Original research papers concerned with various fields of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, are accepted from the members of the society if considered suitable by peer reviewers and the Editorial Board. It is presumed that the articles submitted for publication to Canadian Journal of Agricultural and Applied Sciences have not been previously and will not be simultaneously submitted and published in any other journal.
Papers must be sent in .doc, .docx, MS-Word format and will be sent to cjaas@cannagri.ca as an email attachment for reviewing and suggested modification.
Manuscripts of full papers should be prepared under the following headings: Title, Affiliation, Abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion and References. Short notes should have no headings and abstract.
The manuscript should be uploaded at web site for consideration and status
Each MS must have names of three reviewers from institute other than place of work with email ID. Membership of all authors is mandatory.
The manuscript should be in Times New Roman with font size 12.
Title must be short and specific. The byline should comprise name(s) of author(s), complete postal address and e-mail address. Title page must also include a running title .
Abstract must be self-explanatory and should include the objectives, methodology, important points in the results and a conclusion. It should not, in any case, exceed 200 words. The authors should also suggest up to 5 key words below the abstract.
Introduction should be brief and include justification for undertaking the investigation and a short review of earlier work. Key references related to the work must be cited. Must be within one page. Avoid information not related to study conducted. Include 2-3 recent references.
Material and Methods should be clear and concise. This section can be subtitled for clarity. Provide reference to for standard methods used.
Results should be written concisely in a logical order. All data must invariably be given in metric and decimal system. Data presented in figures should not be duplicated in tables and vice versa. All figures and tables should be cited in text and should have concise and self-explanatory headings. The results should be based on statistical analysis with minimum data.
Discussion should be oriented towards explaining the significance and implications of the results obtained and should be well connected with the previous work in this direction. The related papers published in Canadian Journal of Agricultural and Applied Sciences must be cited. See Journal Contents link.
Results and Discussion section may preferably be combined to avoid repetition.
References should be arranged alphabetically by the name of the first author and then by the second and third authors as necessary. Scientific Periodicals should not be abbreviated. Cite the full title of journal. Citation should follow the following pattern
Paper in Journal: Gill J S and Sharma S 2021. Post-Harvest Losses of Cereals in Developing Countries: A Review. Canadian Journal of Agricultural and Applied Sciences 1(1): 1-8
Paper in Proceedings : Villers P, Navarro S and De Bruin T 2010. New applications of hermetic storage for grain storage and transport. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, June 27- July 2, 2010, Estoril, Portugal.
Book : Painter R H 1951. Insect Resistance in Crop Plants, The MacMillan Company, New York, USA, p 504.
Chapter : Murphy D J 2014. Coarctation of the aorta. In: D.S. Moodie (ed.). Clinical management of congenital heart disease: From infancy to adulthood adulthood (pp. 142-170). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cardiotext Publishing.
Ebbesen M 2011. Cross cultural principles for bioethics. In: G D Gargiulo and A McEwan (eds.). Advanced biomedical engineering (pp.157-183). InTech. doi: 10.5772/1017
Thesis : Knight A 2001. Exercise and osteoarthritis of the knee (Unpublished master’s dissertation). Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
The citation of reference in the text should be as Krischik and Gupta (1999) or (Gill and Sharma 2021), Murphy et al (1991) or (Murphy et al 1991) depending on composition of the sentence. Two or more than two references cited jointly should be arranged chronologically and distinguished from each other by (,) except that the word ‘and’ should be used between the last two references.
Complete scientific name of the insect with its full name of authority must be given on its first mention. The contributors must ensure the authenticity of current scientific name and authority
Illustrations should be very clear for photographic reproduction. Line drawings and photographs should be separately grouped. Photographs should be of high quality (preferably in glossy print) with sharp details and contrasts. The publication cost of photographs will be charged separately at the prevailing market rates. Small figures should be grouped to fill a page and full-page figure should be larger than 26 x 36 cm.
Review of manuscript - Two referees will review the article and revised article will have to be submitted within 15 days. Any further delay will result in change of date of receipt of article. Any articles without following the format of the journal will not be considered. The tentative period for publication is 30 to 120 days (1-4 months) All editorial correspondence should be addressed to:
Editor, Canadian Journal of Agricultural and Applied Sciences