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Annals
of Arid Zone
(Instructions for Authors)
Annals
of Arid Zone is an official publication of the Arid Zone Research
Association of India, Jodhpur, and is printed quarterly in March,
June, September and December. Full length articles and short communications
dealing with the physical, biological, and socio-economic aspects
of arid and semi-arid regions are published. Papers on applied problems,
dealing with desertification, management and conservation of the
resources and recovery of degraded arid lands, are preferred. Occasionally
invited review articles, on subjects or problems of general interest,
are included. However, contributory review articles are not accepted.
Sometimes, special issues containing invited review articles on
a particular theme are also published.
The manuscript should be in English and type-written with double
spacing on good quality paper with wide margins. One original and
two copies of the manuscript should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief,
Annals of Arid Zone, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur
342 003, India. Authors may indicate their e-mail address on the
first page of the manuscript. All contributory manuscripts are peer-reviewed.
Authors are expected to answer all questions/comments of Referee
for his/her reconsideration while submitting the revised manuscript.
Once the paper is accepted by the Editorial Board, authors must
provide the final text on IBM-compatible diskette.
The title
should be brief but informative, not exceeding 15 words, but highlighting
the subject and purpose of the study. A short running title, not
exceeding 30 characters, should be included. In the title, phrases
like 'Studies on', abbreviations and botanical names should be avoided.
Immediately after the
abstract (not exceeding 250 words), five to six key words, identifying
the most important aspects covered in the paper, may be included.
Authors are advised to
follow Webster Dictionary for spelling. The metric system may be
used, adopting International System of Units. In the text and tables,
minus sign (kg ha-l) instead of slash (kg/ha) should be used.
All illustrations should
be bold enough to stand adequate reduction to a single or double
column. Any lettering inside the illustrations should be in upper/lower
case. Captions of figures should be provided separately. Tables
should document, but not duplicate, the data already covered in
the text or illustrations. Papers having tables exceeding 100 characters
are normally not accepted for publication.
Tables should have short
title and typed on separate sheets. Only published or in-print papers
may be cited in the text and under references. Anything unpublished
should be included as 'personal communication/unpublished' in the
text only. Journal names should not be abbreviated. | |