Instruction

General Information for Preparing Manuscript  

Three types of manuscripts are acceptable for publication: Articles, Communications and Reviews.

Articles are meant for papers reporting the results of completed definite studies. If several closely related manuscripts are being prepared at about the same time, all should be submitted together.

Communications are intended for the rapid and timely publication of original research of significance. Communications are short contributions not exceeding three printed pages in length. Communications is not over 2 000 words.

Reviews articles deal with topics of current interest in areas relating to plant protection. Rather than an assemblage of detailed information with a complete literature survey, a critically selected treatment of the material is desired. Unsolved problems and possible developments should also be discussed. Review articles are generally written upon invitation of the Chief Editor.

Preparation of Manuscripts  

The manuscripts should be written in English on A4 page size with “Times New Roman” font, 12 pt, 1.5 spacing with all margins 2.5 cm on all sides. The manuscript should follow this sequence: Title, Full Name(s) (Last, Middle, First name), Full address of the author(s), Footnote, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, References.

Title should clearly and accurately indicate the contents of the Articles or Communications and should be expressed in adequate scientific terms. No abbreviations should be used in the titles.

Full address of authors should be placed below the Title.

Footnote should be included at the bottom on the first page to give the information regarding funding, and e-mail address of the author for correspondence.

Abstracts should state briefly the reason for the work, the significant results and conclusions. The abstract should be informative, concise, and in a form that is fully intelligible in conjunction with the title. It should not include citation of references or reference to figures and tables in the text.

Keywords should be given three to five at the bottom of the Abstract to serve as guidelines for indexing.

Introduction paragraphs should be as concise as possible.

Materials and Methods should include full details of the statistical technique used.

Tables and Figures must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals respectively and should be self-explanatory. Tables must have a brief descriptive title and include footnotes if necessary. “Figure” should be abbreviated to “Fig.”. Figure should have figure captions, either with the figures or collected on a separate sheet. The contents of figures, tables and word descriptions should not be duplicated.

Photographs should be of sufficiently high quality with respect to detail and contrast. Indicate the magnification by a bar on the photograph. Photographs and RGB bitmaps should be provided in JPEG or TIFF file format. They must have no less than 300 dpi resolution, so if they should occupy text column width (8 cm) they must have at least 1000 pixels width. Please send original (not resized) photograph(s), straight from a digital camera, without any text descriptions on the photo.

References should be cited according to (author, date) system in text. In text references should be stated by author (surname) followed by year in parentheses, e.g. (Altieri, 2004). If there are two authors, e.g. (McDonald & Nicol, 2005). If there are more than two authors, e.g. (Biesmeijer et al., 2006). If there are two or more references, references should be cited in order of time. If references by the same authors in the same year are cited, they should be distinguished by the letters a, b, c, etc. In the reference list, all references should be arranged in alphabetical order. If there are less than ten authors, all authors should be listed. Full name of journal titles should be listed. Reference accuracy is critical and authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Only articles that have been published or are in press should be included in the References. Journal articles and books must be cited by the following formats:

Altieri MA. 2004. Biodiversity and pest management in agroecosystems (2nd edition). New York: Food Products Press, pp. 203-224

Biesmeijer JC, Roberts SPM, Reemer M, Ohlemüller R, Edwards M, Peeters T, Schaffers AP, Potts SG, Kleukers R, Thomas CD, et al. 2006. Parallel declines         in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science, 313(5785): 351-354

Garnsey SM, Permar TA, Camber M, Henderson CT. 1993. Direct tissue blot immunoassay (DTBIA) for detection of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV).//Moreno P, de Graca JV, Yokomi RK. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on International Organization of Citrus Virologist. Riverside, USA, pp. 39-50

McDonald AH, Nicol JM. 2005. Nematode parasites of cereals.//Luc M, Sikora R A, Bridge J. Plant parasitic nematodes in subtropical and tropical agriculture. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, pp.131-191

Wilkinson CF. Insecticide Biochemistry and Physiology. Plenum, New York, 1976: 768

Names of Organisms and Units  

Names of organisms (written in italics) should be given as the most recent scientific binominal with authority when mentioned the first time and with the abbreviated generic name whenever being used again. Use ISO/SI units and official abbreviations.

Submission of Manuscripts

1. The following materials: (a) original manuscript, (b) a signed copyright status form (a copy reproduced from the form printed in the issue of the journal may be used （Download Copyright Agreement）, and (c) a letter to the editor with an implication that the article is original and a declaration that the article is not being considered for publication elsewhere and to transfer, should be submitted online at http://www.zwbhxb.cn.  

2. Copy editing of paper is performed by the staff of the Editorial Office. A set of page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for checking. The proofs should be returned at first convenience.  

3. Papers of high scientific quality and originality that are of interest to the wide and diverse readership of the Journal will be given priority for publication.

4. To adapt to the construction of China's information and expand the knowledge and information exchange channel for our Journal and the author, our Journal is a member of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) Databases. Our Journal will give the royalty for manuscript copyright and remuneration to author at once. If authors disagree your paper not to be collected in CNKI, you should state when submit manuscript, and our Journal will handle the matter properly.

5. Journal of Plant Protection (JPP) is an open access journal, all articles which are published in JPP are permanently free for everyone to read, download and share. A Copyright Transfer Agreement Form should be included in the initial submission.