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Guidelines to Authors
1.General
Herbal Tech Industry publishes articles of relevance to Herbal Science and Technology, in the following categories: Full Length Research Articles, Short Communications, Full Length Reviews, Mini Reviews and Tools & Techniques. Also, feedback from readers will be published as ‘Letters to the Editor’. All manuscripts must be written in English with Times New Roman Font style, 12 size and double line spacing2.Title Page
The Title page should contain the main Title in 'title case’ with word count of 10 to 15 words, Author (s) names presented as expanded first name followed by initials of middle and second namealong with current affiliations and contact e-mail address, marking for corresponding author, List of tables and List of figures.
3. Abstract
Maximum word limits of 250 and should not contain special characters or abbreviations. The Abstract should be informative and present the overall information of the manuscript and should encompass the background, materials and methods adopted, the salient results and a concluding sentence as to the findings of the manuscript in brief.
4. Keywords
Authors should provide 5 suitable Keywords
5. Running Title
A short running title should be given after key words and should be restricted to 5-7 words
6. Abbreviations
All abbreviation used in the manuscript should be listed with their elaboration
7. Introduction
This part should define the background and significance of the study by considering the relevant literature, particularly the most recent publications. The reasons for conducting the study must be mentioned in this section.
8. Materials and Methods
Concise but complete information about the materials and experimental protocols along with the analytical and statistical procedures used should be presented as clear as possible to enable other scientists to repeat the research presented. If unique chemicals or reagents are used, the source may be provided in parenthesis at appropriate places.
9. Results
Salient outcome of the study must be presented backed by relevant Tables and Figures. Repetition of Data as Text, Tables and Figures may be avoided.
10. Discussion
Discussion must be written with reference to the materials & methods used, the results obtained and by considering previous information from the literature. Statements made in the Introduction and Results sections should not be repeated here.
11. Conclusion
A suitable conclusion specifying the inferences drawn from the present work and its significance along with future implications in the particular field should be provided.
12.Acknowledgement
If necessary, a brief Acknowledgement may be included.
13.References
References should be made only to works that are published, accepted for publication (not merely 'submitted'), or available through libraries or institutions. Any other source should be qualified by a note regarding availability. Authors are requested to include most recent published work for the references and to avoid inclusion of many references of earlier than 40 years. Full reference listing format is as follows:
13. 1. Journal articles: Authors: In the reference list authors' names followed by their initials separated by coma & space; but only first five authors' names with initials are allowed and rest of the authors must be set under (et al.)., followed by year of publication without brackets. Title of Publication: Article title must be in sentence case format. Followed by Journal Title, which must be in Title case and italics according to International Journal abbreviation style. Volume and Issue Number: Volume number of a journal and (Issue number) within bracket followed by colon to separate the page numbers (first and last page numbers need to be provided with hyphen or N-dash but consistency should be maintained).
Smith, J.K., Jones, Mc, Sueng Chen, Selvam, P., Nagi Reddy, et al., 1988. Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLST: a new generation of protein database search programs. Nuclear Geophysics Resident25(2):3389–3402.
13.2 Books: The same rule is applicable for Books; publishers’ name and place must be mentioned along with the date and year. Book Title should be in Title Case and in Italics (and also editors names should be in italics). Followed by Publisher:Loctaion (both should be in bold and separated by colon) Volume number; PP. (page numbers – first and last page numbers) are separated by semicolon.
Stacey, G.L. and Keen N.T., 1996. Plant-Microbe Interactions. Chapman & Hall: New York.
13.3 Edited Books: Mandell, G.L. and Jr. Petri, W.A., 1996. Antimicrobial Agents: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, and other ß-Lactam Antibiotics. In: Goodman and Gilman`s. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 9th (Ed.), J.G. Hardman and L.E. Limbird (Eds.). McGraw-Hill: NY. Vol. 23; PP. 1073–1101
13.4 Conference Proceedings: Here, proceeding title must be in italics with Title case followed by date of publication, publisher: place.
Ridout, C.J. and Brown, J.K.M., 1996. Fine-scale mapping of the avirulence gene Avra12 in the barley pathogen Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei. In Proceedings of the 9th European and Mediterranean Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference, 2–6 September 1996, Lunteren: Netherlands. European and Mediterranean Cereal Rust Foundation, Wageningen.14. Figures
All illustrations including diagrams, graphs and photographs, are referred to as Figures. Photographs or drawings must have a good contrast of dark and light. Legends of figures should be complete and self-explanatory so that the reader can easily understand the results presented. Figures may be submitted in Jpeg format as separate files duly numbered with appropriate legends. High quality Figures need to be submitted as the Cover Page Picture will be selected from one such submissions that is accepted for publication in a particular issue. Colors should be avoided if not necessary. The Figures should have uniform font size and style (Times New Roman, 12) and if prepared in excel, should have sufficient clarity for the print. Colors should be avoided if not necessary and included only if the color(s) present a scientific/technical point significantly.
15. Tables
Each table must be given on a separate page duly numbered with a brief but complete and self-explanatory caption so that the reader can easily understand the results presented. The Tables should have uniform font size and style (Times New Roman, 12) and if prepared in excel, should have sufficient clarity for the print. Colors and shading in Tables to be avoided completely unless the color(s) present a scientific/technical point significantly.
16.Citations
References should be cited in the text by the last name(s) of the author(s) and year of publication, for example, (Chakravarthy, 2006) or (Chakravarthy and Shah, 1999). If the citation is the subject of the sentence, then only the date should be given in parentheses, for example, According to Shah (1984) or as suggested by Shah and Chakravarthy (1984). For citation of references with three or more authors, only the first author`s name followed by et al. should be used, for example, (Shah et al., 1988) or as shown by Shah et al. (1988) and the word `et al.’ should be in italics- font. If there is more than one reference in the same year for the same author(s), then add the letters ‘a’, ‘b’, etc. to the year with out repeating the year, for example, (Shah, 1970a,b; Shah, 1989). References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the text without numbering. Each authors citation should be separated by another and year with semi-colon; for example, (Chakravarthy, 2006; Shah, et al., 1970).
All tables and figures should be appropriately cited.
17. Supplementary Material
All extensive and large datasets such as images, sequence data and videos which support the manuscript are to be submitted as supplementary material. Such supportive material which might not be of interest to all readers but to a select few will be hosted on the journal web-site and will not be processed for print issue. This is for efficient print space utilization combined with making available the large data sets on-line.
18. Categories
18.1. Full Length Research Articles: Manuscripts should contain Title, Abstract, Key Words, a short Running Title, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements (if necessary), References and a Conclusion section. The word count should be 5000 to 7000 (excluding figures, Tables and References) with 30 to 40 references. Sections should not be numbered and should not contain subsections.
18.2. Short Communications: Manuscripts under this category will present Original Research Findings in a concise manner with a word limit of 2000 to 3000 words with 15 to 20 references. Figures, Tables and references need to be limited to highlight the most relevant details. The manuscript preparation details and format requirements remain the same as for the Full Length Research Articles.
18.3. Full Length Reviews: A Review is a comprehensive, authoritative, scholarly survey of recent advances in any area of biotechnology- research, technologies, products or protocols. The word count is from 5000 to 7000 with 40 to 50 references. It should be broadly applicable to varied biotechnology sub-sectors. All reviews are subject to full peer-review process. Mere compilation of available data should not be submitted but preferably, the author (s) contribution to the over-all understanding of the topic need to be highlighted with their own relevant research inputs to the topic reviewed.18.3. Full Length Reviews: A Review is a comprehensive, authoritative, scholarly survey of recent advances in any area of biotechnology- research, technologies, products or protocols. The word count is from 5000 to 7000 with 40 to 50 references. It should be broadly applicable to varied biotechnology sub-sectors. All reviews are subject to full peer-review process. Mere compilation of available data should not be submitted but preferably, the author (s) contribution to the over-all understanding of the topic need to be highlighted with their own relevant research inputs to the topic reviewed.
18.4. Mini Reviews: This section will contain short review articles expressing scientific views and questions on topics and trends in the field of biotechnology. It can contain 2000 to 3000 words with 15 to 20 references.
18.5. Tools and Techniques: This section showcases novel developments in either tools or techniques for application in biotechnology related areas. Authors can submit either adaptations or new applications of current tools, technologies, and methods, or new procedures and products of broader interest, which is (are) a result of their original research. The manuscript should give a detailed description of the protocols or products developed with suitable evidence (for e.g., as figures) in a manner that is easy to understand and reproduce by other researchers with similar areas of interest. The contributions in the category are expected to provide a means for rapid dissemination with the aim of enabling subsequent possible collaboration between academia and industry or promoting scientific dialogue. Sufficient data should be provided to bring out the strength of a particular technique. They can be between 2000 and 2500 words with 15 to 20 references. Abstracts are not required. Acronyms should be used and explained as appropriate. Other than these specifications, details given under original articles apply.
18.6. Letters to The Editor: Readers and other contributors to ‘Advanced Biotech’ are encouraged to send in their feedback or their view on either the previous published issue of the journal or on a current topic of interest to a general reader. Selected such communications will be published in the forthcoming issues based on an editorial review and decision.
19.Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be submitted as E-mail attachments to editor@herbaltechindustry.com For bigger files, authors must submit the entire manuscript as a CD.
20. Communications
All corrospondence shall be addressed to E-mail: editor@herbaltechindustry.com and by post to Editor, Herbal Tech Industry, Samanthi Publications P.Ltd, 170 Kakkan colony, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600034. Phone: 91 44 28175693/94
21. Formal conditions of acceptance
Papers will only be published in English. The journal publishes articles free of any charge. For accepted manuscript the authors should submit a signed declaration and copy right in the prescribed format ‘Declaration by Authors’ giving a statement that it has not been submitted for publication or is under consideration for publication elsewhere. Also, the Declaration should clearly mention towards the originality of the work submitted and that all the co-authors have equally contributed to the work along with a brief profile of the corresponding author. Previous conference presentations of a submitted manuscript should be disclosed. Manuscripts, which have been accepted, become the property of the publisher. It is not the publisher’s prerogative to check for the authenticity of either the author’s affiliations or their original contributions to the submissions. The editorial decisions will purely be based on the suitability of the submissions to ‘Advanced Biotech’ and need not necessarily reflect on the quality of the submission.
22. Peer Review
Manuscripts are subject for peer review with a few exceptions for solicited submissions.
The reviewers’ recommendations are considered for accepting/not accepting; subject to revision and resubmission and the final publication of the manuscript. All corresponding authors will be informed by E-mails about the status of their submission based on the editorial decisions.23. Guidelines to Authors
The Guidelines to Authors will be available on-line in the Journal Web-Site and also will be published at regular intervals in print.
24. Post Publication Services
24.1 Reprints: The corresponding author is entitled to one copy of the print issue where his / her manuscript is published. Authors can obtain electronic reprints as pdf files and also extra print versions of the entire issue as required for a charge of Rs. 500.00 (Rupees Five Hundred only) and Rs. 50.00 (Rupees Fifty only) respectively. The pdf reprints will include the cover page of the particular issue and this is as a value addition and as an encouragement for the authors to showcase their work as cover images. Non-authors also can obtain pdf or print issues as mentioned above. Video article reprints including the supplementary videos can be obtained as high-resolution movie files with the publication details for a reasonable charge.
24.2 Publication Certificate: Authors can obtain a certificate of publication on payment of Rs 250/- plus forwarding charges.
25. Payments.
All payment for reprints and certificate may be made by DD/Cheque favouring ‘Samanthi Publications P.Ltd, payable at Chennai. The postal address : Samanthi Publications P.Ltd, 170 Kakkan Colony, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600034.
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