AUTHORS GUIDELINE

 

Authors are requested to be brief and concise. The following format should be followed while preparing the manuscript. 

Language:  Manuscript should be in English. Avoid the use of passive voice. It is recommended that manuscript may be checked by Native English speaker, before submission.

Title: The title should be concised and informative (All capital).

Authors: Email addresses orcid, affiliations and contacts of all authors should be given (All capitals). In case of more than one author with different Institutions, use numbering in superscripts (¹, ², ³ etc) to separate the author's affiliation.

Arrangement: The paper should be arranged under different sections.

Abstract: A short and comprehensive abstract (Not more than 350 words) should be provided including objective, brief methodology, important findings and conclusion.

Key words: Appropriate Key words should be given after abstract (not more than 7 from the title).

Introduction: Must be supported by comprehensive and latest literature on the problem to be addressed and a valid hypotheses to be tested in the study. 

Materials and Methods: Detailed methodology including lab and field studies should be given. Papers related to agriculture must contain data of at least two years. However, data of one year is acceptable if the experiments are conducted at two different sites.

Result and Discussion: May be in a single section as "Results and Discussion" or if can be split separately into "Results" and "Discussion". Avoid to make subsections. Discussion should be logical and results must be discussed in the light of previous findings (preferably recent ones) justifying your findings.

Nomenclature

Scientific names must be italicized, for the first time full name should be given. In subsequent text generic name should be abbreviated. Authors names of all the taxa should be given at least once in the beginning. 

Taxonomic Keys

Dichotomous keys are preferred, and each couplet should be noted by a number

1 +	Seeds angular.......................................................................................................................................... 2
-	Seeds not angular.................................................................................................................................... 4
2 +	Seeds retortiform ……………………………………………...................................................................... C. spinosa
-	Seeds, ob-elliptic pyriform or elliptic pyriform …….………........................................................................ 3

 

 

 

Herbarium Acronyms (where necessary)

Registered public herbaria should be referred to by the acronyms according to Index Herbariorum. Herbaria not included in Index Herbariorum should be referred to by their full name.

Conclusions: can be given in a separate heading or a short paragraph containing important conclusions of the study. 

Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and must have descriptive headings which should be understandable without reference to the text. Instead of giving a number of small tables, the contributors are requested to consolidate small tables into a comprehensive one as far as possible. Table must be created in proper table format by selecting rows and columns.

Figures: Figures should be clear and readable with at least 600dpi resolution. Graphs should be sent in editable form or original Excel files.

Author’s Contribution: All authors are required to submit their specific and quantitative contribution, duly signed on the prescribed proforma available on website.

Conflict of Interest

Acknowledgement / Funding Agency if any

Data Availability

Agreement form (available on Website in download)

 

References

 

Reference Management for Manuscripts Submitted to the Pakistan Journal of Botany

Instruction for EndNote

The Pakistan Journal of Botany strongly encourages authors to use reference management software such as EndNote when preparing the manuscript.

Pakistan Journal of Botany follows a modified version of the APA 6.0 reference style. For the convenience of authors, we have created a customized Pakistan Journal of Botany reference style for EndNote, available on website.

•           Click here to download the PJB EndNote style file (or download from website)

•           After downloading, place the file into the following folder on your computer:

C:Program Files (x86)EndNote X9Styles

• Restart EndNote.
• In EndNote, select the “PJB” style from the style menu. All references in your manuscript will automatically be formatted according to the Pakistan Journal of Botany reference style.
• EndNote file is also available in Download section of Website

 

 References must be arranged alphabetically and stick to the Journal format. Papers not following the recommended style will not be considered for publication.

·         In case of two or more citations in the text, the citation must be arranged in chronological order (Stephens, 2009; Brown & Endrizzi, 2010; Ashraf et al., 2012, Wang, 2014; Sajid & Aqeel; 2018). In case of more than one publication by the same author in the same year, the refarnces must be separated by a, b, c etc (e.g. Ashraf et al., 2004a, 2004b; Wang & Liu, 2018)

Review Process: Each submitted paper is subjected to technical and quality check by the Primary Review Committee. Papers which do not fulfill the primary quality criteria are immediately returned to the corresponding authors. Only papers of good quality are sent for a peer-review to two independent reviewers. The review process is completed normally within 2 months and review reports are returned to corresponding authors. The authors should submit their revisions within a maximum of 3 weeks, failing this the paper will be treated as a new submission.

Authors are not allowed to make any amendment in the names of the authors in galley proofs, either removing or adding a new name. However, authors sequence can changed if before final publication. 

Authors can change the author list before revision with proper authors contribution form duly signed by all authors.

Authors are requested to obtain permission from the publisher whenever using published material.

publication ethics: All authors have read  and agree to follow them.

Quick check list before submission

·         Read authors instruction

·         References should be according to Pakistan Journal of Botany

·         Paper should be complere (all tables, figures and text should be in a single MS Word file)

·         Contribution letter

·         Cover letter

·         Reviewrs name, address and email should be given

·         Email address of all authors should be given.

·         Files name (you need to upload) should be simple without any special characters

·         Example: paper.doc, contribution.pdf etc.

.         Orcid

 

Printing Charges (APC)

 

Charges	BSP Members		Non Members
For Pakistan
For first 10 pages	Rs. 22000		Rs 25000
For each extra page	Rs. 1000		Rs.1500
For each color page	Rs. 3000		Rs. 3000
For Foreign Contributors
For first 10 pages				from USD 400 -
For each extra page				Depending upon No. of pages

 

Payment of Publication Charges

For local Contributors 
 

The printing charges should be deposited directly in the account given below

 

Account Details

A/C title: Chief Editor Pakistan Journal
A/C no.: 371-0028-5
Banker: United Bank Limited (UBL)
Branch code: 1146
Bank address: University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. 
Swift code: UNILPKKA
IBAN: PK24UNIL0112114637100285
 

For Foreign Contributors 

The printing charges may kindly be deposit online directly in the account given below

Account Details

A/C title: Chief Editor Pakistan Journal
A/C no.: 371-0028-5
Banker: United Bank Limited (UBL)
Branch code: 1146
Bank address: University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. 
Swift code: UNILPKKA
IBAN: PK24UNIL0112114637100285
 

Printing charges should be sent directly in the bank account. However, in case of any difficulty can also be sent through Western Union as a 2^nd option

(For Western Union, detail will be provided at the time of Publication)

 

Copies available from:
Editor In Chief,
Pakistan Journal of Botany,
Botanical Garden,
University of Karachi,
Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
Phone: 0323-3261246
 

Price: Each issue Rs. 2000/ US$30; Vol. Rs. 14500/US$ 200 or in exchange