Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- 1. The manuscript has not been previously published nor has it been submitted to any other journal.
- 2. The authorization letter (available here) is attached and signed by all the authors in PDF format.
- 3. It is a product of scientific research.
- 4. The abstracts in Spanish and English include: objective, methodology, resulted, findings or conclusions.
- 5. Three key words related to the topic, methodology, results and discussion of the article are included.
- 6. The ascription institution of each author is explicitly indicated with no abbreviations, indicating the country.
- 7. The methodology is defined, results presented, as well conclusions are discussed.
- 8. Drafting, coherence clarity and spelling were carefully revised.
- 9. The ethical aspects of social research were properly addressed.
- 10. The text file is in word processor format, figures in JPG, and graphs in spreadsheets.
- 12. All figures are indicated in the approximate places in the text and their source is included.
- 13. Only the bibliography cited in text is included.
- 14. Whenever possible, URL/DOI addressed are provided for the references.
- 15. In the case of sending the text to the peer review section, instructions in securing an anonymous review are followed (please suppress names and any reference to the authors in the file).
Articles
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas publishes original and unpublished manuscripts related to studies on agricultural sciences. These manuscripts are presented as scientific articles, research notes, essays and description of cultivars, which are described below. Every section undergoes a peer review process.
Scientific research: an original and unpublished text substantiated on research results, in which the interaction of two or more treatments over several experiments, localities and years has been studied in order to obtain valid conclusions. The articles have a maximum extension of 18 pages (including tables and figures) and must include the following sections:
- Title
- Author(s)
- Authors’ ascription institutions
- Authors’ addresses (email address)
- Abstract
- Key words
- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- Results and discussion
- Conclusions
- Cited literature
Essays
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas publishes original and unpublished manuscripts related to studies on agricultural sciences. These manuscripts are presented as scientific articles, research notes, essays and description of cultivars, which are described below. Every section undergoes a peer review process.
Essay: a recapitulative text produced from the analysis of important and current topics for the scientific community, where the author expresses their opinion and establishes conclusions on the topic dealt with. It will have a maximum extension of 18 pages (including tables and figures). It includes the sections 1 to 6 and 10 and 11 of scientific articles. The development of the contents is undertaken in the sections according to the topic with which conclusions are generated.
- Title
- Author(s)
- Authors’ ascription institutions
- Authors’ addresses (email address)
- Abstract
- Key words
- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- Results and discussion
- Conclusions
- Cited literature
Investigation notes
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas publishes original and unpublished manuscripts related to studies on agricultural sciences. These manuscripts are presented as scientific articles, research notes, essays and description of cultivars, which are described below. Every section undergoes a peer review process.
Research note: a text that contains preliminary and transcendent results the author(s) want to publish before concluding their research. The extension is eight pages (including tables and figures). It contains the same sections as a scientific article, but sections 7 to 9 are written as a continuous text; this is to say, without the section title.
- Title
- Author(s)
- Authors’ ascription institutions
- Authors’ addresses (email address)
- Abstract
- Key words
- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- Results and discussion
- Conclusions
- Cited literature
Description of cultivars
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas publishes original and unpublished manuscripts related to studies on agricultural sciences. These manuscripts are presented as scientific articles, research notes, essays and description of cultivars, which are described below. Every section undergoes a peer review process.
Description of cultivars: a text produced in view of providing the scientific community with the origin and characteristics of a new variety, clone, hybrid, etc. A maximum extension of 8 pages (including tables and figures). It has sections 1 to 6 and 10 and 11 of scientific articles. Cultivar descriptions are a continuous text, with relevant information on the importance of the cultivar, origin, genealogy, method of production, phenotypical and agronomic characteristics, quality (commercial, industrial, nutritional, etc.) as well as seed availability.
- Title
- Author(s)
- Authors’ ascription institutions
- Authors’ addresses (email address)
- Abstract
- Key words
- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- Results and discussion
- Conclusions
- Cited literature
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