Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources (IJPGR) is the official publication of the Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR). For publication in the journal, the authors must be a member of the Society. IJPGR publishes full-length papers or short communications of original scientific research in the field of plant genetic resources (PGR). Review articles (with prior consent or invitation only) summarizing the existing state of knowledge in topics related to PGR will also be published.

Contributions should be as concise as possible. The maximum length of the review article, full-length papers and short communications is usually restricted to 12, 6, 3 printed pages including illustrations and tables, respectively.

SCOPE

• Basic research on biosystematics, genetics and genomics related to PGR
• Applied research on field and laboratory evaluation of PGR
• Supportive research in conservation and quarantine of PGR
• Policy research on access and benefit sharing; IPRs
• Status reports on ecology, conservation, traditional knowledge and use of PGR

Title Page: The title page of the manuscript should be the first page and should include the title, names and addresses of the authors, abstract and keywords.

Title: Keep the title brief, specific and informative and amendable to indexing. It should be typed in running text with first letter of word as capital and Latin names in italics.

Name and Address: The name of authors and the address of the institution where the work was carried out should be mentioned below the title. Present address of correspondence, if different, should be given as footnote indicating by asterisk (*) the author to whom the correspondence and reprint requests are to be made. E-mail addresses should also be indicated.

Abstract: The abstract should clearly state the rationale, objectives, methods, and important conclusions of the study. It should not exceed 150 words.

Key Words: The abstract should be followed by not more than five key words (following alphabetic order) indicating the contents of the paper and useful for abstracting purposes.

Main Text: The main text of the paper should start from the second page which should contain the title of the paper followed by the text divided into following main headings which are to be typed in running text and flushed with the margin: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References. Only relevant references should be included in reference section. Wherever appropriate, results and discussion can be combined and acknowledgements be omitted.

Introduction should be brief and limited to the statement of the problem and aim of the experiment.

Materials and Methods should include relevant details on the nature of material, experimental design, the techniques/methodology employed and the statistical method used. For well-known methods, citation of reference will suffice.

Results and Discussion should be clear to readers in different disciplines. Units of measurement should be SI.

Tables should be typed on separate sheets, each with a heading stating its contents clearly and concisely. Numerical data and calculations should be thoroughly checked.

Figures of only good quality that are essential to a clear understanding of the paper shall be accepted. Legends to the illustrations should be typed on separate paper. Information in the legend should not be repeated in the text and similarly, the same data should not be represented in both graph and table form. All figures, whether photographs, maps, graphs or line drawings should be numbered consecutively. Illustration number and title of the article with authors’ name may be given at the back of the plates in soft pencil.

Line diagrams of high quality, preferable in the desired final size would be accepted. The inscriptions should be clearly legible.

Photographs for publication should be of high contrast, black and white/coloured, glossy print, trimmed at right angles. Magnification should be indicated with a bar scale on the photo. Authors need to indicate colour reproduction of photographs. Color photographs will be published free of cost however, cost of colour printing will be borne by the authors, if hard copy is required by author(s).

Acknowledgements should mention only guidance or assistance received in real terms, and financial grant provided by a funding agency. Acknowledgements for inspiration, typing etc., need not be mentioned.

References in text should be cited by author, year of publication (e.g. Joshi, 1995; Joshi and Rao, 1995) and multiple citations should be in chronological order (Withers and Englemann, 1998; Rao et al., 2001). References should be listed in alphabetical order under the first authors’ name. The names of journals should be abbreviated according to the latest edition of the World List of Scientific Periodicals (eds P Brown and GB Stratton), Butterworths, London.

The following examples may be used for citations:

• Chao CCT and RR Krueger (2007) The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera); an overview of biology, uses and cultivation. Hort. Sci. 42(5): 1077-82.
• Muralidharan CM, SBS Tikka and P Verma (2008) Date palm cultivation in Kachchh, Technical Bulletin-2, Date palm Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (SDAU), Mundra, Gujrat, India, p36.
• Wither LA and F Engelmann (1998) In vitro conservation of plant genetic resources. In: A Altman (ed) Agricultural Biotechnology. Marcell Deker Inc., New York, pp 57-58.
• WOI (1985) Wealth of India – Raw Materials. A Dictionary of Indian Material and Industry Products – Raw Material Vol 1: A (Revised). Publication and Information Directorate, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 513 p.
• Engels JMM and V Ramanatha Rao (eds) (1998) Regeneration of seed crops and their wild relatives. Proceedings of a Consultation Meeting, 4-7 December 1995, ICRISAT, Hyderabad and IPGRI, Rome, Italy, 167 p.

For Journal title and Abbreviations, in general, authors are advised to follow Elsevier System (https://legacyfileshare.elsevier.com/promis_misc/BMCL_Abbreviations.pdf).

Short Communications

The style and format as mentioned for full-length papers should be followed for Short Communications. However, the abstract should be restricted to not more than 50 words and the remainder text should be continuous (without headings). Illustrative material should be kept at minimum, usually not more than one table or figure and only few references should be included (not more than 10). Authors can also submit meeting reports after consulting Editor-in-Chief, IJPGR.

Submission of the Manuscript Submission of an article will be held to imply that it has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. A cover letter including a statement to this effect should be submitted with the manuscript. Article are submitted through online submission system:

https://ispgr.in/index.php/ijpgr/about/submissions=manuscript_ submission

Authors are requested to provide details (Name, designation, affiliation, specialization, email ID, phone number) of at least 4 experts/reviewers in the areas of your studies, in a separate MS Words file. 

• Experts in the subject will review all the submitted manuscripts and the final decision about the acceptance of the manuscript rests with the Editorial Board. 
• Publication of a paper in the Journal does not imply the responsibility for an agreement with the statements or view written therein, and rests entirely on the authors thereof.
• The authors will receive page proofs, which should be corrected and returned maximum within 3 days. Corrections must be kept to the minimum, and the proof stage should not be regarded as an opportunity for further editing and additions. Although, every effort is made by the editors to correct proofs of all the papers they assume no responsibility for errors that may remain in the final print.

ETHICS STATEMENT

IJPGR approves the spirit of the guidelines for journal editors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

1. Manuscripts submitted to IJPGR are evaluated entirely on the basis of their scientific content and relevance to PGR research community.

1. IJPGR does not levy any publication charges to members of ISPGR.
2. ISPGR, the publishers of the Journal, take all possible measures to uphold the highest standards of publication ethics and to prevent any malpractices.
3. Authors who submit manuscripts to IJPGR declare that the submissions are original and unpublished and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
4.  Authors also declare that the manuscript is based on their own original work devoid of any nature and amount of plagiarism.
5. IJPGR makes full efforts to eliminate any kind of conflict of interest of authors, editors or reviewers, resulting from competitive, collaborative or other relationship with any person, institution or agency connected to the submissions.

Ethics expected to be followed by IJPGR Editors:

1. IJPGR Editorial Team is fully responsible for the decision on acceptance or rejection of a manuscript submitted to the Journal. An established procedure is followed to ensure unbiased decision making. Submissions are handled by different Editors based on their specialization. Editors obtain the reports of three referees with expertise in the topic dealt in the submission. Each Editor recommends rejection or acceptance (direct or after revisions) to the Editor-in-Chief who takes the final decision.

 

2. The evaluation of manuscripts is made on the basis of their scholarly content in terms of relevance, novelty and scope as well as their presentation in terms of language and syntax. IJPGR does not consider any other factors like gender, race, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

 

3. IJPGR strictly follows transparency in the evaluation process and confidentiality of the submission. Reviewers, as on today, remain anonymous to authors.

Ethics expected to be followed by IJPGR Reviewers

1. Peer review is the backbone of IJPGR manuscript flow. IJPGR depends upon the services of reviewers for maintaining ethical integrity and scholarly quality.

 

2. IJPGR does not follow double blind review and, therefore, the reviewers are expected to maintain absolute confidentiality with regard to the contents of manuscripts.

 

3. The reviews are conducted objectively with every comment/decision supported by clear reasons. Reviewers follow a non-ranking format provided by the IJPGR to facilitate decision making by Editor.

Ethics expected to be followed by Authors

1. Authorship should be restricted to only those persons who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. In recent times, symbiotic authorship has become a serious ethical issue which should be avoided.

 

2. The authors must ensure that the experiment and manuscript are both entirely original works written in good English without any ambiguity. Every instance of use of work and/or words of other authors must be appropriately cited or quoted. Any kind of plagiarism detected at review stage results in rejection of the manuscript. If the plagiarism is detected post-publication, the article will be summarily retracted. If any fundamental errors are found in published papers, authors will inform IJPGR which will take corrective measures including retraction.

 

3. IJPGR persuades authors to provide the basic data related to manuscripts such as description of germplasm and its availability to ensure greater utilization of diverse germplasm. Authors are also encouraged to provide relevant raw data for editorial review. Authors must prepare such data in a format to provide public access. Specific requests of data confidentiality shall be entertained by IJPGR on case-to-case basis.

 

4. Authors must avoid any kind of duplication in their submissions e. attempting to publish same/significantly similar manuscripts in more than one journal. IJPGR does not consider the following as a prior publication: (i) Abstract in a conference/symposium; (ii) Academic thesis/dissertation; (iii) Invited talks and interviews on specific topics.

 

5. Submission to IJPGR implies that authors have complied with ethical and technical standards of use of hazardous material, use of animal or human subjects, access and use of genetic resources, access and use of IP protected data. It is authors’ duty to ensure no national or international legal requirement is compromised.
6. Submission of a manuscript to IJPGR implies that the corresponding author has ensured that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication to IJPGR. All sources of financial support should also be disclosed.

PUBLISHER/EDITORIAL OFFICE ADDRESS

#H-204, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources Pusa Campus (NBPGR), New Delhi–110012, India

E-mail: ispgr2015@gmail.com

Publisher website: www.nbpgr.ernet.in/ispgr

Journal hosting and online submission of manuscript: https://ispgr.in/index.php/ijpgr/about/submissions

Online Access to IJPGR

All the issues of Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources from 1988 [Vol 1(1)] till date [Vol 36(1)] are accessible as pdf files of individual papers.

• The access is provided to life members only
• Access is through user ID and password
• Login credentials have been emailed to all life members by ispgr.in (if any life member has not received the user ID and password, please contact IJPGR office via E-mail: ispgr2015@gmail.com)

• Open the home page of IJPGR at https://ispgr.in/index.php/ijpgr/index

You may also reach IJPGR home page via Google search of “Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources”

• Click on the LOGIN button and enter the user ID and password
• If you are a new member, then click on the REGISTER option, and register as AUTHOR.
• For a new submission, click on MAKE A SUBMISSION, or check our AUTHOR GUIDELINES.
• The login credentials are for the personal use of IJPGR life members. Please do not share with others.