Commission Regulation, 2015. EU Regulation No 1258/2011 of 2 December 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels for nitrates in foodstuffs, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32011R1258 [access: 21.10.2016].
   
   Farmakopea Polska IX, 2011. PTF, Warszawa.
   
   Gawryszewska B.J., 2004. Od hortiterapii do architektury partycypacyjnej – konieczność zachowania struktury przestrzeni społecznej w modernizacji osiedli mieszkaniowych. Proc. II Symp. „Architektura i technika a zdrowie”, Gliwice, 5.10.2004, 79–85.
   
   GUS, 2017. Użytkowanie gruntów i powierzchnia zasiewów w 2016 r. Warszawa.
   
   GUS, 2018. Rocznik Statystyczny Rolnictwa 2017. Warszawa.
   
   Kowalczyk K. (red.), 2013. Agrobiotechnologia. Wyd. UP w Lublinie, Lublin.
   
   Kucharska A.Z., 2012. Związki aktywne owoców derenia (Cornus mas L.). Monografie UP we Wrocławiu 148.
   
   Patkowska E., Konopiński M., 2008a. Pathogenicity of selected soil-borne microorganisms for scorzonera seedlings (Scorzonera hispanica L.). Folia Hortic. 20(1), 31–42.
   
   Patkowska, E. Konopiński M., 2008b. Pathogenicity of selected soil-borne fungi for seedlings of root chicory (Cichorium intybus L. var. sativum Bisch.). Veg. Crops Res. Bull. 69, 81–92.
   
   PN-90/A-75101/03:1990. Przetwory owocowe i warzywne. Przygotowanie próbek i metody badań fizykochemicznych. Oznaczenie zawartości suchej masy metodą wagową. PKN, Warszawa.
   
   Sobczyk M., 2018. Statystyka. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa, 11–31.
   
   Ustawa z dnia 21 grudnia 2000 r. o jakości handlowej artykułów rolno-spożywczych (Dz.U. 2001 nr 5 poz. 44, ze zm.).