Guide for Authors

Instructions to Authors

 Type of papers

JESI considers research articles, review articles, monographs, editorial letters, and short communications.

Research articles are toned to include significant results from research according to the scope of the journal.

Short communications are usually limited to reference lists, figures, and tables. They have abstracts but other parts of the full research papers, including introduction, material and methods, results, and discussion (IMMRD), should be excluded. This type of publication is intended to report preliminary data like case studies.

Review article contents should include a wide range of researched items and new important discoveries, not just from literature reviews.

 

The manuscript should be prepared as an A4 Word document with 1.5 line spacing and submitted through the website.

 - The title should be concise, informative, and not exceed 25 words. Authors of scientific names should not be included in the title, but the order and family should be indicated in parentheses.

 - The name(s) and address(es) of all authors (including e-mail address(es)) of the paper must be given. If the paper has more than one author, an accompanying letter, indicating a co-authorship agreement, should be provided.

 - The abstract should be informative, briefly describing the method, scope, and main findings of the work, and not exceed 250 words. The abstract should be followed by a list of keywords.

 The arrangement of the main text may vary with different types of papers but should start with an introduction and end with a list of references. Scientific names should be written in Italics. Authors of scientific names should be given only the first time a name appears and the generic name should be abbreviated to an initial in subsequent references except at the start of sentences. Use the metric system only. References should be cited in the text as Shojai (2002), Neal & Bentz (1999), or Radjabi et al. (1997) (three or more authors), or alternatively in a parenthesis, considering the same criteria (Perring et al., 1993), (Parsi & Khosrowshahi, 1990). When more than one reference is given at the same point in the text, they should be listed chronologically (earliest first) in parenthesis, separated from each other by a semicolon e.g. (Perring et al., 1993; Baldanza, 1996).

 - The introduction should include a short and clear overview of current knowledge on the subject. It should also emphasize the aim of the research.

 - Materials and methods should be described at length if they are original. Only the reference to the published description must be given if they are already known.

 - Results and discussion can be either presented together or under separate titles:

A) Results may include tables and figures. Each table should have no vertical lines and be given on a separate page with a descriptive title. All illustrations, such as line drawings, photographs, and diagrams, should be considered as figures and given on separate pages.  Figures should be submitted in black and white at a resolution of 600 dpi. In special cases, color illustrations will be accepted at the editorial board's discretion. Figure legends should be numbered consecutively and typed on a separate page. Exact references must be given for quotations from published or unpublished sources. It is assumed that permission has been obtained to do so.

B) The discussion should be focused on interpreting matters arising directly from the results and compared with the results of related studies.

 - The acknowledgment should be as brief as possible.

- References must be in the following format and listed alphabetically with respect to the last name of the first author:

 A) Journal paper:

Blackman, R. L. & Spence, J. M. (1994) The effects of temperature on aphid morphology, using a multivariate approach. European Journal of Entomology 91, 7-22 (DOI Link).

Farris, J.S., Albert, V. A., Källersjö, M., Lipscomb, D. & Kluge, A.G. (1996) Parsimony jackknifing outperforms neighbor-joining. Cladistics 12, 99-124.

Mirzayans, H. (1990) A harmful bush-crickets from Gorgan area, Decorana capitata (Uv.) (Tettigoniidae: Decticinae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 10, 37-42. [In Persian with English summary].

 If several references of the same author(s) are listed, they must be presented chronologically (earliest first). Several references published by the same author(s) in the same year should be differentiated using lowercase letters (a, b, etc.) after the year of publication both in the text and in the references.

If the reference to an article published without any authorship, instead of the author’s name the term "Anonymous" should be used; if the publication date is unavailable, use the phrase "not dated" instead of the year of publication.

 

B) Book:

Borror, D. J., Triplehorn, C. A. & Johnson, N. F. (1989) An introduction to the study of insects. 6th ed. 875 pp. Saunders College Publishing ( DOI Link, if present).

Shojai, M. (2002) Entomology (morphology and physiology). Vol. 1, 5th ed. 396 pp. Tehran University Press. [In Persian].

 

C) Book chapter:

Gullan, P. J. & Martin, J. H. (2003) Sternorrhyncha (jumping plant lice, whiteflies, aphids, and scale insects). pp. 1079-1089 in Resh, V. H. & Cardé, R. T. (Eds) Encyclopedia of Insects. 1266 pp. Academic Press (DOI link, if present)

Mound, L. A. (1973) Thrips and whitefly. pp. 229-242 in Gibbs, A. J. (Ed.) Viruses and invertebrates. 673 pp. North-Holland Publishing Company (Possible DOI).

 D) Internet resources:

Wiersema, J. H. & León, B. (2004) Taxonomic information on cultivated plants in the USDA-ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network. Available from: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-in/npgs/html/taxon.pl?14774 (accessed 27 November 2004).

 The short communication has a maximum page limit of four pages without subtitles (except the abstract and references). The abstract should be at most 100 words in length.

The monograph has the same structure of the paper and includes at least 50 pages of scientific information.

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Please download the commitment form from here, sign it and submit along with the MS.