Proceedings of the symposium: Acta Horticulturae
Acta Horticulturae
is a series of proceedings of ISHS symposia. It is the objective of ISHS to
include in the proceedings all relevant papers from oral and poster
contributions presented in order to provide an archival record of the scientific
content of the meeting.
All manuscripts have to be submitted by the beginning of the
symposium, 20th April 2008. Abstracts will not be acceptable.
1.
Manuscript Submission
All
verbal and poster symposium presentations are eligible for publication in the
proceedings if a suitable manuscript is prepared and submitted on time to the
Editorial Board.
All oral
presenters, including invited and key-note speakers, must submit a
manuscript for the Acta. If this is not agreed to by the author(s), the work can
be presented as a poster. Authors of posters are welcomed to submit their
manuscript for Acta
Horticulturae
but posters cannot be published as such. The manuscript should be submitted a
few weeks before the symposium starts or at the symposium in order to avoid
unnecessary delay in the reviewing process and editing of the
Acta Horticulturae
volume.
The ISHS claims
traditional copyright protection of all material published in
Acta Horticulturae,
except where copyright is held by a third party such as a governmental agency
and, upon request, permits fair scientific use as long as the author and ISHS
are credited. The authors of an Acta article are required to obtain permission
if copyrighted material is used.
2.
Manuscript Length
Manuscripts
should be as concise as possible in order to reduce to a minimum the number of
pages of each Acta. As a general rule, the maximum number of pages is 12
for keynote lectures and 8 for other presentations (oral and poster). An average page of text will contain about 800 words.
Manuscript reviewers will delete unnecessary information and will advise on the
number of pages each manuscript should have, taking into account its content and
characteristics. When papers exceed 12 or 8 pages, respectively, the convener
can levy a charge 50 euro for each excess page.
Only full
manuscripts of reviews or contributed papers will be considered for publication.
Papers reporting results of experiments normally include at least four sections:
abstract; introduction; materials and methods; results and discussion. Other
types of papers may have different formats. Abstracts or extended summaries will
not be published.
3.
Criteria for Acceptance of Articles for Acta Horticulturae
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English
language is understandable.
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Format fits
ISHS guidelines.
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Paper
represents a contribution to horticulture. It is either original,
confirmatory or a synthesis of information related to the theme of the Acta.
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Information
of data is correct.
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Data should
be statistically analyzed where appropriate.
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Literature
Cited should be appropriate
4.
Manuscript Reviewing
It is essential
that Acta Horticulturae be strong in content and this is the
responsibility of the Editor(s) and the Editorial Board and reviewers. The
Convenor, in co-operation with the Scientific Committee and with the agreement
of the Chair of the Section or the Commission and Working Group sponsoring the
symposium, will therefore appoint the Editor(s) and Editorial Board with at
least one native English scientist with a profound knowledge of the theme of the
symposium. The Editorial Board members that co-ordinate the editorial work will
be acknowledged as Editor.
Before
acceptance all manuscripts should be evaluated by at least two reviewers for
scientific and technical merit and correctness of the language. The major task
of the Editorial Board will be to improve the overall quality of the
publication. Members of the Editorial Board are expected to help those
participants with some difficulties to bring their papers up to a satisfactory
standard.
The first
priority in the reviewing process is the rigour and clearness of the
manuscripts. Manuscripts based on previous published articles by the author are
acceptable.
The Editorial
Board should be in contact before the symposium to distribute tasks and to set
deadlines for manuscript reviewing.
6.
Instructions to Authors
Manuscripts for
publication in Acta Horticulturae must be typed as indicated in the
Instructions to Authors, which can be obtained from the ISHS website
www.ISHS.org. All manuscripts must be submitted in electronic format
together with a printed copy. Manuscripts should be written in English. However
manuscripts in Spanish and French are acceptable, in bilingual symposia,
provided they include a one page extended abstract in English. An abstract in
French or Spanish can be added to manuscripts in English.
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Revised:
01/28/08
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