Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions for authors

The Journal of Experimental and Applied Tropical Biology welcomes high-quality submissions (in English and French languages) on all aspects of the aforementioned research areas. All papers submitted to the journal undergo review by the editors and independent peer referees, and papers are accepted for publication only if they are of the required standard and have not been submitted or considered for publication elsewhere. Copyright of published papers is held by the JEATB.

Submission

The complete manuscript can be submitted via the Editorial system following all instructions.

NB: Manuscripts written in French  should be submitted with an abstract in English and French languages

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Article structure

Articles must be separated into clearly defined sections as follow.

1/ Title page 

• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
• Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and ensure that all names are accurately spelt. Prior to submitting the article, all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript. Present the authors' affiliation addresses below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author, font size 11, font style regular, bold; and centre.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing publication and post-publication. This journal allows only one corresponding author. Ensure that the e-mail address and phone number are provided and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address (or 'Permanent address) may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

2/ Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words) and the font size must be 10. The abstract should be structured into sections that state briefly the Background and purpose of the research,  Material and Methods, Results/Discussion and Conclusions.

Keywords: A maximum of five (05) keywords are required. 

3/ Main manuscript

The main manuscript should be written in Times New Roman, font size 12  and double-spaced.

 Introduction

The Heading should be written in bold, font size 12 and the text should be justified (alignment). Present the background to the subject, its significance and its relationship to earlier works, with references, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Then, state the objectives of the work.

Material and methods

Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and supported by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.

Results

Results should be clear and concise in form of tables, figures and any other ways of presenting them. Tables and figures should be placed directly after the related text.  

Discussion

This section should explore the significance of the results of the work, but not repeat them. Discuss the principal conclusions drawn from the results and their important implications. A combined Results and Discussion section is not appropriate for this journal. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study should be presented in a short way, which should stand alone right after the Discussion section. Perspectives of further works may be proposed.

Acknowledgments

Brief acknowledgments of persons who have made genuine contributions to the manuscript should be included.

Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to use any copyrighted text and/or illustrations.

Authors Contributions

The contribution statement will be published with the final article and should accurately reflect the contribution of each author to the work. 

The list of contributions must follow the following format:  Kessaou CL and Liang L conceptualized the work. Abraham JF, Tchuenteu CC, Hong F and Reagers XM carried out the methodology, analyzed the data; Liang L, Reagers XM  and Tchuenteu CC, wrote, reviewed and edited the manuscript.

Declaration of interests

For all authors submitting manuscripts to JEATB, a conflict-of-interest statement is required for all articles and study types. This should include but not be limited to commercial, personal, political, intellectual or religious interests in the main text that are related to the work submitted for consideration of publication. This will ensure transparency and help reviewers to evaluate any potential bias in a study’s design, interpretation of its results or presentation of its scientific content. The submitting author is responsible for coauthors declaring their interests. He or she should explain why each interest might represent a conflict.

References
References should be prepared according to the APA style. This means in-text citations should be done using brackets. When there are more than two authors, give the first author’s name followed by ‘et al.’e.g.: The anti-HCV effect of flavonoids was previously demonstrated (Liu et al., 2012). When it is only one author, refer to the author’s name and year of publication e.g.: Bees are spritely creatures that move about unpleasant bright days and visit pretty flowers (Michener, 2007).

References should be listed in alphabetic order. 

Please note that a DOI should be provided for all references where available.

Examples of the layout and punctuation to be used are given below :

Article of a journal :

Burgett, M., Burikam, I. (1985) Number of adult honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) occupying a comb: a standard for estimating colony populations.  J. Econ. Entomol. 78 (6), 1154-1156

Liu, M.-M., Zhou, L., He, P.-L., Zhang, Y.-N., Zhou, J.-Y., Shen, Q., … Ye, D.-Y. (2012). Discovery of flavonoid derivatives as anti-HCV agents via pharmacophore search combining molecular docking strategy. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 52, 33–43.

 Article by DOI (online journals):

Bevk, D., Kralj J., Cokl, A. (2011) Coumaphos affects food transfer between workers of honeybee Apis mellifera. Apidologie, DOI:10.1007/s13592-011-0113-x

Book : Bailey, L., Ball, B. V. (1991) Honey Bee Pathology. Academic Press Ltd., London.

Book Chapter : Henderson, P. J. F. (1992) Statistical analysis of enzyme kinetic data, in Eisenthal, R. and Danson, M. J. (Eds.), Enzyme assays: a practical approach. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 277-316

Electronic material: Agreste, MAAPRAT (2011) Répartition du Territoire. 2009-2010 semi-définitive [online] http://www.agreste.agriculture.gouv.fr/thematiques/territoire-environnement (accessed on 19 May 2020).

Abbreviations: The acronyms and scientific abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the text, except for the common ones (DNA, RFLP, PCR, ANOVA, etc.).

Units: Units should be from the International System of Units (SI) (English version available at: http://www.bipm.org/en/si/). For example, hectares and ppm do not belong to the SI and should be changed into m² and mg/kg or μL/L, respectively. On the SI website, you also find the official abbreviation of each unit. For example :  1 h = 60 min = 3600 s and 1 d = 24 h. The official abbreviation of litre is L. We use L to discriminate from 1 (one). Time is expressed as follows: 11h50 a.m. and 5h15 p.m.

Latin names: The Latin names as well as the authority must be cited in full at the first mention in the text and then the genus abbreviated in the following citations. The authority should not appear in the title or the abstract. Latin genus and species must be italicized. If no common name exists in English, only the scientific name should be used. In the title, the species names should be followed by family: order. Example: Vespidae: Hymenoptera.

Geographical coordinates: When the location of the experiment is meaningful, geographic coordinates of the place should be added.

DNA Sequences: The Journal of Experimental and Applied Tropical Biology requires that sequence data generated and used in studies published in the journal be submitted to Genbank prior to publication and the Accession numbers then placed in the manuscript text (or in figures and tables). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/submit.html].

Tables: Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, the information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the footnotes.

Figures: The Journal accepts figures of the highest-quality possible, for peer-review purposes. In general,  figures in TIF format, 300 pis are recommended. 

Line figures (e.g. graphs and charts) can be supplied in black and white so that they are legible if printed by a reader. Photos can be sent in colour. They will be reproduced online free of charge. 

Figure Legends: Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

Additional Files

Supplementary files
Supplementary files will be published after the references. For submission, they should be supplied as separate files but referred to in the text.

Human Studies and Subjects

For manuscripts that involve human participants, a statement indicating the ethics committee that approved the study is required. A copy of the consent form should be added as supplementary material.

Animal Studies

A statement indicating that the protocol and procedures employed were ethically reviewed and approved, as well as the name of the body granting the approval, must be included in the Methods section of the manuscript. Authors are encouraged to adhere to animal research reporting standards, for example, the ARRIVE reporting guidelines for reporting study design and statistical analysis; experimental procedures; experimental animals and housing and husbandry. Authors should also state whether experiments were performed in accordance with relevant institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals.

Cover Letter

A cover letter must be sent with the manuscript through the online submission system and must include:

• The novelty, scientific significance and importance of the manuscript.
• The names and valid, current e-mail addresses of three (3) potential reviewers who are well-qualified to review the manuscript if they are asked to review it. Potential reviewers should be from the international scientific community and not from one country or region.

Data Protection

By submitting a manuscript to this journal, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed.

 Language Editing

For English non-native speakers who often receive negative comments about English language usage in their manuscripts from peer-reviewers or journal editors, inappropriate language presentation can occlude the intellectual content of a manuscript and lead to a decision of rejection for publication. Therefore, we strongly encourage nonnative English-speaking authors to implement the following recommendations for improving their English language presentation:

1. Have your manuscript reviewed for grammatical clarity and appropriate vocabulary

by a colleague whose native language is English.

2. Use one of the many English language editing services that specialize in scientific manuscripts, such as:

Filipodia Publishing, LLC: http://www.filipodia.com  or  http://filipodia.submittable.com/submit/38884

Jing-Yun Ma Editorial Office: http://majingyun.baikemy.com

American Journal Experts: http://www.aje.com

Nature Publishing Group Language Editing: http://languageediting.nature.com

The Scientific Assistant (www.thescientificassistant.com )

3- Or contact us through our secretariat office. The journal has a professional editing office that can assist you in editing your manuscript and other publications. 

The objective of English language editing is to improve the grammatical structure and vocabulary content of your manuscript and to identify problems that require your revision, in order to ensure that your intended meaning is expressed in a clear and accurate manner.

 AFTER SUBMISSION

Once submitted, the journal’s editorial office first assesses the manuscript to check whether the files are complete and the relevant meta-data is in order.

Once this phase is complete, manuscripts can be handled by the Chief Editor or the Section Editor. At this point, the manuscript may be rejected if considered inappropriate by the journal.

A section Editor overseeing the peer review process assigns manuscripts that successfully pass the previous step to reviewers according to their expertise.

The reviewers are asked to sum up the manuscript, perform a critical review, and indicate whether the manuscript should be accepted, rejected, or approved after modifications. Reviewers evaluate the originality, significance, and technical quality of the work, as well as the clarity of the manuscript, and the relevance of the subject matter to the journal.

The final decision for publication of all manuscripts is made by the Editorial team.

AFTER ACCEPTANCE

If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting him to sign the copyright agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.

Proof correction

To ensure a fast publication process of the article, we kindly ask the authors to provide us with their proof corrections within three days. Corresponding authors will receive proofs as Word files. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. Please check carefully before replying, as the inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.

Online Publication

Your article will appear on JEATB's online journal database as an "Article in Press" within approximately a week after the proof is received from the corresponding author. An Article in Press may be cited prior to its publication by means of its unique digital object identifier (DOI) number, which does not change throughout the publication process.

Your benefits of publishing with us

• Our Journal is Indexed in CrossRef
• Rapid response (Average times from submission to first decision: 4-6 weeks)
• No submission fee
• Free online publication of colored materials.
• Open access publication
• Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable
• High-quality review process
• High-quality language editing

Types of paper

Original Papers: Full research papers should not exceed 6000 words (including abstract, main text, figures, and tables but excluding references). Any additional figures and tables should be placed in the supplementary material.

Critical Reviews: Authors may submit manuscripts that provide an in-depth critical review of a special subject. These reviews must provide a Synthesis and Critical Evaluation of the state of the knowledge of the subject and indicate research directions. The Editors also periodically invite review articles. Critical review manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words, as defined above.

Letters to editors: Letters to editors that express opinions and concerns suggest research priorities and question conventional methodologies and conclusions may be submitted. Manuscripts should include an Abstract, Introduction, Presentation of the Concerns or Analysis, and Conclusions. References, Tables, and Illustrations should be used sparingly. The Editors will evaluate all manuscripts for suitability for publication, including peer review. Manuscripts should not exceed 2,500 words.

Short communications: reporting results of original research that can be presented in a concise format and of interest without wide reference to theoretical or geographical context. This may be because the study presents preliminary findings with a reduced sample size, is on a specialized subject matter, or for other reasons. No Abstract is required and the Results and Discussion sections may be concise if so desired. No more than four displayed items (tables and figures) should be included (2000 word limit, exclusive of tables, figures, and references).